26th February

During this class we corrected the pending exercises about grammar (second conditional). Then, we practised with an oral activity in which the students had to talk about choices (If I had to choose...).

We continued with the coursebook and we listened to 4 speakers talking about their dreamed houses. The students had to match speakers with the pictures. To close this topic, the students talked in pairs about hteir dreamed houses.

We finished the class dealing with a new issue: frienship.First we read a short text and completed it with some phrases and then discussed about our close friends.
Finally, we read other three texts in which we learnt about a website which helped people to find old friends and how 2 different people tried this site and the results of their search.

We could also analysed the grammar point (used to) and for next day we'll complete the grammar exercises (Grammar bank 4C).


Key to grammar activities
4A- Future time clauses
2. finish 3. 'll text  4. finishes   5.come   6.can   7.don't phone   8.get   9are   10. are   11. won't be able to   12.pass   13. meet   14. don't study    15. won't have
4B- Second conditional
a. 2. had,could   3. would be, didn't go out   4. wouldn't argue, didn't borrow   5. went, wouldn't be   6.painted, wouldn't look   7. would feel, went   8.shared, would get on   9. didn't have to, could   10. did, would improve
b. 2. could   3. don't reduce   4. see   5.were   6.doesn't have   7.had   8.wouldn't drive   9. didn't have too, could   10.would look

CLOZE TEST- EDUCATION
1.A   2.C   3.C   4.D   5.A   6.B   7.D   8.B   9.C   10.B   11.D   12.B

21st February

We started the session correcting the pending exercises from the Grammar Bank about the first conditional and continued with a speaking activity on p.55. The students in groups had to choose one topic, and write 3 reasons for or against it. Then, they exposed their ideas in the group and the rest had to express their agreement or not.

After that, we continued with a new grammar point, second conditional. To introduce the topic, we read a questionnaire from a magazine, and the students had to find the answers to the questions and decide who answered what.
We reviewed the grammar point: second conditional (if+ past / would)

To consolidate the new structure, we did a communication activity. The students had to complete some questions with the correct verb form and then, their classmated needed to answer them.

We finished the class completing the vocabulary bank about houses and listening to a famous English song form Madness "Our house".

Homework: Reading on p.59 ex.5b,c
                   Workbook pp.34-36

Check this site about 

rephrasing (on the left side column, you can choose the grammar point you would like to practise)

http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/rephrexercises.htm

ANd some cloze tests:
http://eoipiedralavesvenus.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/cloze-tests-intermediate.pdf

19th February

We started the session studying the grammatical structures of the first conditional and the future time clauses.

First we answered some questions in pairs about studying and exams. Then, we listened to two students talking about their exam results and tried to answer some comprehension querstions (T.4.3,T.4.4,T.4.5,T.4.6).

We reviewed the grammar bank in the book and paid attention to some slides on the board and did the practice exercises reordering words and playing a toc-tac-toe game.

To finish the class, we continued listening to an extract from a TV programme in which some 16-year-old student were asent to a very special 1950's boarding school. After listening we did the comprehension exercises.

Homework: Grammar bank p.136, ex.4a,b

                    Grammar exercise from photocopy (video comprehension)

14th February

We started a new unit from the coursebook, unit 4. In this unit we'll talk about education and we'll study the first contiditional together with the future time clauses.

To start with, we thought about our favourite school subjects and tried to answer in pairs some general knowledge questions, and immediately after, we matched those questions with the school subjects they referred to.

We completed the vocabulary bank from page 150 and debated about our education.

To finish, we watched an extract from the news and did a video comprehension exercise about Finnish education ( you can find the video uploaded on videos section- 14th Feb.)

Homework:
For next day, the sutendt need to read the text on p.53 "So school these days is easy?" and do ex. 3d,e.

Pruebas de progreso febrero 2013

Ya tenéis publicadas los resultados de las pruebas de progreso de febrero. Para consultarlos debéis acceder a través de la EOI PALENCIA- sección Guardo e intruducir vuestros datos: DNI+número matrícula.
Para aprobar recordad que es el 60% de la nota. Es decir, hay que sacar un 12 sobre 20 y un 48 sobre el total de 80, una vez sumadas las 4 destrezas.
Si no se aprueba alguna de las partes no computa, aparece como 0 y no os calcula la media.
El jueves 14 febrero nos vemos en clase y comentamos los resultados.

31st January

Progress test 1-3
Progress test 1-3- answer key
Progress test listening 1
Progress test listening 2

Rephrasing
Rephrasing practice key