Irregular verbs.

22 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Warm-up: Memory game. Grammar. Group work activity (2 groups): Who can memorize more irregular verbs (3 forms: present, past, past participle)? Sts had 2 minutes to consult the irregular verb list Pasta 3 Zsófia Gombár, p. 18, and then had to jot down as many verbs as they could. The lists were switched, and the adversary teams corrected each other’s lists.

2) Speaking and Grammar, Pair work activity: Must say “Yes, I have”

In this game St’s being asked the Yes/No question such as “Have you ever been higher than 5000 metres” must answer “Yes”, even if that is not true. The other students ask them three follow up questions (e.g. “How did it feel?” and “How did you get there?”) and then try to guess whether the original answer was true or not.

Source: https://www.tefl.net/elt/ideas/games/10-present-perfect-for-experiences-activities/

(shut) your eyes on a bus and (wake) up and (have) no idea where you are?

/(ring) anyone up in anger?/(see) your favourite band in concert? (write) poems?/(choose) a friend, or (join) a circle of friends, for reasons that didn't feel right?/ (lie =not telling the truth) to your mom? etc.

3) Vocabulary: Pair work activity: 22 titles had to be matched with their definitions: acid rain, biodiversity, drought, recycle waste, deforestation, greenhouse effect, etc. Pasta 3: Zsófia Gombár, page 11.

Sts watched a video by National Geographic, How many words from the glossary above did you hear?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6rglsLy1Ys

source: http://www.ihvalladolid.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/C1-Vocabulary-Reading-Pollution.pdf

Homework:

Read the text and answer the reading comprehension questions: “Ocean Pollution: A Deadly Mess” Questions, Pasta 3: Zsófia Gombár, page 12.

Source: http://www.ihvalladolid.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/C1-Vocabulary-Reading-Pollution.pdf

Writing Techniques: The Paragraph. (Part II)

21 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Writing Techniques: The Paragraph. (Part II)

• Supporting Sentences.
• Linking Words.

Summary and Main Idea Worksheet

20 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Checking homework: Sts wrote a title for each passage, and wrote a short summary of the texts.

  Source: https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/summarizing-worksheets-and-activities/

2) Speaking: Pair work activity: What do you do when you need advice? B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4). page 9.

3) Speaking: Pair work activity: Exercise 1. Dilemma. B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4). page 9.

4) Reading and speaking: B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4). page 9, followed by guided discussion.

5) Listening: introducing Graham Norton, comedian and journalist, to Sts: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialGrahamNorton

6) Reading and speaking: Pair work activity: Sts read one letter asking for advice. Letters 1-4. B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4). page 11-12., then decided what kind of advice they would give to that person.

7) Reading and speaking: Pair work activity: Sts read Graham Norton’s pertinent letters of advice (on a separate paper), and then discussed whether they agree or not. Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/graham-nortons-advice/

Homework: Writing a letter of advice (on a separate piece of paper). Deadline: 27/02/2019. Based on Letter 5, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4), p. 12.

"Eye witness" by Ed McBain continued.

20 Fevereiro 2019, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

"Eye witness" by Ed McBain continued; (a) discussion of the short story ; (b) vocabulary exercises connected with words and expressions from the story (exercises 1, 2, and 3 on pages 19-20). HOMEWORK: Instructions and materials sent by email.

Writing Techniques: The Paragraph

19 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • Ana Rita Martins