CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK

Cari studenti,

Classe 1A
una delle cose più importanti all'inizio dell'apprendimento di una lingua, è aumentare il proprio lessico. Questo implica imparare continuamente parole nuove.
In particolare, per riuscire a formulare nuove frasi, la cosa più importante da sapere è il verbo. Esso esprime un'azione e ci permette di dire al nostro interlocutore cosa vogliamo o di cosa abbiamo bisogno.

Per questo motivo ho preparato per voi un'attività di ampliamento del lessico proprio sui verbi.
Qui trovate il link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IUSJLYFrdTwWHACkdNrjhmwa24P-g_TumxXaho3LtCo/edit?usp=sharing


Classe 2A
Per voi ci sono gli esercizi da 1 a 16 pp. 132-134 del vostro libro.
Ripassare i paradigmi dei verbi irregolari.
E alcuni esercizi sul vostro MyEnglishLab online.

Classe 3A
Come ripasso tutti gli es da 1 a 12 pag. 46-47 e 5, 6, 7 e 8 pp. 40-41 TUTTI sul quaderno; e copia grammar point 1 e 2 pag. 40 sulla sezione grammar.
Terminare gli esercizi su MyEngLab.
Poi scrivete la biografia di Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn e Mary Jackson, le tre scienziate donne afro-americane  che cambiarono la storia della NASA
secondo questo modello:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AAohiUrRihI7W_ZPRgajZsDbZylWiTSHWcsZz3o2kUc/edit?usp=sharing

[Grammatica prof.ssa Songini: es. 8, 9, 10 p. 75 e 14 p. 576. Fare gli esercizi di analisi logica sul quaderno.]


Buone vacanze e buon lavoro.

CLIL ART - COLOURS

Hi students!!

As we are studying the 'colors', here below are two famous examples of ANALOGOUS COLORS and COMPLEMENTARY COLORS.

Which painting has got ANALOGOUS and which COMPLEMENTARY colours?


                                                      Claud Monet, Water Lilies                            

Van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night

Christmas Time

Hi guys...Christmas holidays are coming.

Brainstorming
How many words concerning Christmas do you remember?
Write a spidergram.

Watch this video on British Christmas Eve/Day in Britain.
https://youtu.be/y4wut43x78M

How do YOU spend the Christmas Day? describe

Would you like to make a Christmas Cracker?
Here's the tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbtHIhkaY_8

Here is the result:

Christmas time is coming to town...
Let's play

Discover London

TASK 1

London Tour

Choose some of the most famous London tourist sights (3 in each group) and put them on the map.
Give a short description of the sight and the direction to get there.
Starting point: U-tube station in [...]

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1125812537011470339

[thanks to Benedetta, Silvia, Emma B, Sofia P. and Alessio]


https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1150358986172661763

[Miriam, Emma Z., Sofia G., Giulia]

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1150361643482349570

[Giovanni, Giorgio, Tommaso, Edoardo and Riccardo]

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1150362477616168963

[Sofia S., Sara, Nicola, Emanuele, Elia]


TASK 2

London is famous for... ITS MARKETS!!

• Do you know the name of anyone?
• What do these markets sell? 

Search online for the most famous London markets and find out WHERE they are.
Then put them on the map.

Past Tense: simple or continuous

Hi students!!

Here's the IRREGULAR VERBS sheet:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13aKPW9q6ueL4zUCJaTcFTM7biSHcwYuL/view?usp=sharing

And then a further explanation of these past tenses and some extra exercises:

Print them or do the exercises in your handbook.

See VIDEO 3 ( past continuous vs past simple) in the 'further lessons' section (click on the link on the left bar of the blog's homepage).

# Leaving on a jet plane

TASK 1 [warm up]

Look at the picture:

1. What is the relationship between the 2 people here?

2. Where are they and where is he leaving for?

3. How long will he be away?

4. Why is he leaving?

5. What will he promise? And she?

[In class]:

Write sentences using WILL/WON'T

Tom and Kate are separating.

1. what is Tom promising to her? and what is Kate promising?

(write down more sentences you can think of)

2. Now pretend they are having a row: what are they not promising?

TASK 2 [listening]

Click on this link:

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L6-leaving-on-a-jet-plane.php

listen to the track then do the T/F activity below:

1. Graham has been asleep for the last three hours.
    True
    False

2. Barbara couldn't see the Rocky Mountains because of clouds.
    True
    False

3. Barbara ate chicken and rice for dinner and a pear for dessert.
    True
    False

4. Graham is hungry because he didn't have breakfast.
    True
    False

5. Graham slept after the plane passed Chicago.
    True
    False

6. Barbara watched a Brad Pitt movie.
    True
    False

7. They will meet Barbara's father at the hotel in Los Angeles.
    True
    False

TASK 3 [gap filling]

Now watch the video of the song 'Leaving in a jet plane' below:

then click on the following link and do the activity:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iBaaulQPICXacabQPRNsKNPGk6x7it8Q/view?usp=sharing

When you make a promise, which verb tense do you need?

# 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.