Sunday 15 December 2019

MERRY CHRISTMAS!











CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

Start by examining these question words.


INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You must answer thirteen questions.

2. Click on the questions to look for the answers.

3. Answer the questions in your notebook.

4. Write your answers in your notebook.

















Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1. What Christmas traditions do they talk about in the video?

2. What craft do the children make?

3. What do the children make with their mother?

4. What do the children use to count down the days to Christmas?

5. What Christmas decorations do the children use?

6. What do the family eat on Christmas day?

7. Compare and contrast British Christmas traditions with your own.



Tuesday 3 December 2019

SCHOOL DAYS





















REVIEW
We use the verb BE to form the past continuous tense.


PRACTISE


TALK
Ask and answer questions.











ACTIVITIES: 

VIDEO, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

USED TO

USED TO / WOULD (EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITY)




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Sunday 3 November 2019

DINOSAURS AND OTHER PRE-HISTORIC ANIMALS


Identify the animals in the picture above.


             
VERTEBRATES


INVERTEBRATES

WATCH THE VIDEOS AND COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET
The animal kingdom - classification diagram, una ficha interactiva de janinewilliams
liveworksheets.com


READING COMPREHENSION














LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

Watch or listen to the video and complete the activities below.

THE WORLD OF DINOSAURS


THE INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE

WORKSHEET (pdf): Infinitive-of-Purpose



EXTRA grammar-practice/infinitive of purpose

CREATIVE WRITING

Create an animal.  Describe it.  Write about where it lives; how it is adapted to its environment and how it moves.  Use vocabulary related to animals and the infinitive of purpose.



Also check out: Big ESL ideas for small learners

Friday 25 October 2019

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


Listen to the song and list the sweets mentioned.


In one minute, write down as many words related to Halloween as you can.

ONLINE GAMES

HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY 1

HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY 2

LET'S TALK!
________ is the odd one out because _________________.


Things you can do with pumpkin.
Watch the video and complete the activities.


THE ORIGENS OF HALLOWEEN

- What do you know about the origens of Halloween?
- Are there any similarities between Halloween and traditions in your own country?

Answer the following questions then watch the video or do the activity below.

1. Who were the first people to celebrate Halloween?
2.  Where did people first celebrate a festival similar to Halloween?
3.  How long ago did people first celebrate Halloween?
4.  Why do people wear masks and costumes?
5.  Why do people go trick-or-treating?






Watch the above video.

1.  What does the witch threaten to do if they don't give her sweets?

2.  Imagine that the witch doesn't get sweets.  How does she take revenge?  Create a story.

HALLOWEEN WORKSHEET

Friday 11 October 2019

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TODAY?












PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE



1. Roll newspaper into wands and go outside. 
2. Divide the class, give wands to 1/3 and they become Voldemort.

3. The remaining wandless 2/3s are Harry Potter. 

4. Give the Harry Potters a 10-second head start then let the Voldemorts loose. 

5. When a Voldemort catches a Harry Potter, they wave their wand and shout an instruction at Harry eg. jump/dance. Harry Potter then has to do that action in the same spot until they are saved. 

6. The caught Harry Potter can shout, "HELP ME, PLEASE!"

7. The spell is broken when a FREE Harry Potter comes along and asks "What are you doing?" and the caught Harry Potter replies "I'm jumping/dancing". With that complete, Harry Potter is now free and the world is okay again!





WORKSHEETS


A STORY


1.  Read the story.

2.  Complete the comprehension activity.


Tom blood - reading comprehension, an interactive worksheet by janinewilliams
liveworksheets.com




Now, it's YOUR turn!

Bring photos of you, your family and your friends.  Describe what everyone is doing in the pictures.







Wednesday 2 October 2019

HOME AND HABITS



OUR HOUSE



BRAINSTORM!
Write down as many words related to the HOME that you can think of.


JUST FOR FUN

Describe the sequence of events in the video.




Home and habits vocabulary list

Activities

HOME AND HABITS VOCABULARY

HOME AND HABITS READING AND VOCABULARY


GRAMMAR


PREPOSITIONS OF TIME: VIDEO, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE



ADVERB POSITION

v BEFORE THE MAIN VERB
Ø We often watch movies on Friday nights.

v AFTER THE VERB "BE"
Ø Lucy is always punctual.  She hates arriving late.

v AFTER AUXILIARY AND MODAL VERBS
Ø I can never understand what he says.

v WE PUT PHRASES AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF A SENTENCE.
Ø Every Friday, we have a family movie night with pizza.

Ø I have football practice twice a week.






WORKSHEET

Explanation and activity

WRITE: Put the words in the correct order.

ONLINE ACTIVITY

ONLINE ACTIVITY 2





LET'S PRACTISE!










2. Present Continuous explanation and activities


A.  Choose the correct answer for speakers 1, 2 and 3.  How does each one feel about London?

B.  Why?  Note down your answers for speakers 1, 2 and 3.



Houses around the World


21 Houses You Won't Believe Exist


GHOST STORIES FROM A HAUNTED HOUSE

SPONGEBOB THEME SONG


A LUXURY HOME