1B READING ON MONEY AND VIDEO LISTENING

Hi , my dearest 1B students!

How is the week coming along? Congratulations on your hard work! I have the feeling that you are getting better and better. How about some READING today for start?

PART 1. ( today's assignment)
I chose a text  for you regarding money CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE READING.

Read the text in English without a dictionary, and complete the PREPARATION, TRUE FALSE, GROUPING AND MATCHING EXERCISES. Post a comment explaining the new vocab you learned today. Comment your results as well.

PART 2    EXTRA CREDIT   DOES MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?

This is an optional exercise for extra credit. Watch the clip on Monique Colman (about 2.30 minutes) for generally understanding. Choose one of the questions below and post an answer on the blog. You have the whole week to watch the video and answer the question . Watch it as may times as you want, just out of curiosity. DEADLINE Sunday 3rd.
Your answers need to be ORIGINAL. Do not copy your partner's answer, otherwise it won't be taken into account.

1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
3. What is people's reaction to her experiment? Give textual evidence
4. What conclusion does she make about the relation money-happiness after the experiment?
5. Explain what people in the experiment are going to do with the money they get.

2B NARRATIVE WRITING

Hello 2B students!
Welcome to the last lesson this week! Time to put into practice the PARTICIPLE CLAUSES while writing a text. The type of text you are going to create is called NARRATIVE.

TOPIC
Think about a time when you achieved  something that you have been working towards, something you really wanted. Describe how you achieved your goal and how you felt afterwards (ca. 120  words). Give a title to your text.


👉CLICK HERE  👈and download the Writing Reference where you can find the paragraphs plan , a model of narrative a useful language section.

• What you need to do is to create a simple story (ca. 120 words length) on the topic above , do not make it too complicated and focus strictly on it.
• Use different past tenses Eg. past , simple, past continuous, past perfect...
• Use a variety of time expressions to organize your narrative.
• Use at least 5 participle clauses of any kind ( -ing. -ed, having + ed...) with any use ( cause, event order, time...) Eg. Knowing that I was late, I called my mum... or   Having checked all my belongings, I headed to Gate 65A .
• Use the present simple to talk about current situations or present perfect if you want to say how those events influenced you today.
• Describe the atmosphere and the feelings.

USE YOUR BOOK. Go to lessons 150, 151, 152 and 153  ( lessons not pages) to review connectors if you want. 

Send your composition to arantxaealo@gmail.com by Monday May 4th.

CREATE YOUR OWN TEXT, DO NOT USE A TRANSLATOR. TEXT THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH BY THE STUDENT WON'T BE CORRECTED.

2A NARRATIVE WRITING

Hello all!
Welcome to the last lesson this week! Time to put into practice the PARTICIPLE CLAUSES while writing a text. The type of text you are going to create is called NARRATIVE.

TOPIC
Think about a time when you achieved  something that you have been working towards, something you really wanted. Describe how you achieved your goal and how you felt afterwards (ca. 120  words). Give a title to your text.

👉CLICK HERE  👈and download the Writing Reference where you can find the paragraphs plan , a model of narrative a useful language section. 

• What you need to do is to create a simple story (ca. 120 words length), do not make it too complicated. 
• Use different past tenses Eg. past , simple, past continuous, past perfect...
• Use a variety of time expressions to organize your narrative.
• Use at least 5 participle clauses of any kind ( -ing. -ed, having + ed...) with any use ( cause, event order, time...) Eg. Knowing that I was late, I called my mum... or   Having checked all my belongings, I headed to Gate 65A .
• Use the present simple to talk about current situations or present perfect if you want to say how those events influenced you today.
• Describe the atmosphere and the feelings.

USE YOUR BOOK. Go to lessons 150, 151, 152 and 153  ( lessons not pages) to review connectors if you want. 

Send your composition to arantxaealo@gmail.com by Friday May 1st.

CREATE YOUR OWN TEXT, DO NOT USE A TRANSLATOR. TEXT THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH BY THE STUDENT WON'T BE CORRECTED.

2B Participle clauses EXPLANATION AND FURTHER PRACTICE.

Hi 2B seniors!

Remember last week's Participle Clauses? In case you did not go through Friday's exercises take your time to do them first ( see the post on 24th April), before starting today's activity.

According to the different questions I got from the previous practice  I have prepared a brief explanation of one of the points:  👇the use of Present perfect in the Participle Clauses
SEE EXPLANATORY VIDEO

TODAY'S PRACTICE
We have a little practice for today that consist of two exercises. The first one is a domino activity to match the Participle clause and the main clause in order to arrange the different sentences in a story.
The main topic of the story is a burglary, which comes in handy to practice our vocabulary on crime.
Do BOTH exercises. Take your time to check new vocabulary in case you come across unknown words.

