domingo, 31 de mayo de 2020

REINFORCEMENT LESSON 3: Monday, 1st June

Good morning everyone!

I hope you've had some time to rest and catch up with you work. 



IMPORTANT: In the entry below, you've got a link to a document with the CONTENTS you need to revise for your retake exam. On that document, you can also find links to explanations and activities that will help you revise for your exam.


Let's do some revision activities. Follow these steps:

1) As we have already revised all verb tenses, we're going to do a mock exam to check our knowledge.  Click HERE to get the test. 

            When you finish, take a photo/a screenshot of your result and your answers and send it to my email, please.


2) Revise the vocabulary in UNIT 2: Technology (pages 20 and 22 of your book) / Adjectivies and Prepositions. 
    - Do all the vocabulary activities in your INTERACTIVE WEBBOOK. 


Remember that you can do more activities on your own to help you revise for your exam!!!

That's all for today. I'll get back to you tomorrow. 

2- Mark "CONSOLIDATION": Week 1st June- 5th June

Good morning everyone!


I hope you had some time to rest during the long weekend and are ready to keep on going:





These are your activities for this week:


1)   INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 2
    
 Do all the GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY activities
    Remember that you can (if you need so..)
           - Watch the VOCABULARY preview
           -Grammar tutor  1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses.
           - Grammar appendix 1,2: if you need help with FUTURE PERFECT/ FUTURE CONTINUOUS in Spanish.



2) A For and Against Essay.
   - Revise how to write a  For and Against Essay (page 28/ 167 of your book/ or on this LINK
  
   - Write a FOR and Against Essay of between 120-150 words on the following statement:
         Advantages and Disadvantages of learning from home 
                                                                                       (Do it in a word document and send it to my mail)


DEADLINE TO MEET for both activities: Friday, 5th (before 12,45 pm)

jueves, 28 de mayo de 2020

CONTENTS FOR YOUR RETAKE EXAM (June, 18th)


Hello everyone!

Find HERE the list of contents you need to revise for your RETAKE EXAM on June, 18th


The exam will have THREE PARTS:

1- Use of English (Activities on grammar and vocabulary: rewriting, gap fillings etc..)

2- Reading comprehension (A text and questions about it)

3- Writing  (A composition of about 150 words)

lunes, 25 de mayo de 2020

REINFORCEMENT LESSON 2: Tuesday, 26th May

Good morning everyone!

I hope you're not having problems getting access to your webbooks using the new activation codes.
 I also hope you find the activities useful to help you revise for your exam in June.
 Remember that doing the activities will not only give you practise but it will also help me decide your final mark.


Let's begin with our revision lesson today. Follow these steps:


1) Le't begin by revising  the VOCABULARY in UNIT 1: 
    A) Vocabulary on COMMUNICATION:  You need to make a list with the words in  blue on pages 6 and 8 of your book. 
      - Get to your "INTERACTIVE BOOK" and have a look at the VOCABULARY PREVIEW
     You can revise the vocabulary there:

- Now you can do some vocabulary activities in the INTERACTIVE BOOK: activities 1,3,10

- Click HERE to find another interesting activity to practise with this vocabulary.



B) NOUN SUFFIXES:  On page 8 of your book, you have an activity about noun suffixes and on page 12 you've got some information about ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES. Revise these activities and then do  activites:  4,5,7,8,9 in THE INTERACTIVE BOOK

     Click HERE if you need  some more help and practice. 


2) HOMEWORK: As we haven't got a lesson on Friday (It is a local holiday in Cordoba), you've got plenty of time to do these activities: 
  
     - Activities on the GRAMMAR LAB page 126-127 (You can do the activities on your online book or you can write the answers in your notebook) 

   - UNIT 2 GRAMMAR: FUTURE PERFECT / FUTURE CONTINUOUS
        a) Have a look at the grammar tutor (watch the video) and the grammar appendix in your INTERACTIVE BOOK. 
        b) Do the grammar activities (unit 2) on the INTERACTIVE BOOK. 


DEADLINE TO MEET: Please, make sure you have all these activites done before Saturday, 30th.

OPTIONAL: You can do some listening and reading practice in your Student's book online and do some more revision activities to get ready for your exam in June.
Remember:" Practise makes perfect"

That's all for now. I'll get back to you on Monday, 1st June.

domingo, 24 de mayo de 2020

REINFORCEMENT LESSONS: 1. Monday, 25th May

Good morning!

Welcome to our revision lessons. Today we're going to start revising VERB TENSES (UNIT 1)

1- Present Simple/ Continuous
2- Past Simple /Continuous
3- Present Perfect Simple /Continuous
4- Future: Will / Going to



1)  We are going to use the WEBBOOKS to revise:
      - Click HERE to get access to the webbook. (If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so)
        
                 Find some help in this VIDEO on how to do it. 

IMPORTANTE: Vas a tener acceso a tres libros.
1) AN INTERACTIVE BOOK / 2) YOUR STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE/ 3) a GRADED READER

1) En el INTERACTIVE BOOK:  En cada unidad vas a encontrar - la lista de  vocabulario,  videos con explicaciones gramaticales ( el grammar tutor) y el grammar appendix donde encuentras explicaciones gramaticales en español- de cada unidad.  También tienes actividades de gramática y vocabulario.

