martes, 30 de septiembre de 2008

Project 2 : HUMOUR


WIT & WISDOM

( brainstorming )

- Learn some words related to humour, wit and wisdom
: hilarious, witty, wise, clever, offensive, cheeky, silly, shocking...




- The best joke in the world


“A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: "OK, now what?"


Italian time, a funny video =)







Our students help us to find good class activities:


Adrià Carmona's sense of humour, for example :))


DON’T JUDGE TOO QUICKLY... WE WON’T: AMERIQUEST







Listen and fill in the blanks : Don't judge too quikly !

Answers


Project work : jokes

- Find a joke on the web, memorize it and tell it to the class ( podcast )
Short and long jokes, riddles, puns and a lot more !
THE BEST CLASS JOKES





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- What do you know about the reported speech ?
Use your grammar book to help you


Funny reading showing reported speech : Guess who I bumped into?








lunes, 15 de septiembre de 2008

No BOOOOOKS IN 2nd BATXILLERAT ?



Project 1
REFRESHING
YOUR MEMORY

We are going to work without a textbook this year, our aim is to show the learners of English that TEXTBOOKS are not necessary at this level, we'll work with PROJECTS instead !!


Let's see what happens =)


Presentation

- Presentation of the activities and timetable
- New format : Can we learn without a textbook ?
- Ice-breaking game ( speaking )
- Write a presentation email to your teacher

Warming up

- Summer holidays : did you work ? did you go somewhere interesting ?
( speaking )
- Listening to a model dialogue ( page 4 STEPS TO SUCCESS 2 )



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Comment on the importance of time fillers, discourse markers...





- Watch some videos to show the use or abuse of pause fillers :

Ums & Ahhrs (1:12 min)
You know (3:03 min)
Hugh Laurie talks about fame ( 1: 37 min)

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First activity in the language room :
a dialogue
( podcast )

Amy Winehouse has problems with alcohol



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Spontaneous talk in the language room !!

Iñaki,Oriol & Bern...

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Revising tenses

- Grammar book revision of basic tenses:
present/past/perfect simple and continuous, future
This web can help you : English Grammar On Line 4 U

- Project work :
Prepare a list of basic mistakes
Find songs/ readings which show the use of the tenses
Prepare typical exercises . complete/ filling the gaps...