The Last Blog of the Course 2014-2015

Wednesday 9^th July

Hello Everybody!

This is the last blog for the course 2013-2014

I guess (I think) you are on holiday now!

Nacho will be enjoying in England. Manuel will be in France, having a good time with his family. Andrea will go to France, too. María is going to the Canary Islands and to her grandparents’ villages in central Spain. A nice mix of different climates and regions in Spain. And, what about Almudena? I know you went on an outing (excursion) to Toledo. The trip was a prize you had won. Well done! I couldn’t wish you a nice summer personally but I hope your mum told you.

To María and Andrea, thanks for coming to class on the last day of June. On that day we talked about the different topics we had treated during the course. We listened to the song “The hall of fame” and watched the video. And we played scrabble, a game where you have to make words across or down as in a crossword, using the letters provided. Andrea didn’t like it because she wasn’t very lucky with the letters she was given and couldn’t make many words.

At least I could say “see you next course” because after the theatre everything was a bit confusing with so many people around. Well done in the play but it was a pity we couldn’t hear you because you spoke in such a low voice…

Well done and thanks for taking part in it!

And the medal for the last games went to…

… ANDREA! Congratulations to our winner!

This is what we learnt in this term.

VOCABULARY
Shopping
Ways of shopping		Shops			Describing purchases			Money
Internet shopping Street market Supermarket High street shops Department store Shopping centre		Greengrocer’s Baker’s/bakery Butcher’s Stationer’s Confectioner’s Fishmonger’s Chemist’s Shoe shop Books shop Newsagent’s Hairdresser’s			A fountain pen High-heel shoes A silk dress Travel bags A pearl necklace A solar powered calculator A bunch of roses			45$ forty-five dollars £5.30 Five pounds thirty 13c thirteen cents 56p Fifty-six ‘p’ €19 nineteen euros
Reason		Quality, price, choice, convenience, distance from home, cost
Connectors: sequence						First, next, then, after, finally
Clothes
On your top half	On your bottom half			On your top & bottom half			On your feet			Patterns
Anorak Blouse Cardigan Sweater Shirt Vest	Trousers Skirt Tights Stockings Shorts Jeans underwear			Dress Apron Coat Suit Tracksuit			Trainers Boots Wellies Shoes Socks			Striped Checked Flowery Plain Patterned Spotted
In class
Subjects			Adjectives			Regular verbs			Irregular verbs
I.T: Studies Maths Physics Chemistry Science English Spanish Business studies History Geography P.E.(Physical Education)			Tall /short Fat/thin Easy /hard/difficult Quick/slow High/low Deep/shallow Green Dry/wet Big/small Cheap/expensive Dangerous/safe Un/comfortable			Play Travel Study Listen Paint Talk Watch Count Need Wait Work Stop live			Put Learn Think Teach Swim Have Do Go Come Eat Drink Read write

GRAMMAR
Present simple
What shops do you like? Where do you go shopping? When do you go shopping?			I like buying clothes. I go shopping to the shopping centre. I go shopping at the weekend.		He doesn’t like buying Cd s. She buys things on the net. He doesn’t buy things at department stores.
Sequencing
First, she goes into a site and sees a list of items she can buy.			After that, she touches the icons of the items she wants to buy		Next, she goes into dance music and finds the names of bands.
Then, she watches videos and listens to sound clips.				Finally, she downloads the music onto her phone.
PAST SIMPLE
Regular verbs
When did your grandfather study at school?			He studied Latin and Greek.				He didn’t study German.
Irregular verbs
What did you buy yesterday?		I bought a T-shirt and a swimming suit.				I didn’t buy a dress.
COMPARISONS
Comparative adjectives
Which subject is harder, maths or geography? Which is deeper, an ocean or the sea?	I.T. is more interesting than history. A hill is lower than a mountain.					Big classes are noisier than small classes. The country is better than the city.
Superlative adjectives
What do you like most about your school?		The most interesting subject is chemistry.				The healthiest subject is P.E.

Cultural notes: At a shop. Describing ways of shopping and giving reasons. Comparing schools yesterday and today.

Songs: Imagine, The hall of fame.

Theatre Play: Island for sale.

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER, HAVE FUN AND …SEE YOU NEXT COURSE!!!