Class 8. Wednesday 27/05

Hello

Today it was an amazing day! We, finally, finished our project and designed a poster which we put on the bridge: 
Do you like the state of the bridge? Would you like to collaborate in our project? Bring your ideas and suggestions to the academy - to our Suggestions Box!

You really did very well! Here´re the photos:

Now our final stage is - Share. We have to make a presentation of our project and share it with other people, tell others what we did.
So, next class bring please the pendrives and think how to describe your phase.

Your homework: make up 5 questions using the prepositions of time.
Example: Where were you on Monday?

Extra task: do the exercises in your notebooks (2 points each exercise).
Exercises Prepositions of Time

Class 7. Wednesday 20/05

Hello

Today we revised the use of WAS/WERE with historic dates and events:

When was French Revolution? - It was in 1789.
What was in 1492? - A discovery of America was in 1492.

We also read a short text and practised the use of was/were:
It was their birthday.
They were happy. 
The house was decorated etc.

We practised asking questions to the text and played Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 4 points
Player 2 - 0 points
Player 4 - 3 points
Player 5 - 4 points
Player 6 - 7 points


We started a new grammar issue -  Prepositions of time (in, on and at):


Your homework: do the exercise 1 a, b in the copy and do the extra from the previous class!!!



Attention: next class we´re going to have a Flipped Class (when you´re - teachers). Prepare some activities for the students from the other group on the topic "Summer"!

Class 6. Wednesday 13/05

Hello

Today we revised saying the year. We talked about famous people and their places and years of birth:

Who was William Shakespeare? - He was a famous writer.
When was he born? - He was born in 1564.
Where was he born? - He was born in - Stradford-upon-Avon.
When did he die? - He died in 1616.
We also learnt how to write and say the date:
1st January - the first of January
12th April - the twelfth of April

Practise saying the dates with this link:
Days and Dates in English

We played Olympic Games and got some points:

Player 1 - 3 points
Player 2 - 8 points
Player 4 - 9 points
Player 5 - 8 points
Player 6 - 10 points

For our project next class - we´ll need to make a big poster asking people about the state of our bridge. Also we decided to make a special Box with ideas and suggestions of people concerning the bridge.
One more idea - to make small leaflets and give them to people with the info about the bridge.
Your homework: choose 5 holidays and write the senteces when we celebrate them.
Example: We celebrate Halloween on 31st October.

Extra activity - do the exercise from the link in your notebooks (match the dates):
Dates Exercise

Class 5. Wednesday 6/05

Hello

Today we checked our exercises from the video - Scene 1. And also we learnt some new vocabulary:
amazing, fantastic, rush hour, to show someone the sights, to hurry, terrible, traffic, surprise.

We practised using them and played Olympic Games. Also you got some extra points for the questions:

Player 1 - 7 points
Player 2 - 6 points

Player 4 - 6 points
Player 5 - 7 points
Player 6 - 9 points

We watched Scene 2 from the video and found out about the surprise for Ashlie!
Here´s the link for Scene 2 Video if you want to watch it again:
Scene 2

We also started a new topic today - "Dates to remember" where we´re going to talk about the past.

We learnt how to say the year in English:
1456 - fourteen fifty-six
1809 - eighteen oh nine
1900 - nineteen hundred
2003 - two thousand and three

When was William Shakespeare born? - He was born IN 1564.

Here´s a good link for you to practise saying the year:
How to say the year in English


Your homework is to write 5 sentences with the years of birth of different people.

Extra activity - watch one more part of the video and do the exercises in the copy (5 points).
The City of London