Homework for 2 February

Hi guys,

Today we finally watched the video The Mirror and we sadly saw what happened to the sweet little boy in our photo. Than we looked at the vocabulary related to the video, we did some practice on Listening Part 4 and we revised and learnt some new expressions for giving your opinion.

For next time please write about half a page imagining You in The Mirror. From your Workbook at p.21 do exercise 2 a, b and from p. 23 Writing Part 3.
Make also sentences with the verbs and phrasal verbs: to get on well with somebody, to get together, to be keen on something (doing something), to move away, to remind, to remember.

In case you want to watch the video again, here it is!

PS 1: Remember to tell your parents that on 9 February we invite them to school for a Group Parents Meeting at 15.30-15.45, to talk to me about your progress.

PS 2: I hope you like my new blog background! I'm getting ready for Saint'Agata festival! ;)

That's all for now.
See you!

S

Homework for January 29

Hello everybody,

Today we did some extensive practice on Speaking Part 3, we looked at the strategy, what to say when we don't know the word and extra language for: describing people, making guesses etc.
We also started Unit 5 about Feeling and we did exercises 1-3, including the Personality Quiz.

Today I showed you the picture of a little boy from a short-film called The Mirror, you talked about the boy's appearance and you made guesses about his age, nationality or feelings.
Here is his picture:

At home think about why the short-film is called The Mirror and what you will see in this film. We'll discuss in class.

Your homework for next time is: Workbook p.19 Writing Part 3, p.20 Reading Part 5 and make a list with other words for expressing feelings, such as: anger, happiness, jealousy etc. Use your dictionaries!

Bye for now,
Silvia

Homework for January 26

Hello everyone,

I can see that the hail today in Catania scared everybody off! Or almost everybody... I had Salvatore and a new student, Andrea! Hurray!
Today we revised Speaking Part 3 and we looked at a YouTube video of this part of the exam. Then we worked on Writing Part 3 from page 41.

For those who were absent today, please do all the exercises on this page, especially exercise 8 - the final copy of the letter. Also do Review Unit 4 from page 43.
Have you ever been to Amsterdam? Here is a nice description of this European city, the text can give you a model of how you can do Writing Part 3. Please write on your notebook the things mentioned in the text, such as: buildings, canals etc. and also the adjective used.

See you on Monday!
Have a nice weekend,
S

Homework for January 22

Hello class,

In our last lesson we talked about North Pole, Siberia and what life is like over there. We did some listening practice Part 3 and Speaking Part 3.

Your homework for next time is:

•  Review Unit 3 from page 42.

•  revise some collocations here.

• check out what a girl from Yakutia, Siberia says about her home place.

That's all for now,
Bye!

Silvia

Remember about our Yoga meeting

Bring a friend!

Homework for January 19

Hello funny bunnies,

Today we had some fun playing a boardgame, talking about gradable and non-gradable adjective and about what you like/would change about your hometown.

For Monday please extend your answers to exercise 5 p. 39 about your hometown in written and by using quite, really, very, absolutely with gradable and non-gradable adjectives.

Work also on the vocabulary exercises 1 ad 3 page 38 (from the book) and from your Workbook go to page 18 and do Vocabulary exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4.

PS: Remember to use a dictionary when you do your homework :)

Have a nice weekend!
See you on Monday!

Silvia

Homework for January 15

Hello class,

Today we talked about the meaning of words such as: travel, trip, journey and voyage and we revised the comparatives and superlatives of adjectives, stressing the importance of spelling. For those who missed the class today, please do exercises 1, 2 (Vocabulary p.36) and exercises 1-5 p. 36-37 (Grammar) and check page 122 at the back of the book for more details.

Everybody please do exercises 7-10 page 37 + check page 122 and, from your Workbooks, please do ex. 1 and 2 from Grammar p. 17-18.

Check this link about Comparing and contrasting for more expressions on how to modify comparatives and do the task below the explanations.

And then listen an audio about "The interesting most boring man in the world" and do the tasks below. Write the correct sentences in Task 3 in your notebook to show me that you did the homework and we'll check them in class :)

Bye for now
S