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!