SEASONS: Spring

Have you noticed it? Spring is here!!! The days are longer, the weather is warmer and we can see the sun again after the long winter. Today we are going to review the main spring words and facts. Hands on!

1.- Design a cover for spring in your notebook.

2.- Now stick the photocopies with the spring vocabulary in your notebook.

3.- Read the photocopies number 1 and 2,  trying to understand all the words.

4.- Now watch this video about "Springtime". You will hear and see many of the expressions from the photocopies. Pay close attention...

5.- You are ready to do the Liveworksheets number 57-58-59 in the SEASONS workbook.

6.- Finally, read the composition about spring and think about what you love most about spring. Is it the smell of flowers? Is it the sound of the birds? Or maybe the sunshine? Take a look at this video to get some ideas:

7.- And a gift for you to finish with: "Here comes the sun"

GREAT JOB!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the spring words and questions.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Speaking Test

Today we have the SPEAKING TEST of unit 2. You have to talk about "My superhero". Remember to keep calm and speak clearly, there is no hurry. Try to sound like a native speaker and talk about 5 things:

     1.-Introduction: name, age, personality.

     2.- Physical aspect.

     3.- Clothes and accesories.

     4.- Abilities and superpowers.

     5.- Compare him with other superheroes.

Meanwhile it is not your turn, you have to do The WRITING TEST about the same topic. Write a description about a superhero divided in 5 paragraphs, following the previous indications. It´s easy-peasy!!!

If you finish, please complete the Liveworksheets 54-55-56 (SEASONS).

YOU ARE A STAR!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Get some rest after the exam. You deserve it!!!

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Test

 

Today is the day. Don´t panic! Just focus on the tasks and ask if you have doubts.

Do your best and forget the rest!!! 

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Revision

Today we will revise all the contents we have learned in this unit, this way we will be more than ready for the GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY TEST we are having this Friday, the 25th of March. 

Time to hit the books. It is not difficult at all, just remember to practice a bit before the day.

 YOU CAN DO IT!!! Hands on!!!

1.- First things first: let´s write down the question words of this unit in your notebook. You can also see them in Calameo (on the left of this blog).

2.- Secondly, let´s prepare the project of this unit: "My superhero". You have to stick a photocopy as an example in your notebook. Remember that you have to write 5 paragraphs:

     - PARAGRAPH 1: name, age, personality, likes.

     - PARAGRAPH 2: physical aspect

     - PARAGRAPH 3: clothes, accesories and weapons

     - PARAGRAPH 4: Abilities and superpowers

     - PARAGRAPH 5: Comparison with other superheroes

3.- Now please go to EDIXGAL - unit 2 - Revision: activities 2 to 12 and 13 to 21.

4.- Finally, Liveworksheets number 29-30-31.

BRAVO!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

2.- Study hard for the TEST of this Friday the 25th of March:

     - personality adjectives

     - superheroes: superpowers, clothes, weapons

     - comparatives

     - subject and object pronouns

     - verb CAN

     - the project: My superhero

FESTIVALS: St. Patrick´s Day

Today it is a special day at school: we are celebrating St. Patrick´s Day with the visit of Declan Mathews, an Irish teacher. So we will be Irish for a day, that´s why we are all wearing green, a lucky colour. 

Pay close attention at what he will tell you about his country. There is a competition at the end and the winners will have an award!!! Will it be the leprechaun´s pot of gold?

1.- First of all, watch this video to learn the vocabulary of this important celebration:


 

2.- Now let´s see some traditions related to this day:

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3.- Do you remember the sad story of Molly Malone, the Irish fishmonger? Let´s sing along:

 

4.- Finally, some online GAMES

- LEPRECHAUN HUNT

- DOT TO DOT PUZZLE

- CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- WORDSEARCH

- SHAMROCK HUNT

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Liveworksheets number 54-55 in SEASONS.

2.- Get ready for a GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST this Friday.

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Verb CAN

Let´s finish this unit by learning a modal verb: CAN. As you know, we use it to express abilities and it always goes with another verb, the main verb, which gives the meaning to the sentence. It´s easy-peasy!!!

1.- First of all, let´s write the verb CAN in the present tense, in negative and interrogative, as well as the short answers. 

2.- Now, please watch this video to learn it by heart:

                                       

 3.- Let´s go to EDIXGAL - unit 2 - "Superhero abilities": activities 2 to 12 and Accept the challenge.

4.- Next please complete the Liveworksheets 26-27-28.

5.- Finally, try these online exercises and games HERE.

Awesome!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the verb CAN for a mini test next Wednesday: affirmative, negative and interrogative.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

3.- Remember to wear green clothes next Monday.

RADIO PROGRAMME: The Book Nook 2

Here is the new episode of The Book Nook, our favourite radio programme, made for and by YOU. In this ocassion, it is full of  your invaluable collaborations, opinions or comments about different issues. You can´t miss it!  It is a great chance for us to get closed to the world of the radio, as well as a fantastic tool to improve our speaking skills in a foreign language. As usual, the programme is divided in 5 different sections, all of them related to books:

1. Speak out: a survey section to know your reading preferences: "What type of books do you read?"

2. Our Book Clubs: a section to follow what we are reading in our book clubs.

3. Meet an author: dedicated to a famous English writer:  William Shakespeare.

4. Dive in the deep blue sea: a section related to the PDI, the project we are working on this school year. For this second programme, we will explain about different sea creatures.

5. Our Natives count: a section to meet one of the English speakers of our school community: Belinda Beer, from Melbourne - Australia.

