City, Town, Village, Resort

Monday 27^th April

Hello! How are you?This week is shorter! We have an extra day for the weekend. It’s May Day, Labor Day, all over the world and in Spain; it’s also Mother’s Day. Do you have a present for your mum?

We started the class with Paula telling us about Henry the VIII. Coby and Paula travelled to the past and met the king of England. He had (in the past)six wives! Then, we read about him on our huge (very big) new television screen. We have a TV in the classroom now.

After that, we talked about the places where Lenny lives and where we live. We asked questions to our classmates.

Lenny lives in a village, in the country. There are five houses in his street. His house has got three floors. Lenny walks upstairs to his bedroom because there isn’t a lift. The living room and the kitchen are downstairs. His house hasn’t got a balcony but it’s got a beautiful garden.

Remember the rooms in the house.

Then, we learnt where people live.

Where does Sue live? She lives in a houseboat. The houseboat is made of wood. It’s in the river.

And this is your homework. Describe the places where Ben, Lucy, Tom, Anna and Sam live. (Like the example above). And finish p.25 Exercises 4 and 5.

We described the places in the pictures and listened to people telling us about them.

Picture 1 is an industrial, modern city.

Picture 2 is a friendly, historic town.

Picture 3 is a crowded tourist seaside resort.

Picture 4 is a quiet, friendly village.

Don’t forget to write all the adjectives before the noun.

Adjectives describe characteristics of nouns.

Adjectives		Nouns
crowded quiet seaside friendly	historic modern tourist industrial beautiful	city town	resort village

We listened to three people telling us about their cities: Liverpool, Brighton and Oxford. And we finished the class watching a video about Places in the town. We didn’t realize but …the class finished really, really fast!

These are your points for homework, attention in class and to Paula for her project on Henry VIII.

GAME 3

Player 1	­­­6
Player 2	10
Player 3	8
Player 4	7

See you on Monday!!!

Enjoy your week!

Home, Sweet Home!

Monday 20^th April

Hello everybody!

How are you? I hope David enjoyed the birthday party he went to yesterday.

As I told you, this term Coby is going to meet famous Americans and British people. Last week, Coby met Obama and David told us about the meeting.

Obama is the first black president in the USA. He is 53 years old. He has got two daughters. He lives in the White House. Coby likes living in the White House.  David also told us the names of Obama’s daughters and Obama’s wife. And he made a picture of Coby and the map of the USA.

Look at it! Well done David.

Next week, Coby is meeting Henry VIII!

We continued talking about daily routines and present simple.

You still have some problems with the third person singular, he / she / it.

You can practise watching the video we watched in class. It’s on the blog, again. It explains when to add –s / -es/ -ies

We explained this in class. Do you remember?

In most of the verbs we add ‘s’ for the third person singular: he, she, it

In verbs ended in ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘o’ and ‘ss’ we add ‘es’.

When the verb ends in ‘consonant + y’ we change it in ‘ies’.

When the verb ends in ‘vowel + y’ we don’t change it. We add  ‘s’.

Present simple
Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I live in Spain.	I don’t live in Spain. (do not)	Do you live in Spain?
He studies maths.	He doesn’t study maths. (does not)	Does he study maths?
They buy newspapers.	They don’t buy newspapers. (do not)	Do they buy newspapers?

Present simple
Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I live in Spain.	I don’t live in Spain. (do not)	Do you live in Spain?
He studies maths.	He doesn’t study maths. (does not)	Does he study maths?
They buy newspapers.	They don’t buy newspapers. (do not)	Do they buy newspapers?

+s		+es		+ies
I	He/ she/it	I	He/ she/it	I	He/ she/it
play	plays	watch	watches	study	studies
get up cook feed the dog sleep	gets up cooks feeds the dog sleeps	wash Kiss do homework go home	washes kisses does homework goes home	cry fly	cries flies

And we started talking about where we live.

Home, Sweet Home.

We did a jigsaw and a crossword. Do you remember these words?

Stairs, upstairs, downstairs, balcony, flat floor, door, city, town, village, basement

Don’t forget to do page

 19 for homework.

                GAME 2

Player 1	­­­5
Player 2	12
Player 3	4
Player 4	5

See you on Monday!!!

Enjoy your week!

Routines

Monday 13^th April

Hello everybody! Are you enjoying the weekend?

We started our classes last Monday correcting homework.

We continued talking about daily activities. You told me what you usually do everyday.

He gets up. Then, he has milk and cereals for breakfast. After that, he gets dressed. He brushes his teeth before going to school.

He goes to school. When he comes back home from school, he does his homework.

We also made questions and answers. Do you remember how to make the questions?

QASI? ASI?

Q (Question word)	A (Auxiliary)	S (Subject)	I (Infinitive)?
What time	do	you/we/they	wake up?
What	does	s/he	have for breakfast?
	Do	you	watch T.V.in the evening?

We revised question words.

What?	What do you study on Mondays?	I study maths and chemistry.
Where?	Where does he live?	He lives in Leganés.
Who?	Who do you study with?	I study with my mum.
When?	When do you have English class?	I have English on Mondays.
Why?	Why do you go to school?	Because we want to learn.
How?	How does your friend go to school?	He goes by car.
How much?	How much is the red T-shirt?	It’s £35.99
How many?	How many chairs are there in the classroom?	There are seven chairs.
How often?	How often does Sue meet her friends?	She meets her friends once a week.
How old?	How old is your sister?	She’s five years old.

This term Coby is meeting famous British and American people.

This week he’s with David and they are meeting Obama! This is what you have to do:

Find information about this person on the net and tell us about his job, where he is from, where he lives, how old he is, how many children he has got and something he does. We use ‘he is’, ‘he lives’, ‘he does’, ‘he has’, because is present, now.You can find information about Obama clicking here.Biographies for Kids

COUNTRY		NATIONALITY
Great Britain	England	British	English
	Scotland		Scottish
	Wales		Welsh
	Ireland		Irish
The U.S. (The United States)		American

He is from England.                                          He is English.

He is from Scotland.                                         He is Scottish.

He is from Wales.                                              He is Welsh.

He is from Ireland.                                            He is Irish.

He is from the United States (U.S.A).              He is American.

 

Jobs: president, king, writer, musician, inventor, explorer.

Look at the example: Margaret Thatcher

Occupation: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom      

Born: October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England

Died: April 8, 2013 in London, England

Best known for: Being the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Nickname: The Iron Lady

Biography: 
Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman.

Coby and I meet Margaret Thatcher.

She was born on October 13^th in England. She was English. She died in April 8^th. She was the first woman Prime Minister.

And you draw a picture or stick a photo.

Then, we played games to revise daily activities.

The higher points you can get from your work with the

 dragon is 5.

Don’t forget to do homework. The exercises on the photocopy I gave you.

           GAME 1

Player 1	­­­8
Player 2	9
Player 3	5
Player 4	5

See you on Monday!!!