Semana del 16 de diciembre de 2013

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 18:00-19:30 :

What we did in class on Monday: We finished unit 9C

Homework for Wednesday:  Please watch this fantastic short video on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" and decide who you side with :)

What we did in class on Wednesday: Warm-up activity on what Christmas means in Spain and Britain (review of contrast linkers) + activity on River by Joni Mitchell (review of wishes and regrets)

Homework for Wednesday, January 8th:  Read the book... 

I WISH YOU ALL A DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS :)

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 19:30-20:00:

What we did in class on Monday: We finished unit 9C

Homework for Wednesday:  Please watch this fantastic short video on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" and decide who you side with :)

What we did in class on Wednesday: Warm-up activity on what Christmas means in Spain and Britain (review of contrast linkers) + activity on River by Joni Mitchell (review of wishes and regrets)

Homework for Wednesday, January 8th:  Read the book... 

I WISH YOU ALL A DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS :)

English CAE Friday group:

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p37-40 (we stopped just before the Listening act.) + activity on River by Joni Mitchell.

I WISH YOU ALL A DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS :)

Homework for Friday, January 10th: Read the book + -if you have time- maybe do a few tasks of Test 1 in your CAE exam book nº1 and self correct.

Semana del 9 de diciembre

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 18:00-19:30 :

What we did in class on Monday: Unit 9B p80-81

Homework for Wednesday: Watch the following Bill Viola video (it's "video art") and decide whether it's art or not (write down 4/5 arguments to support your theory), think about the message Viola might have wanted to convey etc...

What we did in class on Wednesday: Homework correction + Unit 9C (act. 1-3) + Speaking activity on performance art.

Homework for Monday, December 16th:  No homework

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 19:30-20:00:

What we did in class on Monday: Unit 9B p80-81

Homework for Wednesday: Watch the following Bill Viola video (it's "video art") and decide whether it's art or not (write down 4/5 arguments to support your theory), think about the message Viola might have wanted to convey etc...

What we did in class on Wednesday: Homework correction + Unit 9C (act. 1-3) + Speaking activity on performance art.

Homework for Monday, December 16th:  No homework

English CAE Friday group:

What we did in class on Friday: Homework correction + Q&A session on the writings handed out + Course book p33-36.

Homework for Friday: Act 6 p36 (180-220 words).

Semana del lunes 2 de diciembre de 2013

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 18:00-19:30 :

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p78-79

Homework for Wednesday:  Watch the following video, have fun :) and write down all the movies mentioned by Hugh Jackman.

What we did in class on Wednesday: I handed out the writings + 15-min Q&A session + activity on a report on theatre-going survey results (correction of stage 1 on the 3rd page)

Homework for Monday, December 9th: learn the vocabulary from today's activity

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 19:30-20:00:

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p78-79 (except act. 7)

Homework for Wednesday:  Watch the following video, have fun :) and write down all the movies mentioned by Hugh Jackman.

What we did in class on Wednesday: I handed out the writings + 15-min Q&A session + activity on a report on theatre-going survey results (correction of stage 1 on the 3rd page)

Homework for Monday, December 9th: learn the vocabulary from today's activity  

English CAE Friday group:

What we did in class on Friday:

Homework for Friday:

Semana del lunes 25 de noviembre de 2103

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 18:00-19:30:

What we did in class on Monday: Unit 8C p74-75 (act. 1-5)

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we did in class on Wednesday: We finished Unit 8D

Homework for Monday, December 2nd: Review Unit 8 (all exercises) p77

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 19:30-20:00:

What we did in class on Monday: Unit 8C p74-75 (act. 1-5)

Homework for Wednesday:  No homework

What we did in class on Wednesday: We finished Unit 8D

Homework for Monday, December 2nd: Review Unit 8 (all exercises) p77

English CAE Friday group:

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p28-32

By the way, re prepositions before Christmas, it all depends on what you want to say, as I said in class, FOR is the most widely used preposition (since in most cases, Christmas is the reason behind a family reunion for example) but AT is ok if you're just referring to that time of year (around Christmas time) and ON is ok if you say ON Christmas day (on the 25th of December). You can also use OVER and DURING if you mean an extended period of time such as the Christmas holiday. 

Homework for Friday, December 13th: Act 3 p33 + watch the following video on lateral thinking and answer these questions:

1. What exactly is lateral thinking?
2. Which "tools" can be taught?
3. What example does Dr De Bono give to illustrate how powerful these tools can be?
4. What does he say about the brain storming method?
5. Complete the sentence For the first time in history we can now...
What is his conclusion?

Semana del lunes 18 de noviembre

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 18:00-19:30 :

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + course book p71 (act. 6-8) and 72 (act.1)

Homework for Wednesday: Read the following 6 options to make money fast and take notes on each of them.

What we did in class on Wednesday: Coursebook p72-73 (until act. 9) 

Homework for Monday, November 25th: Please do these activities (1-6 on the workbook p70-71 if you have it), the key of act. 1-5 is on page 3 (or 52+vii in the WB if you have it). The article in 6b should be around 200 words long.

English B2.1 Monday & Wednesday 19:30-20:00:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + course book p71 (act. 6-8) and 72 (act.1)

Homework for Wednesday: Read the following 6 options to make money fast and take notes on each of them.

What we did in class on Wednesday: Coursebook p72-73 (until act. 9) 

Homework for Monday, November 25th: Please do these activities (1-6 on the workbook p70-71 if you have it), the key of act. 1-5 is on page 3 (or 52+vii in the WB if you have it). The article in 6b should be around 200 words long.

English CAE Friday group:

What we did in class on Friday: Q&A session on the writings handed out. Homework correction + Course book p21-24 + Activity on the structure/organization of a report on survey results from The Guardian.

Homework for Friday, November the 29th: Writing p24-25 act. 1-5 (act.5: 220-260 words).