22-01-15

THIS WEEK WE STARTED BY REVISING THE USE OF PAST PERFECT COMPARED WITH SIMPLE PAST.
WE ALSO REVISED THE USE OF FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL TO INTRODUCE THE THIRD TYPE AND TALK ABOUT AN IMPOSIBLE SITUATION. YOUR EXAMPLES FROM REAL LIFE WERE VERY INTERESTING.SOME OF YOU HAD LOTS OF REGRETS!
WE HAD AN EXTENDED ORAL ACTIVITY TO REVISE MIXED CONDITIONALS. YOU WERE IN TWO GROUPS AND FIRST WE EXPLAINED WHAT A  GAP YEAR WAS. SOME OF YOU POINTED OUT THE ADVANTAGES  FOR A GAP YEAR: METTING NEW PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PLACES, LEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES, LIVING ON YOUR OWN. SOME OTHER STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT DISAVANTAGES: SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, MISSING THE FAMILY,DEPENDING ON YOUR OWN,ETC.YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO USE CONDITIONALS TO TALK ABOUT THAT HIPOTHETICAL SITUATION.
AT FIRST YOU READ A BLOG FROM A GIRL SPENDING A GAP YEAR IN BRAZIL AND HER  EXPERIENCE. THEN , YOU  ASKED TWO QUESTIONS PER GROUP. ONCE THIS, ONE GROUP EXCHANGED THE QUESTIONS WITH THE OTHE GROUP TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.ONCE THIS , THE GROUPS RECOVERED THEIR ORIGINAL QUESTIONS TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER GROUP HAD ANSWERED.
FINALLY IT WAS YOUR TURN TO POST TO YOUR OWN BLOG IMAGINING YOU HAD A GAP YEAR ABROAD. SOME PEOPLE "WENT "TO AFRICA TO HELP POOR PEOPLE AND  SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER GROUP TO FRANCE TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE.LASTLY, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR EXPRIENCE AND LET THE OTHER GOUP ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. YOU WORKED HARD!
 FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARES SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THIRD TYPE OF CONDITIONALS.

15-01-15

IT WAS HARD FOR TO GO BACK  TO WORK AFTER HOLIDAYS!

 YOU  FELT LIKE TALKING A LOT ABOUT YOUR HOLIDAYS: ACTIVITES, PRESENTS, BUT WE HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK.
WE REVISED MODALS TO TALK ABOUT POSIBILITY IN THE PRESENT OR IN THE PAST.WE MADE DEDUCTIONS BASED ON PICTURES.
THEN WE REVISED THE PAST PERFECT BY FILLING IN AN EXERCISE USING SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT.
IT DIDN´T SEEM VERY EASY FOR YOU AT THE BEGINNING. IT TOOK YOU LONGER THAN EXPECTED  BUT THEN YOU GOT USED TO THAT
.WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT SOMEONE TLKING ABOUT A  THE SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS WHICH YOU HAD TO PUT IN ORDER.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO END UP AN EXERCISE  USING PAST PERFECT. HOPE YOU DON´T FORGET!