Friday, 24th February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Speaking and writing (page 133)
In groups, the students looked for information about two famous Andalusian people (1 in the past and 1 in the present) and presented their biographies to the class. We then entered the Actividades blog of the webpage (https://centropintorzuloaga.blogspot.com/) and watched a video about the top 10 places to visit in Andalucía and the students talked about their preferences.Finally, the students completed the valoración at the end of the post.
- Homework - 9C (pages 140-141)
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Vocabulary (page 57)
Saying how you feel: I'm tired/hungry/thirsty/hot/cold.
- A Night Out (page 57)
- Useful phrases: I need to go. You need to hurry. Don't worry. OK. Let's go. What a great show!...
- Game: Bingo (revision of the time).
- Workbook activities 5C (pages 62-63)
Thursday, 23rd February 2023
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- Grammar - Present Continuous: to be + -ing (page 71/218/219)
cooking, having, making, playing, crying, barking, ...
- Día de Andalucía - We looked at the post about the Day of Andalucía in the blog (https://centropintorzuloaga.blogspot.com/) and discussed different aspects related to this theme. The students then completed the "Evaluation/ Valoración" of the activity.
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- Vocabulary and Pronunciation (page 40)
Verbs and prepositions (page 40 / 239)
wait for people, arrive at the hotel, arrive in Paris, listen to, spend money on food, think about, belong to, ...
- Día de Andalucía - We looked at the post about the Day of Andalucía in the blog (https://centropintorzuloaga.blogspot.com/) and discussed different aspects related to this theme. The students then completed the "Evaluation/ Valoración" of the activity.
Wednesday, 22nd February
UBI4T(18:45-20:30)
- Reading Comprehension - Valentine's Day.
- Día de Andalucía - We looked at the post about the Day of Andalucía in the blog (https://centropintorzuloaga.blogspot.com/) and discussed different aspects related to this theme. The students then completed the "Evaluation/ Valoración" of the activity.
Tuesday, 21st February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Homework correction (page 138-139)
- Grammar - page 133/228/229 - Present Perfect or Past Simple
She was in more than 50 films. She's been in many different kinds of films. Martin left school two years ago. I've lived in Cardiff for two years, but then I moved to Swansea.
- Listening - page 133 (celebrity, commerical, fashion label, awards, paparazzi, ...).
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Homework correction (page 60-61).
- Practical English - What time is it? (page 56-57) It's three o'clock. It's five past three. It's (a) quarter past two. It's half past ten. It's twenty-five to four. It's ten to eleven.
- Pronunciation (page 57)
/ɒ/ - clock, what, Oxford, sorry, coffee
Silent consonants: half, hour, Wednesday, answer, listen, two, what, ...
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- Homework correction (page 76-77)
- 5B - A Quiet Life (page 70)
noise: verbs and verb phrases (cry, bark all day, argue a lot, ...).
noisy, quiet, upstairs, downstairs, next door, neighbours, ...
Reading- Noisy family? Noisy neighbours?
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- Speaking Activity (page 39). In pairs, students planned a tour for people who have a stopover at a nearby airport. As it is almost the Día of Andalucía we centred the activity around Andalusian cities.
- 3B- Put it in your calendar! (page 40)
Reading and speaking.
Read the quiz and choose your answers. Compare with a partner. How organized are you?
Friday, 17th February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Communicative Activity - Famous phobias - the students worked in pairs and described different famous people's phobias. They then decided together whether these phobias were true or not.
- 9C- Scream Queens (page 132)
- Vocabulary and pronunciation
Word stress - marry, primary, children, secondary, university, ...
/ɔː/ - horse, born, divorced, fall, walk, more, bought...
- Reading - Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis.
- Homework - 9B workbook activities (page 138-139).
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Vocabulary - Common Verb Phrases (page 55 /185): drink tea, read a newspaper, watch TV, go to English classes, have a dog, like cats...
Do you work in a bank? Yes, I do. Do you like cats? No, I don't.
- Crossword: Common verb phrases
- Listening (page 55)
-Pronunciation and Speaking (page 55)
/w/ - witch, work, want, when, where, ...
/v/ - vase, very, live, TV, ...
Do you live near here? Yes, I do. I live very near. Do you speak French? No, I don't. I speak English.
