Lesson Plan 23/08

1st class:
-Listening exercise (http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=127).
-New Year's Resolutions (pages 86 & 87 from Face2Face Elementary level book).
-Vocabulary: verb collocations.
-Grammar: be going to: possitive, negative and Wh-questions.
-Review: Weather.
2nd class:
-Listening exercise (http://anglianetwork.eu/exams/sample-papers/elementary-sample-papers/)
-Reading comprehension exercise (http://anglianetwork.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/elemrw.pdf).

Lesson Plan 19/08

-Listening exercises (Health http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=115, Married life http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=117, Favourite things http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=200).
-Are you SAD in winter? (pages 84 & 85 from Face2Face Elementary level book).
-Vocabulary: Seasons, weather, word building.

Lesson Plan 09/08

-Listening exercise: Bookworms (http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L5-bookworms.php).
-From page 81 Face2Face Elementary level book 11 exercise.
-I feel terrible (pages 82 & 83 from book).
-Vocabulary: Health problems and treatment.
-Review: have got, imperative, should/shouldn't.

Lesson Plan 05/08

-Listening activities (http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=120, http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=110)
-What's he like? (Pages 80 &81 from Face2Face Elementary level book).
-Vocab: Describing people's appearance and character.
-Grammar: Questions with like.
-Review: Clothes, free time activities.

Lesson Plan 27/07

-A healthy heart (pages 78 & 79 from Face2Face Elementary book)
-Vocab: Health, How often...? and frecuency expressions.
-Grammar: Imperatives, should/shouldn't.
-Review: Present Simple questions.

Lesson Plan 20/07

-The Adventure Centre (pages 76 & 77 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-Vocab: Indoor and outdoor activities, jobs vacancies and job applications.
-Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs.
-Review: Can/can't.

Lesson Plan 14/07

-On the phone (pages 74 & 75 from Face2Face Elementary book)
-Vocab: Phone messages, talking on the phone.
-Review: can for requests and possibility, suggestions.

Lesson Plan 7/07

-Strike! (pages 72 & 73 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-Vocab: Transport.
-Grammar: Present Simple or Present Continuous?
-Review: Question forms.

Lesson Plan 30/06

-The meeting (pages 70 & 71 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-Vocab: Work.
-Grammar: Present Continuous for "now".
-Review: Jobs, common verbs.

Lesson Plan 23/06

-Write down today's date.
-What's the weather like today?
-About ¨St. John's day (http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/spain/sant-joan).
-Come to the wedding (page 68 from Face2Face Elementary Level book).
-Review: question words, can/can't.
-Grammar: verb collocations.

Lesson Plan 16/06

-Write down today's date.
-What's the weather like today?
-Planning a day out (pages 66 & 67 from Face2Face Elementary Level book).
-Planning a day out: I want.../I'd rather.../I'd like...
-Grammar: I would (I'd).
-Review: can/can't, free time activities.

Lesson Plan 9/06

-Write down today's date.
-What's the weather like today?
-A trip to Thailand (pages 64 & 65 from Face2Face Elemntary Level book).
-Vocabulary: descriptive adjectives.
-Grammar: comparatives.
-Review: can for possibility, holiday activities.

Lesson Plan 2/06

-Write down today's date.
-What's the weather like today?
-Holiday USA (pages 62 & 63 from Face2Face Elementary Level book).
-Review: Past simple.
-Grammar: can/can't for possibility.
-Vocabulary: holiday activities.

Lesson Plan 28/05

-Write down today's date.
-Do you know any jokes? (pages 60 & 61 from Face2Face Elementary Level book).
-Vocabulary: Verbs, articles (a, an, the)
-Past simple: Irregular verbs.
-Review.

Lesson Plan 21/05/16

-Write down today's date.

-What's the weather like today?

-What's in the news?

-Talking about the news.

-Vocabulary: Irregular Past forms, verbs and nouns from news stories.

-Help with listening: Stressed words.

-Review: Past Simple.

Lesson Plan 14/05/16

-Listening exercise (http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L11-knowing-her-majesty.php).
-Reading comprehension exercises (http://mrnussbaum.com/money/) and (http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/green/).

