martes, 17 de junio de 2014

11C-Men, women and the internet


Source: http://blog.kiwi-comm.com/


June 14th

Topics

  • articles a, an, the
  • vocabulary: the internet

Last class we worked with pages 88-89 and 144-145 11C of the Student´s book.
At the end of the class we talked about the article Parrot´s love declaration turns boyfriend into a cuckold in the Skills.


Homework

Workbook: Unit 11C
Writing: Write a different ending to the story (choose between The Picture of Dorian Gray and Parrot´s love declaration turns boyfriend into a cuckold, in the Skills) in 100-120 words.


Extra practice:




Video: internet vocabulary




Video: internet habits of the millennials



Video: A, an and the

jueves, 12 de junio de 2014

11-B What do you want to do?



June 7th

Topics

  • verbs + to + infinitive
  • sentence stress


Last class we worked with pages 86-87 and 144-145 11B of the Student´s book.
We also talked about the web page 43Things (pg. 86)

Homework

Workbook: Unit 11B

Extra practice:

Verbs + to + infinitive-Grammar exercise
Verbs + to + infinitive-Grammar exercise 2
10 common verbs followed by infinitives-Video


martes, 3 de junio de 2014

11-A First impressions


Source: www.etsy.com


May 31st

Topics

  • adverbs of manner and modifiers
  • adjectives
  • pronunciation


Last class we worked with pages 84-85 and 144-145 11A of the Student´s book.


Homework

Workbook: Unit 11A
Skills: pgs. 29-31 Read "Parrot´s love declaration...", complete the chart on page 30 and answer the questions on page 31 (1-9)


Links for extra practice:

Adverbs-Grammar exercise
Adverbs-Grammar exercise 2
Adjective or adverb?



Video: advebs and adjectives

jueves, 22 de mayo de 2014

10C-What´s going to happen?




May 17th

Topics

  • Verb phrases (fall in love, have a surprise, become famous, be lucky, move house, etc.)
  • going to (predictions)

Last class we worked with pages 80-81 and 142-14310C of the Student´s book.
At the end of the class we listened to the song "Fortune-telller" by Robert Plant.


Homework

Workbook: Unit 10C
Student´s book: page 81, Grammar exercise c (Write four predictions...)


Extra practice:



Song: "Fortune-teller"


Going to-Grammar exercise
Going to-Grammar exercise 2
Going to (affirmative, negative and questions)-Grammar exercise





miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2014

10B-Couchsurf round the world!


Source: www.newyorker.com


May 3rd

Topics

  • be going to (plans)
  • holidays
  • object pronouns
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray


Last class we discussed the story The Picture of Dorian Gray and we answered some questions in groups, then we reviewed the object pronouns. Then we worked with pages 78 and 142-143 10B (exercises a-b) from the Student´s book.


Homework

Workbook: Unit 10B
Student´s book: 115 exercises a and b.

Links for extra practice:

Going to for plans-Grammar exercise
Going to for plans-Grammar exercise 2
Object pronouns-Grammar exercise
Object pronouns-Grammar exercise 2



Video: object pronouns

Film: The picture of Dorian Gray 12:29 Basil is painting Dorian and Lord Henry is looking at them, 17:25 Dorian looks at his painting and makes a wish, 53:01 Basil discovers Dorian´s secret and Dorian kills him, 1:12:58 the sailor attacks Dorian, 1:35:15 Lord Henry discovers Dorian´s secret and the end is coming.



martes, 29 de abril de 2014

10A-The most dangerous road...


Source: www.leoniphotography.com



April 26th


Topics

  • superlative and comparative adjectives
  • places and buildings

Last class we worked with pages 76-77 and 142-143 10A from the Student´s book.
We also read pages 4-5 from the Skills and completed the questions on page 6.


Homework

Workbook: Unit 10A
Skills book: pages 17, 18 and 19 (answer the questions in the section After reading)


Extra practice:

Comparatives and superlatives-Grammar exercise
Comparatives and superlatives-Grammar exercise 2
Mistakes in questions-Grammar exercise
Answers and questions-Grammar exercise 2



Video: Cycling in the Yungas