See you in 2014

Dear students, 

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! 

Here you have some Christmas Carols to sing during this season!

See you in January!!!! (8th January for Básico 1 and 9th January for Intermedio 2) 

19th December

Hi everybody!

This is what happened today in our class:

- Opinion essay review. Common mistakes and doubts.
- Oral presentation: Payal and Miguel.
- Page 80, Listening, exercises a, b, c
- Oral presentation: Yolanda and Bianca.

And then, Xmas party and Xmas Carols!

For sure, some of you are regretting now that you didn't come today!!!


HOMEWORK: 
- Handout 9A
- Page 80, Vocabulary, 1, 2
- Help with Grammar, 4
- Page 81, exercise 7, 8
- Think about tips for preparing and checking your writings before handing them in.

PLEASE SEND VIA EMAIL ANY WRITINGS YOU HAVEN'T HANDED IN YET!
bnaranjo.teacher@gmail.com

18th December

Hi Básico 1 students!!

This is what we did yesterday in class:

- Correction of exercises 3A, a and b, on page 129
- Grammar, present simple (Interrogative, questions), page 22, exercises a, b and c
- Grammar Bank, page 128, 3B. Exercises a and b, on page 129
- Writing of examples of three sentences using the present simple and the verbs on page 153 (affirmative +, negative - and interrogative ? )
- Pronunciation 4, page 23, a, b, c
- Christmas Handout

- Christmas Carols (Villancicos)

HOMEWORK 

- Reading, page 23, a, b, c, d
- STUDY VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR (estudiar vocabulario y gramática)
- Review your writings!/ Repasar las redacciones

17th December

Hey guys!

This was what happened in our class yesterday:

- Correction of Help with Grammar, exercise 4 and 5, page 79. CHECK page 149.
- Vocabulary, exercises 6 and 7.
- Revision of last reading exam (Cloze text)
- Get ready, get it right, page 79.

Please contact me if you haven't done your presentation on the date you had assigned!!! 

16th December

Hello everybody!

This is our class from today:
- Revision and comments about Writing "Craig David", common mistakes
- Hand in Writing:  "Descriptions"
- Page 20, Exercise D (pair work)
- Page 21, Reading and Speaking, Correction (exercises a,b and c) Study WHY and BECAUSE
- Page 22, 1 Vocabulary, a.
- Page 154, Vocabulary Bank (a, b, c & d)
- Page 22, 2 Listening, a, b, c, d.


See you on Wednesday!

12th December

Hey guys!

This was our lesson today:

- Oral presentation by Virginia and Roland.
- Quick review: warnings and advice
- Group work: Healthy diet. Sinful foods (chocolate, coffee, sweets…)
- Page 79, Exercises 1, 2, 3.
- Christmas wishes.


See you at the movie this evening at 19.30!

HOMEWORK: 
- WRITING DUE DATE 17TH DECEMBER! 
- Page 79, exercise 4, Help with Grammar and exercise 5. 

11th December

Hey everybody!

This was our class yesterday:

- Handout: people's descriptions. Vocabulary and answer questions.
- 3A Things I love about Britain, page 20. Exercise 1 Vocabulary, a,b,c
- Page 153, Vocabulary bank.
- Page 20, 2 Grammar a,b,c
- Page 128 Grammar bank 3A. Read the grammar explanation.
- Page 20, 3 Pronunciation a,b,c

HOMEWORK: 
- WRITING:
    Describe your friend and your favourite famous celebrity (famoso). Number of words: 100- 120.       
                    (DUE DATE 16th DECEMBER/ Fecha de entrega 16 de diciembre) 

- Vocabulary: learn verb phrases on page 153.
- Handout: Possessive adjectives
- Page 129, 3A exercises a,b
- Page 20, Pronunciation exercise d: Write SIX true things about you: three + and three -. Use verb phrases from page 153.
- Page 21, Reading and Speaking.

Movie on the 12th December! The way way back

Remember people there will be a movie evening next Thursday 12th December at Odeon  Cinema in Puerto del Rosario. All students are invited to come. Tickets will cost JUST 2 EUROS!!!!   It is an English session with Spanish subtitles. 

There will be two sessions: 
- 17.30
- 19.30

Please let me know which one you think you can join us! It will be nice if we can go together! 

See you at the movies! 

Mandela's legacy

We were discussing today Nelson Mandela's legacy and story. Here are some of his most known quotes: 

• No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
• I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
• The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Do you know any other you would like to share? Please feel free to comment and discuss with us. 

Also as we agreed, here you have the Poem that appears in Invictus. Just remember it is not Mandela's, it was written by William Ernest Henley, a victorian author. 

 “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance


I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,


How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:


I am the captain of my soul.

Rest in Peace, Madiba, mankind will never be able to thank you enough.

10th December

Hello everybody!

Hope you are not struggling with this magnificent windy weather!!!

This is what we did in today's class:

- Oral presentation by Almudena
- Oral pair work (skills related vocabulary, unit 7). We worked on how to develop strategies for our oral exams, what are our strengths and our weaknesses.
- Invictus activity. As Nelson Mandela sadly passed away last week, we worked on some activities from the movie Invictus.

As agreed in class, I'm leaving you an activity from the movie.

5th December

Hello everybody!!!

Sorry it has taken so long, but this is what was going on last Thursday in our class.

- Oral presentations by Cristo, Leticia and Maria José.
- Reading test
- Listening test

And then a small gathering to celebrate the teacher's Birthday ;)

4th December

Hello everybody!!

On the 4th December we had a:

- Reading test
- Listening test

and then, Barbara's Birthday surprise! (Oral interaction during it)

Thank you very much guys!!! It was great and I was very HAPPY!!!!