Lesson Plan 07/05/16

-My music (pages 56 and 57 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-New vocab: Types of music, wh- question words, past time phrases with ago, last and in.
-Question forms: Making questions and answers with Who, When, Where, Why, Whose, Which, What, How many, How long, How old.

Lesson Plan 30/04/16

-Review on grammar: Exercises rewieving last 4 classes (Past Simple, adjectives, describing places and follow-up expressions).
-License to kill (pages 54 and 55 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-New vocab: Types of films.
-Yes/No questions and answers, Past Simple questions and answers and Wh- Past Simple questions).

Lesson Plan 23/04/2016

-Write today's date.
-What the weather like today?
-The good and the bad (pages 52 & 53 Elementary Face2Face book).
-Mixing Past Simple and Present Simple.
-Adjectives with quite, too, really and very.

Lesson Plan 16/04/16

From Four weekends (pages 50 and 51 Face2Face Elementary book):
-Past Simple (regular and irregular verbs). Gave him a full list of irregular verbs with Spanish meaning.
-Showing interest and continuing a conversation.
-Vocab: Weekend activities.
-Listening exercise (http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G040-Sports.html).

Lesson Plan 09/04/2016

-Three generations (page 46 Face2Face Elementary book):
-New vocab (adjectives).
-Grammar: Past simple (to be). Using was, were in positive, negative sentences and learning how to make questions and short answers with them.
-Finishing hummingbirds exercise (http://mrnussbaum.com/hummingbird/).
-(If we have time) Hobby & Painting Listening exercise: http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=105.

Lesson Plan 02/04/2016

-At the shops (page 42 from Face2Face Elementary book).
-New vocab (shops).
-What can you buy in each shop. New vocab (shopping list).
-Help with shopping list, using one and ones instead of repeting terms.
-Shop language: saying what you want and asking about prices.
-Listening exercise: http://www.talkenglish.com/listening/lessonlisten.aspx?ALID=100
-Reading exercise (not finished), hummingbirds: http://mrnussbaum.com/hummingbird/

Lesson Plan (26/03/2016)

Lesson Plan 26th march from usuaria12

March 19th

- Write down today's date.

- Pages 40 & 41 Face2Face Elementary Level (Renting a flat).

- Vocabulary: Rooms and things in a house.

- Grammar: Use of "How many...?" and "How much...?", identifying countable and uncountable nouns.

- Answering to the questions: Use of "a", "some" and "any".

- Exercises (asking and answering countable and uncountable nouns).

- Reading comprehension exercise: "What is a bank?" (http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/banks/).

March 12th

- Write down today's date

- What's the weather like today? What was the weather like yesterday? What will it be like tomorrow?

- Small talks: moods (If I'm happy, I smile; If I'm sad, I cry; If I'm angry, I shout/stamp my feet, If I'm cold, I shiver; If I'm hot, I sweat; If I'm tired, I yawn/sleep; If I'm ill, I sneeze/cough; If I'm hungry, I eat; If I'm thirsty, I drink). Why are you shouting? I'm shouting because I'm angry.

- Listening exercises (http://www.adelescorner.org/listening/my_weekend/my_weekend.html, http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L2-rockstar.php).

- Reading comprehension exercise (http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/amcomp12/).

March 3rd, 2016

• Write down today's date

• The Weather: What is the weather like today?  What does the weather look like today?

• Forecast: What will the weather look like this week?

• Talking about the weather...SMALL TALKS

- Useful expressions

- Reading comprehension: small talks quizz

• WH- Questions and answers

• Through the senses: 

• More vocabulary:

- What can you taste?

-What can you touch/ feel?

-What can you hear?

...

• What's wrong in the tattoo?

Bon Jovi's song: It's my life: find 3 verbs in the past form, are they regular or irregular? which are their present simple forms?

27th February

Introducing yourself:

• Useful expressions 

Irregular verbs:

• Hello! My name is Andrea and I am 24 years old. I live in a small town called O Grove, where I have got a lot of friends. Carmen is the name of my bff, I meet her years ago, when our mothers take us to the nursery school for the first time. We both are so nervous that we start crying and, in consequence, we vomit. Since that day we are good friends.

Practicing the Past Tense:

• What did you do this week?

