7th Year - Animal Farm

Chapter 10. 

1) As animals grew old, what happened with their pensions (superannuated animals)?

2) The new generations of animlas barely knew about the rebellion. What was the consequence? What kind of animlas were they?

3) Discuss the economic prosperity of the farm (windmill, land, production) and the conditions of the animals. Why did Squealer talk to the animals about the new bureaucracy?

4) Why didn't the animals abandon any of the old dreams? "And when they heard the gun booming and saw the green flag fluttering at the masthead, their hearts swelled with imperishable pride, and the talk always turned towards the old heroic days, the expulsion of Jones, the writing of the Seven Commandments, the great battles in which the human invaders had been defeated. None of the old dreams had been abandoned." (In my version this is page 81) 

5) Why did Squealer take the sheep away? How can you see this reflected in real-politics? ("Four legs good, two legs better!"

6) How did the other commandments get changed? What other changes did Napoleon make?  (to himself, walking on two legs, with a whip, to the name of the farm "Manor Farm") 

7) What did Pilkington say about the animals in Animal Farm? Why should they become an example for all farms? Explain equivalence between lower classes and lower animals and labour problems around the world.

8) What is ironic about all the promises the pigs and humans made in the farmhouse? (they cheated in the card game)

9) Why was it impossible to tell which was man and which was pig at the end of the chapter?  

http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-animal_farm.html#AF-Things

CHECK BEFORE YOUR TEST

IMPORTANT!

EXAM CHECK LIST. Look at this list before your test.

Examen escrito: son 5 ejercicios como en los MOCK TESTS:  leer un texto y responder preguntas con oraciones completas, completar un texto con 5 palabras en un rectángulo, ordenar palabras en una oración, escuchar y completar con TRUE or FALSE  y escribir 5 oraciones sobre una imagen.

Units in Big English 3:  1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

1)      Present simple (affirmative, negative, questions)

2)      Adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes… once a week, three times a year etc). Ver cuáles van antes de los verbos y cuáles van al final o al principio de la oración.

3)      BEFORE / AFTER/BECAUSE/WHEN para unir oraciones.

4)      Time (It’s eleven thirty/It’s half past eleven)

5)      Love, like, don’t mind/doesn’t mind, don’t like/doesn’t like, hate  +   ING

6)      Present continuous (affirmative, negative, questions). Ver con qué frases se usa (NOW, RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT, IN THIS PICTURE, TODAY)

7)      Questions  with: WHO, WHAT, HOW MANY, WHEN, HOW OFTEN, WHAT TIME, HOW, WHERE, WHY, WHAT’S… LIKE? (What’s the weather like? What’s your sister like?) HOW…. FEEL? (How do your shoes feel?)

8)      Simple Past (affirmative, negative and questions) VERB BE (WAS, WERE) and other verbs (regular verbs and irregular verbs . Study your LIST!)

9)      Copybook in March, Mafalda: Routine activities (wake up, finish school )

10)   Unit 1:  routines,  telling the time, “KEEP IT CLEAN”, P 10-11.

11)   Unit 2: JOBS, PLACES AND ACTIVITIES (FARMER, POLICE STATION, DRAW LANDSCAPES, COLLECT RUBBISH, CLEAN UP STREETS, HELP TOURISTS etc)

12)   Unit 3: housework and chores, obligations (TAKE OUT THE RUBBISH, FEED THE CAT etc). Obligations (I have to clear the table, she has to walk the dog)

13)   Unit 5: only weather vocabulary and clothes

14)  Unit 6: 5 SENSES, PARTS OF THE BODY AND VERBS, (see copybook, eg: I smell with my nose), verbs: sound, taste, smell, look, feel  and past forms: sounded, tasted, smelled, looked, felt) and adjectives on pages 72 and 73. My shoes feel tight, that music sounds awful.

15)  Unit 7: food, drink and condiments (tomato sauce). There is/are some … ; there isn’t/aren’t any … Vocabulary about vitamins pages 90-91 and food in different countries, page 92.

16)  Unit 8: healthy living: healthy activities (drink water, ride a bike, get enough sleep), enough and too much/too many (see copybook), words connected with food in that unit (potatoes, onions, tomato sauce, sugar).  Activities on page 81, Activity Book.  Connectors: AND – BUT – OR.

Examen oral: The Camping Trip e imágenes del Pupil’s Book, Big English 3.

LOOK AT THIS BEFORE YOUR TEST!

IMPORTANT!

