UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Present simple vs continuous

Now that we know the present simple and the present continuous, we will see the main differences between both tenses. Ready?

1.- Write down the theory in your notebook.

2.- Now watch this video to remember both tenses:

 

3.- Now please complete these 2 online exercises HERE and  HERE.

4.- Finally, do the Liveworksheets number 38-39-40.

WELL DONE!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

2.- Study the differences between the present simple and the present continuous.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Grammar and vocabulary test

 

Today we will take a test about the unit 1. Don´t panic!!!  Focus on the tasks and take your time. 

So put your thinking cap on and hands on! It´s easy-peasy!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Take some rest. You deserve it!

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: The time

Do you remember how to tell the time in English? I´m not talking about the easiest one: o´clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to. No, I want you to tell the minutes also!!! Ready?

1.- First of all, write down the new vocabulary in your notebook and learn it by heart.

2.- No watch this video: it will help you memorise the time:

3.- Now please go to Liveworksheets: 31 to 35.

4.- Some online games: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

5.- Finally, can you make your peace flower? Take the template and write a word related to peace on each petal. You can get some inspiration in this dictionary HERE.

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the time for a mini-test this Friday.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Revision

Time to hit the books! As we will take a grammar test soon, we will need to revise all the contents of this unit. Ready? Hands on!

1.- First of all, please go to EDIXGAL - Revision unit: activities 2 to 16, crossword and exercises 20 to 24.

2.- Finally, let's revise the contents of this unit 1, so please complete the Liveworksheets 21-22-23.

3.- If you have time, please make your peace flower: take the template, write a word of peace on each petal and cut it out. You can get some inspiration HERE.

GREAT JOB!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

2.- Get ready for a GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST :

        - 5A:  Tuesday, the 30th of January. 

        - 5C: Wednesday, the 31st of January

       - 5B: Thursday, the 1st of February

You can do it!!!

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Writing and Speaking test

Time for a WRITING AND A SPEAKING TEST. In this ocassion, you have to describe a picture. Choose the one you like best and remember to mention 3 parts:

    1. INTRODUCTION: briefly explain what you see in the pictures.

    2. BODY: add more details using some key expressions (in the background, in the foreground, in the                       centre, at the top, on the right...) and the present continuous.

    3. CONCLUSION: make a guess about how the people in the picture may feel.

If you prefer, you can write and say a compoisition about A special day. It is up to you!

    YOU CAN DO IT!         

 

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Take a rest. You deserve it!

2.- Have a nice weekend.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: How do you go to school?

Let´s talk about means of transport today. How do you go to school? What is your favourite mean of transport?  Let´s begin!!!

1.- As usual, let´s watch a video to remember the new words:

             

 2.- Let´s visit E-Dixgal - unit 1 - "Means of transport in cities around the world": activities 1-2-3-4-6-7 - crossword - 9-10-11- Accept the challenge. 

3.- Finally, complete the Liveworksheets number 18-19-20.

4.- Finally, let´s play: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

WELL DONE!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

2.- Time to hit the books: Get ready for a GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY TEST next week:

        - 5A:  Tuesday, the 30th of January. 

        - 5C: Wednesday, the 31st of January

       - 5B: Thursday, the 1st of February

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Grammar test

 

Today we will take a test about the present continuous. Don´t panic!!!  Focus on the tasks and take your time. So put your thinking cap on and hands on! It´s easy-peasy!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study for the SPEAKING TEST tomorrow, the 25th of January.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: More directions

Let´s go over the directions once again. It is important to learn all the expressions by heart and to follow the directions in a street map so that you can get to any place in a city. No worries! It´s easy-peasy!!!

1.- Let´s begin with a listening practice on how to give and follow directions:

                    

 2.- Now please go to E-Dixgal - unit 1 - "Directions and sounds": exercises 1-2-3-4 and "Accept the challenge".