- Homework - 5B workbook activities: Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation (Pages 60-61)
Thursday, 16th February 2023
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- Speaking - Questionnaire (page 69) - What's your talent?
Are you musical, artistic, sporty or good with words? write poems or song lyrics, ...
- Communicative Activity - What can you do?
- Homework- workbook activities 1(Vocabulary) and 2 (Grammar) - 5A - page 76-77.
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- Grammar - be going to (plans and predictions) - page 39
Page 216- 217- Grammar bank and activities
- Communication Activity (page 39) - In pairs students ask each other about their plans: What are you going to do after class? What time are you going to go to bed tonight? What are you going to have for dinner tonight? What are you going to do next summer?
- Game- Taboo
Wednesday, 15th February 2023
UBI4T(18:45-20:30)
- Today we played a fun game - Taboo. In this game the students had to describe different words without saying the word or any other of the words on their card.
- Homework - Reading Comprehension - Valentine's Day
Tuesday, 14th February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Listening and Speaking (page 131)- phobias, therapy, frightening, hypnosis, ...
- Grammar and vocabulary (page 131, 228, 229) - Present Perfect with for and since
How long have you lived in Cádiz? I've lived there for 20 years. How long have you worked there? I've worked there since 2015.
for two weeks, for ten years, for a long time, for five minutes, ...
since 1992, since last June, since the 4th of May, since I got up this morning, since I was a child, ...
- Pronunciation- sentence stress (page 131)
- Speaking - page 131 Activity 5 - Are you married? What's your partner's name? How long have you been married?
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Homework correction (58-59)
- 5A- Speaking (page 53) - Complete the sentences so they are true about you and people in your country. Talk to a partner. Ask questions.
I have lunch at home with my family. What about you?
- Grammar - 5B - A very long flight - Present simple ? I, you, we, they (pages 54, 162, 163)
Do I need a ticket? Yes, you do. Do you live near here? Yes, I do. Do we have good seats? No, we don't. Do they like children? No, they don't.
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- Revision of verb phrases- Game - Wordwall
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/25535273/english-file-elementary/a1-ef-elementary-verb-phrases
- Listening - Page 68 (5A)
- Grammar - (page 69 and 218 / 219) - Can/Can't (different meanings)
I can sing. I can't go to work today. You can park here. Can you open the door?
- Pronunciation - sentence stress, can, can't
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- Women Scientists - the students finished presenting their research on different women scientists.
- Pronunciation (page 38) - the letter g:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sGFdkge9nA&t=3s
/g/ - girl, gate, foggy, organize, forget, ...
/ʤ/ - jazz, region, large, village, ...
- Reading and listening (page 38-39) - No more boring stopovers- go on a guidede tour!
stopover, connecting flight, departure lounge, duty-free shop, air traveller, ...
Monday, 13th February 2023
UBI4T(18:45-20:30)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb 11)
Worksheet- reading and discussion:
Activity 2 - video
Look at this list. Which of these things would you expect to see in a video promoting science to women and girls? Tick which you think you will see.
• a microscope • high heeled shoes • a man in a white coat • a lipstick • experiments
• women laughing • sunglasses • safety goggles • science textbooks • pictures of famous scientists
• a laboratory • someone blowing a kiss • statistics about women in science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJ1zp-QT8o
After watching the video the students shared their opinions about what they had seen.
Friday, 10th February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Discussion about school subjects and why we preferred/chose some subjects instead of others. We discussed the following questions:
- Are there any subjects that you wish you had done better? Why?
- Which subjects do you think should be compulsory?
- Some
people believe that you are either an "Arts" person or a "Science"
person. Which subjects would you associate with those categories? Is
this statement true for you? Why do you think people have this idea?
STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.
Reading- International Day of Women and Girls in Science (British Council).
Video- The Dream Gap.
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Revision of Present Simple (+/ -) and food vocabulary.
Communicative game- Talk about food: I have orange juice for breakfast. I like chocolate. I don't eat meat in the evening.
Grammar worksheet- Write an + or a - sentence for each picture. I don't have sugar in my coffee. I go to English class on Tuesday and Thursday.
Listening (page 53) - Listen and complete the chart.
Speaking_ What's your favourite meal of the day?
