17/02/2015

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS WE CHECKED HOMEWORK YOU WEERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE A COUPLE OF DIALOGUES ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS TO GET TO A PLACE. YOU PRACTISED THAT WITH YOUR PARTNERS AND THEN WE TURNED THE GAME JUST THE OTHER WAY ROUND: YOU EXPLAINED HOW TO GET TO A PLACE USING THE EXPRESSIONS GO UP/DOWN, ON THE CORNER OF, TURN RIGHT/LEFT AND THE OTHER STUDENTS HAD TO GUESS THE PLACE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.AFTER THAT WE INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF 'GOING TO' TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE. YOU GAVE SOME EXAMPLES.
YOU WERE ASSIGNED NO WRITTEN HOMEWORK THIS TIME.

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PROYECT WORK. YOU BEGAN BY GIVING IDEAS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LEGANÉS. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE A LIST OF THE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS, MANY IDEAS CAME UP. YOU WROTE THOSE IDEAS ON A POST-IT AND STICK THEM IN A BIG PAPER ON THE BOARD. THEN YOU REORGANIZED THOSE IDEAS IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE TOPICS. NEXT CLASSWE WILL SORT OUT THOSE IDEAS AND WILL DO THE VOTING TO SEE THE ONES YOU CAN CARRY OUT. 

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS

10-02-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD A FLIP CLASS.
FIRST WE REVISED THE VOCABULARY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS.
YOU PRACTISED USING A MAP AND ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS TO PARTNERS.THEN WE ADDED THE PREPOSITIONS BEHIND, NEXT TO, BETWEEN TO LOCATE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE VISITED TEACHER ANGELE´S CLASSROOM: THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS  PLAYED PICTIONARY ABOUT SAN VALENTINE´S VOCABULARY. THEN THEY TALK ABOUT  CARNIVAL: ORIGIN, COSTUMES, ETC. FINALLY THEY ASKED THE OTHER STUDENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPEECH TO CHECK THEIR UNDERSTANDING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOY OURSELVES!

03-02-15

THIS WEEK, WE STARTED BY CHECKING HOMEWORK.YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE SOME SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES PEOPLE WERE DOING. YOU TEND TO FORGET TO USE THE VERB TO BE!. ALL OF THEM WERE VERY IMAGINATIVED AND WE FINISHED THE REVISION BUY PLAYING A GAME IN WICH YOU HAVE TO GUESS WHAT THE OTHER PERSON WAS DOING. THAT WAS FUNNY!
THEN, WE INTRODUCED VOCABULARY TO GIVE DIRECTIONS: GO UP/ DOWN,TURN RIGHT/ LEFT, IT´S OPPOSITE / BEHIND/ BETWEEN,IT´S ON THE CORNER OF....ETC.
WE PRACTISED WITH A MAP TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO DIFFERT PLACES. AFTER THAT YOU PLAYED A GAME; BASED ON THE SAME MAP, YOU HAD TO ASK FOR INSTRUCCIONES TO GET TO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND YOUR PARTNER, IN HIS TURN, ASKED  YOU TOO.
FOR HOMEWORK, AND USING ANOTHER MAP, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR PARTNERS.YOU SHOULD ALSO REVISE THE NEW VOCABULARY!
REMEMBER NEXT CLASS WE HAVE THE FLIP CLASS FOR VALENTINE`S DAY!

27-01-15

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED PRACTISING THE PRESENT CONTINUOS. WE STARTED BY REVISING VOCABULARY THROUGH MIMIC.SOME OF YOU WERE VERY GOOD AT DRAMATIZING ACTIONS!!
THEN WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT A BOY:DAVIDE. YOU COMMENTED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES  HE WAS PERFORMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING HIS DAY.HIS FAMILY WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ACTIVITIES.
THERE WAS AN EXERCISE TO GUESS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUG QUESTIONS: IS SHE/ HE.......?WE INTRODUCED THE WORDS OUTDOORS/INDOORS.
FINALLY YOU WERE GIVEN FOUR PICTURES ABOUT DIFFERENT PLACES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE ONE. YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE PICTURES DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITIES YOU COULD DO THERE. THE IDEA WAS TO REVISE THE VERB CAN.
YOU ALSO COMMENTED ABOUT THE SPORTS YOU CAN PLAY,THE LANGUAGES YOU CAN SPEAK, THE FOOD YOU CAN COOK, THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS YOU CAN PLAY, ETC-
LASTLY, WE PRACTICEd AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EXAMINER: WE REVISED ORDINAL NUMBERS, PRESENT CONTINUOS AND  THE VERB CAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB!

