SESION 16: 26 de Enero de 2010

Have you ever....?

SONG:
"The reason" by HOOBASTANK. We have corrected the blanks and we've translated into Spanish.
VOCABULARY: Past Participles
SPEAKING:We have practiced the Present Perfect (questions and answers) making sentences with some participles and later with a memory game, using adverbs like still, already, just and yet.
UNIT 7: Pag. 58. Ex. 6 Listening: Have you ever....? Pag. 59, Ex. 7 Listening to complete the blanks
HOMEWORK: Study the Past Participles. Next Tuesday we'll have an exam.
Write a composition about "My first day in the school, when I was a child"


Next Friday there is no class because is a school holiday. See you next Tuesday.

SESION 15: 22 de Enero de 2010

What have they done?

GREETINGS AND DATE
VOCABULARY: Past Partiples and Geographical features
EXERCISES: We've c orreted exc 9B pag. 59 and 10B, pag. 60
GRAMMAR: Present Perfect. We have read about the adverbs you can use with this tense
SPEAKING:We have practiced this tense and the verb HAVE TO with a memory game.
HOMEWORK: Study the Past Participle


Next Tuesday you'll speak about you have done at the weekend

SESION 14: 19 de Enero de 2010

We have practiced a new tense: the Present Perfect

GREETINGS AND DATE
VOCABULARY: Sports and more Sports. You can practice with this vocabulary
EXERCISES: We've corrected exercises from pag. 57 and the writings about how to put sentences together. They have been very difficult as you say.
GRAMMAR: Present Perfect. I've given to you a grammar sheet explaining this tense.
SPEAKING:We have practiced this tense with a mime game.
UNIT 7: Pag. 56 (listenings)
SONG: "The reason" by HOOBASTANK
HOMEWORK: Exercises from pag. 59, Ex. 9B and 60, Ex. 10B to practice with the present perfect.



I think you have to study all the Past Participles. Perhaps you'll have an exam, because you need to know them well to use the Present Perfect.
See you next Friday

SESION 13: 12 de Enero de 2010

Happy New Year!!!

TEST: I have given to you your tests with your marks. We have corrected the items aloud in the class. You have some doubts about the modals MUST and CAN'T
SPEAKING:We have spoken about our last holidays, the weather and the date.
VOCABULARY: Irregular Past Participles
UNIT 7: Pag. 57. The Present Perfect. Afirmative, negative and interrogative. Sports.
GRAMMAR: Present Perfect
SONG: "The reason" by HOOBASTANK
WRITING: How to put sentences together with conjunctions. We have read how to do it and you have to practice joining some sentences with the proper conjunctions: AND, OR, SO, AS, BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH.
HOMEWORK: Exercises from pag. 57 to practice with the present perfect.


I'm happy to meet you again in our class, although it's very cold. Please study the past participle because you need them for the Present Simple and do the exercises from the unit 7 and the writing.

See you next Tuesday.