Pronunciation (g, j) - page 53 (5)
/g/ - sugar, yogurt, eggs, girl
/ʤ/ - jazz, juice, vegetables, orange
Homework- pages 58-59
Thursday, 9th February 2023
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
To celebrate this day (February 11th) we first watched a short video in the Coeducación blog about the Dream Gap and discussed its message.
Then in pairs students looked for information about a woman scientist and shared it with the rest of the class.
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
To celebrate this day (February 11th) we first watched a short video in the Coeducación blog about the Dream Gap and discussed its message.
Then in pairs students looked for information about a woman scientist and shared it with the rest of the class.
Wednesday, 8th February 2023
UBI4T(18:45-20:30)
- Fim reviews - Some students read out their film reviews to the class.
- The students read the stories that they had created during the previous class.
- To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11th) we initiated a discussion on school subjects and why we preferred/chose some subjects instead of others. We discussed the following questions:
- Are there any subjects that you wish you had done better? Why?
- Which subjects do you think should be compulsory?
- Some people believe that you are either an "Arts" person or a "Science" person. Which subjects would you associate with those categories? Is this statement true for you? Why do you think people have this idea?
We will continue with this activity during the following class.
Tuesday, 7th February 2023
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Homework correction- page 136-137
- Revision of 2nd conditional - Communicative Activity- I think you'd...
- 9B- Reading (page 130-131) Fearof.net - phobias - fear of butterflies, fear of doctors/heights, panic, dizzy, terrified, suffer, scared, fear, ...).
- Talking about phobias- Do you have any phobias? When and how did it start? How does it affect your or their life?
UBI1M (11:15-13:00)
- Revision of vocabulary (food and drink) - Wordwall game
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/20938221/english-file-beginner-5a-food-and-drinks
- Reading and speaking (page 52-53) - Read the article and comments. Complete with the food and drinks words.
- Speaking - Is breakfast important for you? What do you have? Where do you have it? Breakfast is important for me. I usually have coffee and toast with olive oil and sugar. I also eat a piece of fruit.
- Grammar (page 53 and 162/163) - Present simple + and - (I, You, We, They)
I have cereal for breakfast. I don't have eggs. You have rice for lunch. You don't have pasta for lunch. We have coffee for breakfast. We don't have beer for breakfast. They like chocolate. They don't like vegetables.
- Page 163- Activities a and b.
UBI3AT1º (16:00-17:45)
- Homework correction- page 66-67
- Speaking (File Test 4)- revision of unit 4
- Unit 5A- Verb phrases (take a photo, talk to a friend, give somebody flowers, call a taxi, hear a noise, buy a newspaper). page 244
UBI3AT2º (18:15-20:00)
- Revision - Unit 2- File Test 2 - Listening and speaking activities.
- Unit 3 - page 38 - Vocabulary - Airports (baggage reclaim, passport control, lifts, security check, trolley, check-in, arrivals, departures...).
Monday, 6th February 2023
UBI4T(18:45-20:30)
- Writing skills practice: Skyfall film review (reading and exercises).
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/b2-writing/skyfall-film-review
- Homework- write a film review
- Game- story dominoes.
In groups the students created stories using picture cards as prompts.
Story Dominoes
fairytale
aliens
Vocabulary
1. spaceship, planet, space, alien, explode, monster, volcano, cactus, crab, fog
2. wolf, princess, prince, tower, frog, castle, lake,island, forest, thunderstorm, eagle, dragon, carpet, magic, needle, dragon, witch, ring, river
horse-drawn carriage
Once upon a time…
And they all lived happily ever after.
The End
UBI3BM (9:00-10:45)
- Grammar (page 129, 228, 229)
The 2nd Conditional - if + past, would + infinitive
We read the rules in the grammar bank (228) and then did the activities on page 229.
Page 129- Speaking. Students worked in groups of three and took turns to ask each other questions:
What would (or wouldn't) you do...?
I'd definitely... I think I'd probably... I probably wouldn't... I definitely wouldn't... I don't think I'd...
- Unit 5 - A Big Breakfast (page 52)
Thursday, 2nd February 2023
Wednesday, 1st February 2023
To begin with, we listened to the listening that we had done on Monday (Going to the Cinema) to get ideas on how to structure the dialogue.
Then, we visited the following web page of the Odeon Cinema in Limerick (Ireland) and read about the different films that will be on next Saturday 4th of February.
