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!

DEAR STUDENTS:

THIS WAS OUR LAST CLASS BEFORE OUR WINTER HOLIDAYS.
WE STARTED CHECKING  HOMEWORK USING MODALS TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY
THEN,WE HAD A SPECIAL CLASS.
FIRST, OMAYMA AND VICTOR  IMPROVISED A RADIO SHOW WITH INTERVIEWS AND PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SPORTS.THEY WERE ONLY TWO BUT THEY DID IT QUITE WELL. WE RECORDED THE AUDIO FOR THAT ACTIVITY.
AFTER THAT,ALVARO AND JULIO MADE A SPEECH ABOUT MUSIC: ORIGINS, DIFFERENT STYLES . THEY EVEN HAD PREPARED THE SOUNDTRACK TO ILUSTRATE THE SPEECH. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING..... AND WE RECORDED THEM IN VIDEO. I`LL UPLOAD THEM BOTH. 
OSCAR AND DAN  WERE ABSENT, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE THEIR CLASS AFTER HOLIDAYS. THE SAME WILL GO FOR ANGEL, WHO COULDN´T JOIN VICTOR AND OMAYMA FOR THE CLASS.
 THE CLASS WAS A NICE SUPRISE, BUT YOU CAN STILL DO A LOT MORE!!!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY  HOLIDAYS!
ALVARO WILL POST THE AUDIO BUT UNFORTUNATELLY,IAM NOT ABLE TO POST THE VIDEO. I´LL KEEP ON TRYING

 

11-12-14

THIS WEEK WE STARTED BY CHECKING HOMEWORK. YOU DID A GOOD JOB USING THE MODALS FOR POSSIBILITY.
WE ADDED THIS TIME THE USE OF MODALS TO INDICATE POSSIBILITY IN THE PAST: MUST HAVE BEEN, CAN´T HAVE BEEN, ETC
THEN YOU HAD A LISTENING TO  SPECULATE ABOUT A CONVERSACION BETWWEN TWO FRIENDS.
FINALLY,WE HAD A GAME:" SUGGESTIVE SHAPES". STUDENT B HAD A COPY WITH DIFFERENT SHAPES,AND STUDENT A HAD THE SAME SHAPES BUT THEY WERE CUT UP. THEY SHOULD FOLLOW STUDENT B´S   DESCRIPTION TO ARRANGE THEM IN THE SAME POSITION. YOU PRACTISED : IT COULD BE,IT MIGHT BE, IT LOOKS LIKE, ETC. .
YOU WERE ASIGNED SOME OTHER EXERCISES TO  PRACTICE MODALS.
IAM LOOKING FOWARD TO THE SPECIAL CLASS NEXT CLASS!

04-12-14

THIS CLASS WE STARTED BY CHECKING YOUR HOMEWORK ABOUT THE USE OF PAST PERFECT. THEN YOU HAD AN ORAL EXERCISE  TO PRACTICE THIS TENSE AND TO CHECK SOME  HISTORICAL FACTS. YOU DIDT IT WELL!!!
AFTER THAT, WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF MODALS TO TALK ABOUT POSIBILITIES IN THE PRESENT: MUST,COULD,MIGHT,CAN´T.
WE READ AN ARTICLE  ABOUT A PROBLEM´S PAGE:WE READ TWO LETTERS  WITH ANSWERS  AND YOU TRIED TO SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS MIGHT BE.
WE HAD A LISTENING AND AFTER THAT YOU GAVE YOUR OPINIONS.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED SOME EXERCISES TO USE THE MODALS.
YOU ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO  SUBMIT  YOUR IDEAS  FOR THE ESPECIAL CLASS.

THURSDAY 27-11-14

THIS WEEK SOME OF YOU HAVE SHOWN ME ( AT LAST!!!)  YOUR IDEAS FOR THE  PROJECT. NOW YOU HAVE TO START DEVELOPING  THOSE IDEAS!

AS REGARDS OUR USUAL CLASS, WE HAVE INTRODUCED AND PRACTICED THE PAST PERFECT. AT THE BEGINNING IT SEEMED THAT YOU DIDNT GET WELL THE MEANING / USE OF THAT TENSE. ONCE WE DID THE LISTENING AND YOU PRODUCED YOUR OWN EXAMPLES, YOU GOT THE IDEA.
WE ALSO CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT ADVENTURERS;  THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS THE OCEAN, THE TWO GIRLS VISITING THE POLES,ETC.
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU WERE ASIGNED SOME GAP- FILLING EXERCISES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER ADVENTURERS (KENNEDY, MOZART,SCHUMACHER, ETC) AND YOU´LL HAVE A AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS  BETWEEN GROUP A AND B.

20-11-14

DEAR STUDENTS:
I HOPED TO FIND YOUR VIEWS ON OUR LAST CLASS. I FEEL A BIT DISAPPOINTED SINCE I SEE  NO COMMENTS ON YOUR PART AS WE HAD AGREED.

THIS WEEK WE REINFORCED THE IDEA OF  USED TO: YOU TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS YOU USED TO DO WHEN YOU WERE TEN: YOU USED TO STUDY A LOT, PLAY VIDEO GAMES, VISIT YOUR  GRANDPARENTS, ETC. WE DID TWO LISTENINGS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME PEOPLE USED TO DO IN THE PAST.
WE  ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE OF MEN IN THE PAST AND NOW.
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ADVENTURERS, YOU GAVE YOUR EXAMPLES AND THE REASON WHY YOU CONSIDERED THEM ADVENTURERS. WE HAVE JUST INTRODUCED PAST PERFECT.

FOR HOMEWORK VICTOR WAS ASIGNED TO WRITE ABOUT THE CLASS ON THE BLOG AND THE REST OF THE GROUP SHOULD LEAVE A COMMENT.

I AM STILL WAITING..........