GREAT INVENTIONS

1) Can you order chronologically the following inventions:

wheel

the Internet (most recent)

microscope

light bulb

paper

telephone

refrigerator

braille

thermometer

printing

2) Let's learn about the following objects:
Compact cassette: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette
Floppy disk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk


3) Our great inventions: https://prezi.com/izwvogd81xve/inventions/

Name of the invention
Name of the inventors
When did they invent it?
Where did they invent it?
Describe the object
How did it work?

Answers

• The Internet 1969
• light bulb 1906
• telephone 1876
• refrigerator 1850
• braille 1829
• thermometer 1593
• microscope 1590
• printing 1440
• paper 100
• wheel around 3,500 BC

THE HOUSE

-type of houses
- flashcards
- review parts of the house
- bedroom furniture
- house furniture
- listen and choose game
- game parts of the house (easy)
- video: Homes of the future
- Reading about finding a house

400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

23rd April was the day of Shakespeare's birth and his death. On the 23rd April 2016, we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of his death with these videos about his life and works. I hope you enjoy them.

- William Shakespeare's life (A2)

- A Midsummer Night's  Dream video and exercises (A2)

- Romeo and Juliet video and exercises (A2)

- Who was William Shakespeare (B2/C1) 

- The Tempest video and exercises (B2/C1)

- Macbeth video and exercises (B2/C1)

SPORTS

How many sports can you identify in the video? Write them down.

Reading comprehension

Review vocabulary (matching)
Listening

GIVING DIRECTIONS

- Listening comprehension

- ejercicios con preposiciones y there is / are (+soluciones)
- preposiciones (fácil)
- Juego divertido para practicar preposiciones
- juego para hacer frases con las preposiciones
- giving directions
- flashcards and exercises to review vocabulary

TELLING THE TIME

- Matching - o'clock (easy)

- Multiple choice (easy)

- Listening (easy)

- Writing the time

- Writing the time 2

Strange creatures: a collection of my 1º ESO students' projects

ANIMALS

review vocabulary related to animals
Animals' body parts

FILM GENRES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWitrlewIss

Watch the video and answer the questions:
1) Name two typical objects in a gansters' film
2) Name means of transports
3) How many different animal can you see?
4) Who are the superheroes?
5) How many films can you identify?

- film genres (intermediate)
- film review
- adjectives to describe films

26th September: European Day of Languages

- Which languages are studied in Europe?

Work in pairs and try to fill-in the gaps of the sentences below, using the following words from the box.

French, countries , languages , watch, communicate, September

1. There are about 220 European ……………………… today.

2. The most widely-used languages in Europe are English, German,……………,Russian and Italian.

3. All European ……………..are about 50.

4. The European Day of Languages is celebrated on …………………… 26.

5. One way to learn English is to .........................with English-speaking students through e-mails and ………….films without subtitles.

Where are the following languages spoken? Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Colour the languages in the map Look for words in these languages: ex. Slovak: ahoj / Slovenian: pozdravi / Spanish: hola / Swedish: hej activities on the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11H4b5WMPf7c7T6x1NlbisCsldCW3XARp/view?usp=sharing

VOCABULARY JOBS / OCCUPATIONS

- flashcards
- exercises
- match jobs with the pictures
- test
- reading comprehension
- listening

Where does your father work?
My father is a _____________________
He works in a _____________________

INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND A FRIEND

Listen to the dialogue and practise in groups of three.

Introduce yourself on a blog

WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR

My best wishes for the new school year 2015-2016. Let's learn and enjoy as much as we can!!

VOCABULARY EXERCISES: CLOTHES / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

- crossword
-  present continuous and clothes
- dialogue: Let's go shopping!
- game: take your clothes from the washing line before it starts raining
- clothes hangman
- review
- video: She's wearing a skirt.
- listening comprehension: shopping
  (audio)

Answer these questions in your notebook:
What are your favourite clothes? What are you wearing at the weekend? What are you wearing to school?


WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES DOING?