First year - 1ºE - Monday 30 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking. Lie/true: was /were

- Vocabulary: word formation

- Reading: A Tale of Two Sydneys

- Grammar: regular past simple tense

- Pronunciation: -ed endings. Click here to read the document we worked on.

First year - 1ºD - Monday 30 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Reading: four statues

- Speaking: Top people in Spain

- Speaking. Lie or true: was / were

- Vocabulary: word formation

- Speaking: role play on shopping

- Reading: Two Sydneys

- Grammar: regular past simple tense.


Homework: Exercises on page 131, section 5B

Listening: The longest running soap opera

Watch the video below and answer the questions:





1.How many episodes was Coronation Street first supposed to have?

2. How long has Coronation Street been on television?

3. Who's William Roache?

4. Why does C.S.'s author think the soap opera is so successful?

5. What will happen in December?


Click here to check your answers

Fifth year - 5ºC - Thursday 26 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: television in America

- Quiz. Television

- Speaking: design your own TV programme

- Grammar: adjectives + prepositions

- Speaking: villains

- Reading: villains

- Vocabulary: crime

Fifth year - 5ºB - Thursday 26 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: television in America

- Quiz. Television

- Speaking: design your own TV programme

- Writing: Reviews. Click here to see the document.

- Grammar and speaking: adjectives + prepositions


Homework:

Write a review on HOLES by Louis Sachar

First year - Past simple: was were

Click on the links below to practise the past simple of verb TO BE


Was or were, by Martina

WAS-WASN`t-WERE-WEREN`T, by Rosario Pacheco

Was-wasn`t -were- weren`t, by Rosario Pacheco

First year - 1ºE - Wednesday 25 January 2012

Summary of the class:


- Review. listening.

- Listening: Mount Rushmore

- Grammar: was / were

- Speaking: Four presisdents

- Speaking: Sylvia and James

- Reading and listening: Biographies and statues

- Speaking: Top British of all time




Homework:

Activities on pages 51 and 52

First year - 1ºD - Wednesday 25 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Writing: a description of a friend.

- Vocabulary: adjectives of personality.

- Review. listening.

- Listening: Mount Rushmore

- Grammar: was / were

- Speaking: Four presisdents

- Speaking: Sylvia and James


Homework:

Activities on pages 50 - 51

Describe a friend or a relative of yours, and attach his/her picture to the sheet.

Fifth year - Grammar: adjective order

These are some exercises to practise the position of adjectives:


Adjective Order, by Anna Pessoa


Adjective Word Order, by Liz B.


http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.adwo.p.htm

Fifth year - Monkey Man

The story of Monkey Man turns out to be true. Here's a list with links where you can find more information about this bizarre story:

http://www.b3ta.com/interview/monkeyman/

The following video starts with bad quality image but it improves later on.

Fifth year - 5ºC - Tuesday 24 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Reading: Celebrity Worship Syndrome

- Grammar. adjective order

- Writing: Reviews. Click here to read the document.

- Listening: Monkey Man

- Vocabulary: adjectives and prepositions

- Speaking: Something about you
Homework: Write a book review on HOLES

Fifth year - 5ºB - Tuesday 24 January 2012

Summary of the class:

-Adjectives: position

-Speaking: The press. Click here to read the questions.

- Reading and writing: Tabloids and broadsheets.

- Listening: Monkey Man

First year - Vocabulary: clothes

Watch the following video to practise the vocabulary and its pronunciation.

First year - 1ºE - Monday 23 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Grammar. Revision of pronouns. Click here to see the activities.

- Vocabulary: Clothes. Physical descriptions

- Listening and speaking: buying clothes. Click here to read the copy we worked on in class.

- Social English

- Writing: description of a friend

- Vocabulary: adjectives of personality



Homework:

Finish the activities from the worksheet on pronouns.

Study the vocabulary and dialogues on shopping. We are going to role play different dialogues next Monday

Write a description of a friend (real or imaginary). Use a picture and attach it to your text.

First year - 1ºD - Monday 23 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Grammar. Revision of pronouns. Click here to see the activities.

- Vocabulary: Clothes. Physical descriptions

- Listening and speaking: buying clothes. Click here to read the copy we worked on in class.

- Social English


Homework:

Finish the activities from the worksheet on pronouns.

Study the vocabulary and dialogues on shopping. We are going to role play different dialogues next Monday

First year - Possessive pronouns

Watch the followin video to review possessive pronouns:

Fifth year - 5ºC - Thursday 19 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking. Newspapers: tabloids and broadsheets

- Reading: Articles.

- Writing. Tabloids.

- Speaking: heroes. Click here to read the questions we worked on.

Fifth year - 5ºB - Thursday 19 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: looks

- Reading: attraction

- Speaking: heroes. Click here to read the questions.

- Reading: Celebrity Worship Hero

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 18 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: object personal pronouns

- Love stories: retelling

- Pronunciation: /i/ /i:/

- Listening, speaking, grammar: dating agencies and possessive pronouns. Click here to read the document we worked on.

Fifth year - 5ºB/C - Tuesday 17 January 2011

Summary of the class:

- Synonyms of 'bad'

- Speaking. Cosmetic surgery. Click here to see the questions.

- Vocabulary: plastic surgery

- Listening: film



- Listening and speaking: a radio programme. Click here to see the document we worked on.

- Vocabulary: collocations

First year - object pronouns

Click on the links below to do some exercises on personal pronouns:


personal pronouns - object case, by schnuffi


personal pronouns - object case, by schnuffi

First year - 1ºD/E - Monday 16 January 2012

Summary of the class:

- Mistakes

- Speaking: can / can't

- Speaking: Do you like films? What kind of films do you like?

- Grammar: object pronouns

- Speaking: object pronouns

- Reading: love story films

Fifth year - 5ºB/C - Thursday 12 January 2011

Summary of the class:

- Revision of exams

- Mistakes

- Writing better in English: good and bad. Click here to see the document we worked on.

Fifth year - Oral tests

Schedule for oral tests.

5B


5c

First year - Oral tests

Here is teh list witht he schedule for the oral tests.

1d

1E