BURGLAR'S STORY DOMINO ( arrange the sentences according to meaning and match them with the right stripe. You can cut the stripes out if you prefer)
BURGLAR'S STORY GAP FILLING EXERCISE. ( all tenses + Participle clauses)
ANSWER KEY

Let me know your results and If you have any questions . I hope you find today's exercices and materials useful. Be ready for tomorrow, writing time!

1A READING PRACTICE AND WRITING

Hi , my dearest 1A students!


How is the week coming along? Congratulations on your hard work! I have the feeling that you are getting better and better. How about some READING today for start?

PART 1. ( today's assignment)
I chose a text  for you regarding money CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE READING.

Read the text in English without a dictionary, and complete the PREPARATION, TRUE FALSE, GROUPING AND MATCHING EXERCISES. Post a comment explaining the new vocab you learned today.

PART 2    EXTRA CREDIT   DOES MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?

This is an optional exercise for extra credit. Watch the clip on Monique Colman (about 2.30 minutes) for generally understanding. Choose one of the questions below and post an answer on the blog. You have the whole week to watch the video and answer the question . Watch it as may times as you want, just out of curiosity. DEADLINE Sunday 2nd.
Your answers need to be ORIGINAL. Do not copy your partner's answer, otherwise it won't be taken into account.

1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
3. What is people's reaction to her experiment? Give textual evidence
4. What conclusion does she make about the relation money-happiness?
5. Explain what people in the experiment are going to do with the money they get.

1B UNIT 5 VOCABULARY PRACTICE 29th. April

Hello 1B juniors!

Beautiful day to keep on practising VOCABULARY ON MONEY. Do you remember yesterday's words and idioms? Well, open your books on page 59 and let's correct the exercises .Let's start?

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STEP 1 YESTERDAY'S EXERCISE CORRECTION
PAGE 59 CORRECTION

STEP 2. LET'S KEEP ON PRACTISING
Once you finish checking yesterday's exercises, please clock on the worksheet practice and complete all the exercises.
WORKSHEET PRACTICE, CLICK  and download the document. Complete all the exercises and send them to arantxaealo@gmail.com by today ( Wednesday 29th). If you cannot write on the crossword just copy the answers.
I'll send you back the answer key as soon as I get your mail. Post a comment with your results when you finish correcting.

STEP 3. MORE IDIOMS 
NOTICE THE FOLLOWING POSTER WITH IDIOMS REGARDING FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
Pick one and use it in an original sentence. I has to be an explanatory sentence , it can be followed by examples, or a subordinate clause and explain what will be the equivalent in Spanish.

Your answers need to be ORIGINAL. Do not copy your partner's answer, otherwise it won't be taken into account. 

1B UNIT 5 FIRST DAY - VOCABULARY ON MONEY . 28th April

Hi Everyone!

Ready to start a new unit?This time we'll talk about money and savings , interesting , huh? The whole today's practice  will take you about 50 minutes, so clear up your desk and get started!

STEP 1 .  USE YOUR BOOK " Get Set 1"  AND WATCH THE VIDEO .
Let's take your textbook and let's open it on page 59. (UNIT 5 Save and Spend).  Read the text and answer exercise 2. Watch THIS VIDEO and try to do exercises 3 on this page.(There are 9 key verbs , check their meaning first, see if they are regular or irregular verbs)
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

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STEP 2 . NEW VOCAB

Because we are dealing with vocabulary, see the vocabulary section on pages 64 and 65.  Go to the back of the book and check the vocabulary reference (the green pages) on page 130. Use a dictionary to check the new vocab and the definitions . My advice is that you take down all the new vocab and make sure you understand the meaning of all the idioms (refranes) about money. There will be a worksheet tomorrow for further practice.

VOCABULARY REFERENCE COPY ( Spanish)

STEP 3. ONLINE PRACTICE

 TOPIC VOCAB. Do all the self-correcting exercises and write down new words.You do not need to post the results, just practise. 

STEP 4. WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

PICK ONE  question and write a brief answer on the blog. You can answer one of your  classmates if you want, too.
1. What person do you agree more Rebecca or Bryan? Why?
2. Do you usually save a lot of money? Explain
3. What do you usually spend your money on?
4. Do you usually lend money to people?
5. Do you usually pay back the money they lend you?
6. Do you think that money makes you happy?

I hope you learn a lot from this new unit. Have fun!!

1A UNIT 5 VOCABULARY PRACTICE 28th April

Hello everyone!

How did you find the new unit? difficult? interesting? Today's proposal is to continue practising. This is the correction for yesterday's exercises. You can self correct and see how you did.

STEP 1 EXERCISE CORRECTION
PAGE 59 CORRECTION

STEP 2. FURTHER PRACTICE
Once you finish checking yesterday's exercises, please clock on the worksheet practice and complete all the exercises.
WORKSHEET PRACTICE, CLICK  and download the document. Complete all the exercises and send them to arantxaealo@gmail.com by today ( Tuesday 27th). I'll send you back the answer key as soon as I get your mail. Post a comment with your results.