2) El STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE, es simplemente tu libro de texto. Puedes usarlo para repasar actividades ya hechas o hacer actividades que no se han hecho aún.  En las páginas 126-134 encontrarás un repaso gramatical de cada unidad, con actividades.

3) GRADED READER: Tienes a tu disposición Pride and Prejudice, adaptado.  Puedes leerlo si tienes tiempo o te apetece.
    

2) WORK TO DO
             -  INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 1
           -Grammar tutor  1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses.
           - Grammar appendix 1,2: if you need help with VERB TENSES in Spanish.
           - Grammar Practice Activities: 1-9
            

3) EXTRA HELP/ PRACTICE  (Optional activities if you need some more practice)
(Es trabajo que debes seleccionar tú de acuerdo a tus necesidades y al tiempo que le quieras decidar.  Son actividades propuestas):

     A)  Find  HERE  a good chart about English Verb Tenses. 

     B)  In your STUDENT'S BOOK online,  on pages 126-127 you can find the GRAMMAR LAB with some more explanations and activities.

    C) Don't forget that on this ENTRY you can find more explanations and extra activities. 


That's all for today!   I'll get back to you tomorrow!!!
        

1- Mark "CONSOLIDATION" : Week 1 25th -29th May

Good morning!

How are you???

I hope you've still got some energy left to keep going!!


For those of you who need/want to "consolidate" your final marks, here are some instructions:


1) We are going to use the WEBBOOKS to consolidate your knowledge:
      - Click HERE to get access to the webbook. (If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so)
        
                 Find some help in this VIDEO on how to do it. 

IMPORTANTE: Vas a tener acceso a tres libros.
1) AN INTERACTIVE BOOK / 2) YOUR STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE/ 3) a GRADED READER

1) En el INTERACTIVE BOOK:  En cada unidad vas a encontrar - la lista de vocabulario,  videos con explicaciones gramaticales ( el grammar tutor) y el grammar appendix donde encuentras explicaciones gramaticales en español- de cada unidad.  También tienes actividades de gramática y vocabulario.

2) El STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE, es simplemente tu libro de texto. Puedes usarlo para repasar actividades ya hechas o hacer actividades que no se han hecho aún.  En las páginas 126-134 encontrarás un repaso gramatical de cada unidad, con actividades.

3) GRADED READER: Tienes a tu disposición Pride and Prejudice, adaptado.  Puedes leerlo si tienes tiempo o te apetece.
    

2) SUGGESTED WORK to do during  this week (Monday, 25th - Friday, 29th) 

 -  INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 1
     Do all the GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY activities

    Remember that you can (if you need so..)
           - Watch the VOCABULARY preview
           -Grammar tutor  1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses.
           - Grammar appendix 1,2: if you need help with VERB TENSES in Spanish.

That's all for this week!!

           

lunes, 18 de mayo de 2020

TUESDAY, 19th MAY

Good morning!


Ready for one more lesson??  Let's get down to work!

Follow these steps: 

1) For those who did the LISTENING ACTIVITY on page 91 of your book yesterday:

     Click HERE to get the answers and check your own progress. 



2) Let do some more revision today

Click HERE to find a worksheet with interesting activities. 


Once you have finished doing the activities (either on the downloaded worsheet or in your notebook), please, send the answers to my email (take a photo of it or scan it), no later than 3.00 pm.  



3)  Now you can choose to do A or B according to what you think you need more practice in. Take your time, you don't need to hand them in. It is optional work!

    A: REPORTED SPEECH: Click HERE to find some good activities on reported speech. You can select to do some of them: the ones you find more difficult, perhaps
            
               Click HERE to get the answers and check your own progress

  B: READING COMPREHENSION: Do activities 1-4 on page 92 of your book about THE AMAZING ALL BLACKS.
               Click HERE to find the answers and check your own progress

  
       That's all, folks!!!  This is our last "COMMON LESSON" as a whole group! We'll keep in touch, though. 

Read the information below: 


Si habéis leído la información colgada en drive acerca de cómo se va a desarrollar el final de curso, (ENLACE), sabéis que a partir del lunes, 23 de mayo vamos a dedicar las clases especialmente  a actividades de repaso, refuerzo y recuperación para aquellos/as de vosotros/as que tenéis suspensas la 1ª y 2ª evaluación (UNIDADES 1- 4).  El 18 de junio tendréis un examen de esas unidades.  ES MUY IMPORTANTE QUE TRABAJÉIS PARA PODER RECUPERAR.
Esta es, por tanto, la última semana de clase común para todos.

En cuanto a los que tenéis la 1ª y 2ª evaluación aprobadas:  os mandaré un correo a final de esta semana con vuestros resultados –teniendo en cuenta las notas de 1er y 2º trimestre y todo el trabajo realizado desde casa durante el 3er trimestre.  En el correo os proporcionaré información acerca de qué podéis hacer en inglés a partir de la semana próxima.