Xmas Festival: If you give a little love you can get a little love of your own

This is the play we've come up with for this Xmas festival for ESO 1. The short play is based on the videoclip for the song If you give a little love by Noah and the Whale. In this play students act out the chain of favours seen in the clip. If you are interested you can have a look at the video and download the scripts of the play as well.

For watching the video, click on this link: If you give a little love by Noah and the Whale

For downlaoding the scripts of the play either on PDF or on Word document:
PDF: Scripts
Word Document: Scripts

XMAS FESTIVAL: MARIAH CAREY'S SONG

All I want for Christmas is you

Here you can download the parts of lyrics we must sing in the Christmas Festival by Mariah Carey. Remember that only these two parts are performed. You can also watch the video with the lyrics and download the document with the perform.
VIDEO: All I want for Christmas is you
LYRICS in Word Document: Lyrics
LYRICS in PDF: Lyrics

WRITING MODEL ESO1

Here there is the model of the writing I told you abiut in today's class. It's very simple. What you've got to do is the describe what there is in the fridge. You must use quantifiers, not numbers and you must use prepositions to refer to the items you're writing about. The red crossed items are things you have run out of so you must use negatives. You must write 80 words minimum. Here is the example for you to have a glance and practice:


In my fridge there is some orange juice next to the milk. There's some milk too. Below there is some cheese between the yoghurt and butter and there is some butter but there aren't any tomatoes. At the door there is some keptchup but there isn't any mayonaisse. There's also somelettuce in the bottom and there are some carrots as well. Are there any sausages in your fridge?

WRITING MODEL

As I told you in class, the writing part for tomorrow's exam is an email for a friend about your last holiday. Which means the exam must be done with past simple structures. But this is ot all; you also must use what we've been working on: sequency adverbs and special care with time prepositions (remember the first writing exam). Here you have the model we worked on in class. GOOD LUCK!!

Hi Alex

How are you doing? Are you alright? What about your last weekend? Did you have a good time. I did!! I'm going to tell you all about what I did last weekend.

(This is the beginning of the writing) On Saturday morning I woke up at 10. What time did you wake up? Well, after that I didn't watch TV but I had a big breakfast. I was starving!! In the afternnon I studied a little for my Science exam and then I met some friends about 6 o'clock. I didn't stay home at all. In the evening I spoke with my brother on the phone. He lives in NY but I didn't go out becuase I was tired. And you? Did you go out?

On Sunday morning I did some sport and I walked the dog for a while. Did you do some sport last weekend? In the afternnon I studied for the exam a little bit more and I felt thisrty so I drank a big glass of OJ. I didn't meet my friends. In the evening I made a salad for dinner and I watched a film, but I fell asleep on the sofa so I went to bed early. Did you go to bed early too?

Well, that's all for now. Hope you write back soon.

Take care.

XXXX

Present Perfect Power Point

Have a look at the power point we've gone through in class and download it. Revise for your next week's exam in a entertaining way and practice all the structures bound to be in the test. There are lots of activities to practice and check your knowledge of this unit. Go ahead!! Click on the link below:
Present Perfect Power Point

Writing activity ESO3

Here you have the activity I've explained in class. You have two ways for seeing the model. Or you click on the image to get it bigger or you can download it on your computer in the links provided below. One is a word doc and the other is a PDF.

PDF
Word document

Regarding the activity, remember you must use Present Pefect tenses in combination with past simple. You sometimes must use present tenses (Simple or Continuous). Its an email for a friend so you can use this example to give salutations and start with the letter:

Hi Alex
How are you doing?  Is everything fine at school? Are you still so busy as you told me in your last email? Hope you are not. 

However, this week is getting hard for me. I haven't tidied up my room yet and my mum makes me do it every week. I tidied it up last week but I must do it this week too. (now you continue)

To download the example of the email either in word document or PDF click on the links below:

PDF
Word Document

GREAT VIDEO. IS IT CONTAGIOUS? I HOPE SO.

