# Family Project

Hi students!!!

Surfing the net, your teacher found an interesting CONTEST spot on the topic we're studying right now.

Have a look at the screenshot:

Would you like to take part in it?

Groupwork instructions: 

Divide into groups of 4/5 students and prepare/invent an original Family Tree with pictures taken from newspapers or draw the characters). Describe each person's writing name, age, nationality, and degree of kinship of course. Then show it to the class.
Your classmates will vote and elect the best one to send to the Dreamwork contest.

# WEATHER FORECAST

Hi students!!

What's the weather like today?
Is it going to rain? or not?

TASK 1 [Warm up: homework before the lesson]

Let's have a look at the World Weather Forecast first.

Click on this link and watch the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=x2ZAYPGz7bs

Then answer:
What's the weather like in...
... Northern Canada?
... South America?
... Europe?
... Asia?
... America?

TASK 2 [Class activity]
Weather Forecast in Britain.

Click on this link and watch the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeHeCJpV2g

Watch the video again and take notes on how the weather and temperature will be next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

TASK 3 [Extention: both in class and at home]
Now it's your turn.

Groupwork instructions (4 people):

Using your mobile, make a video to show the TV news with a weather forecast.
Roles and responsabilities:
1 student will be the journalist: he/she must prepare the backgrounds (take some pictures from the Internet to project on the IWB; he/she will present the forecast, introduce his/her colleagues (open and close the service) and close the news greeting the audience.
1 student will be the weather meteorologist: he/she must prepare the forecast to show and present/describe;
2 students will be a city reporter (external service that describes a particular situation): they must choose their city and prepare a more detailed forecast of it.

Prepare the setting as it will be as real as possible.
When all the materials are ready, the group can rehearse and when they will be ready...
'ACTION TIME!'

At the end of work, post your video on this link:
http://linoit.com/users/cristinaVR/canvases/Weather%20Forecast
[Remember: Will for prevision]

The work will be evaluated as follows:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15j1KnzuEFmL0XO_3Q8ISTeNP-GOcw2jJ/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy!

Further extension (British Climate)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ewW5DlxTgv7JXVMTLjlycCpTg2wyeJ2e/view?usp=sharing

FAMILY MEMBERS

Hi students!!

Here's a vocabulary extension on this topic...

TASK 1
Click on the following link and watch the video:

http://www.vocabulary.cl/english/family-members.htm

For those who cannot open the link on YouTube, click here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w-A-r1wq-xf1dj3o9DrdAwyJT16DZbjq/view?usp=sharing
Sorry for the video I can't download it 😩

Exercise: repeat the names of the family members (pronunciation) several times.

TASK 2
Now write a spidergram about the Family's vocabulary.
Add (insert) new words (click on the link again to find them).

TASK 3
Look at this picture:

Then complete the exercise:
Who is ...
Homer's wife? ___________
Selma's nice? ___________
Lisa's siblings? _________
Mona's grandson? __________
Bart's cousin? __________
Maggie's uncle? _________

HALLOWEEN IN BRITAIN (2A)

What do you know about Halloween?
How is it celebrated in Britain?

Let's see...

TASK 1
What do you see in the picture? Make a list ( or a vocabulary map) of the things you recognize in the picture in your handbook (#voc section).

 

Do you know when Halloween is celebrated? The 31^st October

People celebrate Halloween to remember the dead. It’s not a sad day but a happy one, actually, during which a lot of people wear fancy dress costumes and play games.

TASK 2

Click on this link. You will see 6 pictures: describe them.

https://www.slideshare.net/englishlessonplans/halloween-celebrations-efl-l 

TASK 3

Now watch the video and do the quiz next to it: 

click here

https://www.eslvideo.com/quiz.php?id=17283

Then do the activity on this sheet (on your handbook or print the sheet)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fOa6t4Pf2yblZJkJncSdi-_7rc-SXe1z/view?usp=sharing

NOTE: During the video Jack and his mum explain different customs and traditions performed during Halloween but also they refer to the things they’re planning this year. You are going to watch the video, as many time as you need, and find the difference between present simple and present continuous.

HALLOWEEN (1A)

Hi guys!!

Here are the activities about Halloween.

TASK 1
Click on the audio track here and listen.

https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/highfiveitaly/audio/hfi_level1_4_29.mp3?cc=it&selLanguage=it

Then Answer the following questions:

1- When is 'All Saint Day'?
2- What are 'fancy dress'? give 3 examples
3- What is a popular Halloween game?
4- What is a Jack O'Lantern?
5- What is a 'trick'?
6- What is a 'treat'?

TASK 2
Now watch the video below on the History of Halloween.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uI3iMZyWc

Add some information (keywords) to your vocabulary map.

SOURCES
Here's the text about Halloween.

TECHNOLOGY

Nowadays technological gadgets (see page 29 of your student book)

But do you know what comes before?
30 years ago things were different...

TASK 1
Do a description of these vintage devices in your handbook and then compare them with their modern versions. Add pictures if possible.

TASK 2
How GLUE TO THE SCREEM are you? [idiom]

Click on the link below and do the exercises.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p5Ev4dQLI6a8-KTjKCYQDj-Vq1OPXbxN/view?usp=sharing

What does "glue to the screen" mean?

DIET & CULTURE

Have a look at the following websites

Typical American diet
https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/standard-american-diet/

Typical Italian Diet
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/the-italian-diet#1

South Africa Diet
https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/110325/this-is-what-the-typical-diet-looks-like-in-south-africa/

Now compare the 3 different ways of eating:
- Write or draw a typical day menu
- What food can you find if you go there?
- Describe which type and quantity of food they eat
- How healthy or not is their diet?
- Show your result in a poster or a presentation (group activity)

The longest Day - Omaha Beach

Sorry guys,

Saving Private Ryan is forbidden under 14.

So, I choose for you another film scene [it's taken from The Longest Day (1962)] that shows you the Normandy Landings we talked about this morning.

https://youtu.be/cpWYxVM80Mw

Have a look.

We will discuss about it in class.

Here's attached you find the Cornell Sheet to help you study the text:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Ck1_S3czo45ihYqUXLacMAKHEKFsOQ/view?usp=sharing

IRREGULAR VERBS RAP

Hi guys!!

How boring is it to study the IRREGULAR VERBS, isn't it?

Try this way!

Watch the video and sing!

https://youtu.be/Tgb9ZGbvmWo

Then tell me:
* Which of the verbs we studied are in the song? Which not?
* Take note if you recognize them.

And now train with these games:

https://wordwall.net/resource/233882/verbi-irregolari-inglesi

https://wordwall.net/resource/243092/irregular-verbs-past-tense

https://wordwall.net/resource/235055/find-base-form-2

The legend of King Arthur

Hi guys!

have a look at the following websites...

http://www.kingarthursknights.com/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Round-Table-Arthurian-legend 

... and then write a text (50-100 words) concerning this topic.

Few suggestions:

Who is King Arthur?
Is he a real person or only a legend?
Why is he so famous?
Where was his life set?
Do you remember one of his adventures?
Who are Guineviere and Lancellot?
etc...

Then post your paragraph here.