Weekly Planning: 18th & 20th April 2023

Weekly Planning: 18th & 20th April 2023

To start with, a game about idioms:

After that, we will practice some listening:

And learn how to express habits in the past with these grammar structures:

Next, some listening and speaking:

And to conclude, a song:

Miley Cirus, Flowers

Weekly Planning: 21st & 23rd March 2023

Weekly Planning: 21st & 23rd March 2023

Let's start with a video, a reading and a game about St Patrick's Day:

Then we will continue with a listening & speaking activity:

Let's practice our writing skills as well with this activity: a film review.

And to finish, a song:

My Way, Frank Sinatra

Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th January 2023.

Weekly Planning: 17th & 19th January 2023

To commence with our lesson, a game to learn some transport vocabulary:

Let's continue with this text and exercises related to driving:

Grammar: comparatives and superlatives

And develop our listening and speaking skills with this exercises:

Audio 3.15

Audio 3.16

We can improve our writing with this practice: an article for a website.

And to conclude, a song:

Long Way Round, by Stereophonics

Weekly Planning: 18th & 20th October 2022

Weekly Planning: 18th & 20th October 2022

For starters, a game to review the Present Perfect:

Then, we will correct our homework.

After that, have a look at this notes and worksheet about the Present Perfect:

You can further practice with this online exercise. This time you have to choose between Present Perfect and Past Simple:

Time to improve our listening skills with this activity:

Now, time to start practicing our writing. Let's start with an informal e-mail. Have a look at this example and its answer:

Now it is time for you to practice. Answer the following e-mail that a friend of yours sent you:

Here you can find a guide on how to write it. Have a look!

And to finish, as usual, a song:

Adele, "Set Fire to the Rain"

Weekly Planning: 3rd May 2022

Weekly Planning: 3rd May 2022

Let's start with some vocabulary practice. A game to unscramble words about LANDSCAPES:

Then we will continue with a reading & listening activity about houses:

Audio 7.1

Here you can find some vocabulary about houses:

Time for some speaking practice too:

And more ...

The writing activity above would be also good practice (you can do it as homework)

You can also do this MEDIATION activity:

A friend of yours is looking for a house to buy in an area West of Cambridge.

You have found some housing adverts in a newspaper.

Her initial budget is of 250.000 GBP, but maybe she could obtain some more funds to buy the house if she really likes it.

For her, it would be ideal to have plenty of space and she doesn't like living in a flat.

She doesn't want to do any works in the property she buys.

TASK: 

Send her a short e-mail or message telling that you have found a house that would suit her needs, explaining the details of it and why you think it is ideal for her (no more than 80 words).

And to finish, as usual, a song:

LP "Lost On You"

 

The Bucket List

Have you always wanted to learn to dance the tango, do a magic trick, or skydive? If so, perhaps you need a bucket list – a list of all the things you want to do before you die – that’s the topic of our programme.

Today we have practiced our comprehension skills with a podcast from BBC Learning English about the 'Bucket List'.

You can find the podcast (audio) here:

And the transcript here:

HOMEWORK: I want you to produce a writing about your own bucket list, telling us which three things you would like to do before 'kicking the bucket' (dying.

Don't forget to send it to me so I can correct it and we can share it later in our class next Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!