domingo, 12 de diciembre de 2010

UNIDAD 4-contenidos

Comprensión oral: Listenings 
Expresión oralTalk about past experiences  pg 15 (Spb unit 2)/giving and responding to invitations pg21 (Spb unit 3)
Comprensión escrita:reading comprehension activity
Expresión escritaAn article for a school magazine
Gramática: Past simple (Spb unit 2) Future  with will/won´t, going to or present continuous (Spb unit 3)
Vocabulario:  Past time adverbials /Means of transport/ conjunctions so and because-linkers (Spb unit 2)  The natural environment (Spb unit 3)
Fonética: English vowel sounds (short vowels)
Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; collect and organise ideas (ideas web) (Spb pg 22)
Aspectos socioculturales:  UK1

Sociocultural assignment


Countries in which English is an official language (red areas)


Task: LOCATE THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES ON A MAP

Here you have the information you need to do this activity.

LEARN VOCABULARY

Learn the English names of countries and capitals by exploring the maps with the mouse. It is also a very easy way of learning geography!

PRE-WATCHING ACTIVITY



READ CAREFULLY THE SCRIPT OF THE VIDEOS THAT WE WILL WATCH SOON.

SONG

First, you can watch the video or listen to the song completely at least once or twice without looking at the words. Then do the exercises below.

Video


1. Listen to the song and tick the words that you hear:
anymore
blue
broken
clouds
cold
darkness
insane
loose
moment
monsoon

night
power
sight
so long
staring at
storm
time
vision
waiting
world
2. Listen to the CHORUS of the song and fill the blanks with the right preposition:
in, beyond, through (2), from, of (2), like, to, into,
Running _______ the monsoon,
_______ the world,
_______ the end _______ time,
Where the rain won't hurt (?)
Fighting the storm,
_______ the blue,
And when I loose myself I think _______ you,
Together we'll be running somewhere new
_______ the monsoon.
Just me and you.
A half moon's fading _______ my sight,
I see your vision _______ its light.
But now it's gone and left me so alone
I know I have to find you now,
Can hear your name, I don't know how.
Why can't we make this darkness feel _______ home?
3. Now, listen to the 3 part of the song and number the lines in order on the right column:
a. I'll be running night and day.
b. Coming in my way
c. Let it sail me straight to you,
d. Just me and you.
e. I'm fighting all this power,
f. We'll be there soon
g. I'll be with you soon
h. So soon.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
4. Look at the verbs in this song and recognise the tenses like in the first example:
a. I'm staring at Present continuous
b. I'm fighting
c. We'll be
d. It's making
e. I've been waiting
f. to have come
g. I see
h. I'll be running
j. I loose
k. The rain won't hurt

GRAMMAR REVISION

Revise some grammar with these interactive activities.
-Am/is/are
-Present simple (subject-verb agreement)
-Present simple verbs
-Present simple negative verbs
-Wh-questions
-A or an
-Irregular plurals
-Pronouns
-Possessive adjectives
-Object pronouns
-Question words
-Past tense -ed endings
-Past tense-irregular verbs
-Comparative and superlative
-Simple past or past continuous?

Sociocultural assignment


In groups of three make a word document or a PowerPoint presentation about an English-speaking country, including the main facts and pictures. Then you will present it to your classmates.
Here you can find useful information.