martes, 23 de junio de 2015

Classes 10-12. Monday 8-22/06

Hello

These several weeks we were finishing our work through the whole trimestre.

We did a final test and almost all of you did it very well and pass to the next grade.

We also showed our poject presentation to the parents and made a conclusion of our trimestre work!
Here´s a link for the video that David has made with our project:
Design for Change Presentation


This last week we were watching a film in English "Ratatouille".
Also today we announced the winner of our Olympic Games - María Vaquerín! Well done!!!

In summer while relaxing you can play some funny English games or watch short videos.
Here´re some links:

Learn English Kids
Learn English Teens
Fun English Games

Have a nice summer and enjoy your vacations!!!

lunes, 8 de junio de 2015

Class 9. Monday 01/06

Hello

This class we were working a lot on our presentation of the project.

We divided it into three phases - Feel, Imagine and Act. Each group is going to work on its part.
During the class we looked through all the photos of our project and took notes.
Each group wrote a short description of their phase and translated it into English.

At home your task is to make a power point presentation with photos and text in it. Good luck!

Our points for Olympic Games and extra task:

Player 1 - 14 points
Player 2 -  points
Player 3 - 14 points
Player 4 -  points
Player 5 -  points
Player 6 -  points
Player 7 - 12 points

Also next class we´re having an assessment test, so revise the material and prepare for the test!

martes, 26 de mayo de 2015

Class 8. Monday 25/05

Hello

Today it was an amazing day! We, finally, finished our project and planted our flowers next to the park near our school.
You really did very well! Here´re the photos:































Now our final stage is - Share. We have to make a presentation of our project and share it with other people, tell others what we did.
So, next class bring please the pendrives and think how to describe your phase.

Your homework: make up 5 questions using the prepositions of time.
Example: Where were you on Monday?

Extra task: do the exercises in your notebooks (2 points each exercise).
Exercises Prepositions of Time

domingo, 24 de mayo de 2015

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS



YEE PENG FESTIVAL  (FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS)



It's November and Blaze and me went to the North of Thailand where people celebrate a Festival of Lights.



They decorate the city of Chiang Mai with colored lanterns and flags.



At night we could see fireworks and how people were throwing paper lanterns illuminated to the sky.



At the same time, they made a wish.



It was amazing because all the sky was full of thousands of illuminated lanterns like stars.

martes, 19 de mayo de 2015

Class 7. Monday 18/05

Hello

Today we revised the use of WAS/WERE with historic dates and events:

When was French Revolution? - It was in 1789.
What was in 1492? - A discovery of America was in 1492.

We also read a short text and practised the use of was/were:
It was their birthday.
They were happy. 
The house was decorated etc.

We practised asking questions to the text and played Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 4 points
Player 2 -  points
Player 3 - 3 points
Player 4 - 4 points
Player 5 - 0 points
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 0 points

We started a new grammar issue -  Prepositions of time (in, on and at):

IN - the morning/afternoon/evening, June, 1987, winter etc.
ON - my birthday, 1st July
AT - the weekend, Christmas, lunchtime, night, 8.30 etc.

Your homework: do the exercise 1 b in the copy and do the extra from the previous class!!!

Next class - we´re going to plant our flowers and plants. Bring all the necessary materials!!!

Attention: next class we´re going to have a Flipped Class (when you´re - teachers). Prepare some activities for the students from the other group on the topic "Summer"!

domingo, 17 de mayo de 2015

Hello ! I'm Marco and I speak the Independence Day ( 4th July )

  • We celebrate the Independence Day on 4th July.



The American people wore a T-shirt, hat, jaket, etc.
The colours of the clothes are blue, white and red.





I saw with Blaze the march of the soldiers.





 They threw the fireworks. Are very amaizing.





jueves, 14 de mayo de 2015

Class 6. Monday 11/05

Hello

Today we revised saying the dates. We talked about famous people and their places and years of birth:

Who was William Shakespeare? - He was a famous writer.
When was he born? - He was born in 1564.
Where was he born? - He was born in - Stradford-upon-Avon.
When did he die? - He died in 1616.

We use the dates not only to talk about birthday, also to talk about time-tables (horarios):

What´s on Monday? - It´s a pop concert.
When is it? - It´s on 3d April.
What time does it start? - At 8 p.m.

