UNIT 7: VIDEO-ACTIVITY "POLAR VORTEX IN THE USA"

Hello everyone,

This is the piece of news we watched last day in class:





Do you feel like listening to some other news about that extreme cold weather? If so, listen now to some people experiencing this extreme weather conditions in Chicago and complete the gaps with a word or phrase. Click on comments to check your answers.

• The Mayor of Chicago advices citizens to (a) ______________.
•  Lynn (b) ______________in Canada. 
• For her and Lina what you have to do is dress in (c) ______________
•  Paul carries (d) ______________ in his gloves.
•   Christer is from (e) ______________ so before leaving he’s going to do (f) ______________. He describes this  (g) ______________ weather as (h)_______________.

WRITING TIPS: PUNCTUATION

Have a look at these two documents which may be very helpful to you when dealing with punctuation:

"A guide to punctuation"
"Punctuation tips"   (extract taken from UCHSK Writing Handbook 2011)

Hope they help!

UNIT 7: WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?

Let's start with the video I showed you in class today:



Here you are some links to help you with  The Weather.

• weather vocabulary 1 
• weather vocabulary 2
• words in weather reports 1
• words in weather reports 2 (a quiz)
• weather idioms 1
• weather idioms 2

 Now, click on the links below to listen to some weather forecasts and conversations about the weather:

• Everyday English conversations: It is said that if it wasn't for the weather, English wouldn't have anything to talk about!
• Weather forecast: the four seasons
• Friday's weather forecast
• The Weather channel (US English!)
• BBC weather

Finally, have a look at this nice video. You can learn a lot from it:



Enjoy yourselves,

Ana

UNIT 6: ACCOMMODATION "DISCUSSION QUESTIONS"

Upps! I nearly forgot!

These are the "Discussion Questions" for you to prepare the topic in unit 6:

UNIT 6: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS “ACCOMMODATION”

• Which type of accommodation do you prefer (a tent, a camping van, a hotel, …)? Why?
• What’s the best/ worst place you’ve ever stayed in? Why?
• Have you ever had any problems with …

-          hotels?

-          renting accommodation?

-          sharing a room/ flat?

-          any other kinds of accommodation?

           What happened?

           Did you manage to solve the problem? How?

• List advantages and disadvantages of different types of accommodation. 

Hope it helps.

MID-COURSE REVIEW FEBRUARY 2015

Hi everyone!

It's time to stop and revise everything learnt from the beginning of the course till now. To help you, last day I gave you this kind of board game to revise grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, ...:





To check your answers click here

See you next day!

UNIT 6: TO HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

                                              


Are you one of those people who wax their legs or do you prefer to have them waxed?










I wax my legs every two weeks  / I have my legs waxed every two weeks


Here you have the powerpoint presentation we saw last day in class when talking about the passive structure "HAVE/GET something DONE":

FEBRUARY TEST 2015

Next week we'll start with our February tests. The different written parts will be at the usual time of the lesson and for the oral test you'll be called in pairs on a particular day and time:

9th February
* CE: 9:20 to 10:30 (approx.)
* CO: 10:45 to 11:15 (approx.)

11th February
* EE:  9:30 to 10:45 (approx.)

16th and 18th February
Oral tests

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Now that your February tests are round the corner, it might be a good idea to have a look at the following document containing the assessment criteria used to mark your writing and speaking tests.

Ana

UNIT 6: MODIFIERS (ADVERBS OF DEGREE)

Hi everyone!

Here you have a powerpoint presentation on "gradable and ungradable adjectives" to help you when choosing the correct modifier:

I've also uploaded the document we used to practice these modifying adverbs last day in class.

Click here for more information and practice.

See you next day in class,
Ana