Miren esta lista para ver si les faltó estudiar algún tema:

Examen escrito: Son 5 ejercicios como en los Mock Tests:  completar un texto con palabras en un rectángulo, unir preguntas con respuestas, ordenar las palabras en la oración, responder preguntas sobre una imagen (usando oraciones completas) y escribir 5 oraciones sobre una imagen.

Unit 1: parts of the body (arms, feet) and adjectives (tall, short, etc) – verb be (AM – IS- ARE; AM NOT, ISN’T, AREN’T) – verb have (have got, has got, haven’t got, hasn’t got; Have you got a pet?, How many candies has she got?)

Unit 2: parts of the house and objects (see photocopy Coraline) – There is, there are, there isn’t, there aren’t –  ON, IN, UNDER, BEHIND  - long numbers  (see photocopy)

Unit 3: places in the neighbourhood (house, flat, cinema, post office) -  Questions (Is there a bus stop here? How many shoe shops are there?) OPPOSITE – NEXT TO – BETWEEN

Unit 4: clothes (see photocopies – ver cuáles llevan plural: trousers y cuáles no) – present continuous (Katie is wearing a dress, the girls are wearing hats; What are you wearing to the party?)

Unit 5: actions  -  present continuous (affirmative, negative and questions: Is the dog sleeping? Yes, it is; What is the family doing? The family is having lunch)

Unit 6: animals and present continuous. Copybook: parts of the body of animals: paws, claws, whiskers, tail, spots, stripes, feathers, wings, beak, fur, fins, hairy, sharp teeth, sharp claws, soft fur.  Ver cuáles son los verbos que duplican la consonante (swimming, running, winning, hitting)

Unit 7: habits in the holidays and during class time: get up, get dressed, etc. Days of the week. Moments (in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night) Telling the time. ON  + DAY, AT + TIME: On Monday, at 3 o´clock. Uso de s/es en verbos con personas HE/SHE/IT

Unit 8:  more habits. Uso de don’t/doesn’t para el negativo.

Unit 9: sports and free time activities.  PLAY + basketball, football, tennis, the piano, the drums, chess, cards. DO + karate, judo, yoga, gym drama. GO + swimming/rollerblading.

Unit 10: page 50. Question word revision.

Units 11 and 12 are NOT INCLUDED.

Examen oral: The Sandcastle Competition e imágenes de Best Days 2, Pupil’s Book. 

IMPORTANT!

Temas para el examen final escrito:  UNITS 1 a 9

(son 6 ejercicios como en los mock tests: leer un texto y contestar preguntas con oraciones completas,  ordenar las palabras en una oración,  hacer 5 preguntas en un diálogo, colocar los verbos en un párrafo en el tiempo correcto (puede ser  el verbo BE en afirmativo o en negativo, el verbo HAVE en afirmativo o negativo, o cualquier otro verbo en presente simple, presente continuo, pasado simple, ING después de los verbos LIKE, LOVE, HATE, PREFER, ENJOY, DON’T MIND, en afirmativo o negativo), escuchar y completar con VERDADERO o FALSO y completar oraciones que forman parte de un BLOG ENTRY para un EPAL. (ver modelos de blog entry en el cuaderno, y en student’s book, p 26, 35, y en Workbook, p 14, 30, 50)

1

           Verb TO BE (am, is , are: affirmative, negative and questions)

2)      Present continuous (now, right now, at this moment, today, in this picture)

3)      REglas de ortografía para present continuous: dancing, stopping, studying

4)      Present simple (affirmative, negative, questions con DO Y DOES)

5)      Reglas de ortografía para present simple: carries, buys, watches.

6)      Adverbs of frequency (always, seldom, once a week, twice a year)

7)      Preguntas con HOW DO YOU LIKE, WHAT’S YOUR FRIEND LIKE, WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, HOW MANY, HOW OFTEN, WHEN, HOW, WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER FROM?, HOW

8)      LOVE, LIKE, DON’T MIND, DOESN’T MIND, DON’T LIKE, DOESN’T LIKE, HATE + ING

9)      Days of the week, months, dates (Monday, 3^rd ).  Prepositions of time (at 2 o´clock)

1     Telling the time (It’s two forty five/It’s quarter to three)

11)   There is, there are (affirmative, negative and questions, Is there a computer? How many shelves are there?)

12)   THERE IS/ARE   A/SOME/ FEW / A LOT OF /LOTS OF …. THERE AREN’T ANY….

13)   Prepositions (page 34)

14)   LONG NUMBERS

15)   Vocabulary about the house, bedrooms, living rooms, routines (Mafalda and page 48, 52, 55) , descriptions of body and face (46) and personality (42), school subjects (ver Timetable de principio de año y p. 68)

16)   Verbos en pasado REGULARES Y LOS IRREGULARES DE LA LISTA.

