LET'S TALK ABOUT PEOPLE

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EATING HABITS

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

Adjectives from Carmen Eugenia Maza Vergara

TOO and ENOUGH

Too or enough from Carmen Eugenia Maza Vergara

FROM UNIT 4 TO UNIT 7

Unit FOUR

·     Vocabulary:

-    Adjectives to describe personality : friendly, sensitive, ambitious , determined, intelligent. Practical, sensible

-Personal qualities: stylish, skilful, cheerful, generous, confident, shy, innocent, tolerant

-Prefixes and suffixes

·     Grammar and functions:

-Adverbs of degree:

- Present perfect+ still (with negative sentences - It goes before hasn’t / haven’t), yet (negative and interrogative – I goes at the end of the sentence) , just and already (with affirmative sentences – They go between has / have and the verb)

- Present perfect: for + period of time: for two days / for ages / for a long time / for the last week  and since + point in time: since June, since I was a child, since last week

- Present perfect and past simple

- Order of adjectives

·     WRITING: a passage describing a person’s appearance and character. A biography of a famous actor, musician or  sports star

Unit Five

·     Vocabulary:  School life :

a-  Verbs: get good marks, pass / fail an exam, play truant, cheat, revise for a test, copy a friend’s work, take an exam, bully, leave school, get a qualification, expel, suspend

b-            Nouns: mixed school, single sex school, state school, school-leaving age, boarding school, school holiday, school uniform, home-schooling

c- America  English

·     Grammar and functions:

-Should / shouldn’t (advice / recommendation)

- Must (internal obligation) / mustn’t (internal prohibition)

- Have to (external obligation) / don’t have to (no obligation)

- Agreeing / disagreeing

- Asking for and giving advice (page 54 /55)

-Expressing opinions

- Ordering information

·     WRITING: a composition about referring to obligations at home and at school. A passage giving  their opinion about school uniforms. A composition about different types of schools. A dialogue to ask for and give advice. A paragraph using linkers. Firstly, secondly, also finally

 

Unit six

·     Vocabulary:

-    Action and protest : publicize, campaign, boycott

-Negative prefixes: -un, -in, -im

-Phrasal verbs:

a-Look after, wipe out, set up, carry on, end up, join in and sign in

b- Environment

·     Grammar and functions:

-Will ( to express certainty about the future) and might (to express possibility about the future)

- Making suggestions: will and might: That should / could / might help a bit (page 59)

- Negative prefixes: -un, -in, -im

- First conditional: (possible situation) if simple present, simple future ( to describe the result) / simple future if + simple present – to talk about a likely or possible future situation and to describe its result

- Be going to+ infinitives to talk about plans and intentions  and will +infinitives to talk about predictions and instant decisions - Present continuous for future arrangements

·     WRITING: a passage about a problem in the community or school and possible solutions. An interview about a protest and a formal letter

Unit seven

·     Vocabulary:

-    Books and films - Genres: comedy, thriller, medical drama, fantasy, mystery, musical, western, romance, cartoon, science fiction  was , horror, spy, adventure

-Features: beginning, ending, special effects, setting - Film making

·     Grammar and functions:

-Expressing likes and dislikes: like, hate, enjoy, don’t mind, can’t stand, love + -ing / want, I’d like, I would like to + infinitive

- Talking about imaginary situations: Second Conditional: if simple past, conditional f/ Conditional if + simple past

- Suffixes: -er and -or

·     WRITING: a dialogue about good and bad books and films. A review of abook or a film

POSTER

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WHAT WE DID IN CLASS - NOVEMBER 2ND

Starter unit

§ Vocabulary: adjectives / routines. Boring, cheap, clean, common, far, dangerous, difficult, easy, exciting, expensive, healthy, heavy, light, noisy, unhealthy, weak, safe, get home, get the bus, go shopping, tidy your room, wake up

§ Language Focus: comparative and superlative adjectives / present simple.

1. Comparing: much better than..., a bit / a lot, more interesting than..., not as (interesting) as..., as (good) as

2. Time Word: on (Thursdays / Thursday evenings / at the weekend / at night / at (about) seven o’clock / in the morning / afternoon / evening / every (Friday) / twice / (three times) a (week, a month, etc)

Unit one

3. Vocabulary:

ü Television: Advert, audition,  audience, broadcast, channel,  character, game show, news, medical drama participant, show, sitcom, soap opera, sports programme, presenter, profit, quiz show, talent show, TV channel / programme / viewer / weather forecast

ü My news: you look happy / sad / fed up / pleased, I’ve got some amazing / good / bad / terrible news, Really?, tell me all about it, what happened?, you are kidding!, how did it go?, that’s good news, what’s your news? Oh, no news, really

§ Language Focus: Past Simple

1. Comparing opinions: in my opinion / (there are a lot ) / I think (the answer is a...) /I agree with you / I don’t agree / I think so, too, / I’m not sure / I don’t think so

2. Talking about News: you look happy / fed up / pleased, I've got some amazing / good / bad news, Really?, Tell me about it, What happened?, You are kidding!, That’s good news, What’s your news?

Unit two

Vocabulary:

ü Household Goods: Bar, barbecue, basket, bottle top, box, carton, can, crate, glass, jar, jug, mug, roll and saucer

ü Pollution and environment:  throw away, bury, pollute, reuse, waste, recycle, destroy, burn, poison, save, polystyrene cups, cardboard boxes, plastic bags, waste food, washing powder, used cooking oil, plastic bottles, paper bags, glass jars, old newspaper, plastic sandwich boxes, bottle tops

Language Focus:

·                        Relative clauses: who + people / which + things and animals / that +people, things and animals / where + places

·      Saying numbers: much / many / a lot of / some / any. Too much /U) + noun/ too many (C) + noun / enough / not enough

Unit three

·     Vocabulary:

-    Internet :email, instant messaging, file sharing, blog , download,  , post a message, personal webpage, chat room, online games, search engine, webcam, send an email attachment, virtual, real, psychologists

-    Cybercrime: hacker, virus, anti-virus software, inbox  password, firewall, spam, phishing, spam filter

·     Grammar and functions:

·     Present perfect: regular / irregular verbs – questions

·     Phrases to know: What is it? / What´s the matter? / I’m afraid  (I lost your file) / I didn’t mean to / I don’t know how it happened / I'm really sorry / Don’t worry / It won’t happened again