Unit 2 - Generations --> Presentations (1)

Great presentations are underway. Stay tuned. You can start by revising the Conditionals (If-Clauses) thanks to Teresa and Diogo André who have prepared this excellent presentation.
Of course you should do some work on your own. Use your WB and a Grammar. Click here to see a list of Grammars that are suitable. The grammars listed range from intermediate to advanced level. If you are unsure which one you should use ask me for advice.

UNIT 2 - GENERATIONS

We started this unit by reading a short poem by Roger McGough - Children's Writer. We saw that the poem was not a children's poem, after all ... and we discussed the concept of stereotyping. Later on, at the end of this unit, we'll see why we started like this.

As everybody knows by now our topic is 'The Teen's World'. You can find all instructions for the pair/groupwork if you click here.You'll also find here the worksheet 'Describing people' that you need to print and take to class this Friday.

I'm afraid not all of the work can be done in class. You need to get organised and meet with your colleage(s) in order to get your presentations done on time. You'll probably need ONE extra hour. That is ... if you focus and manage your time efficiently. Otherwise you'll need a lot more time!

Some of you will have to prepare a 'lecture' on the Present Simple and the Past Simple. If you're looking for inspiration check how well your colleagues did last year, when they had a similar task.
Those of you who have the conditionals to explain, see this.

Keep up the good work :-)

UNIT 1 - Making sense of the syllabus

Last lesson you saw the teacher's overview of the topics we'll deal with this year.
Now it's your turn. To read, to do some exercises, and above all, to ASK your own QUESTIONS.
Here are the guidelines for your work.

OURS is a COLLABORATIVE Classroom

After playing BROKEN CIRCLES* I think we all agreed on the following classroom rules:


OURS IS A COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOM which means:

We LISTEN
We HELP and GET HELP
We LEARN together
We keep a FRIENDLY WORKING ATMOSPHERE



*Broken Circles:
"An activity about teamwork in which we had to, as a group, assemble 4 circles without talking to one another"
in João Moreira's Learning Journal, entry no 1, 6/10/2010

Click here to read more about this game.

Welcome to Year 10

Well, first things first so I WISH YOU an AWESOME SchoolYear :-)

All I can promise you, as far as English classes are concerned, is that  we'll be doing a LOT of activities which, I think, can be FUN. I'm afraid that in my dictionary fun rhymes with WORK, if you know what I mean...
Even so, I'm sure we'll get along very well. At least I think we have, so far.

By the way thank you, João and Afonso, for your suggestions for the title of this blog :)