Welcome

Welcome to this blog. I'm a teacher at the E.O.I Dos Hermanas. This has been created to enhance your knowledge of English. Apart from the lessons, this blog can also be used as an extra tool. I'll publish material to be used both in class and at home. I hope you find it useful and enjoyable!! Have fun!!

29/10/09

Don't stop praising!!!!!!

Click here and learn how to praise!!

27/10/09

Halloween Workshop


On Wednesday, 28th October, James is going to organise an interesting workshop about Halloween from 18:00 to 19:00. Can you bring a small pumpkin? Thanks!!

22/10/09

Fifth Week

On 21st October, we started section 1C (pages 8 & 9). We revised the parts of the body focusing on their pronunciation (very important!!) and we did the exercises concerning Toulouse- Lautrec´s painting At the Moulin Rouge (speaking and listening exercises).





On Monday (26th Oct), you are going to talk about your favourite picture (be ready for a brief presentation in front of the class!!) and we´ll start section 1D.



HOMEWORK:



1. Do Grammar Bank, section 1C on page 126 in the book.



2. Click here to see my favourite painting closer and do this exercise:

Brief description of the painting:

Bottom right, there are some people talking.
Bottom left, two people are kissing.
In the middle, on the left, there is a lake. Some people are eating blackberries. And a man is doing a handstand.
Top left, there is a fish flying.
In the the middle, there are some women having a bath and a lot of people riding different animals.
On the right, there are some people carrying a huge shell.


YOU CAN COMPLETE THE DESCRIPTION WITH 3 MORE SENTENCES:

INCLUYE LAS ORACIONES EN LA SECCIÓN DE COMENTARIOS DE LA ENTRADA


3. Choose your favourite painting and write 5 sentences describing what is happening. Use the prepositions we saw on page 9. Send it by email.

15/10/09

Bring a picture!!!

What´s your favourite work of art? Definitely, this is my favourite painting:



Do you know who is the artist?

For next Wednesday, bring a photo of your favourite painting.

The body

Do you remember the parts of the body? Remember that your body is the most important tool you have.
Click here to revise the parts of the body.
Listen to their pronunciation here.
Finally, do this exercise!!

I hope you enjoy!!!

Fourth week


Last Wednesday, we finished section 1B. These are the solutions for the READING exercises on page 6:
B- READ THE INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLE.

1. Who is Richard? He´s a musician. He´s 26. He lives in Southampton.
2. Who is Danny? Danny is Richard´s best friend.
3. What do Richard´s mum and Danny try to do? They try to find him a girlfriend.
4. What does Richard have to do? He goes on a date with the girls to see which one he likes best.

C- NOW READ WHAT RICHARD SAYS. MARK THE SENTENCES T (TRUE) OR F (FALSE). CORRECT THE FALSE ONES.

1- T
2- F He´s friendly but sometimes quite shy.
3- F He likes music but he doesn´t like parties.
4- T5- F He likes women who are good listeners.
6- T
7- T


12/10/09

CONVERSATION CLUBS

James, our language assistant will organize conversation clubs to practise your spoken English. Click here to check the tiemtables.

10/10/09

Third week

We started the book at last!! We did page 4 and the listening comprehension exercise on page 5.
For Wednesday, read the text on page 6, do exercises on the VOCABULARY, READING (page 6) and GRAMMAR SECTION (page 7). We will correct everything in class. Have a great long weekend!!

9/10/09

REVISION

What have we done so far? During the first two weeks, we revised last year's contents. You can practise them through the websites provided.

Dictionary on-line