WH- Words Review: questions and answers

Vocabulary review: 

• Describe this room
• shelf
• sprained ankle
• live vs. life

Listening: Bon Jovei - It's my life

20th February

-Writing the date.

-Review: Exercise on Past Tense Verbs Pronunciation (Classify the main verbs according to its finishing;  /t/,  /d/ or /id/): Asked, Contacted, Happened, Played, Realized, Helped, Ended, Invited, Cooked, Advised, Demanded, Agreed, Baked, Called, Cleaned.

-Vocabulary (Adjectives). Pages 14 and 124 from Elementary Face2Face Student's Book

-Listening exercise: http://free-online-english.com/index.php/listening-elementary-1

-Speaking 'Exam': From a picture (The Simpsons) we will discuss a topic.

13th February

                        1st: Quick review on object pronouns: 

• Subject Pronouns

• Object Pronouns

• Adjective Pronouns

                      2nd: Describing Rooms: Bart, Lisa and Homer and Marge's Rooms.

                      3rd: Fill in the blanks: Livin' on a prayer

                     

                      4th: Past Tense Verbs Pronunciation

1. Voiceless sound ( p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – h ) ->  pronounce ED as “T”

-          Asked, baked, cooked, fixed, helped, finished…

2. Voiced sound ( l – v – n – m – r – b –  – g – w – y – z )+  vowel sounds -> pronounce ED as D”

-          Advised, agreed, allowed, called, cleaned, happened, played, realized…

3. T or D pronounce ED as “ID”

-          Accepted, collected, demanded, contacted, ended, included, invited, provided…

     

                            5th: Vocabulary. Housework

Saturday 6th february

1)Good: This is a good car; She has a good health

2)Well: the same meaning as good, but it cannot be used as an adjective. Our son is well; but it is not possible to say: We have a well son (instead: we have a good son)

3)Fine and ok: have also the same meaning, but as well, they cannot be used as adjectives. Moreover they are more informal. Our pet was sick, but now it’s fine.

Which is the best option to answer to the question how are you?

FINE

Why?

-          -Well it is used for instance, when you were sick but now you are ok. It is normally preceded by pretty.

-          -Ok. It is more common to use it in case of danger, for example. When someone falls from a ladder: are you ok?

Remember that it is really important to say thank you after answering this question!

1.What have you being doing all this time?

                        What did you do?

                      2.Have you done your homework?

REVIEW: There is/ are FLASHCARDS

               House vocabulary:

-          Tell me: what can I find in a kitchen (bedroom, toilet, living room)?

-          How is your room? What is there in your room?

-          What about this living room? What is there here? What there isn’t?

(cupboard, chest of drawers, painting, pictures)

                      

GRAMMAR: Simple past (I studied for my exams…)

                     Tell me, what do you know about the simple past?

                      Forms (+, -, ?)

-          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j32SurxnE4s

                      Irregular verbs: to be, to have got…

VOCABULARY: When I was a child I wanted to become a rock star.

                        -I thought that the Magic Kings were real.

                        -…Something else you would like to add?

                        - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghOQvAi3ZtQ

• What did you cook yesterday?
• What did you drink yesterday night?
• What did you eat for dinner?
• What did you read?
• What did you wear? And what are you going to wear tonight? Are you going to dress up? To wear a costume?
• What did you study?
• What did you play?

Practicing: (Yesterday morning I was busy, but now I am not)

                 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LubLdr4AGUM

Exercise: comparative forms

                  object pronouns

"Is he marrying Leila?"

"Yes, he is in love with   ______!"

"Your son is making a lot of noise!"

"I'll ask _____ to be quiet."

"Please will you ask Robert to come in."

"Sorry, I don't know ____  ."

"Where are my glasses?"

"You are wearing ____ !"

"Do you like apples?"

"I love____!"

"Why is he always talking about Liza?"

"He obviously likes!"

"Where is my book? Oh, dear! I've lost!"

"Is that Nancy's new boyfriend?"

"Don't ask me, ask!"

"What is the title of that article?"

"I'm afraid I can't remember."

"Look at John! He seems so happy?"

"His friends offered a guitar for his birthday!"

"What are you going to do with those old papers?"

"I'm going to recycle."

"Let's see the latest Spielberg movie!"