17)   Reglas de ortografía de los verbos regulares: stopped, danced, carried.

18)   Must/mustn’t /have to/don’t have to/doesn’t have to

19)   Can/can’t do something quite well, can’t do something at all etc

20)   Countable and Uncountable nouns (ver libro y cuaderno). Quantifiers: a little, a few, much, many, lots of, a lot of etc

21)   Vocabulario sobre comida y bebida

22)   Verbos con do y make

23)   Conectores: and, or , but, because, before, after.

24)   Pronombres posesivos: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs

The Barcelona Game  Y “The Mystery Game” (al final del Student’s Book) solo entran en el oral. 

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2. Great movie!

Hi, kids! Watch this clip and answer the questions in your copybook.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2.

1) How many people can you see on the boat?

2) (01.00) What is Steve the monkey doing?

3) Who's filming?

4) (02.30) Do the people like the town?

5) (02.50) What animal makes that cheese?

6) (03.50) What is the strawberry like? (Describe the strawberry)

7) (05.41) What food and what animals can you see?

8) (06.00) Does Sam like the town?

9) (06.25) What is Berry the strawberry doing?

10) (07.43) Where is the strawberry?

11) (07.45) How many sushi rolls can you see?

12) (07.51) What is Sam wearing?

13) (09:10) What food is there in the spider?

14) (09.55) Can they escape from the spider?

Giving advice: 2nd year

Hello 2nd year!!

Do these activities to revise SHOULD / SHOULDN'T and vocabulary related to illnesses and health problems.

1) http://www.eslgamesplus.com/modal-verb-should-shouldnt-for-giving-advice-on-health-problems-esl-grammar-activity/

2) https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_05_022e?cc=ar&selLanguage=en

3) http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1734

Revision of tenses

And here you have a link to revise tenses:
 Select te exercises yourself to practise: SIMPLE PRESENT, PRESENT PROGRESSIVE, SIMPLE PAST. Start with the Elementary ones, and then try with the Intermediate ones.

http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/tenses_index.htm

Kisses! N.

The Interpreter

Dear all, here you are the questions for chapters 4 and 5. Pay attention that you have questions in present, past and future so we revise all of them. To answer the questions, you need to read carefully. If you find any question difficult, we´ll do it in class. Do not worry!!!

Chapter 4:
1) What´s the Secret Service using to test if Silvia is telling the truth?
2) What information did Lud have about Silvia?
3) How effective were the results of the test?
4) What was Tobin´s reaction when he saw Lud interrogating Silvia?
5) Did Tobin believe Silvia?
6) Who will the Secret Service follow?
7) What does Tobin want Silvia to do?
8) Why is the old picture of the protest in Brooklyn important for this invetigation?

Cahpter 5:

1) Why was Tobin worried at the beginning of this chapter?
2) What did Tobin show Silvia?
3) What did Silvia indirectly confess?
4) What did Silvia explain about the meaning of protests in Matobo?
5) Is Silvia a religious woman?
6) What does the Ku say about the meaning of REVENGE?
7) What happened while Silvia was in her apartment? (Consider: the mask, the strange man outside)
8) What did Tobin decide to do to help Silvia calm down?
9) It was a night of confessions: what did Silvia confess to Tobin about her past? What did Tobin confess to Silvia about his past?.
10) Who is Jamal?
11) Why was he killed?
12) Let´s read the following extract: FIVE MINUTES LATER, HE LEFT THE APARTMENT. HE CLIMBED INTO A LARGE BLACK CAR. NILDS NUD AND MARCUS MATU WERE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT.(p.19). Who is behind all this???!!!!!

see you next guys!
Natalia

Revision GAME for 2nd children

Hello 2nd children!!

Click on this link and play the game!

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/present-simple-and-present-continuous

Have fun!

Hello!

Make your own word search and share with your friends!

word search puzzle maker

Mr Beans busy day - 2nd children

LET'S WATCH THE EPISODE AND WORK ON THE WORKSHEET IN YOUR COPYBOOK.

Routines 2nd children

Dear kids: please watch and learn the words

What's the time, kids?

Read

Match clocks.

Read and practise

Click on the right clock

Clock challenge

More practice

Hi everyone! here you have the questions about the reader, pages 10,11 and 12:


1) Who did Silvia call?

2) what phone did she use?

3) Who was following Silvia)

4) Did Silvia realize that somebody was following her?

5) Where was Tobin?

6) What did he find on the wall?

7) How many messages did he listen to?