In this pretty video you can find why giving a hand to those who are in need is really a goal. The other choice is to stand put and do nothing at all. When choosing the first you start up a chain that goes beyond what you can see and expect. You can put a stop to those who still feel uncomfortable when they have to help their neighbours, as if somebody was watching and laughing at you because you give help and that's not the usual thing to do. Have you been asked to do so? Why are you doing it then? Can you mind your own business? Kindness always move to a person who still don't have that, and kindness always become bigger! Watch the viseo and find the answers for these three questions but with no words. The video plays the great song by Noah and the Whale, if you give a little love. Click on this link to see it: IF YOU GIVE A LITTLE LOVE YOU START UP SOMETHING

PRESENT PERFECT ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Do you want to revise the tense Present Perfect in all areas we've seen in class? In this webs you will be looking at different uses of the present perfect, and at the choice of the words FOR and SINCE which are often confused by students when using the present perfect. Or at the mislading words JUST, ALREADY AND YET, whose use might get some students crazy.
And what about its relation with the past tense? This is where often things get tricky, partly because of the potentially misleading word PRESENT in present perfect. It could be worthwhile to focus the students’ attention first on the uses of the present perfect easier.  But students don't realize just how important it is that they master it. To ensure your students will not let the present perfect slip into oblivion, it must be taught right. This entry provides several clear webs that will help you learn the Present Perfect tense properly.

Have a go and click on the different links below.
Present Perfect (positive, negative and questions)
Present Perfect (JUST / ALREADY & YET)
Present Perfect versus Past Simple
Present Perfect (SINCE AND FOR)
Present Perfect agendaweb

PRESENT SIMPLE - CONTINUOUS ONLINE ACTIVITIES

If you want to practice for the exam of this unit 2, you can go to this link, review the formation and spelling rules of the present and practice with some very good activities onlin. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find 12 exercises and 3 tests to get ready for the exam. In thiese exercises make sure which tense you have to use and the spelling of the verbs, because both are equally important. If you need to use apostrophe, use the one on the question mark (?) key.

Click on this link: Present Simple vs. Present Continous
Or on this other for more practice: agendaweb

X factor: Emmanuel Kelly

This singer is joined by the X factor Top 12 to perform "Imagine" on The Grand Final Decider of The X Factor Australia 2011 Live Show. Emmanuel impressed the judges with his heartfelt performance of the John Lennon classic Imagine in his audition for the show."I don't think I've ever been moved as I was by that performance," Ronan Keating said, judge of this programme. His rendition even drew praise from John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono who Tweeted "John would have been proud of you".

Present Continuous Spelling rules

 

We make the present continuous tense by adding -ing to the base verb. Normally it's simple - we just add -ing. But sometimes we have to change the word a little. Perhaps we double the last letter, or we drop a letter.

Here are the rules to help you know how to spell the present continuous tense. In this entry you can see the slides of the Power Point we went through in class and see how to make present continuous with the different verb endings and patterns.

 Writing the verbs in their correct continuous form is as important as making the difference of Present tenses we're dealing with in this unit. Please have a look at both slides and take this information in mind.

If you want to see them in a bigger way place the mouse arrow and click on them. Last slide is an exercise for practicing. Click and check on it

Por cuatro esquinitas de nada

This is a pair work activity we've done in class. Following the learning strategy based on the critical thinking skills students had to write down a slogan for the video 'por cuatro esquinitas de nada'.
A great video (not available in English) in which it's shown how easy might be to fit people into our class when it seems there are physical (or not physical) impediments for these people to carry on with their evaryday. People with disabilities think and feel the same things as you or I might, they also have the same rights as anyone else and we must consider what they need to be entitled to the same rights we are entitled to. It's all about respect. It's all about listening to others opinions, their thoughts and feelings, valuing them as whole person, regardless of any deficit they may have, and make them feel as comfortable at school as we are. It's great learning for our students.
To see the video: Por cuatro esquinitas de nada

10 British Slang Expressions You Will Hear When Visiting London

The most popular slangs when visiting London. This is a blog where you can find the 10 British slang expressions you will hear when visiting London. If you're planning a visit you might just want to familiarise yourself with some British Slang expressions which are very commonly used by the British. Go to this website: 10 British slangs

DAILY MAIL Online

An academy in south London has banned popular slang words used by pupils in an effort to improve standards of English. London Academy bans students from saying 'coz', 'ain't', 'like', 'innit' and 'bare' in crackdown on urban slang, claims MP. No longer will words and phrases such as 'you woz', 'bare' and 'innit' be tolerated in the corridors of Harris Academy in Upper Norwood, south London.

