REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY (10° STUDENTS)

In order to achieve some of the goals for this first end-of term, do the following activity.

 

Complete the chart with your description for each personality adjective as in the example. Choose only five words of the list. Remember to write a description different from the one we find in the book unit.

 

ADJECTIVE	DESCRIPTION
Generous	a person who gives a lot of money to charity.
selfish-stuck up
moody-loyal
serious- funny
sensitive- confident
dishonest-honest
annoying-polite

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY (8° STUDENTS)

As a reinforcement activity, do the following exercise. It's an e-mail that you have to complete. Use the Present Tense.  Then, write a similar e-mail written for you to a friend. Send me a copy to a my e-mail address: faridvillanueva@gmail.com 

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. (5 points)

play                 have                 listen                 do                 watch                 surf

Hi Alexis!

What are you doing right now?  0 I _________ video games. My sister, Mia, 1 _______________ the net and 2 _______________ to music. My brothers, Tyler and Carter, 3 _______________TV. My mom and dad 4 _______________ lunch with some friends. 5 _______________ you _______________ your homework?

See you soon,

Serena

HOW OFTEN DO YOU...? ( 8° STUDENTS)

We have studied the Adverbs of Frequency and some Frequency expressions in the last lessons. Remember, that when we use adverbs of frequency they are placed before or after the main verb but when we use any frequency expression they are always placed at the end of the senetence.

According to the grammar structure of Present Simple Tense and the use of the corresponding expressions, answer the following questions as a comment. Use adverbs of frequency or frequency expressions.

For example: When does she eat fish?

                       She usually eats fish on Fridays.               

or                   She eats fish twice a week.

1. Where do you have lunch on weekdays?

2. Where do you go on weekends?

3. What time do you do most of your homework?

4. How often do you go to the beach?

ACTIONS IN PAST TENSE (5°)

Hi, guys!

Now, we are starting unit 2 in which we are going to learn how to express some actions we did in the past. So, watch the following video and try to understand the rules to use the past tense.

Now, make a list of all the actions that you found in the video. Write them  down in your notebook with their present and past form. For example:

	PRESENT  ACTION	PAST ACTION
1.	listen	listened
2.
3.
4.
5.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR FUTURE PLANS (9°)

Look at the video about the use of the Present continuous Tense to express future arrangements or plans. Remember that the structure is the same you use when referring to present actions. The difference is the intention or the expressions that indicate future; for example: on Saturday, tonight, next week, and so on.

NOW, WRITE THE PLANS YOU HAVE FOR HOLY WEEK. USE THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND SOME FUTURE EXPRESSIONS.

"BE" IDIOMS

be in:  to be popular or fashionable

Recently, long skirts are in. 

be in: to be at one's home or at one's workplace

If my friend is in I will visit him tonight. 

be into (something): to be interested or involved in something

My friend is very much into music and writing songs. 

be out: to be away from one's work or home

My friend was out so I could not visit him. 

be over: to be finished, to end

We will go home when the class is over. 

IDIOMS WITH "B"

* better off: to be in a better situation than before.

Example: "My friend would be better off if he sold his old car and bought a new one." 

break down (something) or break (something) down: to divide something into parts, to separate something into simpler substances.

"We tried to break down the problem for further study." 

break up or break up (something) or break (something) up:  to separate, to divide into groups or pieces, to put an end to something.

"The students did not want to break up their groups." 

"The coach decided to break the team up into small groups."

by the way:- incidentally

"By the way, could you please bring your laptop computer tomorrow." 

                                                               * web source: www.idiomconnection.com

SUBJECTS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES (6°)

Remember the difference between subjects or personal pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Subjects are people who do the actions and possessive adjective refer to something people or things  have.

ACTIVITY.

COMPLETE THE CHART IN YOUR NOTEBOOK USING PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES.

	YOU		YOUR BEST FRIEND
WHAT’S YOUR NAME?	My name…	WHAT’S HIS (HER) NAME?	His name is…
WHAT’S YOUR LAST NAME?		WHAT’S HIS (HER) LAST NAME?
HOW OLD ARE YOU?	I am...	HOW OLD IS HE (SHE)?	She is...
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?		WHERE IS HE (SHE) FROM?

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (8°)

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY express how often you do some activities or actions.The most common are:

For example: "I usually get up at 5:oo a.m."

They are placed before the main action or verb if it is not the verb to be; as follow:

- She never goes to school by bus.

 NEVER is placed before the main action because it is not the verb to be.

- You are always late for school.

ALWAYS is placed after the main action because it is the verb to be (is/are/am).

ACTIVITY:

WRITE FIVE SENTENCES AS A COMMENT IN PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE USING THE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY AS IN THE EXAMPLE.

IDIOMS SECTION

Remember this section will continue through the year to help you understand some common idioms and improve your languages skills. Here you have three interesting and well known idioms also popular in Spanish:

A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush: 

Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.

A Taste Of Your Own Medicine: 

When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.

Add Fuel To The Fire: 

Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL? (9° STUDENTS)

Hi, guys!!

It's time to practice the "too" and " not _____enough" grammar structure. In class, we discussed some troubles we find in our city. Now, let's talk about  our school. Make sentences and give an opinion as a comment stating what you think about Colsam or you can compare it with other schools in the city. You should write at least two complete sentences.

Example: "I like my school because it is too interesting but it is not big enough for all students..."

TALKING ABOUT ABILITIES (7° STUDENTS)

Look at the following pictures related to activities or abilities, then choose three pairs of them (3 you can do and three you can´t) and write sentences as a comment according to the example below. You can include some other abilities different from the picture.

1. "I can swim  but I can't cook."
2...
3...