8) Who were the callers 

To Think and recflect:

9) Who do you think was Philippe?

10) Go back to Tobin´s wife´s message in the answering machine. when she says "I made a mistake" and "I told him", what mistake can it be? Who can be him?. And when she says "I hope you haven´t changed the locks", why do you think Tobin could change the locks?

That´s all! 

Nice weekend!

N.

The Castle Competition!

We know the winners!

1) CLAY CATEGORY: Castle n° 2! 
Well done!

2) OTHER MATERIAL CATEGORY: 
Castle n° 7 !   Congrats!

3) DESCRIPTION: Description n° 1! Way to go!


Congratulations to all participants! You're castles are awesome!!

Spring Song!

Do you like spring? ____________________________________________
Why do you like spring? ____________________________________________
What can you see in spring?___________________________________________
What's the weather like in spring? _______________________________________________

SPRING AND POLLINATION

Read this about spring and pollination:
Pollination

optical illusions

more optical illusions

more and more optical illusions

Unit 6. Animal records.
Play this game.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/play-with-friends/animal-records


another game on amazing animals

Hello, kids!
Watch the video and answer the questions in your worksheet.

4th Year - Winter Holidays Homework

Hi, guys! Here goes the homework!  (Juliana's group)

• Game to practise tenses: http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/walk%20plank/present%20vs%20past%20tenses/present%20vs.%20past%20tenses.html 
• Another tenses game; http://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-tenses-interactive-grammar-game-for-esl-jeopardy-quiz-game/ 
• Tenses exercises:
  - http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/at056-all-tenses.htm
  - http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/at053-all-tenses.htm
  - http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/at052-all-tenses.htm

2nd Year - Winter Holidays Homework

2nd year - Juliana's group

Hello everybody! These are the games to play during the Winter Holidays!
 

• http://www.eslgamesplus.com/past-progressive-past-continuous-past-simple-verb-tenses-esl-grammar-interactive-activity/
• http://eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/Grammar%20Games/Past%20Continuous/past%20continuous%20quiz.html 

 
And here is the video activity!
 
1) Before watching the video, answer these questions in your copybook:

- Do you like museums? When did you last go to a museum? Which one was it?

- What's your favorite kind of museum?

- Why are museums important?

- What's your opinion about museums? Are they boring or exciting? Why?

2) Watch the video:

3) After watching the video, answer this question:

WHAT WERE PEOPLE DOING IN THESE PICTURES? MAKE SENTENCES USING PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS, AND WHILE OR WHEN.

Picture 1



Picture 2

 

5th Year - Winter Holidays

Hello, guys! Here go the activities for the Winter Holidays!

• Conditionals games:
  - http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/fling%20the%20teacher/conditionals/conditionals%20practice.html
  - http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Conditionals%20Billionaire%20Game/index.html
• Paraphrasing: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4956

video for winter holidays: "The Earh Hour"

Watch this interesting video about the Earth hour and the participation of some famous actors.

The script is available for your better understanding and some comprehension activities!

·         http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/earth-hour

4th Year (Wednesdays) - Homework for 8th July

Watch this video and solve the activities in the worksheet I gave to you last week

Winter games to practise and have fun!

Click and enjoy!

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/make-the-sentences/people-and-appearance

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/clean-and-green

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/classroom-games/

Past simple vs. past continuous - GAME

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/past%20progressive%20vs.%20past%20simple%20betting.html

Paranormal activity in Argentina?

Hello, Grace
This is the article I told you about last week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2982388/Mysterious-disc-shaped-UFO-seen-flying-background-Argentinian-news-just-Internet-hoax.HTML

1st children - Pets

HAVE YOU GOT A PET?

WHAT IS IT?

1ST CHILDREN - WHERE IS SPOT?

1) WATCH THE VIDEO AND REMEMBER THE ANIMALS!


2)COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH

ON     /      IN       /    UNDER   /        BEHIND

A) THE CROCODILE IS __________ THE BED.

B) THE LION IS ___________ THE STAIRS.

C) THE HIPPO IS ____________ THE PIANO.

D) THE BEAR IS _____________ THE DOOR.

E) THE TURTLE IS ____________ THE RUG.

F) THE PENGUIN IS _____________ THE BOX

G) THE MONKEY IS _______________ THE WARDROBE.

H) THE SNAKE IS _____________ THE CLOCK.

I) AND SPOT IS _____________ THE BASKET! 

Intensive III: Practise the Tenses

Hi Hilda, Rodrigo and Tami:
Here you are some activities to further practise Present Simple and Continuous and Simple Past.