3.- Next,  do the Liveworksheets 16-17. Thank you!

4.- Finally, some online games: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the vocabulary and expressions of this unit.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Project

Time to do the project of this unit 1: "A special day". In this ocassion, you have to describe a special day in your life comparing it with an ordinary one. You can find an example in Calameo, on your right. Let´s go! 

1.- First of all, stick the photocopy with the example of the composition. 

2.- Now, underline the key words and try to see the different parts. 

3.- Now it´s your turn: write your own essay following the example.

4.- Time for revision: EDIXGAL - unit 1 - Revision: TEST (activities 2 to 13).

5.- Finally, please check if you have completed all the Liveworksheet of unit 1 (18 to 31).

Well done!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study hard for the GRAMMAR TEST on Wednesday, 24th of January 2023.

2.- WRITING and SPEAKING TEST next Thursday, the 25th of January 2023: description of a picture or composition of a special day.

3.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Directions

Today we will visit London with Henry and his father and sister. We will also learn how to give directions to get to a specific place or building. Ready?

1.- First things first: take a look at the photocopy in your notebook to learn the new expressions and then watch this video:

                  

2.- Now please go to E-Dixgal - unit 1 - "A day out in the city": activities 2 to 8.

3.- Next, please complete the activities 9-11-12-13-14 and "Accept the challenge".

4.- Then, Liveworksheets number 13-14-15.

5.- Finally, some onlñine games: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

YOU ARE A STAR!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the new expressions.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Picture description

Today we will learn to describe what we are seing in a picture, using the present continuous tense. Remember to follow these three steps:

     1.- INTRODUCTION: say what you see and where they are.

     2.- BODY: explain what the people in the picture are doing.

     3.- CONCLUSION: give your opinion (they are having fun, they look happy, ...).

1.- First, watch this video to learn some vocabulary you may need to describe a picture:

 

2.- Next, please go to EDIXGAL - unit 1 - Be an artist!: activities 1-2. 

3.- Then, please describe the painting that appears in EDIXGAL (activity 3)  in your notebook.

4.- Now complete the Liveworksheet number 27-28-29-30. Take your time... 

 HOMEWORK: Please 

1.- Study hard for the grammar test (Wednesday, the 24th of January) and for the speaking and writing test (Thursday, the 25th of January). 

You just have to know the present continuous and how to describe a picture using this tense. No panic!!!

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Prepositions of place

Let´s practice how to locate a place on a map using some prepositions. Ready?

1.- First, read the photocopy in your notebook with the prepositions of place.

2.- Now, watch this video to learn some prepositions of place:

                

3.- Next, please go to EDIXGAL, unit 1 - "Street maps": exercises 1 to 5 and "Accept the challenge".

4.- Now please complete the Liveworksheets number 11 - 12.

5.- Finally, some online games: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

WE CAN CALL IT A  DAY!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the prepositions of place.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Time expressions

Today we will continue working on the present continuous, also known as present progressive. Let´s go!

1.- First of all, write down the most common time expressions used along with this tense.

2.- Now stick the vocabulary to describe a picture. Practise how to do it with the Liveworksheet number 24.

3.- Next, please go to EDIXGAL - unit 1 - Booh! : activities 1-2 and 5 to 9.

3.- Now go to Liveworksheets and complete the exercises 25-26.

FANTASTIC!!! YOU GOT IT!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

- Finish the pending activities.

- Get ready for a grammar test next Wednesday, 24th January.

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: My hometown

The other day we travelled to Sandown and enjoyed its fantasic beach. Today we will discover some hidden corners of our hometown, A Coruña. What is your favourite nook?

1.- First of all, watch a video about A Coruña and enjoy its beauty:

               

2.- Now write in your notebook what things we can see in Coruña. Use THERE IS - THERE ARE.

3.- Next, please go to E-DIXGAL - unit 1 - "Tell me about your town": exercises 1 to 6 and "Accept the challenge".