"I have already seen!"

"How are your kids? I haven't met for ages!"

"Have you met Alan and Tim?"

"No, I have never met."

"Do you want this book?"

"Yes."

"Well, take ."

    

30th January

1. Review:

                  -Exercise: Correct the mistakes (http://www.esl-lounge.com/level1b/lev1berrcorr.php).
               
                  -Exercise: Choose the correct tense in its positive, negative or interrogative form (http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html).

                  -Exercise: Put the frecuency adverb in the correct place (http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6422).

                  -Exercise: Decide whether the words belong to Cardinal or Ordinal numbers (http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/numbers/index.php).

2. Listening exercise: World of movies (http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L1-world-of-movies.php).

3. Vocabulary exercise: Parts of the house & furniture (http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=20).

4. Object pronouns (http://www.inglestotal.com/object-pronouns-pronombres-de-objeto-en-ingles-lesson-12/).

5. Comparative and superlative structures (http://www.edufind.com/es/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative/).

6. Exercises on comparative and superlative (http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6009).

January 2nd, 2016

1.     Auxiliaries:  CAN/ CAN’T

Can is an auxiliary verb, a modal auxiliary verb. We use can to:

1. Talk about possibility and ability:

We use can to talk about what is possible, what we are able or free to do:

• She can drive a car.
• John can speak Spanish.
• I cannot hear you. (I can't hear you.)
• Can you hear me?

Normally, we use can for the present. But it is possible to use can when we make present decisions about future ability.

1. Can you help me with my homework? (present)
2. Sorry. I'm busy today. But I can help you tomorrow. (future)

2. Make requests:

We often use can in a question to ask somebody to do something. This is not a real question - we do not really want to know if the person is able to do something, we want them to do it! The use of can in this way is informal (mainly between friends and family):

• Can you make a cup of coffee, please.
• Can you put the TV on.
• Can you come here a minute.
• Can you be quiet!

3. Ask for or give permission:

We sometimes use can to ask or give permission for something:

1. Can I smoke in this room?
2. You can't smoke here, but you can smoke in the garden.

(Note that we also use could, may, might for permission. The use of can for permission is informal.)

Structure of can

The basic structure for can is:

subject

+

auxiliary verb can

+

main verb

The main verb is always the bare infinitive (infinitive without to).

	subject	auxiliary verb can	main verb
+	I	can	play	tennis.
-	He	cannot	play	tennis.
		can't
?	Can	you	play	tennis?

Notice that:

• Can is invariable. There is only one form: can
• The main verb is always the bare infinitive.

Test you knowledge: Exercise on CAN

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1518

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/modals/can2.htm

2.     Hobbies: likes and dislikes

®     To talk about your likes and dislikes, you can use these expressions:

Expressing likes:

I like…                                  I love...

I adore…                             I ‘m crazy about…

I’m mad about…              I enjoy…

Expressing dislikes:

I don’t like…                      I dislike...

I hate…                                I can’t stand…

Things to remember about likes and dislikes:

1. When these expressions are followed by a verb, the latter is put in the -ing form.
Examples:

"I like listening to music."
"I hate wearing sunglasses."

I like	VERB+ING
I detest
I don't mind

2. Note that" very much" & " a lot" always come after the things you like.
Examples:

 "I like basketball very much/a lot. NOT" I like very much/a lot basketball."

3. Be careful when you use "I don't mind..."
Examples:

"Do you mind playing football?"
"No, I don't mind."(Although it's in a negative form, it means that it's ok for me. I neither love it nor hate it.)

Dialogue:

Steve is at home. His girlfriend comes in...Notice how they express their likes and dislikes

Steve:	Hello, darling. Do you fancy watching a film tonight?
Girlfriend:	Oh, no thanks, I don't really feel like watching a film tonight. How about going out instead.
Steve:	OK. Do you feel like going to the theater?
Girlfriend:	Oh, no. I hate it. Do you like eating at the new Chinese restaurant?
Steve:	I don't mind. The Chinese cuisine is alright.
Girlfriend:	Well I really love it. Let's go.

a. Exercise: Tell me about yourself. What do you like to do and what don’t you like doing?

b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRpSKORM9k

c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOJBQuUiI_s

d. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3363