Lesson log C1.1 A

LESSON 64 (Monday 3rd May)

-Conversation: dream survey

-Dialogue

LESSON 63 (Wednesday 29th May)

-Exams back and feedback on exams

-Monologues by Pilar and Eva

-Discussion about alternative medicine after Eva's monologue

-Revision of future in the past

LESSON 62 (Monday 28th May)

Only Alicia attended. She did her monologue and she had feedback on her reading and listening exams.

LESSON 61 (Wednesday 22nd May)

Written exam 3rd term

LESSON 60 (Monday 20th May)

-Juanma, Eva

-Listening from certificate exam: "New Zealand's Flag"

-About New Zealand's "silver fern"

-Revision of vocabulary and grammar through reverse translation.

LESSON 59 (Wednesday 15th May)

Juanma, Eva, Pilar

-Speculation about women in the pictures (revision of past modals)

-Reading: Virginia Woolf's: Shakespeare's sister

Homework: write a proposal of between 250 -300 words

LESSON 58 (Monday 13th May 2019)

-Juanma, Eva and Alicia

-Introduction to proposal

-Page 42 Wordpower Idioms: Landscapes. a), b) and c)

- Certificate exam listening task and answers check

Homework for Thursday: write a proposal of between 250 -300 words

Classic carbonara by Jamie Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_2DBLAt57c

Irish peat bogs

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

LESSON 57: (Wednesday 8th May 2019)

-Juanma, Eva and Alicia

-Conversation with Juanma and, later on, with Eva

-Page 39: Everyday English: To cut a long story short: 3 Listening, 4 Useful language and 5 Speaking

-Certificate exam dialogue in exam-like conditions

Homework: Read handout "Shakespeare's sister" and the short story The Canary, by Katherine Mansfield (and audiobook)

Page 42: Wordpower: Idioms: Landscapes

Homework for Thursday: write a proposal of between 250 -300 words

LESSON 56 (Monday 6th May 2019)

Only Juanma and Alicia attended

-Speaking with Juanma

-Grammar page 143: Future in the past and narrative tenses. Correction of exercises

-Page 38: Everyday English: To cut a long story short (1d and e)

LESSON 55 (Monday 29th April 2019)

Listening and speaking: Video: "Why you should read Shakespeare's The Tempest"

Reading: famous dialogue between Prospero and Caliban "This island is mine!"

Role play: Prospero vs Caliban

Homework: Read article "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" and do related activities

Grammar Unit 3B: Future in the past (page 35), Narrative tenses (page 37) and grammar focus 3B on page 143.

LESSON 54 (Wednesday 23rd April 2019)

Only Alicia turned up and she decided to do her English homework on her own during class.

LESSON 53 (Monday 22nd April 2019)

-About Easter, Easter eggs and Easter bunnies

-Exam dates and plan for the rest of the term

-Local environmental problems (speaking with pictures and vocabulary)

-Song "In the Year 2525" (Speaking, Listening and Reading)

Homework: Read article "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" and do related activities

LESSON 52 (Wednesday 11th April 2019)

Film: Blade Runner

LESSON 51 (MONDAY 8th April 2019)

-State symbols USA

-Empower, page 35: Survival on the mano River: reading, speaking and vocabulary.

-Vocabulary: landscape features, page 35 and 160.

-HOMEWORK: Write a discussion essay on the following topic "Benefits and drawbacks of volunteering" (between 250 and 300 words.

-Make sure you use reason and result linking words, formal vocabulary, expressions for speaking in general as well as a variety of grammar structures, at least 1 of the following

-inversion structures

-second conditional

-third conditional

-passive sentences

-past perfect

-past modals

-comparative structures

-future perfect (continuous)

-relative clauses

-the expression "likely"

-Reading pages 36 and 37

LESSON 50 (WEDNESDAY 3rd April 2019)

-On Superbloom

-Introduction to the "Discussion essay" pages 112 and 113

-Special activity outdoors "Going up the castle"

-HOMEWORK: Write a discussion essay on the following topic "Benefits and drawbacks of volunteering" (between 250 and 300 words.

