B21A, March 21-24th

 CLASS;

World poetry week: we've been reading poets such as William Carlos Williams, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou... We created new poems out of their texts and we wrote haikus:)

Listening: World Poetry Day, Maya Angelou, 

Speaking and listening: Practical English 2 and 3, pages 50-51 and 84-85

Grammar: finish present perfect simple and continuous

Reading: 80-81

Writing: informal letters.

Mediation: correction Film recommendations.

HOMEWORK

Grammar: read teh blue section on modal verbs: page 214-215

Reading page 94-95 ex 3c (headings and paragraphs)

FOLLOW-UP

Listen to Maya Angelou and watch it with English subtitles

Read this article: The beginner's guide to reading poetry.

Grammar: present tenses: present simple, continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous

A1, March 21st-24th

 Practical English: clothes & 6A

Grammar:

- this/that/these/those

- personal pronouns: object pronouns, page + handout

Speaking: reading habits page 191, clothes page 75

Listening: videos page 74/5

Writing a poem: William Carlos Williams "This is just to say"

HOMEWORK

Grammar: handout 53.1-53.2-53.3 

Reading page 85 part 2 and answer the questions page 84 ex 2a.

FOLLOW UP

Grammar: this / these... and more grammar practice.

Watch this video: object/subject pronouns

And some present simple and continuous revision

B21A (March 13th-17th)

 CLASS;

Unit 5B:

Listening page 81

Vocabulary: the country p.231

Listening page 82-83

Grammar: page 213 + handout ex. C, E

Speaking practice: present perfect continuous "Why did you write?" + page 83

Exam practice: monologue: instructions + fillers + monologues.

Writing: an informal email (page 191+ handout informal emails)

HOMEWORK:

Reading page 80, ex. b and c, d

Grammar: handout present perfect continuous ex. H and I+ handout 5C

Look for a piece of Breaking news.

Informal email: answer to the email in the handout (due on March 30th)

FOLLOW-UP

Watch the instructions for monologues again

Reading about fillers.

Watch this Ted Talk. That's a super monologue about city quitters:)

Grammar practice: present perfect simple and continuous

A1A (March 13th-16th)

 Unit 5C

* Present simple and present continuous

* Dictation and listening

*Speaking: What do they do/What are they doing

*Listening: song "Tom's diner", places in London

* Writing: profile and social media post

* Vocabulary: the weather, high numbers...

* Reading: page 72-23.

HOMEWORK:

Workbook: unit 5 A-B-C

Listen again and fill in the gaps:

FOLLOW-UP

Practice 1

Practice 2

B21A, March 2nd-9th

 CLASS:

Finish unit 5A and start 5B

Grammar: page  212 + handout on present tenses ex. B and D

Listening 5A/B and pronunciation "Word linking"

Speaking interaction: Riddles; Films and cinema and watching a video about a film-director to tell other students about it:

Special for International Women's Day:

Listening:

Reading about women's discoveries: reading a comic and jigsaw reading and speaking.

HOMEWORK:

Handout in grammar page 9 ex. E

Cloze "Hollywood"

FOLLOW-UP:

Catch up in grammar and vocabulary and read about the present perfect continuous. We'll see it next week. 

If you didn't hand in your mediation...you can bring it on Tuesday.

Listening practice: online dictation: London. (follow the steps)

A1A: March 6th-9th

CLASS:

• Unit 5B and start unit 5C
• Grammar: 
• present continuous page 218-219 + handout unit 3 + handout 5B
• present simple vs. present continuous, page 218 5C + handout to read at home 
• Writing: a post on social media page 201
• Pronunciation: the sound for "ing/ng/nk".
• Vocabulary: high numbers, page 234 ex 4
• Speaking: What are you doing + communicative activity ex. 191-196
• Listening: I'm singing in the rain

HOMEWORK:

* Read the grammar: present simple vs. present continuous + ex. 8.1., 8.2

* Write a post of "your holiday" in our padlet.

* Remember to revise your vocabulary!!

FOLLOW-UP:

* Watch this video:

 * Do this test. 

* And watch this video to remember International Women's Day (watch it with subtitles)

B21A (Feb 27th-March 2nd)

 CLASS;

Grammar: conditionals (second and third conditionals, units 5A and 9: blue section) + kahoot to revise them all.

Speaking: imaginary situations, speaking about TV series

Listening: mock exam

Reading and speaking page 78-79

Oral mediation about series (Amazon vs Netflix). 

HOMEWORK

Reading page 78

Due on Thursday: written mediation (recommending films/series).

Job application letter and linked-in summary if you didn't hand it in:)

FOLLOW-UP

Useful vocabulary to talk about films/TV/cinema...

To revise conditionals: watch this video.

To improve listening, remember to check this website:) Breaking News

Make sure you came the day we showed this short film. Tomorrow we may talk about it:)