Week 18: January 30th, 2019- Animal Matters

Hello Giggles

- We talked a little bit about last week's theatre play and completed a gapped reading with the synopsis.
- We revised some animal vocabulary and its pronunciation and discussed pet matters.
- We had a look at ellipsis, a strategy to avoid repetition mainly in spoken English that also makes your English more fluent and natural.
- We quickly saw the first minute of a video on China's Plastic Ban and completed the questions of a handout.

Homework:
I'd like you to have a look at this other video about the same topic and devise five comprehension questions for your classmates.

• Remember that, being 5 minutes long, you can have an example given at the beginning and five more questions separated by about 30 or 45 seconds. 
• Your questions can be open (ex. How much waste is Vietnam importing?) or true or false, multiple choice... Whatever you choose, do all the questions in the same way. 
• Also remember that if you are asking about a person's words, you need to mark it (ex. According to Harvey, what percentage of waste goes to China?)

Week 17: January 23rd, 2019- Theatre play! A Horror Symphony

Forum teatro

- We went to Teatro José María Rodero to see the play A Horror Symphony, by Forum Teatro, 19.30.

This is a video of the day made with photos.

Week 16: January 16th, 2019- From the mystery to the animal kingdom

gecko time

- We warmed up by talking about the photo you had chosen from the links.
- We wrote a new year resolution for the class poster.
- We worked in a comprehension listening activity with a video about a Sonic Attack in Cuba.
- We revised a little bit of vocabulary on animals by having a look at idioms with animal vocabulary.
- We closed the class with a song by Gabrielle, from the original soundtrack of Bridget Jones's Diary, Out of Reach.

REMINDER!! Next day, Wednesday 23rd, we are going to the theatre to see A Horror Symphony, so there's no class. We're meeting at 19.15 at Teatro José María Rodero. The play starts at 19.30. It's an hour long.

Week 15: January 9th, 2019- Happy New Year!

istock

 Dear all, let me wish you all the best for this year and may you have, at least, most of your dreams come true.

- This week we started warming up a little by describing to our classmates a couple of photos  of the holidays from our mobile phones.
- Some of you received your very well deserved Singing Diploma!!
- Then we asked each other some of the questions on the holidays and the new year from a handout.
- Then we saw the first nine minutes of Bridget Jones's Diary film and described the main characters.
- We saw the clip again to identify: fook/cooking vocabulary/ adjectives and insults.

Homework:
Choose one or two photos from these selections of the best of 2018 and be prepared to describe it to a classmate and explain it a little bit and also explain why you chose it. It may be from other sources of your own!
- Best photos 2018 Time Magazine
- Best photos 2018 National Geographic.
- Best photos 2018 The Guardian.