-Make sure you use reason and result linking words, formal vocabulary, expressions for speaking in general as well as a variety of grammar structures, at least 1 of the following

-inversion structures

-second conditional

-third conditional

-passive sentences

-past perfect

-past modals

-comparative structures

-future perfect (continuous)

-relative clauses

-the expression "likely"

LESSON 49 (MONDAY 1st April 2019)

-On April Fool's Day the 1st of April, tricks, pranks and practical jokes.

-Vocabulary: Wealth and poverty (page 33 5A, B and D)

On Margate and Turner (the painter)

-Margaret Atwood's Happy Endings: reading aloud and discussion

-Conjunctions bingo

Next day, if the weather is good, we'll have the second part the lesson outdoors (we'll go up the castle hill while I explain to you something, stopping at different points)

LESSON 48 (WEDNESDAY 27th March 2019)

-Clothes vocabulary: differences between British and American English. Video

-Listening Empower page 34 (a, b and c)

-Inversions game

HOMEWORK: Read Happy Endings, by Margaret Atwood and listen to its audiobook version

Page 34: Vocabulary, wealth and poverty (5a and b).

LESSON 47 (MONDAY 25th March 2019)

-The origin of the expressions "mad as a hatter" and "mad as a March hare"

-Empower, page 33: language in context (correction and speaking).

-2 Grammar, Inversion: a, b, c and d.

-3. Speaking and Writing: a and b

-Words that are pronounced differently in British and American English. Video.

HOMEWORK: Read Happy Endings, by Margaret Atwood and listen to its audiobook version

LESSON 46 (WEDNESDAY 20th March 2019)

-Exam correction (Listening)

-Empower, page 32 Thinking of volunteering abroad? Speaking, reading aloud and pronunciation practice.

-Retelling the story of the Leprechaun

-Listening: Song: Molly Malone

HOMEWORK: For Monday: page 33 e Language in context; Grammar inversion a, b, c and d (Grammar focus 3a on page 142)

For Wednesday: Read Happy Endings, by Margaret Atwood and listen to its audiobook version

LESSON 45 (MONDAY 18th March 2019)

-Exam correction session (Reading, Writing and Speaking)

-Recomended practice material for word formation Flo-joe

-On St Patrick's Day (17th March)

HOMEWORK: Reading: photocopy about the Leprechaun

Tuesday 12th March Wednesday 13th March: MARCH EXAMS

LESSON 44 (WEDNESDAY 6th March 2019)

Only Juanma, Eva and Alicia attended

Eva's monologue on "Environmental Threats", discussion and feeback.

Revision with Trivial Pursuit game

LESSON 43 (MONDAY 4th March 2019)

About St David's Day on the past 1st of Mach, leeks and daffodils. Here you can read more about this festival and learn more about Wales.

Pilar's monologue on "Environmental Threats", class discussion and feedback on performance.

Exam-like listening task: Art as Therapy

Pronunciation practice (common mispronounced words in student's monologues).

NEXT DAY WE'LL DEVOTE MOST OF THE LESSON TO REVISION FOR THE EXAM SO ATTENDANCE IS MORE THAN RECOMMENDED

LESSON 42 (WEDNESDAY 27th February 2019)

Rebeca's monologue (about fashion), speaking and feedback to the whole class.

Paul's emails revisited, reminder of how to answer them using the Google document

Listening: Brexit divorce

About Blue Passports

HOMEWORK: Monologue (if you haven't done it this week)

Turn your monologue into an opinion essay (for Monday 4th March) Another possibility is the for and against essay, that you could write instead if it suits your topic.

page 30 Wordpower: Idioms, Movement (for Monday 4th March)

Answer to Paul Hatcher's emails using a the Google document I sent you by emai (For Wednesday the 6th March)

LESSON 41 (MONDAY 25th February 2019)

Only Juanma, Rebeca and Alicia attended

Juanma's monologue and feedback

Listening, vocabulary and shadowing with John Bercow's best moment's video

Paul Hatcher's emails about Brexit: reading, vocabulary and speaking

Alicia's monologue

HOMEWORK: reply to Paul's emails about Brexit using the Google document I've sent to you by email (deadline 4th March)

LESSON 40 (WEDNESDAY 20th February 2019)

Only Eva and Juanma attended.

