Lesson Video: Past Simple

The Past Simple

Telling the time

Dear Students, please take a look at this presentation and practice telling the time for your oral exam.

 

Telling the time ppt from Ali Calagurris

Freewrite Activity: Your daily activities first draft

Dear Students:

In the comments please write a 70-letters paragraph about your daily activities or your weekly routines. Don't worry about the grammar or spelling. You can write everything that you can think of. Please look at the example to get some inspiration for your paragraph:

I normally get up a 5:30 am, I take a long shower, get dress and have breakfast. Then, I walk until Portal Suba and take the Transmilenio to get to work at 8:00 am. While I work in my office I drink a cup of coffe. I have lunch from 12:30 to 1:30pm. Sometimes I go to a restaurant and other times I make my lunch. I try to work out once a week so I go to the gym on Wednesdays. On the Weekends I like to get together with my friends and go to the movies with my mom or my brother. On sundays I always play videogames on my XBOX360. That's my weekly routine.

Please, you have until FRIDAY to write your draft so we can correct it on Saturday.

Have a nice week.

Hangman Game – Topic “Directions”

Dear students: Please follow this link to play a game about "directions", this will help you learn new vocabulary:


Hangman Game – Topic “Directions”

English: How to Pronounce TH Consonants [θ] + [ð]: Ameircan Accent

Dear students, please watch the video to learn more about the pronunciacion of TH sounds. Prepare the Rhyme for next class.

A Paragraph about a Family Member

Dear students,

Please write a short paragraph about one member of your family in the comments.


Example:

I only have one brother and his name is Felipe. I am the older sister; I am 25 and he is 22 years old. He is studying Computer Engineering at Universidad Distrital and he works as a programmer for a company. In his free time he likes to play videogames and to listen to rock music. He is very clever and funny, but sometimes he is very lazy. I love my brother and I like to spend time with him and my family.

Introducing yourself

Dear students,

Welcome to English I - Universidad Libre.

Activity

1. Introduce yourself
Please introduce yourself in the comments. Write your full name, your job or occupation and something that you like or dislike.

Example:

I'm Rosa. I am an English teacher at Universidad Libre. I like reading in English and watching movies in my free time. I hope you like this class!

WebQuest #1: My Family Tree

Welcome!

Families are important. We all have a special place in our family. This WebQuest will help you to learn more about family vocabulary and grammar usage.

Objectives
Today you will:

• Learn initial vocabulary about family members.
• Describe the different jobs of the people in your family
• Give information of your family members (age, occupations, likes and dislikes)

Instructions

1. Enter to the following links and practice the family vocabulary for 10 minutes 

Vocabulary: Match Photos and Words

Listening: Family Members

2. Look at the following image. Do you understand every single word? Write down the meaning of the words in spanish.

3.  Enter to the following links and practice the family relationships for 10 minutes 

Family Tree

4. How many members are there in your family? look at this family tree. Make one similar to this in the piece of paper. Include the closest members of your family.

5. Enter to the following links and practice the vocabulary once more. This is a preparation for your presentation.

Family Tree: Matching activity

Family Tree 2: Matching activity


6. Complete this activity

Writing activity

EVALUATION

Instructions: 
1. Create your Family tree (it could be in digital or physical format)
2. Prepare a two minute presentation in wich you introduce your family members to the rest of the class.
Due date: August 16th, 2014

Rubric
Pronunciation: 25%
Grammar: 25%
Task completion: 25%
Family tree design: 25%

This is going to be part of your Speaking exam.

I hope you have fun!