High Adventure (U3)

1. Watch the video.  What types of holidays do they mention?

2. Watch the video again.  Where do the speakers go?  What do they do there?

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, USED TO

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PAST SIMPLE, PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS

NOUNS TO ADJECTIVES

 

FOOD: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS

 

What food is mentioned in the song from Oliver Twist?

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

SOME, ANY, EVERY, NO

MUCH, MANY

LISTENING 1

LISTENING 2

LISTENING 3

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

ACTIVITIES

THE IMPERATIVE

 NOUNS: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE: BC KIDS

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: BC TEENS

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS WITH QUANTIFIERS

Perspective (U6-C1)

 

Make notes as you watch the above video and then write a summary of what it is about.  Compare it to your classmates' summaries.

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

MORE PRACTICE

LEISURE AND PLEASURE

 

What do the young people in this video do in their free time.  Write down what you hear.

What did people in the U.S.A. do for fun?  How does that compare with the way people have fun there today?

GOING OUT

HOBBIES AND LEISURE

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What was happening as the Titanic was sinking?

Past Continuous Tense vs. Past Simple: 

The Mysterious Stalker 

EXPLANATION: As, when or while

ACTIVITIES

Past Simple Tense

Explanation and practice

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Past Continuous Tense
Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense

Explanation and practice
Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

REMEMBER: 

- We can introduce the Past Continuous using:  WHILE, AS and WHEN.

- We usually introduce the Past Simple using: WHEN.

Activity 1

Activity 2

What was happening as the Titanic was sinking?

WORKSHEETS

worksheet 1

worksheet 2

worksheet 3

USED TO: VIDEO, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

ACTIVITIES

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

EXERCISE 5

EXERCISE 6

QUESTIONS

HOW TO FORMULATE QUESTIONS

WORKSHEET 1

WORKSHEET 2

WORKSHEET 3

WORKSHEET 4

WORKSHEET 5

WORKSHEET 6

My First Job

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1.  In the first minute of the clip, we are introduced to some of the main characters in the show.  How would you describe them?

- Charlotte

- Jasper

- Henry

- Piper

2. Why does Jasper find the word "duties" funny?

3. Explain the name of the shop, "Junk ´n Stuff".  What do the duties at this store entail?

4. Describe our introduction to "Junk 'n Stuff" and the Man Cave.  Can you explain why Captain Man's secret headquarters is called that?  

5.  There's a spelling error in the video.  Can you identify it?

6.  All super villains have at least one distinguishing characteristic.  What is the Toddler's?

7.  Explain what a sidekick does.  Can you name a few more from books and films.

8. Why does Henry describe his first day at work as "interesting"?

9. Would you want to have a part-time job?  Explain.

10. What are the laws regarding under-18s working in your country?

Teenagers working in the US.

ADJECTIVE ORDER

The common arrangement of adjectives in order is: 

 quantity, opinion, size, age, colour, shape, origin, material and purpose.

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

Write three sentences using as many adjectives as possible.  Ask your partner to correct it.

TEENAGE JOBS

DESCRIBING JOBS

Think of three jobs you might want to do in the future.  Describe the job.  Have your partner guess what it is?

LITERATURE

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS BY Roald Dahl

1. Tell the story about the Three Little Pigs.

2. Compare Roald Dahl's version to the traditional tale.

3.  What does the traditional story say about having a good work ethic?  Do you think this is always true?

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Part 1 - On Work (23:00)

1. Summarise Kahlil Gibran's attitude towards work.

2. Does his view of work differ to your own?  If so, how?

3. In what ways do you coincide with his point of view?

4. Give some examples of poetic devices that he uses.

5. Why does he not write down his ideas in simpler, more plain prose?

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