THE SECRET GARDEN AUDIOS TERM 1
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON RESOURCES TERM 2
Starter Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Unit4 Unit5 Unit6 Unit7 Unit8 Unit9
Dear all,
This year we are going to communicate using this blog.
Download this Verb Tenses portfolio where you'll be filling in info as we study them.
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LEVEL TEST
In order to find out your current level of English click here, go to Englishjet and take the level test B1. Once finished, write down your score and report it to your teacher.
READER DIAGRAM SAMPLE
STARTER UNIT
Go to your end-of-book Irregular verbs appendix. Divide it into blocks of 10. Study 1 block a day (3 forms, spelling, translation and pronunciation). We'll set the exam date. This exam has to be perfect.
As many of you don't have the book yet, we'll start with Grammar, but I promise it won't be that way habitually.
Click on the links below and fill in the info on your Verb Tenses portfolio.
ONLY FORM/USE/ADVERBS/SPELLING
DO NOT COPY EVERYTHING, JUST NOTES ON THOSE FOUR ASPECTS!!!!!
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Past Simple
Present Perfect
Present Perfect/Simple Past (DO NOT TAKE NOTES ON THIS PPT, JUST READ IT)
Modals theory
Modals practice
Click on the links on the ppts or go to Engcyberia for more practice.
Listen to this conversation about technology and try to remember as much as you can.
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UNIT 1. Making a difference (on personal qualities)
GRAMMAR
Go to you end-of-book Irregular verbs appendix. Divide it into blocks of 10. Study 1 block a day (3 forms, spelling, translation and pronunciation). We'll set an exam date. This exam has to be perfect.
Past Continuous
Present Perfect Simple/Continuous
Used to
SPEAKING
To find possible places of special beauty for your project, you can visit this link, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Choose one and prepare your 3-min presentation.
UNIT 2. A consumer's world.
GRAMMAR
Simple Past /Past Perfect (Time connections in the Past)
Watch this sequence of Splice and mark on the worksheet given to you the order of sequences (1 and 2) and the make sentences following the model
PPerf+WHEN+SP
Quantifiers Copy the diagram and do the necessary practice with the links provided in the presentation. DO NOT GO INTO PARTITIVES.
LISTENING
Listen to this clip 4 times
1st-->no script
2nd-->no script and answer the questions
3rd-->script
4th-->remember a new word (write it and translate it)
WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
UNIT 3. The energy of tomorrow (on technology, energy and ecology).
GRAMMAR
Passive voice (all verb forms). Watch this ppt and take notes from sections I, II and III. Do the verb forms changes one by one. You need to have the final diagram with all the verb forms active and passive.
Reflexive and emphatic pronouns. Copy the diagram of both reflexive and emphatic pronouns, watch the videos and do the exercises suggested in the links. We'll solve questions in the class.
LISTENING
Watch this video and answer the questions. Remember the steps:
1st-->listen with no script
2nd-->listen and answer (repaet the listening until your score is 100%)
3rd-->listen with script
4th-->go to the Online Investigations and Discussion Questions and write a Reply to a comment.
GAME
We'll work in groups with this questionnaire and then we'll play a game to see what group gets the highest score.
UNIT 4. Live well (on health, sport injuries, advice)
GRAMMAR
Here's a ppt on conditionals. Copy the general diagram with types 0, 1, 2 and 3. Go to Engcyberia number 50 for practice on all types of conditionals.
LISTENING
Listen to this clip 3 times
1st-->no script
2nd-->no script and answer the questions
3rd-->script
Do the exercises in section 3. You'll boost your listening skills.
Listen also to Sandra Aamodt's TED's speech several times; write a reply to a comment and send a copy to your teacher.
GAME
Watch this ppt on Titanic and write a comment on youtube with your group's conclusions (one type 2 and one type 3).
We will also play a Board game on conditionals.
SONG
We'll watch this video on The fiddler on the roof and complete the missing gaps in the song lyrics.
UNIT 5. Community spirit (on social networks)
GRAMMAR
Question forms
- WHO subject/object. Practice here
- Interrogative pronouns. Copy in a piece of paper slides 3 to 7. On slide 8 you can practice lots.
Verbs with INF/GER. Copy slides 2 and 3
Question tags. We'll focus on the Expecting Confirmation use of question tags.
VOCABULARY
Phrasal verbs with UP
LISTENING
Do this listening on Smart phones and do the activities on sections 2 and 3.
WHAT LIES BENEATH Movie and Worksheet
UNIT 6. Good times
GRAMMAR
Reported statements, questions and commands. Diagram here.
Practice Report questions, questions2, statements or commands.
Ghost: Oda Mae meets Molly
WRITING
Connectors for sequencing a story
UNIT 7. In the news (on travelling, weather..)
GRAMMAR
Future tenses
Practice exercises on Engcyberia from numbers 13, 14, 15.
Aretha Franklin' A little prayer. Put strips of the song in order as you listen.
VOCABULARY
Weather. Do all the Listening activities you can around Extreme Weather
WRITING
Connectors of addition
UNIT 8. The senses.
GRAMMAR
Relative clauses complete. Watch this prezi to get a general overview of them. Practice 1 2 3 4
Articles (a/an/zero). Practice here 1 2 3
UNIT9. Next steps.
Revision
