Con B1: Song

I forgot to do this until now.

Here is the youtube link to the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woegd15rmnA

Or just go to YouTube and put in "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Rod Stewart since this link doesn't work automatically. Start listening at 2 minutes cause the 1st 2 minutes are an interview!

And here is the exercise for the words ( lyrics)

Click here and enjoy

B1.3 Fridays

Hi

Susana did a great summary of yesterday's class:

Summary of class:  by Susana Alvarez

First we were correcting Progress Test 3, changing in pairs.

Then we did a game with cards about bad luck (but funny! J) stories. Each of us had to read our story in the card, and tell to each person of our group, and afterwards, we wrote sentences using the 3^rd conditional.

Since Friday was the Day of the Working Woman, we discussed in groups, and then in common, about some questions about this topic:

• Do men and women compete with each other for jobs?
• Do women end up having two jobs instead of one?
• Is there still a “battle of the sexes” in the work force? Why or why not?
• Has one sex suffered more from the economic crisis? Why?
• Are quotas ever necessary?

Also we heard a conversation about THE  “battle of the sexes”, a conversation between three women, and then we answered a few questions that Kate previously read to us

 about the content.

Homework: page 34 (4A-Urband legends) , ex. 1,2 & 3. Also, we have to make a little research about an urban legend, to talk about it in the next class.

In addition, as more extra work I am posting the link to a funny and interesting YouTube about the difference between en and women's brains. ( It's a little connected to the topic of yesterday's class and it's also very funny though maybe a little difficult for this level.)

We won't have a lot of time to review it in class but please try to see it and do the exercises.  :) Kate

FOR FUNNY YOUTUBE ON THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES,
Click here:  

Conv. B1

For Monday, we are going to talk about advantages and disadvantages of living in the city, the suburbs or country and renting a room or flat.
This is a quiz to see if 2 people are compatible as flatmates. Please print it but I don't know if we will have time to do it until Wednesday.

AND, Our famous dancer, Ana has made a wonderful summary of the last class:WONDERFUL, ANA. THANK YOU!! Kate :)

ana Oca6 de marzo de 2013 12:50

Hi class!

I'm gonna make a little resumen of what we did today.

At the begining, we remembered how we must ask about PERSONALITY and PHYSICALS FEATURES.
Do you remember?

-What's he like?
¿Cómo es él? (de caracter,personalidad,etc)

- What's he looks like?
¿Cómo es él? (fisicamente)

We did practices talking about Hugo Chavez and brushing up(repassin) some adjetives like: serious,selfconfident,talkative,agresiv,carismathic,comunicative, bossy,stubborn( terco, obstinado), etc.
And others new words like: almond-shaped eyes (ojos almendrado) and smart,which means INTELIGENT for american people but ELEGANT for british people).

Then we talking about THE WEATHER and Kate told us the NOUNS, ADJETIVES and VERBS of each climatological possibility.
Examples:

*SUN-SUNNY-SHINE/SHINING
*CLOUD-CLOUDY-CLOUD UP "it's cloudin up"(se está
nublando).
*WIND-WINDY-BLOW "the wind is blowing"(el viento está soplando).

We saw some adjetives for the differents temperatures:

40º= It's boiling
38º= It's hot
20º= It's warm
15º= It's fresh/mild
5º = It's cool
0º = It's cold
-5º= It's freezing

When the temperature is more and more cold, we can say: "The temperature is cooling down",
when it is more and more hot: "The temperature is warming up".

We did an exercise of "listening" in wich we had to understand a weather forecast retransmission(pronóstico del tiempo)of some of the principal citys of the USA.

Kate told us too,some expression for SUGGESTS:
- HOW ABOUT+ GERUND
How about going out for a walk? (¿qué tal si salimos a pasear?)
- WHY DON'T ...
Why don't we go to the cinema this evening?(¿Por qué no vamos al cine esta tarde?)
- LET'S GO...
Let's go to the swimingpool(Vamos a la pisci!)

and some answers depending we AGREE OR DESAGREE:

- It is a good idea.
- Great idea!!
- NO, I DON'T FEEL LIKE + GERUND.
No, I don't feel like going out for a walk
(NO, no me apetece salir a dar un paseo).

Finally, we were practising in pairs, doing a dialogue with the words and sentences learned:

A)What's the weather like today?
B)Oh! today it's sunny.
A)And what is the temperature?
B)The temperature is -2º, it's very cold!
A)Then, why don't we stay at home watching a movie.
B)Oh, I don't feel like watching a movie today, Let's take the coats and go out for a walk, the sun is shining!!

Conversation B2

Hi Classes,

For Monday or Tuesday, please print Childhood Stories Listening and Childhood vocabulary. They are posted on July 1, 2012 but I think I can reproduce here.

Childhood Vocabulary: click here

And don't forget to write the summary: I can't remember if I asked Lucía or María!

Conv. B2

Telling or Reacting to an Anecdote

Click here

Conv. B1

Doc. for the Weather

Friday B1.3

Hi class,

This is Bea's summary of the last class. Thanks, Bea.

Hi kate!

I've written the summary of last class:

The last day we corrected some exercises from pages 28, 29, 30 and  we did  another exercise from page 31 (exercise 5). In my book, the pages are 26,27,28 and 29, because I have the previous edition. 

First, we answered some questions about the advert of Cabott & Spencer and listened TO the Bonnie’S conversation with her lawyer. 

Then, We did some exercises about verbs an prepositions, like: 

- Apply TO sb/sth FOR sth.

-Depend ON sb/sth FOR sth.

-And so on.

Also, we practiced strong and weak forms using listening and talking. 

Later, in the break, Cruz makes some questions about books to kate.

After the break, we heard another listening about one conversation between Bonnie and her sister and did one exercise about it.  

Finally, we did two exercises using expreSsions of making offers, refusing offers and accepting offers.

And here is the Progress Test 3 to print and do for next week.