-Speaking about books (activity from handout)

-Spoken review of James Joyce's "The Dead"

-page 27 Useful Language, giving advice (exercise d)

-Tips on how to prepare your dialogue (handout)

-Dialogues about giving advice (Communication, pages 127 and 137)

-Tips on how to prepare your monologue (handout)

-Listening of scene from the film "Groundhog Day"

HOMEWORK: book review (you should have handed it in by Wednesday 20th February)

Monday 25th Prepare a monologue (choose one from the booklet I sent you by email)

LESSON 39 (MONDAY 18th February 2019)

-Talking about the weather and Groundhog Day (the past 2nd of February).Quick revision of first conditional. Watching a short video on the history of Groundhog Day (with subtitles).

-Page 26: Everyday English: 2 Pronunciation d and e

-Page 27: 3. Listening a, b and c. 4 Useful language a and b (d for HOMEWORK + Listening again to the video while reading the transcript).

-Handout: checking of vocabulary about books and some speaking.

-Shadowing with film extract chosen by Alicia

LESSON 38 (WEDNESDAY 13th February 2019)

-Shadowing with a scene "from Mugged in Metropolis" by D.M. Larson, chosen by Eva.

-Page 26: Everyday English: 1 Listening a,b,c, d, e and 2 Pronunciation a, b, c.

Homework: handouts (vocabulary about books and book review for Wednesday 20th February)

LESSON 37 (MONDAY 11th February 2019)

-Working with a scene from the film "Walkabout": (from minute 34:30), speculating about written dialogue (characters, settings, story); shadowing, contrastive stress.

-Presentation about the Aboriginal Australian "Rainbow Serpent" and other examples of Australian Aboriginal art (images)

-Reading activity in groups (putting fragments in order) "Yulunggul and the Wawalag sisters"

Documentary about Aboriginal painting

LESSON 36 (WEDNESDAY 6th February 2019)

-Shadowing with the opening scene of "Watchmen", chosen by Juanma

-Grammar: intentions and arrangements explanation and exercises (5a, 5b and a, b and c on page 141)

-Game in teams: Jeopardy

HOMEWORK: Listening page 25

Handout: practise reading aloud dialogue between Mr Conroy and Miss Ivors from James Joyce's "The Dead"

LESSON 35 (WEDNESDAY 30th of January 2019)

-About "I giorni della merla" (an Italian custom, they are the 29th 30th and 31st of January, considered to be the coldest days of the year)

-Shadowing, scene from "Interstellar", chosen by Pilar

-Book, page 158, checking of exercise e)

-Ways of walking (presentation of the vocabulary and actions)

-"The Dead": reading aloud the dialogue, pronunciation and vocabulary work, watching the corresponding scene of the film.

HOMEWORK: Film review for Wednesday 6th of February

Book: page 25: Listening (4a and 4b; grammar: 5a, 5b anc 5c: Grammar Focus on page 141)

LESSON 34 (MONDAY 28th January 2019)

-Initial conversation (about Rome and being a twin)

- About Burns Night (celebrated on the 25th January) Listening and vocabulary with videos on how to make haggis (and neeps and tatties)

Film review: preparation for writing:

-Watching the trailer of Whiplash and reconstructing the story.

-Reading aloud the two model reviews on page 125. Pronunciation and vocabulary work.

-Exercise 3a (what 's included in a review?)

-Page 175: Film reviews: concise description: table and exercise a)

-Conversation: speaking about film tastes using language for likes and dislikes at advanced level

HOMEWORK: Film review for Wednesday 6th of February

LESSON 33 (WEDNESDAY 23rd January 2019)

-Pronunciation practice with fragment of "The Great Dictator" by Charles Chaplin, chosen by Rebeca.