4.- Finally, please do the Liveworksheets 9 and 10.

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the vocabulary and expressions.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Present progressive

In today´s lesson we will revise the use and formation of the present continuous, also known as present progressive, in the 3 forms: affirmative, negative and interrogative. Remember that we have to use the verb TO BE followed by the main verb ending in "ING".

Have you got a good memory? Let´s see...

1.- First watch this video to remember how to use this tense:

 

 2.- Now remember the basic rules to add "ING":   

3.- Next, please go to EDIXGAL - unit 1 - Do you like studying English? : activities 1 to 7 and Accept the challenge.

4.- Now we are ready to do some exercises. Click HERE  and complete the activities number 1 to 11.

5.- Finally, some Liveworksheets: 22 and 23.

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

GOOD JOB!!! 

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: There is - there are

Do you fancy a bit of tourism today? Let´s travel to the isle of Wight, a beautiful isle in the south of England, where Sandown is located. Ready?

1.- Firstly, let´s take a look at this video of Sandown:       

                   

2.- Secondly, write down the new vocabulary in your notebook: cardinal points - directions - prepositions of place.

3.- Now let´s write down a bit of grammar in your notebok: THERE IS - THERE ARE. Take a look at this video:

                     

4.- Next let´s go to EDIXGAL - unit 1 - lesson 2 "Henry´s town": please complete the activities 1 to 7 and the activities 9 to 14.

5.- Finally, please complete the Liveworksheets number 7-8. 

WELL DONE!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the new expressions: there is - there are.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

BILINGUAL SECTIONS: Arts & crafts

As you know, this school year we are learning Arts & Crafts as a bilingual section. That means that we use English as well as Galician to communicate among us during the lessons. We are developing a project around the seasons, the perfect excuse to observe the changes in nature from an emotional and artistic perspective. Under the title "4 in a year" we are approaching to different artistic languages, styles, techniques, formats and artists. During this first term, we have worked around the autumn or fall, learning about the pointillism with Georges Seurat and Yayoi Kusama. We have also met Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his famous portraits of fruits. Finally, we have counted on the presence of Xulio Gallego, a teacher and local artist who taught us how to use the perspective and the vanishing points in our drawings. Thank you, Xulio, for all your knowledge, patience and commitment. We hope to see you again in the winter!

Now enjoy this presentation. Just click on the image to start.

UNIT 1 - BACK TO SCHOOL: Present continuous

 Today we will review another tense: the present continuous, used to express what it is happening right now.

1.- First, please write down the new tense in your notebook, as well as the rules to add ING.

2.- Let´s practise a little bit with a competition: the random wheel HERE.

3.- Now, please go to e-Dixgal, lesson 5 "What are you doing at the moment?": complete the exercises number 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 - Crossword - Accept the challenge.

4.- Time to play some online games: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3.

5.- Finally, please complete the Liveworksheets number 19-20-21.

 HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the present continuous.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

FANTASTIC!!! YOU ARE A STAR!!!

UNIT 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Shops and transport

 

Today we will continue learning new things about our cities. Do you like your city? What is your favourite place? What shops are there? How do you travel around the city?

1.- First of all, let´s take a look at more words: shops and means of transport. You have a photocopy in your notebook and this video will help:

                    

2.- After that, please go to E-DIXGAL - unit 1 - lesson 1 "Meet Henry": please do the activities 1-2-3-4 - the crossword and "Accept the challenge".

3.- Finally, please do the Liveworksheets 5-6.

FANTASTIC!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the new words.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

READERS CLUB: "Edinburgh - Festival fears"

As you know, the other day we started a READERS CLUB. It is very exciting to be a member of a literary group because you can express your feelings, share emotions and travel to other worlds. The other day we visited the city of "Edinburgh" and today we will read the 2nd part, a story titled: "Festival fear". Ready?

1.- Read the second part of the book in EDIXGAL.

