26-02-2015

WE CHECKED AN EXERCISE YOU HAD FOR HOMEWORK TO USE THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS.

THEN, WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT AN ARTICLE  WE READ THE WEEK BEFORE. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT ARTICLE, YOU EXPRESSED YOUR OWN “WISH LIST” RELATED TO SOME TOPICS SUCH AS FAMILY, FRIENDS, HOLIDAY, MONEY. YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT AND PAST SITUATIONS.

ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED WITH OUR DFC PROJECT. AFTER ADDING MORE IDEAS FOR THE PROJECT, WE VOTED THE BEST IDEA. AND THE WINNER WAS: SENDING A LETTER TO TOWN HALL ASKING FOR MORE BICYCLE STANDS. NOW, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT THE REQUIREMENTS TO SEND A LETTER TO TOWN HALL. BESIDES, YOU HAVE TO THINK WHERE THOSE STANDS WILL BE NECESSARY. YOU HAVE TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE ASKING FOR THE  TOWN HALL AND PEOPLE’S OPINION.

19/02/2015

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, WE CHECKED HOMEWORK. THERE WERE SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU TO FEEL IN USING I WISH/IF ONLY... YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT/PAST SITUATIONS. AFTER THAT WE READ AND COMMENTED ABOUT A GREEK MAN: SOZOS. HE USED TO BUY A TICKET LOTTERY EVERY WEEK. ONE DAY, ,AS HE WAS STANDING IN A QUEUE WAITING FOR HIS TICKETS ,HE SAW AN  OLD LADY AND OFFERED HER HIS PLACE IN THE QUEUE. THE NEXT WEEK HE SAW ON TV THE WINNING TICKET WAS THE ONE THE OLD LADY HAD BOUGHT.

ON THE BASIS OF THAT STORY, WE MADE EXPECULATIONS ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT SOZOS LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HADNT LET THE OLD LADY HIS PLACE AT THE QUEUE. YOU WERE RECICLYNG THIRD CONDITIONAL. 

FINALLY WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT A COUPLE WHO BOUGHT AN ISLAND ON THE PACIFIC AND BECAUSE OF AN EARTHQUEAKE THEY LOST EVERYTHING. WE USED EXPRESSIONS SUCH US IF THEY HAD KNOWN THEY SHOULD HAVE...IF THEY HADN'T...THEY WISH THEY...

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PROYECT WORK. YOU BEGAN BY GIVING IDEAS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LEGANÉS. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE A LIST OF THE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS MANY IDEAS CAME UP. YOU WROTE THOSE IDEAS ON A POST-IT AND STICK THEM IN A BIG PAPER ON THE BOARD. THEN YOU REORGANIZED THOSE IDEAS IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE TOPICS. NEXT CLASSWE WILL SORT OUT THOSE IDEAS AND WILL DO THE VOTING TO SEE THE ONES YOU CAN CARRY OUT. 

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS.

12-02-15

THIS WEEK WE HAS A FLIP CLASS.
FIRST WE CHECKED SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE USE OF I WISH, IF ONLY.
THEM WE  TALKED ABOUT CARNIVAL: WE ANALISED A TEXT A BOUT CARNIVAL IN BRAZIL. WE TALKED ABOT THE DIFFERENT CITIES WERE IT TAKES PLACE: RIO DE JANIERO,SALVADOR AND RECIFE. THE DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC, COSTUMES AND DANCERS. THEN YOU COMPLETED AN EXERCISE TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING. FINALLY WE WATCHED A VIDEO BY MICHAEL JACKSON WITH ONE  OF THE MOST FAMOUS GROUP OF MUSICIANS FOR CARNIVAL: THE ODONEUM.
IN THE SECOND PART, WE VISITED TEACHER BEGOÑA`S CLASSROOM. THERE THE STUDENTS HAD PREPARED SOME GAMES  ABOUT VALENTINE´S DAY. THERE WAS ALSO A HANGMAN. THEY ALSO ASKED MISCELLANEAS QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW STUDENTS TO ANSWER. FINALLY THEY PLAYED BINGO ABOUT VALENTINE´S VOCABULARY. YOU HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOY YOURSELVES!

05-02-15

DEAR STUDENTS,

THIS WEEK WE REVISED THE USE OF IF ONLY,  I WISH....WE CHECKED SOME EXERCISES FOR TO USE THOSE EXPRESSIONS. AND YOU DID IT VERY WELL!!

WE HAD A LISTENING TO COMMENT SOME OTHER PEOPLE`S REGRETS AND WISHES. YOU COMMENTED ABOUT YOURS TOO. THEN WE HAD SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU TO REPHRASE USING CONDITIONALS AND THE EXPRESSIONS WE MENTIONED BEFORE.

 ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS, I EXPLAINED WHAT OUR NEXT PROJECT WILL BE. WE WATCHED A VIDEO ABOUT DESIGN FOR CHANGE AND YOU GAVE YOUR OPINIONS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO START GATHERING IDEAS POR THAT PROJECT WORK.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES FOR VALENTINE´S DAY.WE EXCHANGED IDEAS ABOUT TASKS.NEXT CLASS, WE´LL SEE WHAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR "YOUR STUDENTS".

28-01-15

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING THE THIRD TYPE OF CONDITIONAL.
YOU FILLED IN SOME EXERCISES IT WAS HARD WORK FOR YOU TO ORGANIZED THOSE SENTENCES, THERE ALSO WERE SOME SENTENCES TO BE REPHRASED.
WE ALSO INTRODUCED THE USE OF I WISH...., IF ONLY..... WHEN TALKING ABOU PRESENT SITUATIONS.
THERE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR REGRETS.
YOU SPECULATED ABOUT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.AND ALSO GAVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES ABOUT YOUR OWN REGRETS.Y
OU PRACTICED EXPRESSIONS: IF ONLY I DIDN´T,I SHOULDN´T HAVE.....,SOMETIMES I WISH..,IF ONLY I HADN´T.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FILL IN  SOME EXERCISES USING  THE NEW EXPRESSIONS.

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!