STEP 3. MORE IDIOMS 
NOTICE THE FOLLOWING POSTER WITH IDIOMS REGARDING FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
Could you think of an equivalent in your own language?

Wait a minute?🙋 What is it that I have to post???
1. The results of today's practice , after correcting it.
2. Possible equivalents in Spanish for the Idioms on the poster.

This is all for now , I hope you find this exercise useful, be ready for tomorrow 😉

2A PARTICIPLES CLAUSES FEEDBACK AND FURTHER PRACTICE

Hi everybody!

How was yesterday's practice on Participle Clauses? In case you did not go through yesterday's exercises take your time to do it, before starting today's activity.

According to the different questions you asked me yesterday I have prepared a brief explanation of one of the points:  👇the use of Present perfect in the Participle Clauses
SEE EXPLANATORY VIDEO

TODAY'S PRACTICE
We have a little practice for today that consist of two exercises. The first one is a domino activity to match the Participle clause and the main clause in order to arrange the different sentences in a story.
The main topic of the story is a burglary, which comes in handy to practice our vocabulary on crime.
Do BOTH exercises. Take your time to check new vocabulary in case you come across unknown words.

BURGLAR'S STORY DOMINO ( arrange the sentences according to meaning and match them with the right stripe. You can cut the stripes out if you prefer)
BURGLAR'S STORY GAP FILLING EXERCISE. ( all tenses + Participle clauses)
ANSWER KEY

I hope you find today's exercices and materials useful. Be ready for tomorrow, writing time!

2A PARTICIPLE CLAUSES GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES

Hi 2A students!
How was your weekend? Ready for a new week full of new chances of improving your English?
I would like to offer some grammar  today. Here is the topic of the participle clauses. 
These are subordinate clauses , with no subject, which use an -ed or -ing form, to express event order, time, cause and effect.

They are really useful in written communication because they include information without making long or complicated sentences.

When we talk about PRESENT PARTICIPLES WE REFER TO= -ING FORM
When we talk about PAST PARTICIPLES WE REFER TO= -ED FORM / 3rd. COLUMN IRR VERB.

This could seem a difficult content but it isn't , really. Anyway, I am going to help you walk through it nice and slowly. :-). Let's follow the following STEPS.

The estimated time to do all the tasks is 45 minutes 🕘

STEP 1. (VIDEO)
Ready to start? WATCH THIS 4.08-minute VIDEO attentively for a general explanation.

Pause the video every time you see the little blackboard to pay full attention to example sentences. Write them down on your notebook to understand them better and play the video again.

STEP 2. (ACTIVITIES)
Have a look at this site⇩ There you'll find a quite extended explanation of the different usage, active and passive versions , examples.. again take notes on your notebook for a better study of the topic.
EXPLANATION  AND EXERCISES. Do all the self- correcting exercises. Take note of your mistakes.

STEP 3. (COMMENTS)
Leave a comment on the comment section asking questions about your doubts , parts that you do not understand , examples that you have found difficult to get or if you need an explanation about your mistakes. I will be filming a video this weekend about common mistakes and difficulties on this matter.  Please , leave a comment as soon as you go through the material, so that I can offer the footage asap. I appreciate your cooperation.

In case you want to use your book go to lesson 75 ( lesson, not page), and see SOME STRUCTURES WITH -ING FORM ( see sections B and C) and do your exercises.

1A TOPIC VOCABULARY -MONEY- 27th April

Hi Everyone!

How was your weekend? Ready to start a new Unit? Ok, if you are ready , I am ready! The whole today's exercise will take you about 50 minutes, so clear up your desk and get started!

STEP 1 .  USE YOUR BOOK " Get Set 1"  AND WATCH THE VIDEO .
Let's take your textbook and let's open it on page 59. ( UNIT 5 Save and Spend).  Read the text and answer exercise 2. Watch THIS VIDEO and try to do exercises 3 on this page.(There are 9 key verbs , check their meaning first, see if they are regular or irregular verbs)
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
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STEP 2 . NEW VOCAB

Because we are dealing with vocabulary, see the vocabulary section on pages 64 and 65.  Go to the back of the book and check the vocabulary reference (the green pages) on page 130. Use a dictionary to check the new vocab and the definitions . My advice is that you take down all the new vocab and make sure you understand the meaning of all the idioms (refranes) about money. There will be a worksheet tomorrow for further practice.

VOCABULARY REFERENCE COPY

STEP 3. ONLINE PRACTICE
 TOPIC VOCAB. Do all the self-correcting exercises and write down new words.

STEP 4. WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

PICK ONE  question and write a brief answer on the blog. You can answer one of your  classmates if you want, too.
1. What person do you agree more? Rebecca, why?
2. Do you usually save a lot of money? Explain
3. What do you usually spend your money on?
4. Do you usually lend money to people?
5. Do you usually pay back the money they lend you?
6. Do you think that money makes you happy?

I hope you learn a lot from this new unit. Have fun!!