miércoles, 30 de octubre de 2013

miércoles, 23 de octubre de 2013

Let's learn about Senegal! Song: Sing "lo-lo" (Vieux Diop)


Click play and enjoy the african rhythms of this song!
  • Singer: Vieux Diop
  • Country: Senegal (Africa)
  • Language: English
Pay attention to the lyrics (listen) and complete the missing words in the worksheet (click on the link to download it).

miércoles, 16 de octubre de 2013

Let's learn about Senegal! The Baobab tree




Work in pairs to make a mindmap (A3, poster size) about the Baobab tree:
  1. Collect the information during the presentation time (read, pay attention)
  2. Write the most important data you consider about "the tree of life".
  3. Draw the tree and organize the information around it.
  4. Decorate your poster.

jueves, 10 de octubre de 2013

Help! The verb "to be" (Part 1)


Look at the table and use it to express different ideas, in affirmative or negative. 
You can also make questions (interrogative form) and give answers (affirmative "yes" or negative "no").
  • I am a student. 
    • (I'm a student)
  • You are not a teacher 
    • (You're not / You aren't a teacher)
  • Is she a doctor?
    • ANSWER: (Yes, she is / No, she isn't)
  • We are friends. 
    • (We're family)
  • You are not my family. 
    • (You're not my family / You aren't my family)
  • Are they happy? 
    • ANSWER: (Yes, they are / No, they aren't) 


Help! Prepositions

Here is a helpful picture with the main prepositions:
up, down, across, over, under, along, into, out of, through, past, round, from... to...

martes, 1 de octubre de 2013

Cartoon time!

Use this model to work in pairs. 
We are writing a dialogue in comic form!
  1. Fill in (write) the bubbles telling something about your summer (or something that happened to your character).
  2. Use the past constructions to help you, i.e. : 
    "This summer I went to swim in Caletillas ".
  3. Be creative!!!
The winners of the presentation: Víctor and Romén with their deadly alien characters.
Virginia and Rafael's nice work

miércoles, 25 de septiembre de 2013

Who is who?


Let's play! (Minimum 2 players)

One of the players has to:
  1. Choose one character of the picture (and don't tell who it is!)
  2. Answer yes or no to the questions of the other players.
  3. Cross the characters that don't match with the questions.

The other player or players have to:
  1. Make questions about the character (i.e. Have you got a big nose?)
  2. Guess the character with the clues.



Second part:

1. Choose one character.
2. Draw the picture and describe it with three sentences.

  • If you need help look at the model: