SAINT VALENTINE - SELF-ESTEEM

 

Listen to the Miley Cyrus's song of self love and self-esteem "Flowers" if you like.

OCCUPATIONS AND JOBS

 

• Liveworksheets: 1 Match with definition;  2 Job riddles; 
• Very easy Worksheets: 1 Match jobs and definitions; 2 Jobs Test; 3 Jobs: match and listen.

Halloween Traditions

• What do you know about Halloween traditions? - Read the text here to find out! Check another worksheet about the history of Halloween (ISL) and a video about symbols and traditions.

• And what about the origins of Halloween? How did Halloween start?

 

• People usually watch horror movies or read and tell mystery stories and spooky tales? Do you fancy this type of stories? 
• If you are fond of "Friends" watch this clip: Monica's Halloween party

• Watch a short video story, for kids (when you tell a story or read aloud try to read with expression and emotion / intonation)
  
  
• (8th grade students) Visit the Padlet to record your stories: Halloweens Stories1 and Halloween stories 2

GIVING DIRECTIONS - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT

 

DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES: COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

 

✋ COMPARE: Can a place make a person happy? Can you compare some different places to live? 

What's better: living in the city or in the countryside?

Use the adjectives: peaceful/ cheap/ relaxing/ nice/ healthy/ secure/ busy/ exciting/  polluted/ boring/ dirty/ clean/ lively 

Compare the 3 houses: 

the Hobbit house, the Simpsons' house and the Up house

Use the adjectives: green/ small/ old-fashioned/ eco-friendly/ big/ colorful/ amazing/ cool/ expensive

👉 WATCH THE  2 VIDEOS to learn about the DEGREES (Comparative and Superlative) of ADJECTIVES. 

👉STUDY THE RULES to form the Comparative of Superiority and the Superlative.

👉 WATCH A VIDEO with exercises: Quiz - comparative and superlative adjectives

👉DO THE LIVEWORKSHEETS BELOW  and check your own answers.

• Degrees of adjectives (complete the table)- Liveworksheet

👉 If you click HOMEWORK you can write your name and the answers are sent to your teacher.

1. Choose the correct degree (multiple choice) - Liveworksheet 1 - HOMEWORK SENT TO TEACHER 
2. Choose the correct degree (short adjectives) - Liveworksheet 2 - HOMEWORK SENT TO TEACHER 
3. Complete the questions with the correct form of the adjective degree (multiple choice) Liveworksheet 3 - HOMEWORK SENT TO TEACHER 
4. Choose the correct comparative - Liveworksheet 4 (Check answers) - HOMEWORK SENT TO TEACHER
5. DO some exercises with all the degrees of adjectives: Comparative (equality, superiority) Superlative - Liveworksheet
   
   

FAMILY

• Learn vocabulary about FAMILY (a family tree, with sound at LanguageGuide) 
• Do some exercises about family members and see if you know all the words.(myenglishpages)
• Listening about Freddie's family (Liveworksheet)
• Live worksheets: Reading about The Simpson's family; Guessing: Who am I?; Family members definition; My family is coming (conversation video)

👀 WATCH some trailers of films about family relationships.

Mr PEABODY AND SHERMAN (2014)

INSTANT FAMILY (2018)

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)

THE ADAMS FAMILY (1991)

PAST CONTINUOUS

 

- Do some exercises:Live Worksheet 1 ; LiveWorksheet 2; Pdf, with correction (AllThingsGrammar) and some more interactive exercises (AgendaWeb)

- Have fun with a Horror Story ( Rearrange the sentences)

SHOPS

 

> Do some Liveworksheets ("check your answers" or "send to teacher"): 

• about shops here and here ( Where can you buy?)
• Shops and prepositions of place (next to, opposite, between) here
• about money and shopping (Camden market in London) - Listening exercise - here 
• Places to go shopping - Listening exercise - here
• in a shop (man and woman) here  

> Do a matching exercise (Wordwall) about shops and things to buy.

MODAL VERBS 1

>Do some exercises with Liveworksheets (send to teacher) 

1. Classroom rules (must/mustn't) 
2. Tips to stay safe ( should/shouldn't)
3. Bullying (should / shouldn't) 
4. Asking and Giving permission - a conversation at school

PAST SIMPLE: RULES AND EXERCISES (Year 7)

Watch a You Tube video to study the Irregular forms of PAST SIMPLE (affirmative): read, listen and repeat.

And in

Regular verbs (affirmative)

 pay attention to the pronunciation of "-ed"

The verb

to be - Past Simple

The verb 

there to be - Past Simple

 

Do the following online exercises on LIVEWORKSHEETS.  When you finish the worksheet "Check answers"

1. Past Simple - to be 
2. Past Simple (multiple choice)
3. Was/ Were / Did 
4. Past Simple - negative/interrogative
5. Past Simple - mixed list: regular/ irregular
6. A lucky day and a bad day (Past Simple forms) 

Learn about Sports - vocabulary; play, do, go

>> LEARN about types of sports. Find out about sports on the presentations and weblinks below.

