A new start
You can watch this you tube video and practice greetings, introductions, simple descriptions and questions.
You can watch this you tube video and practice greetings, introductions, simple descriptions and questions.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Sunday, 9 November 2014
A classmate you will never forget!
After asking my students to transform a text about the ideal friend/classmate (Think Teen 2, page 14)
by changing all positive adjectives into negatives, they came up with very creative ideas. I enjoyed reading about their rivals, enemies and bullies as much as they enjoyed writing about them.
So I decided to use their texts and their best ideas into one text for them to read.
So here it is:
MARCUS THE TERRIBLE IV
I want to tell you about my terrible new classmate His name is Markus the Terrible IV!.
He is older than me because he missed a year- he is a really bad student. As you can see from the photo he has got really long, oily black hair and brown, evil eyes. His face is wrinkled and spotty, his nose is always running and he has an awful smile with yellow teeth, the worst smile I have ever seen. He laughs like a nerd and blue spit comes out of his mouth. He is so disgusting and obnoxious. He is always sweaty and he stinks like a cow! He hasn 't taken a bath for ages!
Unfortunately the teacher made me sit next to him! I was furious with my teacher's decision!
I cannot see him in the eyes because he looks like an enormous jellyfish and I don't want to be turned into a rock!
He comes from a rich family and he is very spoiled. His parents are so odd! His dad is a dog keeper and his mum owns a fast food restaurant. He has a younger sister, called Martha, who looks like a homeless girl.
Markus always takes my things without asking me and insults me and my friends.
I am not afraid of him. I just want him to leave me alone. We don't make a good team. His taste in music is terrible, he doesn't like football, he fights with everybody and cheats at tests.
Moreover, he is rude and selfish.I think he is a psychopath who has escaped from a mental hospital or an alien who is visiting the Earth.
We are never going to be friends!
Congratulations to all who had fun writing about this imaginary enemy!
by changing all positive adjectives into negatives, they came up with very creative ideas. I enjoyed reading about their rivals, enemies and bullies as much as they enjoyed writing about them.
So I decided to use their texts and their best ideas into one text for them to read.
So here it is:
MARCUS THE TERRIBLE IV
I want to tell you about my terrible new classmate His name is Markus the Terrible IV!.
He is older than me because he missed a year- he is a really bad student. As you can see from the photo he has got really long, oily black hair and brown, evil eyes. His face is wrinkled and spotty, his nose is always running and he has an awful smile with yellow teeth, the worst smile I have ever seen. He laughs like a nerd and blue spit comes out of his mouth. He is so disgusting and obnoxious. He is always sweaty and he stinks like a cow! He hasn 't taken a bath for ages!
Unfortunately the teacher made me sit next to him! I was furious with my teacher's decision!
I cannot see him in the eyes because he looks like an enormous jellyfish and I don't want to be turned into a rock!
He comes from a rich family and he is very spoiled. His parents are so odd! His dad is a dog keeper and his mum owns a fast food restaurant. He has a younger sister, called Martha, who looks like a homeless girl.
Markus always takes my things without asking me and insults me and my friends.
I am not afraid of him. I just want him to leave me alone. We don't make a good team. His taste in music is terrible, he doesn't like football, he fights with everybody and cheats at tests.
Moreover, he is rude and selfish.I think he is a psychopath who has escaped from a mental hospital or an alien who is visiting the Earth.
We are never going to be friends!
Congratulations to all who had fun writing about this imaginary enemy!
Forming Questions with EΛΒΥΡΑ
How to make questions
Read all about this mnemonic rule to help you with asking questions!
Read all about this mnemonic rule to help you with asking questions!
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Saturday, 20 September 2014
On the way!
This week the focus is on TRAVEL.
We will talk about what we need for a trip, where and how we travel.
We will explore other countries and start some interesting projects and activities:
The travel agency roleplay
The travel brochure
The travel ad
At the hotel
Whimsical travel ( on Alladin's carpet or Mary Poppin's umbrella etc)
Shipwrecked
We will study quotes about travelling.
We will tell stories and jokes that occur because we miscommunicate.
On second thought this week is not enough so it might take a little longer...
We will talk about what we need for a trip, where and how we travel.
We will explore other countries and start some interesting projects and activities:
The travel agency roleplay
The travel brochure
The travel ad
At the hotel
Whimsical travel ( on Alladin's carpet or Mary Poppin's umbrella etc)
Shipwrecked
We will study quotes about travelling.
We will tell stories and jokes that occur because we miscommunicate.
On second thought this week is not enough so it might take a little longer...
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Back to school
September again!
This year I am using several ice-breakers and self awareness activities to help me learn the names of my students as fast as I can.
1) I write NADISEP on the board and tell them to decifer my name
2) I bring a bag with things that are important for me ( goggles, pencil, brush, ticket, photo) and they try to make true statements about me. They have to bring a bag about themselves the next day
3) We talk about dreams, feelings, expectations and consequences ( I break an egg to show them that sometimes we cannot repair things)
4) We talk about priorities and procrastination and we do the JAR experiment ( fill a jar with stones, pebbles and water in the correct order to show how everything can fit in)
5) We use a ball of yarn and hold a part of it to introduce ourselves and say what makes us unique
6) Establish a classroom contract
And we also have a lot of fun with the dividing line on the floor while I give them choices for ex cats or dogs, and they have to choose which side to go to!
This year I am using several ice-breakers and self awareness activities to help me learn the names of my students as fast as I can.
1) I write NADISEP on the board and tell them to decifer my name
2) I bring a bag with things that are important for me ( goggles, pencil, brush, ticket, photo) and they try to make true statements about me. They have to bring a bag about themselves the next day
3) We talk about dreams, feelings, expectations and consequences ( I break an egg to show them that sometimes we cannot repair things)
4) We talk about priorities and procrastination and we do the JAR experiment ( fill a jar with stones, pebbles and water in the correct order to show how everything can fit in)
5) We use a ball of yarn and hold a part of it to introduce ourselves and say what makes us unique
6) Establish a classroom contract
And we also have a lot of fun with the dividing line on the floor while I give them choices for ex cats or dogs, and they have to choose which side to go to!
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