Class 3. Friday 24/04

Hello

Today we revised the prepositions of location and map reading. To ask for directions we say:

Where is the bank, please?
How do I get to the library?
How can I get to the library?

To go to the school from my house - go along Peru Street, go straight on past the bank, then turn right and the school is in front of you etc.

We did a grammar exercise and got some points for our Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 13 points
Player 2 - 13 points
Player 3 - 12 points
Player 4 - 15 point
Player 5 - 10 points
Player 6 - 17 points
Player 7 - 13 points

Today we learnt some new prepositions of place (under, behind, over, near etc.) and movement(along, up, down, across etc.):

The school is near the bank. (place)
Go down the street. (movement)

Project: Also we finished making our poster to recollect second-hand things. We printed them out - now your task is to put the posters everywhere (at school, in the streets, neighbourhood etc.). Also some of you promised to bring some boxes where we´re going to put all the recollected things.


Your homework is - write 8 sentences using the prepositions (4 prepositions of place and 4 prepositions of movement).

Extra task: listen to the audio and do two exercises in your notebook (2 points for each).
Giving directions Listening

Class 2. Friday 17/04

Hello

Today we checked all our exercises and played some guessing games. We got the following points for our extra activities and Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 11 points
Player 2 - 5 points
Player 3 - 8 points
Player 4 - 10 points
Player 5 - 4 points
Player 6 - 12 points
Player 7 - 4 points

We revised the places in the city/town describing them:
It´s a place where you can ... (buy bread, watch a film, play games, go shopping etc).

Also we learnt some prepositions of location to give directions in the city/town: go along, go straight ahead, turn right/left, take the first/second turning on your right/left, opposite, past etc.

We used the expressions to give directions:
Go along High Street. Then turn right. Go straight ahead past the cinema and then take the first turning on your right. There´s a museum opposite the park.

At our project: we checked your posters, now we have to translate them in English, colour and print them out. Please, prepare them at home and bring the posters to the class ready to print.

Your homework is draw a map of your town/neighbourhood, choose three places on the map and explain how to get there from your house (use the prepositions from the lesson).

Extra activity: watch a video with the map, draw a map following the instructions from the video. Write down the sentences (5 points).
Giving directions Video

Trimester III. Class 1. Friday 10/04

Hello

Today we started our Trimester III, our last term this year, although some students were still on vacations. We have a new student with us - Blanca. Welcome!!!

So, we started a new topic "Tell me about your town" and learnt some new vocabulary to describe the city/town/village:
crowded, quiet, noisy, modern, tourist, historic, industrial, cheap, expensive, cosy etc.

We also revised some vocabulary from the last year - places in the city/town: playground, bank, post office, circus, police station, airport etc. 

We played Olympic Games and got first points:
Player 1 - 10 + 3 points
Player 2 - 10 + 5 points
Player 3 - 13 + 5 points
Player 4 - 10 + 5 points
Player 5 - 8 + 5 points
Player 6 - 13 + 4 points
Player 7 - 8 + 5 points


There´s a big shopping centre in my town.
There are a lot of parks in my town.

Your homework: choose a city/town/village that you´ve visited and describe it using the expressons and adjectives, bring photos to show it.

Example: I like Kyiv, this is the capital of Ukraine. It´s a big modern city. It´s very beautiful, but also noisy and crowded. It´s tourist and historic, because there are a lot of monuments, churches and cathedrals there. It´s green, because there´s a river and there are many parks there.

Here´re some photos of Kyiv:





We also discussed our plans for our project: 

Today we wrote the text for our poster with the information (where, when and what to bring). 

Now, your task is - during this week type the poster on the computer, decorate it, make it colourful and beautiful. Next class we´re going to print them and put in the streets.   

Extra task: watch a small video about London and do the exercises in your notebooks (2 points each), make up 5 questions to the video (each correct question - 1 point):
Tour of London Video

Class 12. Friday 27/03. End of Trimester II

Hello

Today it was our last class in this trimester. To celebrate it we organised a Flea Market, a very funny and exciting activity. We decided to raise money for the charity organisation Design for Change or use it for our projects.

You brought lots of different things - second-hand books, toys, hand-made jewelery, home-made food and drinks. Wow! Great! You were real shop assistants and cashiers!


So, our plans are to use this money for our project. Next trimester we´ll turn to action!

Here´re our photos from the Flea Market. 

Hope you had a good time. Please, write about your impressions here in the blog: Did you like it? Why? Do you think it´s a good idea to raise money for charity?

Also we have announced our Olympic Games winner. This trimester it´s again Marco. Congratulations!

And we awarded our blog strory winner for the presentation in the blog - also Marco. He got the most number of votes from the group. Well done!!!

I wish you to spend good Easter Holidays! Happy Easter! And see you next trimester!