In this old jukebox, you can click directly on a specific section. Or, if you prefer, you can also listen to the whole programme in the link below.

Congratulations to you all on your great job!!! You are simply the best!!!

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Verb CAN

Today we will revise all what we have been learning in this unit so far. Let´s do a reading comprehension and some exercises to fix the new concepts in our brains. Besides, we will learn the present simple of the modal verb CAN in affirmative. Let´s go!!!

1.- First things first: mini-test about the comparatives and the object pronouns. Good luck!!!

2.- Now let´s write down the present of the verb CAN in our notebooks.

3.- Next please go to EDIXGAL - unit 2 - "We need a superhero": activities 2 to 10 and Accept the challenge.

4.- Finally, let´s do the Liveworksheets number 22 to 25.

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

2.- Study the verb CAN in affirmative for a MINI TEST this Friday.

YOU ARE BETTER THAN YOU THINK!!!

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Object pronouns

Let´s keep on practising how to compare 2 people or things. Now we know the rules to do it, but let´s see some special cases, adjectives that don´t follow the rules, such as GOOD or BAD. Apart from that, we will learn the personal object pronouns, which are different from the subject ones we learned some weeks ago. Ready?

1.- First of all, let´s do the MINI -TEST about the comparative form. 

2.- When you finish, please write down the special cases of the comparative form in your notebook.

3.- Now watch this video to fix them:

 

4.- Now let´s go to E-Dixgal - unit 2 - "Comparing people": activity 15 and read Accept the challege.

5.- Let´s write down the personal objects pronouns in your notebook. Remember that they never act as the subject of a sentence. 

 6.- Now watch this video to see them:

 

6.- Finally, please complete the Liveworksheets number 15 to 21. 

HOMEWORK: Please 

1.- Study the new expressions. We have got a MINI-TEST of the object pronouns and the comparative form (including the special cases) in the next lesson. 

 2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Comparative form

Time to learn the comparative form. Remember that we use it to compare 2 people or animals or objects. Ready?

1.- Firstly, please write down how to use the comparative form in your notebook, as long as the rules to add "er". Remember that there is a form for short adjectives and a different one for long adjectives.

2.- Now watch this video to learn the new rules by heart.

 

3.- Time to go to EDIXGAL- unit 2 - "Comparing people": exercises 3 to 13.

4.- Next, please do the Liveworksheets number 12-13-14.

7.- Finally, you can play some games HERE

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Stydy the comparative form: MINI TEST on Monday.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

GOOD JOB!!!

UNIT 2 - THE NEW SUPERHERO: Outfit

Today we will revise all the vocabulary and expressions we have learned about superheroes so far. Let´s see their personality traits, superpowers, clothes and accesories. Ready?

1.- First things first: let´s read the photocopy with the superhero outfit that you have got in your notebook. Highlight the more important words and try to learn them by heart.

2.- Watch this video to remember some of the new words:

3.- Now you are ready to complete the Liveworksheets 5 to 11.

WE CAN CALL IT A DAY!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the new vocabulary.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

READING BOOK: "Adventure in the Big Apple"

After our visit to NYC, now we are more than experts in this multicultural city, AKA the Big Apple. So today we are going to read the second part of the book, a story titled "Adventure in the Big Apple". Ready?

1.- First, please go to E-Dixgal, unit 2:  read "Adventure in the Big Apple" and listen to the audio at the same time.

2.- Now, in groups, please complete the Liveworksheets 50-51-52 (SEASONS).

3.- COMPETITION: who will be the first group that finishes the Liveworksheet 53?

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

READING BOOK - NEW YORK

Do you fancy a visit to the Big Apple? Does this name sound familiar? I am talking about New York City, one of the most fascinating cities in hte world!!! There are lots of things to see and enjoy, but... How much do you know about NY?  What are its most famous monuments? You have the answers to all these questions in the second reading book of this school year: New York. Today we will read the first half and next week we will contonue with the story, ok? 

1.- First of all, let´s watch a video about this multicultural city:

                  

2.- Now we are ready to start reading. Please go to EDIXGAL, unit 2, where you will find the reading and the audio. Please read the first part of the book.

3.- COMPETITION: Now, in groups, please complete the activities in Liveworksheets: 48-49. There is a prize for the winners.

GREAT JOB!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.    

2.- Read the second part of the reading: "Adventure in the Big Apple".

PDI: "Dive in the deep blue sea"

It is high time to publish our findings about the project we are developing this year: "Dive in the deep blue sea" (free translation of "Mergúllate"). Each group is investigating about a different issue:

- 5A: A town by the sea

- 5B: Lighthouses

- 5C: Sea creatures

- Bookworms Club: Atlantis, the lost city

You can follow our progress by clicking in the picture below:

FESTIVALS - CARNIVAL: Pancake race

Last Tuesday it was Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday in England. A pancake is a thin, flat cake. It is made of batter (milk, flour and eggs) and fried in a frying-pan. It is similar to our "filloa". But people in England usually eats it with caster sugar and a dash of fresh lemon juice. Then they rolled it. Some people add golden syrup or jam.

Many English villages also organice a pancake race, which is great fun. The participants wear an apron, a hat and a frying pan with a pancake. They have to run and flip the pancake over at the same time. Never heard of it?  Wait a minute and you will see...

1.- First, watch this video to know more about pancake races:

2.- Now let´s learn how to prepare pancakes: the ingredients and the steps.

3.- Finally, les´t complete the Liveworksheets number 46 and 47 (SEASONS).

WELL DONE!!!

HOMEWORK: please

1.- Study the new words.

2.- Finish the pending activities.