UNIT 1. FUN, FUN, FUN

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VOCABULARY
PRESENTATION
EXERCISES
Take the survey and find out what hobbies you should choose.
Try to remember some vocabulary:
1. Match the pictures to the words
2. Hobbies and objects
3. Quiz game on sports, hobbies and activities

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR TO PROJECT 

Presnt Simple 1 2 3.
Present Continuous 1 2
Simple vs. Continuous 1 2

SENTENCES TO TRANSLATE

READING
The Dream Sea Surf Camp
Dreamsea Surf Camp Text Questions
1. Where is the camp located?
2. What trees are there around?
3. What is a slack line?
4. what stores can you find?
5. What is the surf camp phylosophy?
6. What are your two favourite pieces of equipment? from the list?
7. What countri does Yoga come from?
8. Which city can you visit?
9. With what sport can you win a priza?
10. What happens on Friday night?
EXAM PRACTICE
LISTENING
American teens free time
BBC teen free time
ESL Cyber Lab Leisure activities
Video Scotland. Worksheet
Dictation

WRITING

Writing Projection

My classmate’s free time

Write about your classmate's free time activities.

His /Her name is ________________ he/she is _____years old and  he/she is from ______________ He/she lives in the ______________ neighbourhood and I'm going to talk about his/ her free time.

After school, at _____PM,  He/She has lunch at home/at school with _____________. Later,  on Monday and ….. evenings, she/he _______________________ On _____________ and ___________ evenings she/he _____________________________. After dinner she/he usually _________________ or _________________ and goes to bed at about ____

At weekends, he/she does many things. On Saturdays, he /she ____________________________________________

On Sundays, he /she _______________________________

___________________________

MINIPROJECT: YOU VS. WILD

 YOU VS. WILD

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Before Christmas we are going to work on a project using the Netflix series “You vs. Wild” with the survivalist Bear Gryills in which the audience makes key decisions to keep him alive and complete missions.

We will watch different chapters of the series and complete them trying to help Bear finish his missions.

The series is fun but what we are going to do is watch it to practice our English so we will do some exercises. This will be a team and individual work you will have to take part in team activities and also do some individual exercises. This is going to be the first mark of the next term.

So, let’s start now!!!

1st MISSION. RESCUE IN THE JUNGLE(Part 1)

You have to help Bear rescue Dr. Ramos lost while she was taking medicines to a remote village.

LISTENING ANSWERS & STRUCTURE FOR THE STORY

2nd MISSION. RESCUE IN THE JUNGLE(Part 2)

Dr. Ramos is safe now but the medicines haven't arrived at the village, you have to help Bear take the medicines there.

3rd MISSION. ST. BERNARD'S OPERATION

In the process of rescuing a group of hikers, Dana, a St.Bernard's dog, got lost in the mountains. Your mission is to help Bear find her.

UNIT 2. NATURALLY

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PRESENTATION

exercises about animals:
1. Easy animal quizz
2. How much do you know about animals? do this quizz
3. What is your favourite animal? Do the quizz to find out.
4. Find out about your favourite animal: choose one of the animals and take notes of the information given. Don't forget to watch the video here
5. EASY: Kids Corner animals. Complete the table

GRAMMAR comparative and superlative adjectives

EXAM PRACTICE
0. Scheme on comparatives and superlatives
1. Read the explanation and do the exercises
2. Explanations in English and Spanish + quizz
3. Exercises
4. More exercises

LISTENING
Wild Life Video. Worksheet
Dictation

WRITING

EXAM PRACTICE
Write a description of your favourite animal. Follow the pattern below and post your composition on the blog:

Paragraph 1 What is it? Where is it from? Where do they live?

I am going to describe the________________.It is a mammal/reptile/fish/bird/amphibian.... that lives in dry/humid/hot/cold...areas, near the mountains/rivers/sea/plains....


Paragraph 2 Physical characteristics of an adult: size, weight, hair...
Adult ________________ weigh about _____ Kg, they have _________ hair/skin/scales/feathers...They also have___________

Paragraph 3 What do they eat? How do they get their food? Reproduction.

A ___________ feeds on ___________ It gets his food by_____________ They reproduce by laying eggs/ They give birth to young live. Their mating season is in ____________.

Paragraph 4 Other facts: is it an endangered species? Why do you like it?

The __________  is/ is not an endangered species because ______________  It is my favourite/least favourite animal because____________________

Video activity switch 2
Oral interaction activities 2nd term

UNIT 3. HISTORY

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VOCABULARY
PRESENTATION 

GRAMMAR Past Simple tense.
Practice a little: 1, 2, 3

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
SENTENCES TO TRANSLATE
READING
Choose, read a biography and do some exersices.