We played Olympic Games and got some points:

Player 1 - 8 points
Player 2 - 5 points
Player 3 - 5 points
Player 4 - 2 points
Player 5 - 7 points
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 6 points

Next class we´re going to do our project - so, bring please the flowers, small plants from the seeds, a small spade (una pala), some plastic bottles to water the flowers, fertilizer (abono).

We´ll also have to make a small poster to put it next to the flower bed - to say it´s our project!

Don´t forget all the things!!!

Your homework: choose 5 holidays and write the senteces when we celebrate them.
Example: We celebrate Halloween on 31st October.

Extra task: listen to the podcast and do exercises 1-4 in your notebooks (2 points for each exercise):
Elementary podcast Episode 1


ATTENTION: Next Monday (18.05) we´re NOT going to plant flowers, because there´ll be some students absent at the class!!! So, don´t bring flowers and plants yet! We´ll postpone the project for 25.05!!!


jueves, 7 de mayo de 2015

Class 5. Monday 4/05

Hello

Today we checked our exercises from the video. And also we learnt some new vocabulary:
amazing, fantastic, rush hour, to show someone the sights, to hurry, terrible, traffic, surprise.

Those who did an extra task - gets 5 points for our Olympic Games:

Player 1 -
Player 2 -
Player 3 - 5 points
Player 4 - 5 points
Player 5 - 5 points
Player 6 -
Player 7 - 5 points

We also started a new topic today - "Dates to remember" where we´re going to talk about the past.

We learnt how to say the year in English:
1456 - fourteen fifty-six
1809 - eighteen oh nine
1900 - nineteen hundred
2003 - two thousand and three

When was William Shakespeare born? - He was born IN 1564.

Here´s a good link for you to practise saying the year:
How to say the year in English

We also learnt how to write and say the date:
1st January - the first of January
12th April - the twelfth of April

Practise saying the dates with this link:
Days and Dates in English

Your homework is to write 5 sentences with the dates of birth of different people.

Extra activity - do the exercise from the link in your notebooks (match the dates):
Dates Exercise

jueves, 30 de abril de 2015

Class 4. Monday 27/04

Hello

Today we revised our prepositons and practised using them.

- Excuse me, how do I get to the library?
- Go straight on Hill Road, turn right and go along Green St. At the pet shop turn left. The library is on your right, opposite the clothes shop.

We also played Olympic Games (we practised writing the dialogues) and got the following points:

Player 1 - 8 points
Player 2 - 4 points
Player 3 - 8 points
Player 4 - 4 point
Player 5 - 7 points
Player 6 -  points
Player 7 - 7 points

We also watched a short video about Transport and Trip to London. Here´s a link of two episodes watch it again:
Scene 1
Scene 2

Your homework: do the vocabulary exercise in your copy.

Extra task: watch one more part of the video and do the exercises in the copy (5 points).
The City of London

jueves, 23 de abril de 2015

Marco's plants



  • 15 th April  2015














  • 19 th April  2015








  •  21 th April  2015





  •  22 th April  2015






  •  23 th April  2015








  • 25th April 2015




miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015

Class 3. Monday 20/04

Hello

Today we revised the prepositions of location and map reading. To ask for directions we say:

Where is the bank, please?
How do I get to the library?
How can I get to the library?

To go to the school from my house - go along Peru Street, go straight on past the bank, then turn right and the school is in front of you etc.

We did a grammar exercise and got some points for our Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 8 points
Player 2 - 7 points
Player 3 - 8 points
Player 4 - 7 point
Player 5 - 7 points
Player 6 - 7 points
Player 7 - 6 points

Today we learnt some new prepositions of place (under, behind, over, near etc.) and movement (along, up, down, across etc.):

The school is near the bank. (place)
Go down the street. (movement)

We also talked about how our project is going. So, Pablo and Marco have bought the seeds and planted them. Here´re the pictures of the progress:


















As soon as we have the flowers ready to plant, the rest of the group has to buy the ready flowers later to plant. 
Also Silvia has to buy fertiliser.

Your homework is - write 8 sentences using the prepositions (4 prepositions of place and 4 prepositions of movement).

