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!!!

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

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

Marco's plants

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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

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

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