• Learn vocabulary here ( LEO Network).
• Listen to a song about sports. You can sing along: "Out-of-shape blues". List all the sports mentioned in the song. 
•  Watch an old video about Sports in Britain - Window on Britain - How many sports are mentioned?And which sporting events?

>> LEARN about the use of the verbs: do, play and go. Make lists for sports and activities with each verb.

HALLOWEEN PROJECT - a Magic Potion

 Hallowe'en...

a time for witches, magicians, wizzards to be seen...

Let's invent a funny magic potion with incredible/horrible ingredients. 

And... what does your magic potion do? What do you want it for?

Then, write a spell using some "magic words" to make your potion work. 

Look at the presentation to help you with you magic potion text.

• Read some potions from A wizard's book 

Also, learn How to use sequencers in English: FIRST, THEN, NEXT, AFTER THAT, FINALLY : Sequencers are words that organize your writing and speaking. We often use sequencers in English when we give instructions, describe a process, or tell stories. Using sequencers is a simple trick to organize your ideas into sections and give them an order. 

👀Watch the video and you will see how sequencers can help others understand you more clearly.

Giving Directions

 

🎥Watch a video with some examples:

👉Do some Listening and Reading - Comprehension exercises and Check your answers (LiveWorksheet)

BULLYING

•  READ THE POEM FOR THE CAMPAIGN "BEAT BULLYING" HERE.

• DO A WORKSHEET AND LISTEN TO STUDENTS READING ALOUD.
  
  
      
  
  

•  WATCH OTHER VIDEOS TOO.

• GO TO bullying.co.uk and read about stories and advice about this problem.
• READ a Fact File " Saying no to bullying"

FREE TIME ACTIVITIES

🎦WATCH THE VIDEOS. 

> Make a list of what the kids like to do.

THEN WRITE ABOUT YOUR FREE TIME ACTIVITIES.

Explore other resources at LearnEnglish Kids, British Council.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS, POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND POSSESSIVE PRONUNS, REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

1- POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES ( DETERMINERS)

- ATTENTION to some confusing words:

* its colour / it's raining= it is raining

* his friend / he's got a brother= he has got 

* your book / you're at school= you are at school

* their house is over there / they're sleeping= they are sleeping

>> Do some exercises online with Possessive Adjectives (Determiners) here, here and there. Try a quiz here, too.

2- PERSONAL PRONOUNS ( subject and object)

>> Do exercises with Personal Pronouns ( Subject and Object) here.
>> Watch a video and Practice all forms: Personal Pronouns and Possessives (LearnEnglishTeens)

3- POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
>> Study Possessive Pronouns and practice using them on some exercises: here, here and there.

>>  Very good practice on this Interactive Book - Subject and Object Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

4- REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

>>  Do some exercises online: here ( Liveworksheet), here (englisch-hilfen.de) and there ( Pdf, with correction)

 

QUESTION WORDS

• Match the question words with answers ( here and here)
• WH questions: Find the order of words ( here)
• Worksheet to print - difficult ( ask for the underlined words)
• Interactive exercise ( choose the WH question word)
• Question Words ( online Quiz/ worksheet)

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION

• ASK AND ANSWER about PERSONAL INFORMATION: age/ origin/ nationality (play a game here)
• Personal Information Dialogue, to revise the language ( worksheet - very easy)
• "About me" a worksheet with frequency adverbs ( worksheet)

    

👀🎤 WATCH THE VIDEOCLIP OF A FAMOUS SONG: "People are Strange" by The Doors.

READ THE LYRICS AND SING ALONG.

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

STUDY A LIST OF COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES HERE and HERE ( with sound)

LET'S DO SOME EXERCISES:

• Which nationality? - Multiple choice ( very easy)
• Write the nationality
• Match the pairs ( very easy)
• Countries and Languages - Listening Test 

ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

THE BRITISH ISLES:  GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND 

THE 2 STATES: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (4 countries united) and THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

• Do you know the difference between England, the UK (United Kingdom) and Britain? Watch a video to check what you know "What is the difference between England, The UK and Britain?"

• Do exercises:1) read and do exercises about The UK (LearnEnglishKids) 2) listen and complete about the UK (Liveworksheet) 

👀 Watch an old video about Britain, too:

📌REMEMBER

THE UNITED KINGDOM (THE UK) is situated in EUROPE 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE USA) is located in NORTH AMERICA

👀 Watch 2 videos about the USA:

• Tour the states 

•  Top 10 United States Landmarks

📌REMEMBER

THE UNITED KINGDOM  is a monarchy. King Charles III is the British king. The Prime Minister is Kier Starmer. 

 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  is a federal republic country. Donald Trump is the American president.