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20-01-15

THIS WEEK WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF PRESENT CONTINUOS.
WE LEARNED SOME NEW VOCABULARY: TAKING A SHOWER, GOING TO WORK, STUDYING, DRIVING, DRINKING,ETC.WE PLAYED MIMIC TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU HAD LOT OF FUN. WE ALSO PRACTISED THE QUESTIONS: IS SHE/HE......? FOR YOU TO USE THE SHORT ANSWERS.
THERE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES  THEY WERE DOING IN THAT MOMENT. IT WAS YOURN TURN TO ASK OTHER STUDENTS QUESTIONS BASED ON  PICTURES.YOU PLAYED THE ROLE OF TEACHERS!
THEN YOU ROLE PLAYED A DIALOGUE ABOUT TWO FRIENDS ASKING ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITIES.
FINALLY YOU DESCRIBED A PICTURE EXPLAINING WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING . THEN YOU WERE GIVEN A SIMILAR PICTURE BUT YOU HAD TO FIND THE  DIFFERENCES WITH THE FIRST PICTURE.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING YOUR OWN PICTURES TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE PERFORMING  DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
WELL SEE THE RESULTS!

13-01-15

OUR FIRST CLASS AFTER HOLIDAYS!

YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR WINTER HOLIDAYS.YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITES, PRESENTS, ETC. BUT IT WAS TIME TO RETURN TO WORK.
ON THE FIRST PART, WE REVISED,REINFORCED,  THE IDEA OF TELLING THE TIME. YOU HAVE IMPROVED A LOT. YOU ASKED EACH OTHER ABOUT YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES USING THE TIME.
THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SUBJETS AT SCHOOL :HISTORY,SPANISH;RELIGION,MATHS,GEOGRAPHY,ETC. YOU COMMENTED ON THE ONES YOU LIKE AND THE ONES YOU DON´T LIKE. YOU IMAGINED THE IDEAL TIMETABLO FOR CLASSES FOR A PERFECT SCHOOL DAY : SOME OF YOU ASKED FOR TWO HOURS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. OTHERS TO DO GYM, SOME OTHER ASKED FOR LONGER HOURS TO REINFORCE MATHS.THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION..
FINALLY WE MADE AN EXAM PRACTICE: WE PRACTICED DIFFERENT SHORT INTERVIEWS TO USE ALL THE STRUCTURES, VOCABULARY WE LEARNT THE LAST CLASSES: CARDINAL /ORDINALNUMBERS, TIME TABLES,SUBJETS AT SCHOOL,ACTIVITES IN YOUR FREE TIME, ETC. YOU ALL DID IT QUITE WELL!!

16-12

THIS WEEK WAS THE LAST CLASS BEFORE WINTER HOLIDAYS.
ONTHE FIRST PART WE  HAD A LISTENING TO REVIEW  ORDINAL NUMBERS.
WE REVISED THE TIME. SOME OF YOU WERE NOT VERY SURE ABOUT HOW TO TELL THE TIME.WE DREW A CLOCK ON THE BOARD AND PRACTISED TELLING THE TIME. WE HAD ANOTHER LISTENNING REVIEWING THE NAME OF DAILY ACTIVITIES AND THE TIME THE CHARACTER ON THE LISTENING CARRIED ON THOSE ROUTINES.WE CONMMENTED ABOUT YOUR OWN TIMETABLES AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, ETC.

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE WELCOMED YOUR PARENTS INTO OUR CLASS. WE EXPLAINED THEM THE STORY YOU  MADE UP FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS AND SOME PICTURES YOU DREW TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY,( ALTHOUGH  YOU HADN´T FINISHED  ILUSTRATING THE COMPLETE STORY!!).
 WE ALSO EXPLAINED PARENTS HOW OUR CLASSES WORK: THE MATERIAL WE HAD, YOUR FOLDERS,AND WE EVEN PLAYED A HANGMAN .WE COMMENTED ABOUT THE OLIMPICS AND OUR FIRST WINNER WAS ; LUCIA!. SHE RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT: A CUP WITH  THE PICTURE OF THE DRAGON FOR THE ACADEMY.
 I ALSO SHOWED PARENTS OUR BLOG AND HOW TO USE IT.I WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I GOT TO KNOW YOUR PARENTS  AND THEY SEEMED VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR TEACHING METHOD AT THE ACADEMY.
FINALLY, I HANDED IN YOUR REPORTS AND I EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENT SCORES TO PARENTS. I THING THEY WERE ALL VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR MARKS!.

 MY DEAR STUDENTS: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! ENJOY YOURSELVES!!