This page is designed for students of Advanced Level. It is of particular interest for those of you who for some reason cannot attend on a regular basis. Here, you will find the highlights of my lesson plans with reference to the student's book (Face to Face Upper Intermediate) and the homework assigned.
Week
Lesson plan highlights
19/9
Introductions.- Getting to know each other.
26/9
What can you do to improve your English when you are not in class?.- Howrutoday on wikispaces.-
3/10
Talk about your classmates.- SB1A.- The importance of the English language. HW: Workbook 1A
Make up a sentence using "outnumber".- Choose clase rep.- Verbal tense review.-
10/10
Get ready, get it right p.110.- SB1B.- Auxiliaries.- Present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuous.- Hand out on verbal tenses
17/10
How long have you had your phone/car, etc...? Epitaphs.- Get ready get it right p p.111. Different uses of auxiliaries.- Hw: workbook 1B
Dialogues using auxiliary verbs.- The past perfect.-
HW: Write a dialogue between two friends talking about what they did over the weekend and their plans for next week. (125 - 150 words) Remember to make use of auxiliary verbs.
Will vs. going to.- SB 1C.- Going to dialogues.
28/10
Make up a dialogue using will and going to.- Listening 1C.- Halloween.- SB 1D.- Make and do.- Aesop Fables.-
7/11
What do you do in your free time? Adverbs of frequency.- Writing review. Talk on Scotland. A funny thing happened to me.- SB 2A + 2B- HW: Writing: An anecdote.-
14/11
Compare your life now and 10 years ago.- Used to + inf. Be/get used to + -ing.- Reading comprehension test.- HW: progress test 1.
What's Spain famous for? Listening test.-
21/11
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women.- Slogans.- Composition mistakes
Were you a fussy eater when you were a child? Talk about your eating habits. SB 3A.- 2nd Conditional.- Constitution Day.- HW: Workbook 3A + hand-out on prepositions.-
If you could travel anywhere, where would (not) you go? Why (not)? What would you do if you were President Rajoy? Crime and Punishment vocabulary.- Alternatives for if.- SB3B .- So/such.-
Get ready, get it right (p.27) What would you have done? A Christmas Carol.
Hw: Unfinished sentences.
How do you feel about Christmas? The twelve Days of Xmas. Christmas homework: read book of your choice to tell in class.
WINTER BREAK
9/1
What did you do last Christmas? .Verbs and prepositions.- SB 3D.- Phrasal verbs. Hw: workbook 3D.- Watch more Postman Pat episodes.
16/1
WhOo do you take after?.- SB 4A.- Steve Jobs.- HW: Print out script and highlight structures and vocabulary.
23/1
What do you know about Steve Jobs?.- Analyze script.- Anna's and Vinney's story.- HW: A story from your life (200 words or so)
How do you feel about recycling?.- Severn Suzuki.- Nature is speaking.- Dictation.- Oral practice.- Are you environmentally friendly?.- Listening: Parts of the car.- Formal and informal email review.-
13/2
Who do you mostly argue with? What about?.- SB7A.- Speaker's corner.- Review on gerunds and infinitives.- Used to/be used to.- What are the most common topics for arguments?.- HW: Workbook 7A
20/3
Argument p.107/110.- The Bucket List trailer.- Intro to Passive Voice.- SB8A.- Who discovered America?.-
HW: Write your own bucket list.-
When did you last have your hair cut? Passive voice: rumours and 2 objects.- SB8A. what's on the news today?.- A man is said to have killed his wife and two sons.- Signs.- Breaking News.-
HW: Workbook 8A .- Pat and the librarian.-
The Science Quiz p. 97.- Listening practice.- Review writings.- Who is your favourite politician of all times? Why? What did he/she do? SB 10B.- Dialogue practice.-
HW: workbook 10 B
22/5
Have you ever delivered a speech? Are you afraid of talking in public? Oral practice for test: monologues.- SB 10B.- Collocations.-
HW: Revise and Check p 102 + 103.- Writing p. 117 Describe a photo. (You can use the one in the book or your own).
Is it ok to tell a white lie? in which ocasion? SB 9A.- Listening practice.- Do you get influenced by advertising? Vocabulary bank review.- The Early Bird concept.-
HW: Grammar bank 9A.- workbook 9A.- Writing p. 115 (Pros and Cons)
Writing activities 4ºNA.- Advanced Level 1
Listening activities 4ºNA.- Advanced Level 1
This page is designed for students of Advanced Level. It is of particular interest for those of you who for some reason cannot attend on a regular basis. Here, you will find the highlights of my lesson plans with reference to the student's book (Face to Face Upper Intermediate) and the homework assigned.
Make up a sentence using "outnumber".- Choose clase rep.- Verbal tense review.-
HW: Write a dialogue between two friends talking about what they did over the weekend and their plans for next week. (125 - 150 words) Remember to make use of auxiliary verbs.
Will vs. going to.- SB 1C.- Going to dialogues.
What's Spain famous for? Listening test.-
Interview simulation.-
HW: workbook 3A + 3B.
Hw: Unfinished sentences.
How do you feel about Christmas? The twelve Days of Xmas. Christmas homework: read book of your choice to tell in class.
HW: Write your own bucket list.-
HW: Workbook 8A .- Pat and the librarian.-
Quantifiers
HW: workbook 10 B
HW: Revise and Check p 102 + 103.- Writing p. 117 Describe a photo. (You can use the one in the book or your own).
HW: Grammar bank 9A.- workbook 9A.- Writing p. 115 (Pros and Cons)
Order of adjectives.-