1) Go to this link and practise the present tenses. Do only exercises 1 and 2

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

2) Go to the following link and watch and listen to the song!
After watching, do the following activities:
a) Write in your copybook the verbs that appear in the song.
b) Answer the questions below. You need present and past tenses. Pay attention to the questions. Use the list of verbs in your book for new past verbs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKaD2btS1A4

Questions

a) What does Mr Morton look like?
b) What's he wearing?
c) Where's he coming from? Where's is he going?
d) How's he travelling?
e) What did he do after he got off the bus?
f) At first, who did he live with?
g) Did he live in a flat?
h) What did he do in his house? Mention 2 actions.
i) What was the problem with his personality? And with his shape? Make two sentences using TOO+adjective.
j) Who did he meet?
k) What did he do to lose weight?
l) How did he feel every time he saw the woman?
m) What did he write for her?
n) Where did he go at night?
o)What did he take for her?
p)What did he do when she opened the door?
q)What did the woman do?
r)How did the story finish?

Time to watch a film and practise tenses!

Practise Simple Past and Past Continuous with the film Hancock

A) Before you watch the film, anwer these questions in your copybook:


1) Would you like to be a Super Hero? Why (not)?
2) What super powers would you like to have?
3) Which of the super powers you mentioned would you consider themost important one?
4) How different would your life be if you had this super power?
5) Would you keep your super powers a secret? Why (not)?



B) Now, go to this link:
 http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.ar/search/label/simple%20past%20x%20past%20continuous

C) Scroll down until you find the scene of the film Hancock
D) Now watch the scene and complete the following sentences with SIMPLE PAST or PAST CONTINUOUS. Write the sentences in your copybook.


1) Hancock _____________ (sleep) on the bench when a boy _________ (wake) him up.

2) A young lady ____________ (walk) on the street when Hancock ________ (touch) her back.

3) Several birds ________ (hit) him when he ____________ (fly) with a bottle of liquor in his hand.

4) Hancock __________ (fly) and ___________ (drink) when he _______ (hit) a traffic sign.

5) Hancock _________ (try) to persuade the foreigners to surrender when they _____ (shoot) him.

6) Hancock ___________ (throw) their car at the building when he _________ (fly) and _________ (carry) their car around the city.

2nd year: Past simple

Hello, guys!
Here are the activities I would like you to do...
Follow these instructions
1) Click on the links.
2) Watch the video and read the explanation to revise past simple.
3) Do the exercises that say "CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR" (You have to scroll the page down!!!)


ACTIVITY 1 http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/past-simple-regular-verbs

ACTIVITY 2 http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/node/2061


That's all! If you have doubts or if you want to ask a question, post a comment and I'll answer it!

Juliana

Winnie´s house

Watch and listen about Winnie´s house.
Do the activities in your copybook                                  

Link to the video:           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jO5Omszt74
(until minute 5.45)

Hi! Watch the story and do activities 1) and 2) in your worksheet.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/one-moment-around-the-world

HI! WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Lesson 1, Thursday, 16th April

UNIT 1 - OUR TEETH

HI! These are the videos we watched in class! Enjoy!

Song for 3rd year

Hi everyone!

As I explained in class, go to the following link to watch and listen to an interesting song by Michael Jackson. The following classes, we´ll be talking and debating about the Earth. This song, which talks about the Earth, will be discussed next class too.
I hope you enjoy it!
Don´t forget to do the short activity below- Kisses to all!  Natalia

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU

Activity: Circle the world issues that appear in the song. Use the dictionary if necessary.

       animal killing         war          car pollution            air pollution           famine         landfills       

political debates                     deforestation          street fighting              climate change      

Video Activity: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

Dear Grace,

Here is a video activity that you can do at home. We'll discuss your answers next class.

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!

BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO

1) What is beauty, in your opinion? 

2) Can you make a list of 5 qualities that define beauty? Write them in order of importance (Number 1 should be the most important one).

WHILE WATCHING

3) Watch the following video and pay attention to the general message.

AFTER WATCHING

4) Answer the following questions: 

• How does the film make you feel?
• How do the women in the film feel when they see their portraits? Why?
• What’s the message of the film?

5) At the end of the movie, you can see the following phrase:

“You are more beautiful than you think.”

This is the publicity slogan of Dove the product which made the short film. 

Do you agree with this slogan? Why do you think it was chosen?

6) Go back to the list you made before (task 2). Do you want to leave it the same way, or would you like to make any changes? Why?

7) Imagine you are the publicity manager of a MAKE-UP product. Think of a good slogan that represents the idea on the Dove video.