Class: Monday, 20^th May 2013

Can-Do Objectives: Self evaluate

Grammar: Review

Vocabulary: Review

Homework: Study for the exam

Presentations: Thank you to Jacob, Raquel, Joaquin, Jorge, JuanMi, Marina, and Adolfo. Good job!

Also, Final Exam dates – The Written Exam will be on the 22^nd May and the Oral Exam on the 27^th May during class time. If you cannot make either dates, let me know as soon as possible.

Class: Monday, 13^th May 2013

Unit 7C: Switch it off

Can-Do Objectives: Use Phrasal Verbs

Pages: 110 - 111

Grammar: Phrasal Verbs

Vocabulary: Review

Homework: Course book – Reviews Unit 6 pg. 98 and 99; and, Unit 7 pg. 114 and 115.

Presentations: Thank you to Esther, Sara, Teresa, Andrea D, Pilar, Patri A., and Paloma for your great efforts. You were all very either fun or interesting.

Remember: Start reviewing for the final exam.

Also, Final Exam dates – The Written Exam will be on the 22^nd May and the Oral Exam on the 27^th May during class time. If you cannot make either dates, let me know as soon as possible.

Class: Monday, 8^th May 2013

Unit 7C: Switch it off

Pages: 110

Grammar: Revision of sounds; phrasal verbs

Vocabulary: Review phrasal verbs from previous units

Homework: Course book – Reading, pg. 109; Reading, pg. 111, ex a – e

Remember: Be ready to present your portfolio with all your corrected written work on Monday the 20^th.

Presentations: Thank you to Patricia and Cristina for their excellent work. I can’t wait to see the rest of your Oral Projects.

Class: Monday, 6^th May 2013

Unit 7B: Murder Mysteries

Can-Do Objectives: Use indirect questions to be polite

Pages: 106 - 107

Grammar: Indirect questions

Vocabulary: Review phrasal verbs from previous units

Homework: Workbook pg. 66 - 69; Course book pg. 143 ex 7B ex b.

Remember: Start reviewing for the final exam.

Also, Final Exam dates – The Written Exam will be on the 22^nd May and the Oral Exam on the 27^th May during class time. If you cannot make either dates, let me know as soon as possible.

Class: Monday, 29^th April 2013

Unit 7B: Murder Mysteries

Can-Do Objectives: Use question tags to ask polite questions

Pages: 103 - 105

Grammar: Question tags

Vocabulary: DNA, chat show, soap opera, drama series

Homework: Workbook pg. 64 - 65; Course book pg. 143 ex 7A a & c, 7B ex a.

Remember: Send mean e-mail telling me when you want to do the oral presentation and if you need a laptop and projector.

Another video: Many movies have been made about Jack the Ripper. Here is the trailer to one of them.

Johnny Depp – From Hell

Class: Wednesday, 24^th April 2013

Unit 7A: Can we make our own luck?

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about if things had gone differently

Pages: 100 and 101

Grammar: Third conditional

Vocabulary: pain, fiancé

Homework: Workbook pg. 60 and 61; Course book pg. 102 Reading ex a – c; How Words Work pg. 103

Remember: Send mean e-mail telling me when you want to do the oral presentation and if you need a laptop and projector.

Class: Monday, 22^nd April 2013

Unit 6C: I need a hero

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about a person who you admire

Pages: 92 - 95

Grammar: Relative clauses – defining and non-defining

Vocabulary: demanding, masterpiece

Homework: Course book – Reading pg. 94 – 95 ex a – d; pg. 141 ex 6C a

Remember: Final Exam dates – The Written Exam will be on the 22^nd May and the Oral Exam on the 27^th May during class time. If you cannot make either dates, let me know as soon as possible.

For extra review check out the CSIM blog:

http://csimonline.blogspot.com.es/

Inspirational Quotes from People I Admire

Class: Wednesday, 17^th April 2013

Unit 6B: See the film… get on a plane

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about movies

                               Describe a film

Pages: 90 and 91

Grammar: Passives

Vocabulary: crew, to dub, interpreter, translator, plot

Homework: Workbook pg. 54 – 59

Thank you Mely for your great presentation. Kimba is quite cute.

Here is the official trailer for the movie Schindler’s List

Class: Monday, 15^th April 2013

Unit 6B: See the film… get on a plane

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about movies

Pages: 88 and 89

Grammar: Passives

Vocabulary: guarantee, warranty, shopping cart, cash register, drama, fantasy, breathtaking

Homework: Course book pg. 141 ex 6B a and b; pg. 154 Vocabulary Bank;

Remember: Send me an e-mail with the date and approximate length of your oral presentation. Also, let me know if you need to make use of a projector or a computer.

Top 15 Coolest Movie Quotes

Class: Wednesday, 10^th April 2013

Unit 6A: Love in the Supermarket

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about shopping habits

                              Talk about complaining in a shop or restaurant

Pages: 85 and 87

Grammar: Reported statements, questions and commands

Vocabulary: newsagent’s, sales, bargain, queue

Homework: Course book pg. 141 ex 6A a and b; pg. 153 Vocabulary Bank; pg. 86 Reading ex a – e.

Video - Shopping Online: Security Tips, Rules and Advice

Class: Monday, 8^th April 2013

Unit 5C/6A: Job Swap/Love in the Supermarket

Can-Do Objectives: Talk abot the job you would(n’t) like to have

Pages: 78 and 79, 84

Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives

Vocabulary: challenge, stuntman, washing powder, salesman, Labour party, MP, to queue, to pretend, to hope, to wait, to expect

Homework: Course book pg. 82 and 83

Remember: Your projects! Also, next class will be the last class we have to stay an extra 15 minutes.

