GIVING ADVICE

 - Read a friend's problem and try give him/her advice choosing the right answer:  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/a2w003-giving-advice-to-a-friend

- Lists of phrases and expressions you can use when writing a letter giving advice: 

• list 1
  
• list 2

- Watch the video and answer the questions: video

- Introduce should/shouldn't: watch the video and start giving advice: 

- Game: guess the problem

ANIMALS AND INVASIVE SPECIES

 Learn animals' parts of the body

Research online about one of the INVASIVE SPECIES on the list:

      1. ASIAN CARP

2.      ZEBRA MUSSEL

3.      CANE TOAD

4.      EUROPEAN STARLING

5.      THE EUROPEAN/COMMON RABBIT

6.      KUDZU

7.      ASIAN LONG-HORNED BEETLE

8.      SMALL INDIAN MONGOOSE

9.      NORTHERN PACIFIC SEASTAR

10.  WATER HYACINTH

11.  FERAL SWINE

12.  BURMESE PYTHONS

13.  DOMESTIC CATS

14.  NUTRIA

15.  GYPSY MOTHS

16.  EUROPEAN GREEN CRABS

New Year's Resolutions

Discuss in groups: (10 minutes)

What are New Year's resolutions? Give three examples! 

Why do you think people make resolutions at the start of a new year?

Now watch the video and check your ideas:

Five tasks to work on New Year's Resolutions

Learn to write about New Year's Resolutions

Discuss about New Year's Resolutions (B2)

A PILGRIMAGE ROUTE

Write a post on this Pilgrimage Route webpage.

Include the following facts: 

- journey from / to

- transport

- accomodation

- what happened on the journey

- opinion

(If you include vocabulary from the unit you'll get extra points)

Thanksgiving day

 Thank a teacher, a mate or a student!!

Take a piece of paper and thank a teacher, a mate or a student:

NAME, thank you for + verb in -ING + rest of the sentence

ex Daniel, thank you for helping me with the homework

I'm grateful when... I see me students enjoy an exercise

I'm grateful when.., a student asks me "how are you today?"

A BOOK REVIEW

 USEFUL LANGUAGE TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW

Introduction:

• The book/novel was written by…
• This well-written/informative/fascinating book…
• This original first novel…
• This novel is based on…
• “ __” is a powerful first novel by…

Main body

• The story is set in …. (rural Spain at the beginning of the XV century)
• The story takes place…
• The book tells the story of…
• The story begins/ is about…
• The story is told by…
• The plot focuses on….
• “___” is rich and detailed in plot.
• The plot has an unexpected twist…
• The plot is absolutely thrilling/ boring/clever/ exciting…
• A plot with well-developed believable characters.
• The character I like best is

General comments and opinion

• The characters are very well drawn and readers can identify with them easily.
• The story is totally convincing.
• It has a tragic/dramatic /surprising end.
• There was an unexpected twist to the story.
• What we don’t learn until the end is…
• What I liked best was (the way)…
• What I didn’t like was…
• My only reservation about this book…

Recommendations

• Don’t miss it.
• I would/wouldn’t recommend it because…
• It is at the top of my list.
• It’s a highly entertaining read.
• Don’t bother with this one.
• It’s well-worth reading.
• It will change the way you see…
• It’s a bore to read.
• I definitely recommend that you add this book to your collection.
• The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down..
• The book certainly lived up to my expectations.

Adjectives to describe a book

• Positive: gripping, best-selling, intriguing, thrilling, fascinating, enthralling, evocative, heart-warming, sensitive, memorable, powerful, beautifully written, engaging, fascinating.
• Negative: disturbing, unconvincing, preposterous, predictable, dull, unimaginative, poorly-written, confusing.
• Neutral: fast-paced (most of them collocate with the adjectives above).

Adverbs (most of them collocate with the adjectives above)

• Amazingly, considerably, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, immensely, noticeably, radically, remarkably, significantly, totally, truly, utterly.

Listen to the following booktuber (6,09) and answer the questions:

https://youtu.be/M0qL4zzIuC8

1. What genre is the book?
2. Who is the author?
3. Where is the setting?
4. Write two adjectives Hannah uses to describe the book?

Another example of a popular booktubers: https://youtu.be/XuXhqIsb2sk

Reading Comprehension: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/reading-zone/a2-graded-reading/wonder-book-review-a2

Tangled(HD-1080) - Rapunzel's Daily Routine - When Will My Life Begin? #002

Tangled: daily routines

Pre-watching activity.

1) Match the verbs in A to the words in B and translate the housework:

A	B
1.      Do …	a)      the furniture
2.      Make …	b)      the floor
3.      Dust …	c)      the room
4.      Sweep …	d)      the bed
5.      Bake…	e)      the table
6.      Do the …	f)       a jumper
7.      Set…	g)      the washing-up
8.      Take the	h)      the cakes
9.      Knit …	i)        the rubbish out
10.  Load…	j)        ironing
11.  Take…	k)      dog for a walk
12.  Do the…	l)        laundry
13.  Tidy …	m)   the dishwasher

 

2) Watch the video again and choose the right option

1) How many books does she read?

1. maybe 2 or 3
2. maybe 4 or 5
3. maybe 1 or 2

2) What does she do after playing the guitar and knitting?

1. dances
2. sleeps
3. cooks

3) What does she do before baking?

1. has lunch and does puzzles.
2. has a shower and sings.
3. has a nap and dreams.

Finally name other activities that Rapunzel does on her free time

Watch the video and write true sentences about Rapunzel's daily routine: 

ex She plays hide-and-seek with her chameleon before seven o'clock in the morning.