-Vocabulary: checking exercises on verbs of movement (pages 25 (3a) and 159 (a and c, we still need to check e)

-"Broken Vows", translation of 8th century Irish poem, which appears in John Houston's film "The Dead" (from minute 21.28 to minute 21.51). Listening, reading and pronunciation practice (shadowing).

-Reading aloud of first paragraphs of James Joyce's "The Dead": correction of pronunciation, vocabulary clarification and watching of the opening scene of the film

Homework: Read the longer version of the poem and the accompanying article

Finish off reading "The Dead" (if you haven't read it yet)

LESSON 32 (MONDAY 21st January, 2019)

Only Alicia came today, we were doing conversation and error correction on her speaking.

For next day , apart from the homework I asked you to do for today, you could have a look at the grammar on pages 25 and 141 (Intentions and arrangements).

LESSON 31 (WEDNESDAY 16th January 2019)

-Poem for pronunciation practice and speaking: I Too, Sing America, by Langston Hughes

-Shadowing of the poem's recitation by Langston Hughes and in the film The Great Deabaters

-Page 24: checking of reading comprehension questions (speaking)

-Language in context: synonyms: want, like, love. Activation of vocabulary through speaking.

HOMEWORK: "The Dead", by James Joyce.

Vocabulary, verbs of movement: page 23 exercise 3a and page 159 exercises a, b, c, d, e

LESSON 30 (MONDAY 14th January 2019)

-Shadowing (monologue from Blade Runner). Proposal of activity (shadowing of a film scene in class)

-Page 23: Reading and speaking (a, b, and c)

-Dialogues (deciding on a extreme sport)

Homework: page 24: reading and exercises

LESSON 29 (WEDNESDAY 9th January 2019)

-Introduction to stress, rhythm and intonation (explanation and video)

-Page 22: Vocabulary and speaking: 5a, 5e and 6)

-The "vow of silence" experiment

HOMEWORK: FOR MONDAY: Read pages 23 and 24 of the book

FOR WEDNESDAY: Read "The Dead", by James Joyce

LESSON 28 (WEDNESDAY 19th December)

Feedback on exams

LESSON 27 (MONDAY 17th December)

Eveline: class discussion

About James Joyce (his life and work)

LESSON 26 (WEDNESDAY 12th December)

Progress Test 2/2 (Listening, Writing and Reading)

LESSON 25 (MONDAY 10th December)

1. Recommendation of resources again + Simple English videos:

2. Grammar correction: comparatives and superlatives page 140 a) and b)

3. Listening. "My vow of silence", page 22

4. Dialogues about giving advice: rehearsal and recording.

Homework: revise for exam on Wednesday 12th December

For Monday 17th: Read and listen to "Eveline" by James Joyce and find examples in the text of domestic or gender-based violence.

TEXT, AUDIO, article with more forms of gender-based violence.

LESSON 24 (WEDNESDAY 5th December)

1. Recommendation of resources

2. Students explain the basic rules of comparatives and superlatives. These rules are extended with some exceptions.

3. Other comparative structures: Grammar: comparison (page 21 of the textbook).

4. Dialogues: giving advice.

Homework: Grammar Focus 2A on page 140

Read and listen to "Eveline" by James Joyce and find examples in the text of domestic or gender-based violence.

TEXT, AUDIO, article with more forms of gender-based violence.

LESSON 23 (MONDAY 3rd December)

1. Empower textbook, page 20: 1 (Speaking) and 2 (Reading).

2. Expressions for giving advice and dialogues.

Soundbank: https://freesound.org/

Homework: revise basic rules for comparatives and superlatives so that you can explain them to your classmates.

