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Informal letters

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Here is a presentation where you can find some tips on how to write an informal letter.
I hope it's helpful! ;)

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Look at this presentations to udnerstand comparatives and superlatives better. Then do the activitie suggested! Enjoy!
When you finish, you can practice by doing the activities suggested:
1. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises
2.http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramacomparativos.html
3. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom1.htm

Angles comparatives and superlatives

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Comparative and-superlative-adjectives-3

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RUNAWAY

Watch the video and answer the following questions:
- When was Laura reported missing?
- When was she found?
- Who found her?
- Where did she fly from?
- Why did she run away from home?
- Where is she from?
- Locate the following places on a map: Curaçao, Saint Maarten and the Netherlands.
- ENJOY!

LIFESTYLES

1. Take a look at these three pictures
1. Skyscrapers. City.

2. English house


3. Countryside



2. TASKS

A) About the pictures
1. Brief description of the area / property
2. Advantages / disadvantages of living there

B) About you
3. Would you prefer to live in the city or the country? Why
4. Where do you live? What do you like/dislike about it?

• You can get some helpful vocabulary at:

1. http://www.eslflow.com/describingplaces.html
2. On page 108 of the workbook and page 19 of the book
   

LET'S COOK!: FINAL PROJECT ACTIVITY

1. Warm-up activity: SPIDER WEB (5’)
Grouping: get together in groups of 4
You have 2 minute to write as many words as you can in the spider web:
The winner is... whichever group has more words! READY, STEADY… GOOOOO!


2. Review the vocabulary: THE SHOPPING TROLLEY (10’)
Grouping: individually
Click on the picture to go to http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-trolley-dash.htm
You need to go shopping. They will give you the shopping list and you’ll have 60 seconds to collect what is on the list. Use your mouse to move your trolley left or right and click on the item you want to buy.

3. Speak a little bit: INTERVIEW “HOW WELL CAN YOU COOK?” (10’)

Grouping: In pairs: Click on the picture to go to http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-print-cooking.pdf and interview your partner. Find out how well can he/she cook. Then ask him/her about his/her food likes.

4. Listen to the video and find out about HOLIDAY TRADITIONS AND FOOD (15’)
Grouping: Get together in groups of two
Listen to the video and answer the following questions:

• Who do they celebrate Christmas with?
  
• What do they eat on Christmas morning for breakfast?
  
• What does her brother cook for dinner on Christmas eve?
  
• Who cooks the desert of Christmas eve? What do they have?
  
• Name two Christmas traditions they have.
  

5. Read the following text and answer the questions (10’)
ARE YOU LOVING IT?
A fifth of Britain's population will be obese within the next 10 to 15 years according to health experts. They say Britons are on the way to becoming the fattest people in Europe, and catching up with the United States, which has the world's heaviest population.
As an student you may not feel concerned but as you have taken a liking for fast foods you'd better think twice..... The idea is to collect information about this issue, weigh the pros and cons and then make up your mind as to whether you are loving it or not!
Junk food is usually a term used to describe foods that are not particularly good for our health and in fact they can be harmful to our health'....
Childhood obesity 'to double'
Childhood obesity around the world will almost double by 2011 according to new data. The report by International Association for the Study of Obesity also says things will only get worse if people don't change the way they live and eat.

QUESTIONS:

• Are Britons the fattest people in Europe?


• What country has the world’s haviest population?


• Can you make a definition for junk food?


• Is there any solution to avoid obesity?

6. Write a little bit: WRITE A RECIPE (10’)
Groupings: get together in groups of 3
You are going to write a short recipe. But first you can practice a little bit by clicking on the image!

In the following recipe book that you will find by clicking here you have some examples of how to write a recipe in English.

7. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Record the recipe you wrote in groups and post the video on the blog. We’ll watch it in class. ENJOY!

LET'S COOK! Information on the activity

TIME: 1 SESSION
LEVEL: 2ND OF ESO
CONTENTS:
Speaking and writing
a) Producing brief and coherent texts such as recipes
b) Learning strategies: accepting the opportunities that communication technologies offer to acquire linguistic ad communicative competences in English

Listening and Reading:
c) Understanding oral, written, audiovisual messages and instructions in order to solve tasks properly
d) Using basic learning strategies to remember, organize and revise linguistic contents

Grammar in use:
e) Recognizing and accepting errors as part of the learning process and adopting a positive attitude towards it.
f) Transforming easy texts in different supports and formats, modifying or expanding sentences and paragraphs.
g) Being aware of the organization of the personal work as a strategy to progress in the learning process autonomously.

Socio-cultural aspects:
h) Reading, understanding and enjoying videos selected and adapted to the students knowledge.
i) Knowing not only one’s own but also other countries’ culture and history.

CONCEPTS:
-Recipe
-Description of videos
-Quiz
-Interview
-Functions using imperative to give instructions
-Structure and grammar: some/any/a./an
-Expressing ability with the verb “can”
-Vocabulary related to food and Christmas

AIMS

. General targets
To interact, express and understand through oral, written or audiovisual means, in a coherent and proper way adopting a respectful and cooperative attitude.
To apply in a reflexive way the knowledge learnt about how language works and its linguistic rules to understand and produce oral and written messages with adequateness, coherence, cohesion and correction, and to transfer this knowledge to other languages.
To use with autonomy and a critical point of view the different means of communication and technologies.

. Didactic targets
To show understanding of an explanation related to culture uttered by speakers with different backgrounds and nationalities.
To be able to record a video and upload it to the blog.
To write a recipe using proper and accurate vocabulary.
To learn about other countries customs at Christmas time.
To learn how to keep a balanced diet.

KEY COMPETENCES
-Information processing and digital competence
-Learning and interaction with their background
-Communicative competence
-Social and citizen competence
-Personal autonomy and motivation
-Learning to learn

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH WATCHING REAL ENGLISH

Real English has a set of videos worth seeing. This is aimed to review the English tenses. I hope you like it!