3rd December

Hello everybody!

This was our class today:

- Edwin's presentation about Fuerteventura
- 8D, Be Careful, page 76 & 77. All exercises.

HOMEWORK: 

- Page 77, exercise 6.
- Review, page 77.

Please don't forget to check old posts, lessons and extra resources also!

2nd December

This was our class yesterday!

Revise and Check, pages 18 & 19, all exercises
Appearance Powerpoint
Revision Game

See you on Wednesday!

Interesting resources for Básico 1

Hey everybody!

Here are the links of the resources I told you about yesterday.

Verb to be exercises

Pronunciation practice

Have fun!



¡Hola gente!

Aquí están los enlaces de los recursos que les dije ayer.

Ejercicios verbo to Be

Práctica pronunciación

¡Diviértanse!

Thanksgiving Online Listening

Hello everyone!

As you know we've been talking about Thanksgiving in our class today (please refer to 28th Nov Class Post).

Here is a link to an online listening exercise on Thanksgiving. I suggest you do it as an extra practice at home.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

28th November

Hello everyone!

We had an interesting class today.

- Revision of homework
- Help with Listening, page 74. (Check page 39 also)
- Page 75, exercise 8. (Group work) We told each other about the most frightening/ exciting experience we have had.
- Thanksgiving handout- "Bet you didn't know quiz" (Check the video here) (see transcript below)
- Adjectives prefix and suffix game

HOMEWORK: Workbook 8C

Happy Thanksgiving!

27th November

This was our class yesterday:

- Grammar: Imperative/ let's…, page 17, a.
- Grammar Bank, page 126, 2C+ page 127 2C, a, b
- Grammar: page 17, b, c, d, e.
- Pronunciation: a, b
- Speaking: Communication exercise, "What's the matter?" (student A, page 101; student B, page 106)
- Song: Please Don't go (handout)

HOMEWORK: Handout grammar 2C+ Workbook 2C

Have a nice weekend!

26th November

Hello everyone!

This is what happened today:

- Group Work: Tailford Airport.
- Reading and Vocabulary, page 74-75, exercises 4 (a, b, c) and 5.
- Help with Vocabulary, 6 & 7 (to be corrected next Thursday).
- Listening, page 74, ex. 1, 2 (a, b, c)



HOMEWORK: Help with Listening + Prepare exercise 8 on page 75.

See you on Thursday!

25th November

Hello everyone!

This was our lesson yesterday:

- Writing & Speaking, page 15 (a, b, c) Description of people
- Vocabulary, page 16 (a, b, c) Feelings
- Listening & reading (a, b, c)

See you on Wednesday!

21st November

Hello everybody!

This is what happened in our class this morning:

- Help with Grammar Correction, page 73

- Alexia's presentation "My hobby: the murga"

- Help with Listening: 6 a,b,c; 7; 8 a,b,c

- Get ready, get it right

         Two best things: Plenty of parking space; Hardly any noise at night
         Two worst things: Not good enough public transport; hardly any parks

- Oral exercise: Discussion about Tayford's airport (for and against)

Have a nice weekend!

B

20th November Class

Hello Basic 1 students!

Yesterday's class:

- Pronunciation, page 15, a,b,c, d, e, f
- Soundbank, page 166 
- Vocabulary: adjectives, part 2, page 152. 
- Vocabulary, page 15, b
- Reading, page 15, a,b

- Oral activities: "What's your favourite…?"; "Can you name… ?" (Práctica de adjetivos)

HOMEWORK

- Handouts: review of possessive pronouns, vocabulary and grammar 2B, Writing (fotocopias entregadas) 
- Workbook 2B. 

About Recycling

As we were talking yesterday about recycling one of the aspects we mentioned was the lack of encouraging activities or actions to create the habit of recycling in citizens.

What do you think about this? Is it a good idea to get kids (or even college kids) to become aware of the importance of recycling?

If you can not see the picture, click here

Or go to this address:

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-trash-Minion-Toothless-recycle.jpg

19th November Class

Hello students of Intermediate II!

Here is a small guide of what was going on in class last Tuesday.

- Opinion Essays were handed in (last day to hand in: THURSDAY 21) Remember to give them to a classmate or send them via email, in case of not attending lessons.

- Passive voice exercise correction (Odd jobs activity).

- Ana Carmen's presentation about The Holy Week in Seville.

- Weather reports (only TWO students brought a copy of a  real weather report!, remember at this stage, it is very important that you get in contact with real language, so do NOT forget to do it, especially if you are told to do so!) Small revision of weather vocabulary.

•  8B Recycle your rubbish. 

- Vocabulary: Containers page 72: 1 a, b, c. Check page 146. 

- Listening and Grammar: 2, 3 (a, b, c), 4 (a, b).

- Passive Voice Game: In groups, fill in the gaps with the correct tense in the passive voice to create a Quiz.

HOMEWORK:

Help with Grammar, page 73. 

18th November Class

Hello everyone!!!

This is what happened in our class yesterday:

- Email and Blog presentation
- Revision of homework

2B: Stars and stripes
 - Vocabulary, page 14 (a, b, c, d, e) 
 - Vocabulary Bank, page 152,  Common adjectives (a,b,c,d,e)
 - Grammar, page 14 (a,b,c,d)
 - Grammar Bank, page 126, 2B Adjectives, theory. Page 127 (a,b) 

Welcome everybody!

Finally, I got some time to set up this blog. As I said in class, the main objective of it is to become a tool of reference in case of not attending classes, as well as a tool where we can share interesting resources.

Although it feels like we have long months ahead, time flies, so let's make the most of it!