Technology: Discussing A.I., robots, screen time (vocabulary, speaking, writing)

•  What is A. I.? How do you feel about A.I.?

- Read and answer to some Discussion Questions about A.I. here  English Diary.net)

• Screen Time

• Technology: revising vocabulary

- Technology and our daily lives (British Council Learn English)

- Mobile phones ( British Council Learn English teens)

• Fake news

EXAM material (prova de aferição)

• Do the following Listening exercises from Prova de Aferição 2021(Compreensão do Oral da prova de Inglês aplicada em 2021).
• For the complete exam go to IAVE page Prova de Aferição Inglês 2021 and check Informação Complementar.
• In the Speaking part the teachers will use an Examiner Booklet. Get to know the main parts of the oral exam, which will be in pairs and will last about 10 minutes (Manual de Aplicação da Componente Oral)

• You can watch some videos of speaking exams: PET (B1) Roberto and Simone; PET (B1) Yaheli, Fernanda, Lucia

•  Look at other useful material for revisions or exam preparation: Describe a photo or picture (British Council),   Cambridge English Vocabulary List: Preliminary (level A2), the British Council Grammar Pages (level A2), PET mock test; WriteFix - PET speaking (photos); Wordwall Speaking Games; Test - English on all skills

St Patrick Day

 

TONGUE TWISTERS

 

LEARN SOME FUNNY TONGUE TWISTERS, PRACTICE ENGLIS AND HAVE FUN!

1.  Listen and Repeat.  (LearnEnglishKids)
2. Tongue Twister challenge (YouTube)

GIVING DIRECTIONS - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT

 

DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES: COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

 

✋ COMPARE: 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 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 some exercises with all the degrees of adjectives: Comparative (equality, superiority) Superlative - Liveworksheet

👉DO THE LIVEWORKSHEETS BELOW: (check your own answers)

• Degrees of adjectives (complete the table)- Liveworksheet

👉Try other links with more exercises: Do the HOMEWORK (with your name to send to the teacher)

1. Choose the correct degree (multiple choice) - Liveworksheet 1 - HOMEWORK
2. Choose the correct degree (short adjectives) - Liveworksheet 2 - HOMEWORK
3. Complete the questions with the correct form of the adjective degree (multiple choice) Liveworksheet 3 - HOMEWORK
4. Choose the correct comparative - Liveworksheet 4 (Check answers) - SEND TO TEACHER

THANKSGIVING DAY

   👀 Learn about Thanksgiving Day: the origin and the traditions. Watch some videos.

🎶👀This Rap about Thanksgiving shows some modern traditions. Can you talk about them in the end?

✅ What are you thankful for? Watch a commercial, "Head of the table" and look at the images below.

• You can do some exercises: The First Thanksgiving (easy - Liveworksheet); Revise vocabulary (Listen and repeat - Liveworksheet), Guess the Thanksgiving food (video)

• Do a listening worksheet: What are they doing on Thanksgiving? First, you can practice Liveworksheet practice and then do the exercises again  Liveworksheet2 (the answers are sent to the teacher)

👀 Finally, visit the Padlet "Thanksgiving day, 24th November 2022" and watch the making of the mural "The First Thanksgiving". Big thanks to all the students!

THE 1ST THANKSGIVING de Alexandra Oliveira