B1.3 Fridays

Hi Class,

This is Fran's summary:

Summary's 26th April

Last Friday, we began practicing with sentences of different tenses for Future Time. Then, we corrected quickly the exercise about “the electoral candidate” which she asked us to do.

To end with the future, in little groups, we talked about several topics like the environment, transports and communications, scientific progress… in 2050! It’s was amusing, since we end up talking about the film “Back to the Future”.

Afterwards, we started with the Unit “It smells nice”. Kate asked us about perfumes, scents… and we remembered some known TV advertisements about celebrities who sell or sold these products.

Then, Kate read an interesting essay about history and curiosities about perfumes. She asked us to split in boys and girls, to take notes about different topics that she mentioned. Later, in groups of four (two girls and two boys), we talked about the different notes which we got.

Before the break, we studied the “Homophone words”, that are written different, but that sound in the same way. For example, we saw different cases like: right or write or ate or eight, one or won, son or sun, none or nun, flu or flew, wear or where, through or threw…

After the break, Susana told us her “Oral project” about “The origin of typical Christmas symbols” as the twelve grapes, the nougat, gifts… It was so entertaining!

Finally, in the last ten minutes, we answered several questions about the reading of “Tulips and roses” from page 47. Then, we saw “back referencing”: words which we can use to refer a topic that we used before. Examples: where, they, who…

Notices and homework:

-       On 3^rd May, NO CLASS.

-       On 10^th May, “Steel Magnolias” (play where Kate will perform) is going to be represented at 20.30 p.m. in Instituto Cardenal Cisneros (c/ Reyes 4)

-       For homework we had to do Progress Tests 4 and 5 and a video clip about the environment with an exercise.

And environmental video link: Click here

Con B2 : Jornada Gástronomica : photo

B1.3 Fridays: Summary of last class

A summary of last Friday from Marian:

Marian De Ramos ha dejado un nuevo comentario en su entrada "B1.3 Fridays": 

Summary's 19th April
At the first of class we did exercises about comparative phrases and prepositions. Also we spent a few time talking about the oral project and Kate's play "Steel magnolias", we want to see it on 10th May.
We did the exercise 2 page 42, the text was about the koi, and then we did the exercise 3 about the way of comparing, we had to use expressions for explaining a big difference, a small difference and no difference. In page 43 we did the exercise number 5, we compared cats and dogs, and the exercise number 7 we did it in pairs, we had to complete the phrases (Exemple: Older your get..., the more you learn...). We did another exercise in pairs comparing two cities, two politicians and two actors.
In page 44 we did a great memorie excercise, we read the vocabulary about plants and garden and then we had to remember all the words we had learn. I think that Fran was the winner. Then we did the reading about eden proyect and we did the listening.
In page 45 we did the gammar excercise about future forms, and we did and extra exercise about future for practise. And we finished the class.
For homeworks we had to do an exercise about conjuntions and connectors and excercises number 7 and 9 of page 45, and read the text in page 47.
Sorry for the delay, Carmen and me have a problem with your email. 

Con B1 and B2: Great and funny video clip

This is the first part of the sitcom I told you about where the Cuban husband has trouble with all the pronunciations of OUGH and in the end gets mad at English for not always being pronounced how it's written like Spanish. I think you will enjoy and identify with it.

And it has subtitles ( in English). ENJOY!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=g10jFL423ho

Con B2 Both groups - Next Monday and Tuesday

For Monday and Tuesday I would like to talk about the relationship between money and Happiness.

We'll start out with this document:

click here

Then we are going to see a funny scene from Ghost where Ode Mae and the ghost go to the bank.

The exercise that goes with the clip is on the post for July 11 2012 with the label of "movie scenes or series".

But the link to the scene is longer operative. I could only find a link for the end of the scene, if you'd like to see it first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRlW-f5B1c


Oh, and DON'T FORGET TO POST YOUR RECIPES AS COMMENTS!

con B1: Some Recipes

Hi Class,

This is Noel's summary of Monday's class. Today's class, those present told their recipes and I wrote the vocabulary and mainly the pronunciation corrections.

Mariaguti ha dejado un nuevo comentario en su entrada "For Con B1 and Con B2": 

Kate Seley's Csim Blog: For Con B1 Hi Kate! I don't know where I can send you the summary of monday 21, sorry, so here it is:
At first, we did a representation about a restaurant situation, so two students were the waitress, ande the rest of us were the people who came to the restaurant, in groups of 3 and 4, and we need to order the dishes, and to argue about if we want or not the special offer: the two-for-one offer.

After that, we review the recipe vocabulary.

Then, we did a listening about differents recipes, and the ingredients of them. At the end of the class we work in pairs talking about which dishes sound the most delicious, and which the least delicious; which dish we think is the easiest to make, and the hardest; and which repecipies we want to cook.

The homework for the next day, tomorrow, is to search for a recipe and to explain it in class without looking any paper; and after that, publish it in Kate's blog.

Have a nice day!

Monday we will do several conversation games and look at another exercise about the vowels.

AND DON'T FORGET TO POST YOUR RECIPES AS COMMENTS.  Your recipes were SO excellent and varied. I think they will be the best of all the groups!

Con B2 Tu -Th

This is a questionnaire we will do on Thursday after we do the recipes.   Click here

And this is the exercise to go with the song "Why Can't the English" from My Fair Lady.

They are funny and true about English.

Click here

And this is the link to the video clip from the film on YouTube. Rex Harrison is so pompous but so charming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY

Also CAN SOMEONE WHO HASN'T DONE IT PLEASE MAKE A SUMMARY (Important cause several were absent))  Thanks!  :)