CLASSROOM NOTICEBOARD-5th year5TH YEAR OSL SAN FERNANDO. Welcome!
ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND HOMEWORK, COMPOSITION DEADLINES, EXTRA ACTIVITIES AND OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS AND SUGGESTIONS
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Sequence of Contents of your textbook (Approximate)
Units 7-12. 1st term: 7&8. 2nd term: 9&10. 3rd term: 11&12.
CONTENTS OF YOUR TEXTBOOK
UNIT 7: At the airport, business and trade, history of the internet. State verbs, simple and continuous aspects. Present perfect simple and continuous. Volition verbs+object+full infinitive. Word building: Prefixes. Problems on the phone.
UNIT 8: Dealing with money. Wishes. Travel. Tipping. Apologising
UNIT 9: Entertainment. Passive Voice, such as, like so, as. Making and Responding to suggestions.
UNIT 10: Household jobs. Have/Get something done. Quantifiers. Cmpound nouns and adjectives for views and behaviour. Discussion about gender roles. Adding emphasis
UNIT 11: Work collocations, business. Future perfect. Reported Speech. Reporting verbs. Advertising. Discussion language.
UNIT 12: Colloquial language.Modal verbs of deduction: Present and past. Vague language expressions. Idioms
UNIT 8: Dealing with money. Wishes. Travel. Tipping. Apologising
UNIT 9: Entertainment. Passive Voice, such as, like so, as. Making and Responding to suggestions.
UNIT 10: Household jobs. Have/Get something done. Quantifiers. Cmpound nouns and adjectives for views and behaviour. Discussion about gender roles. Adding emphasis
UNIT 11: Work collocations, business. Future perfect. Reported Speech. Reporting verbs. Advertising. Discussion language.
UNIT 12: Colloquial language.Modal verbs of deduction: Present and past. Vague language expressions. Idioms
HOMEWORK
Find the answers to 11D and 12C on downloads.
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VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, AND SKILLS CONSOLIDATION
These are some extra activities with their answers that you can print after every unit to consolidate your learning. Find them on Downloads |
EXTRA LISTENING HOMEWORK: Remember to do your extra listening activities from your workbook after every unit.
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TIPS! Remember to do the activities in your Workbook or Self-study book after finishing every lesson. The keys are included in your workbook. There is also a Language Reference section in your student's book that you should revise after every lesson.
COMPOSITIONS
No more compositions this year.
FYI: Remember to make a copy of the composition to keep it at home. Once the composition is corrected and I hand it out to you, it is your responsibility to check your copy of the composition and correct it, hand the original in and try to improve next time.
And from now on, what? Compare your compositions with a partner, check and try to avoid the mistakes you made. Revise the layout of every type of composition and the related vocabulary to try to use it in the future. And above all, exchange some compositions with your classmates to correct mistakes and compare.
And from now on, what? Compare your compositions with a partner, check and try to avoid the mistakes you made. Revise the layout of every type of composition and the related vocabulary to try to use it in the future. And above all, exchange some compositions with your classmates to correct mistakes and compare.
COMPOSITIONS PROCEDURE
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check the copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time. However, you can compare your composition with your classmates.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check the copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time. However, you can compare your composition with your classmates.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Activity in the classroom (Mediation): Watching, Writing and Speaking...
Watch the video or read the article you were assigned, summarise it and tell your partners in the classroom. 5th year A: 15th May, 5th year B: and 16th May, (30-45 minutes). Go to downloads/speaking to get a pdf file with the links.
What would you say? Activity for the last two weeks and for the last thirty minutes of each class. In groups of three or four people and i the classroom, we will discuss the vocabulary and grammar that you could use to speak about different topics in both parts of the oral exam. You can obviously use your mobile phones to help you give ideas to your partners. Find an example of suggestions for vocabulary and grammar on my comments on a Podcast: Are videogames good for us? on downloads/listening/podcasts: Technology and Communication
I strongly recommend viewing Marek Connel´s videos on downloads to get more ideas for every topic afterwards.
Watch the video or read the article you were assigned, summarise it and tell your partners in the classroom. 5th year A: 15th May, 5th year B: and 16th May, (30-45 minutes). Go to downloads/speaking to get a pdf file with the links.
What would you say? Activity for the last two weeks and for the last thirty minutes of each class. In groups of three or four people and i the classroom, we will discuss the vocabulary and grammar that you could use to speak about different topics in both parts of the oral exam. You can obviously use your mobile phones to help you give ideas to your partners. Find an example of suggestions for vocabulary and grammar on my comments on a Podcast: Are videogames good for us? on downloads/listening/podcasts: Technology and Communication
I strongly recommend viewing Marek Connel´s videos on downloads to get more ideas for every topic afterwards.
What else can I do?
Help with the oral exam. I recommend viewing some videos on Youtube by Marek Connel who explains to B2 students from the Official School of Languages how to speak about different topics. Get the link on Joepinetreebush/oral-assessment and on 4th year downloads. I recommend checking both, B1 and B2 level topics.
Facebook is a very good tool to get material to improve your English as well. It is difficult to divide Facebook pages into the 4 skills as their posts are normally about any of them. I did my best to collect some of them for you but consider that these pages are in general about anything concerning English learning at any level. Here are some examples taken from Facebook...
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council, Story Planet
Do you think you don't have time to study English? Visit Pick the brain to get suggestions of websites to learn languages even if you are too busy.
Live TV and Radio in English (No subtitles):
From Google Play: UK radio and uktv and radioUsing Google Search: Mobdro.to (Series and Films), brittv.co.uk, (I think it only works on a PC and they ask you to install a VPN. If the one they offer it is not free, try and search a free alternative on the internet like Hide.me)
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
The 7 Best Apps to learn English by Tofluency
Free English Toolkits: British Council, Suscribe to EnglishwithKristine on englishwithkristine.com and get pdf file with more free English Toolkits.
Facebook is a very good tool to get material to improve your English as well. It is difficult to divide Facebook pages into the 4 skills as their posts are normally about any of them. I did my best to collect some of them for you but consider that these pages are in general about anything concerning English learning at any level. Here are some examples taken from Facebook...
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council, Story Planet
Do you think you don't have time to study English? Visit Pick the brain to get suggestions of websites to learn languages even if you are too busy.
Live TV and Radio in English (No subtitles):
From Google Play: UK radio and uktv and radioUsing Google Search: Mobdro.to (Series and Films), brittv.co.uk, (I think it only works on a PC and they ask you to install a VPN. If the one they offer it is not free, try and search a free alternative on the internet like Hide.me)
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
The 7 Best Apps to learn English by Tofluency
Free English Toolkits: British Council, Suscribe to EnglishwithKristine on englishwithkristine.com and get pdf file with more free English Toolkits.
