Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Level 5. Unit 4 Today's trends


Homework
Describe your family. What kind of family do you have? a traditional family or a more modern family? working mom, stay home dad? How about married, single, divorced people in your family? Use a lot of, a majority of, some of... etc..

Level 1 Unit 4. What are you doing? - At school


Things we do
A: What are you doing?
B: I’m listening to music.

Saying hello:  How are you doing?
A. Hi, Mary. How are you doing?
B. Great. How about you?

Pronunciation: Question intonation
Are you cooking?
What are you doing?

Taking about school subjects
A: what school do you go to?
B: I go to Engineering school in URBE.
A. What are your favorite subjects?
B. English and math. What about you?.
A: what classes are you taking this trimester?
B: I’m taking a six classes… a math class, an English class, ….
A: How are you doing in your classes?
B: I’m dong well in English but I’m not doing so well in math.

The present continuous
A: What are you doing?
B: I’m listening to music.

Spelling Rules
Cook - cooking
Study - studying

Extended time


Actions happening right now
I’m studying for a test right now.
Craig is talking on the phone

Actions happening these days
I’m taking six classes this trimester
Maria is studying at engineering school

Homework
Make a collage with pictures. Say what people is doing in the pictures.

Level 1 Unit 3. Personal Items - Modern electronics




Personal Items. 

Tell what you have in your room
A: What’s in your room?
B: In my room there is a tv, a computer.

What’s the perfect gift? 
A. What’s the perfect gift for Carlos?
B. A new cell phone. He loves phones

Asking: Is this your cell phone?
A. Excuse me. Is this your cell phone?
B. Yes, it is! Thanks a lot/ No, it’s not.

Buying electronics on the internet. Describing electronic items
I have a cd player. It’s small and easy to use.




Watch the following video: Los Articulos the, a, an - Leccion de ingles online


Singular: a / an
A. What this? / what’s that?
B. It’s an answering machine

Plurals: this/that/these/those




A. What are these?
B: they’re answering machines

Exercise:
1. This, that, these, those
2. More exercise .. this, that, these, those
3. a challenge.. more exercises..

Electronic items: 
Adjectives and nouns
The camcorder is expensive

Homework
1. Take a picture of your romm and describe what it is in there.
2. Find three pictures that describe the perfect present for you , your mom and your best friend. Write short sentences.
3. Make an advertisement with electronic items. Describe them.

Final project to do list 1