Full Story: Slang words ban

The jogger and the Wallet (WRITING TASK)

You'll find here the activity we dealt with in class. With it you have to work with a writing to retell the story with the past tense: Past Simple & Continuous (if possible try to make a sentence in Past Perfect). The rearranged order of the story is on the downlable document, which you can store in your computer by clicking on it. REMEMBER: write a minumun of 6 lines in your notebook and have a glance at the activity cause you can find good tips and vocabulary to make a great writing. See you tomorrow then. The jogger and the wallet key

SHALL WE DANCE?

Under the name Shall we dance? a great JAF productions footage explains why we shouldn't study what we don't we feel like and be carried along by our own dreams and desires.

For those parents who still think kids have to get prepared for succeding in life, measured in terms of money and professional success, instead of letting them do what they really enjoy, which will probably be more efficient when time comes to earn a living.

Click on this link to watch the video and activate subtitles if you want to see the translation into English: Shall we dance?

                  

Present Simple Formation and Spelling

In this entry you can revise all the grammar we have seen in this unit. simple present tense is one of the most common tenses in English. This page will explain the rules for forming the tense with regular verbs.With most verbs, the third person singular form is created simply by adding -S. However, with some verbs, you need to add -ES or change the ending a little. Here are the rules:
The Present Simple Formation and Spelling. When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises.Grammar Practice

What's the most challenging English aspect?

In this cultural lesson we will speak about the most troublemaking issue of English. Vocabulary? Grammar points? Pronunciation? Let's see how students see this by listing the most problematic. And why don't we do it through a listening activity? In this activity you'll see one of these issues we refer to: new words. New words enter the English language all the time, in fact English has always been in a state of evolution and in recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language, partly due to the increased willingness of lexicographers to include them in the dictionaries. Here you will find the activity and the tapescripts and the listening you need to do the activity sheet.
Download activity on: New Words Activities and Tapescripts
Download listening on: New Words Listening

GRAMMAR ASPECTS. PRESENT TENSE UNIT 1

If you're not confident with the present tense formation, both in present simple and continuous, you have here a good revision sheet to deal with all these grammar aspects. It's taken from your last course's books so from now on it might become handy for all grammar seen in each unit. Click here to download it onto your computer: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

If you want to put it in practice, click on this link below:
Good revision

Thai Mobile Advert That Has Everyone Weeping.

Giving Is The Best Communication. There is nobody who cannot be moved by this advert. It's about the hope of doing good expecting nothing in return. But in the end, time pays off your good deeds. What would life be like without these people that teach a lesson every single day, even though when this person is not in this world any longer? Click on here to be redirected to the vido on youtube: Thai mobile phone advert

JAMES BOND SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

'For someone with such a fondness for women, I wonder if you've ever considered what it means to be one'. Good Equals campaing :The two-minute short, specially commissioned for International Women’s Day, sees 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman’s shoes. 

Do you want to see the tapescripts of the video? Click on here: Tapescripts

To download the handout for working on the video:

Are we equals? PDF

To see some posters to work with students: Posters are we equals?

Hi and welcome to the English Site for ESO 1. In this first entry you can find the Power Point we have done in class. It would be a good idea if you had a look at it to review what has been done in class and to check your progress before taking the exam of this first unit. If you want to download it on your computer click on the link below
:Power Point UNIT 1

Spelling Rules for the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Here you can find the Spelling rules for Present Simple in the he/she/it forms. You've already gone through this in class so this can be good practice and an excellent reminder for you. TIP: REMEMBER!! You use these rules for the plural forms of regular nouns.
Click on the link below to see the document: Present Simple Spelling

ESO 3: POWER POINT PRESENTATION UNIT 1

Here you will find the Power Point of unit 1 we've gone through in class. You can review it and try redoing it at home to check your full comprehension of the grammar aspects of this unit. Enjoy it!!
Click on this link to download the PPT:

ESO 2: POWER POINT PRESENTATION UNIT 1

Here you will find the Power Point of unit 1 we've gone through in class. You can review it and try redoing it at home to check your full comprehension of the grammar aspects of this unit. Enjoy it!!
Go to this link to download the PPT: Power Point UNIT 1

WORDSHAKE

How many points can you get in 3 minutes? Long words score more points! Very interesting game for reviewing vocab. Try this out. Highly recommendable to have good fun.

Wordshake

BBC VIDEO: DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

Do you want to make a clear point of how important fluency in communication is? Students might find it more straightforward by the means of images rather than words. Tis can be a pretty good example of it, but... Don't forget!! This is simply a video.