Extra task: listen to the audio and do two exercises in your notebook (2 points for each).
Giving directions Listening


lunes, 13 de abril de 2015

Class 2. Monday 13/04

Hello

Today we checked all our exercises and played some guessing games. We got the following points for our extra activities and Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 12 points
Player 2 - 11 points
Player 3 - 4 points
Player 4 - 1 point
Player 5 - 3 points
Player 6 - 5 points
Player 7 - 10 points

We revised the places in the city/town describing them:
It´s a place where you can ... (buy bread, watch a film, play games, go shopping etc).

Also we learnt some prepositions of location to give directions in the city/town: go along, go straight ahead, turn right/left, take the first/second turning on your right/left, opposite, past etc.

We used the expressions to give directions:
Go along High Street. Then turn right. Go straight ahead past the cinema and then take the first turning on your right. There´s a museum opposite the park.

Your homework is draw a map of your town/neighbourhood, choose three places on the map and explain how to get there from your house (use the prepositions from the lesson).

Extra activity: watch a video with the map, draw a map following the instructions from the video. Write down the sentences (5 points).
Giving directions Video

martes, 7 de abril de 2015

Trimester III. Class 1. Monday 06/04

Hello

Today we started our Trimester III, our last term this year, although some students were still on vacations.

So, we started a new topic "Tell me about your town" and learnt some new vocabulary to describe the city/town/village:
crowded, quiet, noisy, modern, tourist, historic, industrial, cheap, expensive, cosy etc.

We also revised some vocabulary from the last year - places in the city/town: playground, bank, post office, circus, police station, airport etc. 

We played Olympic Games and got first points:
Player 1 -
Player 2 - 13 points
Player 3 - 8 points
Player 4 -
Player 5 - 8 points
Player 6 - 13 points
Player 7 - 8 points

There´s a big shopping centre in my town.
There are a lot of parks in my town.

Your homework: choose a city/town/village that you´ve visited and describe it using the expressons and adjectives, bring photos to show it.

Example: I like Kyiv, this is the capital of Ukraine. It´s a big modern city. It´s very beautiful, but also noisy and crowded. It´s tourist and historic, because there are a lot of monuments, churches and cathedrals there. It´s green, because there´s a river and there are many parks there.

Here´re some photos of Kyiv:





We also discussed our plans for our project: 

Finally we raised some money and decided to buy seeds (semillas) and a fertiliser (abono) to later plant them in the place near our academy.

So, Pablo, Marco and Silvia are going to buy seeds and plant them first at home. María is going to buy flowers later.

We made a list of things we´ll need for that (seeds, plants, a spade, a fertiliser, a plastic bottle to water the flowers etc).

Now, your task is - during this week to buy seeds and plant them at home; follow their frowing making photos, observing, writing in the diary etc.

Extra task: watch a small video about London and do the exercises in your notebooks (2 points each), make up 5 questions to the video (each correct question - 1 point):
Tour of London Video

martes, 24 de marzo de 2015

Class 11. Monday 23/03. End of Trimester II

Hello

Today it was our last class in this trimester. To celebrate it we organised a Flea Market, a very funny and exciting activity. We decided to raise money for the charity organisation Design for Change or use it for our projects.

You brought lots of different things - second-hand books, toys, hand-made jewelery, home-made food and drinks. Wow! Great! You were real shop assistants and cashiers!

In the end, we earned 30,65 euros! Wow! So, we chose a money keeper (a person who´ll keep our money safely and will be responsible for it). This person is Silvia.

So, our plans are to use this money for our project - we decided to buy some plants and flowers (or to use the branches) and plant them. Next trimester we´ll trun to action!

Here´re our photos from the Flea Market. 

Our Stand

some other stands



Marco is selling his home-made juice

our visitors



hand-made jewelery


we earned a lot of money

let´s count our profit


Hope you had a good time. Please, write about your impressions here in the blog: Did you like it? Why? Do you think it´s a good idea to raise money for charity?


Also we have announced our Olympic Games winner. This trimester it´s Pablo. Congratulations!
And we awarded our blog strory winner for the presentation in the blog - María. She got the most number of votes from the group. Well done!!!

I wish you to spend good Easter Holidays! Happy Easter! And see you next trimester!