LESSON 22 (WEDNESDAY 28th November)

1. Warmer: commenting on comic strips. IMAGES

2. Iceberg: sticking words and personal messages on icebergs

3. Discussion about violence against women, bullying and violence in general.

4. Page 17: Differences between formal and informal style and instructions on how to do the writing task.

5. Song (collaborative listening) Let's work together, Canned Heat. Lyrics.

HOMEWORK: For Monday 3rd December: Reading page 21: "The Quietest Place on Earth" and reading comprehension exercises 2 READING and Language in context (Sounds)

For Wednesday 5th: Writing Assignment 3

LESSON 21 (MONDAY 26th November)

1. On Thanksgiving and Black Friday

2. Idioms page 18. Vocabulary exercises and communicative activities

3. Iceberg activities and discussion about violence against women

LESSON 20 (WEDNESDAY 20th November)

1. Introduction to Thanksgiving

2. Feedback on exams

3. Non-standard grammar in the song Johnny I hardly new ye

4. Speaking: giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing on student-generated opinions.

HOMEWORK: Do some research on Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Page 18 of the book: Review and extention and Worldpower: Idioms: Body parts.

LESSON 19 (MONDAY 19th November)

1. Handing back compositions, feedback and mistakes to avoid

2. Show and tell presentations

3. Language feedback on presentations

4. Song: Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye.

HOMEWORK: Find at least 6 different examples of non-standard grammar in the song and re-write them in present-day English

LESSON 18 (WEDNESDAY 14th November)

1. About Remembrance Day

2. Instructions and demonstration of show and tell activity

3. Empower, pages 16 and 17 (listening: as homework); speaking about English as a threat for other languages in the world; reading aloud and pronunciation practice; language for expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing.

HOMEWORK: Show and tell speaking activity.

LESSON 17 (MONDAY 12th November)

Eva, Juanma, Pilar, Alfredo, Alicia, Ignacio

Progress Test 1/2 (Listening, Writing and Reading)

LESSON 16 (WEDNESDAY 7th November)

Students: Eva, Juanma, Pilar, Alfredo y Alicia)

1. Revision of inexact language

2. Useful language: expressing yourself in an inexact way (c and d, p.15)

3 Speaking: (a) and b) page 15)

4. Monologue: telling an anecdote (preparation and recounting in pairs and as a whole class). Feedback from the teacher.

5. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin: analysis and discussion in groups and then feedback to the whole class

HOMEWORK: Prepare for the Progress Test on Monday 12th November( 1 Reading comprehension, 1 Listening comprehension and 1 Written expression or interaction)

For the writing exercise it would be great if you could use naturally and appropriately as much of the vocabulary, grammar and functions that we've studied since the beginning of the year, more specifically:

Unit 1A:

Grammar: adverbs and adverbial phrases

Vocabulary: Language learning and noun forms

Unit 1B:

Grammar: The perfect aspect

Vocabulary: describing changes, expressing meaning

Unit 1C:

Language in context: irony and understatement

Useful language: expressing yourself in an inexact way

Other: language for speculation and deduction, language for expressing likes and dislikes, difference between "good at" and "good with" and other vocabulary and structures that we've dealt with in class or that you've learnt from the reading / listening texts from corrections in your writing, etc).

LESSON 15 (MONDAY 5th November)

Students: Eva, Juanma, Pilar, Alfredo and Alicia.

1. Guy Fawkes' Day or Bonfire Night: explanation, video and listening comprehension (nursery rhymes).

2. Everyday English: Listening on page 14 and Useful Language a) and b) on page 15.

3. Telling anecdotes expressing yourself in an inexact way (to be continued next day)

HOMEWORK: ASSIGNMENT 2: A narrative

Read "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and listen to the audiobook version.

Think of an anecdote that you could tell using inexact language.

LESSON 14 (WEDNESDAY 29th October)

Students: Alfredo and Pilar

1. About Halloween (origins)

2. Useful vocabulary for speaking about one's fears.

3. Game: guessing the titles of horror films

4. Real life horror movies (Reading and speaking)

5. Speaking: "What are you afraid of?"

6. The Cruel Sister: reading comprehension: putting the story in order, reading aloud, pronunciation practice and listening to the Scottish ballad by the Old Blind Dogs

HOMEWORK: Read "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and listen to the audiobook version.

For Wednesday 7th November: ASSIGNMENT 2: A narrative

LESSON 13 (Monday 29th October)

0. Chat about the weekend

1. Information about tests

2. Reading and speaking (page 13): How languages are special and language in context.