Fifth year - 5ºB/C - Book

The book that we are going to read is: Holes by Louis Sachar

Fifth year - 5ºB - Thursday 13 October 2011

Summary of the class:

- Tim: introductions and ecology

- Make: more expressions

- Speaking: Changes

- Video: what is a life coach?

Fifth year - 5ºB - Tuesday 11 October 2011

Summary of the class:

- Reading articles and song. Here's the song by Joni Mitchell we listened to in class:



- Vocabulary: world issues (copies)

- Listening: insulating your home. Click here to watch the video.

- Expressions with make.

Fifth year - 5ºB - Thursday 6 October 2011

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: future tenses

- Speaking: questions using future tenses

- Speaking and grammar: future continuous and future perfect (copy)

- Speaking: predictions (copy)

- Pronunciation: letter 'o'

- Pronunciation: dominos

Fifth year - 5ºB - Tuesday 4 October 2011

Summary of the class:

- Writing: connectors and planning an opinion essay

- Vocabulary: DIY

- Speaking: home improvement. Click here to read the questions

- Listening: turning your house into a greener home

- Grammar: Future (will / going to)


Homework: Write an opinion essay following the planning you discussed with your partners in class. For those who weren't in yesterday, these are the topics.

Fifth year - 5ºB - Thursday 29 September 2011

Summary of the class:

- Reading: Antarctica. Click here to read the text.

- Listening: green issues

- Writing: connectors. Click here to see the document we worked on.

Fifth year - 5º B/C - Tuesday 27 September 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening: ecological groups

- Speaking: set up your own ecological group

- Speaking: Convince your partner to lead a more ecological life

- Listening/watching: Environment in Britain. This is the video we watched in class:



- Speaking: Environment in Spain

Fifth year - 5ºB/5ºC - Thursday 22 September 2011

Summary of the class:

- Speaking. Past and present experiences. Click here to see the exercise.

- Vocabulary: ecology

- Discussion about ecological problems. Click here to read the questions.

- Speaking: tips to make your lifestyle greener

- Vocabulary: rubbish and waste. Click here to see the exercise we worked on in class.

Fifth year - 5ºB - Tuesday 20 September 2011

Summary of the class:

- Introductions: details

- Pictures: introduce yourself to your partner, imagining you are the person in the pictures

- Effective learning

- Speaking practice: memories and photos

- Listening: memories