LISTENING
Beatrix Potter Video. Worksheet
Dictation

WRITING


Look at this picture by Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, 2006, oil on canvas. Click on the picture and find out about important characters in history. Do you miss some? which?  Pick one out and write his/her biography

HISTORICAL FIGURE QUESTIONAIRE

Write a  biography of someone important in the past. Post it on your group blog under the tag: "biography, your surname". Follow the scheme:

BIOGRAPHY WRITING EXAMPLES 

1st Paragraph. Introduction: Who was she? What did she do?

_____________ was an important _________ .He/She discovered/created/explored/_____________

2nd Paragraph. Early life. When and where was she born?.What did she study? What else did she do?

He/She was born in _______ in ________. He/She studied ____________ in __________. He/She_________

3rd Paragraph. Later life What was her achievement? What consequences did it have? When did she die?/what is she doing now?

He/She _______________ in _______ in ______ This was important because ________

He/She died in _____ in ______/He/She is ____________ now.

Right now ______________ is dedicated to ______

EXAM PRACTICE

UNIT 4. TRAVEL STORIES

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VOCABULARYPRESENTATION
Transport - vocabulary, by Michaela Jílková
Find this and other transports exercises in English Exercises .org
Prepositions of movement

GRAMMARPast Simple and Past Continuous
Sentences to translate
More sentences to translate (Past simple/Past Continuous)
GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
LISTENING
Transport Video. Worksheet
Dictation
About San Francisco

The missionThe Mission is one of the ________________ neighborhoods in the city.
It was founded by Spanish-Mexican missionaries in _________________
There are world famous murals that speak for the local Latino population.
Question: Who grew up in the mission?

Fisherman’s Wharf.You can take a ___________________ to Fisherman’s Wharf. From as far back as the gold Rush it has been the center of ________________ ________________
At Pier 39 you can see _________________ __________________

Haight-AshburyIt is a national symbol of the 1960’ counter-culture. This was the epicenter of the Hippie revolution known as “____ ______________ ___ ____________”. There, street musicians rock out.
Question: who performed in Haight in the 60s?

Golden Gate Park Stroll through Golden Gate Park, The 19th century saw the locals back……
At over a ____________ acres, it’s one of the __________________and most popular national parks in the ___________________. It has thirteen million visitors a year.

The CastroTransformed from a working class neighborhood, it has become a a Gay district.

WRITINGImagine that you went to San francisco or Cadaqués or somewhere else last weekend. Now write an e-mail to a friend about your trip and tell him or her an anecdote. Follow the writing guide below:

WRITING PRACTICE

WRITING STRUCTURE

Introduction

Dear ......, 

I am writing to you to tell you about my trip to _________ because something very _______________ happened to us. 

1st Paragraph

Last _____________ I went to _________ with _________________ We wanted to _____________________

2nd Paragraph

At first,  we were ___________-ing_________ and ___________.Suddenly _
________________and ______________

3rd Paragraph

After that _______________.Then, _____________. In the end _____________
Fortunately/Unfortunately _______________________.

CHINESE VERSION

Task 
Prepare a leaflet or a video about your favourite town.

UNIT 5. LIFE STYLES

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GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

VOCABULARY:

PRESENTATION

EXERCISES

AgendaWeb Food

ESL courses Sports

GRAMMAR. SHOULD, MUST, HAVE TO

Should/shouldn't

Agendaweb. Should/Shouldn't

Should/shouldn't fill in

Must/mustn't

Have to/has to

Have to/ don't have to

Mixed

LISTENING
How food affects your brain TED Edu
Cyberlab Sports
Sports
Fast Food
Food
British Food Video. Worksheet
Dictation

WRITING
Imagine that you have a blog where people ask for advice. Choose one of the problems and write an answer

Dear ______________,
I am going to try to give you advice for your problem. In your message you say that__________.

In the first place, you should _____________________________, it is important because___________________________

You also have to _______________________.
But you mustn’t ___________because______________________.

I hope my advice works for you.

Sincerely yours.
Signature.

UNIT 6. ENVIRONMENT

 

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VOCABULARY
PRESENTATION
Environment vocabulary exercise
Interactive worksheets

GRAMMAR: WILL OR GOING TO
Agendaweb Will 
Agendaweb Going to
English Hyphen will or going to
Grammar bank will or going to

LISTENING
Randall's Cyberlistenin Recycling
BBC Environment
Eating Bugs TED Ed
The Eden Project Video. Worksheet
Dictation

WRITING: OPINION. THE WORLD IN A 100 TEARS

Imagine the world in a hundred years time. Watch the video for inspiration

https://youtu.be/cMlOlJ9TXp8

I think the world will be very different in a hundred years time. There will be changes in science, technology and lifestyle.

Firstly, I believe that science is going to___________________and also ____________________________ for example, I imagine that ______________________________________________________
Secondly, technology will change a lot. We will probably have _____________ and __________________________ ________________________________
Thirdly our life style will be different. I suppose we will _________ ____________but we will not______________________________
In summary, I think the world will be a better/worse place to live because_______________________________________________