A song with lyrics:

The Great Pretender

Class: Wednesday, 3^rd April 2013

Unit 5C: Job Swap

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about what you enjoy/prefer/regret doing

Pages: 77

Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives

Vocabulary: Work related and regret, improvise, run, gap

Homework: Course book – Reading pg. 78; pg. 139 ex 5C a and b; Workbook pg. 52; Oral Project

Remember: Class will end 15 minutes later. Draft of Written Project is due. Oral Project topic/outline due.

Here is a brief video about what not to do at a job interview:

Class: Wednesday, 20^th March 2013

Unit 4: Review

Can-Do Objectives:  Talk about education

                               Describe homes

                               Talk about friends

Pages: 66 and 67

Grammar: Conditionals, used to

Vocabulary: Education and Homes

Homework: Workbook pg. 50 and 51; work on Oral Project

Remember: Our first class after the holiday will be on the 3^rd of April. We will start 15 minutes early.

Class: Wednesday, 13^th March 2013

Unit 5B/C: Job swap

Can-Do Objectives: Generalize about men and women’s habits

                               Talk about work

Pages: 74, 75 and 76

Grammar: Prepositions after verbs and adjectives

Vocabulary: smooth, sticky, polish, cleansing, facial, swap, apply for, get promoted, to be sacked

Homework: Workbook pg. 49; write composition from the latest blog list; hand in draft of Written Project.

Remember: NO CLASS on Monday, 18^th March!

12 top tips for successful Interviews

Class: Monday, 11^th March 2013

Exam results: I’ll be correcting your exams as fast as I can. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get them all done before you go on holiday but be patient.

Homework: Work on your Writing Project so that you can turn the draft in before the Easter holidays. Also, you should be telling me what your Oral Project (Topic) is going to be about by the 20^th of March.

Class: Wednesday, 6^th March 2013

Unit 3: Review

Can-Do Objectives: Describe a person’s personality and physically

                              Talk about money, manners, food

 Talk about obligations

 Make deductions

 Compare forms of transport

 Talk about your habits

Pages: 50 and 51

Grammar: Grammar Banks for Units 1 – 3

Vocabulary: Vocabulary Banks –

from Food and restaurants to Describing People

Homework: Study for Monday’s Exam on Units 1 – 3. E-mail me about any doubts you might have.

  

Remember Calendar stuff: Starting on the 11^th of March we will end class 15 minutes later, at 18:15, to make up for my absence. (Sorry.) We will do so for 6 classes: 11^th, 13^th, 20^th March and 3^rd, 8^th, and 10^th April. No class on the 18^th March (San Jose). No class from the 22^nd March to 1^st April both dates included, (Easter).

Class: Monday, 4^th March 2013

Unit 5B: Same planet, different worlds

Can-Do Objectives: Generalize about men and women

Pages: 72 and 73

Grammar: a/an, the, no article; review of future time clauses

Vocabulary: bed sheets, to suit, whereas, however, on the other hand

Homework: Workbook pg 48; Course book pg. 73 Reading and pg. 152 Vocabulary bank - Work

Remember: By now you should have a better idea about the topic for your Written Project. I’m sending in an e-mail, again, with the Project Organizer. Don’t forget that we will have an ‘exam’ for units 1-4 on the 11^th of March.

Also, here are additional writing topics related to units 4 and 5:

High school vs. university: a comparison

The subject I hated the most in high school and why

What a good teacher should do

Why I chose to do the degree I’m doing

If I were rich, I would...

If I were a man/woman, I would...

My ideal home

My ideal partner

What makes a good friend

Things I used to do when I was 5 but now I don’t

You can turn in compositions at any time. You know I will correct anything you want me to.

Class: Monday, 25^th February 2013

Unit 5A: Slow down, you move too fast

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about how much time is spent on different activities

                              Discuss, agree or disagree with proposals for your city

Pages: 70, 71 and 72

Grammar: Review quantifiers; articles; pronunciation of THE

Vocabulary: Noun formation

Homework: Workbook pg. 46 and 47

Stuff: For the pronunciation of the schaw see the following video at the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_5.shtml 

Class: Wednesday, 20^th February 2013

Unit 5A: Slow down, you move too fast

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about how much time is spent on different activities

                               Talk about what causes stress and how to relax

Pages: 68 and 69

Grammar: Quantifiers: a few, very few, a little, very little, too + adj., enough + noun, adj. + enough, a lot of, lots of, plenty of, not any, no + noun, much, many

Vocabulary: tough, guy, threaten, lack of, expectations, spend time, average, a quarter on an hour

Homework: Course book pg. 70 – 71 (Reading); pg. 139 ex. 5Ab; Workbook pg. 44 and 45

Useful Stuff

The other day one of your classmates told me that she was really having a hard time understanding the ‘listenings’ so I remembered that there is a wonderful site by the BBC with lots of great activities.

I recommend following Flatmates. It’s sort of like a soap opera.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/

Class: Monday, 18^th February 2013

Unit 4C: Still Friends?

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about things one used to do

                              Talk about friendship

Pages: 61 and 63

Grammar: Used to; Pronunciation /s/ vs. /z/

Vocabulary: Expression with GET; review of Describing people

Homework: Workbook pg. 42 and Course book pg. 62 (Reading)

Class: Wednesday, 13^th February 2013

Unit 4C: Still Friends?

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about friendships

                              Talk about what you used to do or be like

Pages: 60 and 61

Grammar: Usually and Used to

Vocabulary: Friendship - acquaintance, buddy, pal, mate, BFF, KIT, to discuss, to argue, to have an argument, to have a row, once in a blue moon

Homework: Workbook pg. 38-41

Remember: You can do additional review of grammar in the booklet that came with your textbook.