Sunday 25 October 2020

Daily Life: Choices (Descriptive video)

 Today,

We are going to watch the video below. It shows two versions of the same person. 

You are going to:

  • Describe the entire video while you watch it. 
  • First, let's focus on the person on the right.
  • Second, let's focus on the person on the left.
  • For the person on the right, You need to describe: 
    • The background:
      •  Place- Where is the person? 
      • Time-  What time of the day is it?
      •  Surrounding- What furniture or items are in his surrounding?
    • Emotion: Is he happy, sad or tired?
    • The clothing of the person
    • The physical features: He has got blond/dark brown/ hair and He is short/thin/fat
    • Actions of the person: What is he doing?
  • Do the same for the version on the left. 
BE AS DESCRIPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, REMEMBER I CANNOT SEE THE VIDEO.


Tuesday 13 October 2020

Entertainment and Media: Lesson 1

Let's Play a Game:


Let's play a snakes and ladder board game. You will need a counter and an online dice.

How to play:

  • Each player puts his counter on "start here".
  • Take it in turns to roll the dice.
  • Move your counter forward the number of spaces shown on the dice.
  • Ask a player one of the questions about Entertainment below or create your own question.
  • If your counter lands at the bottom of a ladder, you can move up to the top of the ladder.
  • If your counter lands on the head of a snake, you must slide down to the bottom of the snake.
  • The first player to get to the space that says 'home' is the winner.

Materials:

Click: Online Dice

Questions about Entertainment:

  1.  Do you ever go to concerts?
  2. How important is TV to you?
  3. How much TV do you watch in a week?
  4. Do you like the same TV programmes as your parents?
  5. Tell us about a TV programme you've seen recently.
  6. Do you enjoy going to parties?
  7. How often do you read newspapers?
  8. Do you like shopping? why/why not?
  9. Where do you like listening to music?
  10. Do you like going to the cinema?
  11. Tell me about your favourite film star.
  12. Tell us about a film you really like.
  13. Do you enjoy playing computer games?
  14. Do you use the internet much?
  15. What do you use the internet for?
  16. Do you ever listen to the radio?


Discussion Time:

Here are some types of TV programmes and a question for you to discuss.
Why would people choose to watch these TV programmes?

Which type of TV show would be the most popular?

Which one would attract more advertisers to spend money on advertising their products? 


Describe the short video to a person with no eyes

What do you need to do?
  • Describe the background: weather, time of day, 
  • Say where the people or animals are.
  • Talk about their emotions.
  • Say what they are doing.



 



Hobbies: Are you good at speaking English?

 

Can you name some hobbies?

What are you good at?

Note: You can print the vocabulary for hobbies pages and make cards. Use the cards to play a memory game. 
Useful Structures:
Question: Are you good at ... ( hobbies)? For example: Are you good at doing ballet?
I am good at (hobbies).
I am great at (hobbies).
I am not so good at (hobbies).
I am terrible at (hobbies).

How to Play memory game:

  • Mix the cards then place them face down on the table.
  • Players take it in turn to turn over two cards of their choice in order to try and create a pair. 
  • Players show the cards to all the players.
  • If the two cards are identical, the player keeps them. 
  • If the two cards are not identical, he places them face down in the same place. 
  • It is then the turn of the next player to turn over two cards.
  • The game ends when there are no more cards on the table.
  • The player who has the most pairs wins.

Questions:

Let's practise asking and answering questions about hobbies. Try and use complete responses.
1. What do you like doing in your free time?

I like ______________

2. When do you have free time?

I have free time ______________ (after school, after dinner, at weekends ...)

3. Who do you spend your free time with?

I spend my free time with _____________ (my sister/brother/parents/friends...)

4. Where do you spend your free time?

5. Where do Spanish children usually spend their free time?

6. Can you explain one of your hobbies to me?

7. When did you start doing your favourite hobby?

8. Which hobbies are the most expensive?

9. Which hobbies are the cheapest?

10. Which hobbies are the most popular in your country?

What are the differences between these hobbies?


Let's play a game:





Spot the differences