2.- Now CHIT-CHAT: Have you ever felt "stage fright"? In what circumstances?

3.- Now please complete the Liveworksheets 3-4-5 (READERS CLUB).

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

UNIR 1 - I DON´T LIKE THIS CITY: Places in a city

Today we will start a new unit titled "I don´t like this city". We will learn the names of different places and buildings of a city and we will also learn how to give directions to get to a specific place. Ready?

1.- First things first: desing the first page for this unit in your notebook. Remember to write the title too.

2.- Now write down the contents of the unit.

3.- Next, stick all the photocopies with the vocabulary we will learn. 

4.- Let´s learn the places and buildings of a city today. This video may help you remember the new words:

 

5.- Finally, complete the Liveworksheets 1-2-3-4.

GOOD JOB!!!

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Study the new vocabulary.

2.- Finish the pending activities.

READERS CLUB: "Edinburgh - Festival fears"

Happy new year!!! We are back with more energy than ever!!!!Now that a new year begins, it is the right time to think about the past, but having in mind new challenges for the coming year. A time to start new good habits and quit the bad ones:"A new year, a fresh start" or "Out with the old, in with the new". What do you want to achieve this new year? What are your goals? Is there anything that needs to be improved? Let´s write our new   year´s resolutions. But what is that? Well, a new year´s resolution is a promise to yourself that you will do something better or you will stop doing something bad in the new year.

1.- Let´s start thinking about our resolutions for this year: CHIT-CHAT. You can watch this video to get some ideas:

                    

2.- Another popular new year´s tradition in the UK, especially in Scotland is "The first footer": after 12 o´clock on New Year´s Eve (Hogmanay), a tall dark haired man must be the first one entering your house with a lump of coal, a piece of bread, a silver coin, some salt and a drink. This will bring good fortune to your house. Who will be our first-footer at school?

3.- As you will see in the next video, each country has got its own traditions for the new year. Take a look:

          

              

4.- Here is a game with some vocabulary related to new year´s celebrations: GAME 3

Today we are starting our READERS CLUB, connected to the project  GLOBETROTTERS, in which we are travelling the word, do you remember? We are going to read 3 different titles throughout the school year. The first one is "Edinburgh - Festival fears" and today we will take a look at the 1st part: "Edinburgh". Ready to visit this fascinating city in Scotland?

1.- First, please go to EDIXGAL to read and listen the first part of the book.

2.- Now please complete the Liveworksheets 1-2 (READERS CLUB).

3.- Once you finish, watch this video about Edinburgh: 5 kids give us a tour through the most visited landmarks and museums. Enjoy it!

 

 HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.

SEASONS - CHRISTMAS: New Year´s resolutions

Happy new year everyone!!! Now that a new year begins, it is the right time to think about the past, but having in mind new challenges for the coming year. A time to start new good habits and quit the bad ones:"A new year, a fresh start" or "Out with the old, in with the new". What do you want to achieve this new year? What are your goals? Is there anything that needs to be improved? Let´s write our new   year´s resolutions.

1.- Let´s start thinking about our resolutions for this year. These 2 games can help us decide: GAME 1 -  GAME 2.

2.- Now, in a Post-it, write down your resolution for this new year. Remember to use the expression "This year I will" .You can watch this video to get some ideas:

                    

3.- Another popular new year´s tradition in the UK, especially in Scotland is "The first footer": after 12 o´clock on New Year´s Eve (Hogmanay), a tall dark haired man must be the first one entering your house with a lump of coal, a piece of bread, a silver coin, some salt and a drink. This will bring good fortune to your house. Who will be our first-footer at school?

4.- Here is a game with some vocabulary related to new year´s celebrations: GAME 1 - GAME 2 - GAME 3

5.- Finally, let´s watch a video about New York, the most multicultural city in the world, as the last activity of our Readers Club for the first term:

                  

HOMEWORK: Please

1.- Finish the pending activities.