Thursday, 24 September 2020

Week 3 ; 28 September - 2 October

 



YOUR SUGGESTIONS OF TOPICS : 

Safety measures in school during pandemic

Needed subjects

American school system

2 Other countries pandemic situation

 2 School in other countries

African animals

Living in England

Climate change- what we can do

Living in other countries

Endangered animals



BRIDGE THE GENERATION GAP 

CLASS 1

Objective: - differences between generations 



Watch and write about the differences among generations X,Y,Z 





Generation X - are born  between 1960-1980
                     - are the first to experience of digital tech

Generation Y - 1980-1995
                      - globalization dawn 
                      - multi-screens users
                      - narcissistic and optimistic 
                      - social media dawn 
Generation Z  - 1995-2009
                      - generate online content 
                      - online communication 

                      



Let's note down some characteristics of  the last  generation : 

- generation ' glass'
- live in a world of screens
- more culturally diverse
- live an environmental crisis











Class 2 

Objective : ways of expressing future 



Manual digital : https://manuale.edu.ro/manuale/Clasa%20a%20VIII-a/Limba%20moderna%20engleza/Uy5DLiBBUlQgS0xFVFQg/#book/00



PRESENT CONTINUOUS



' WILL'  FUTURE



' BE GOING TO'  FUTURE 




 B) Practice

1)     Have individual students write a quick list of five scheduled or definite plans using be going to.

2)     Put students in pairs, and have them take turns stating their plans.  When partner A explains a plan, partner B should make a prediction.  When A’s list is exhausted, they can switch roles.  Partner B reads a statement with a plan, and A makes a prediction.

3)     While students practice, the teacher can listen for errors or misunderstandings and use the information for lesson planning or error correction.  The teacher can also extend the lesson to include will with probably, or use of the present progressive for future meaning depending on students’ accomplishments.

4)     As a follow up to any new material, students can switch partners and repeat with a new partner using the new language.


Source : https://www.cambridge.org/grammarandbeyond/uncategorized/2012/10/quick-and-easy-classroom-activity-teaching-future-tenses-to-intermediate-learner

Exercises from page 11 

Reading from page 12 .

Sunday, 20 September 2020

Week 2 ; 21-25 September

 Answer this poll : https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7

Poll deadline : 17th Sept . midnight


AS I EXPECTED , IN FACT , ONLY  FEW answered the poll ... I insist on paying attention on what I have posted. 

The results : 

https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7/r

CLASS 1 

Objective : - reading the results of a poll 

-review present tenses : simple, continuous, perfect 

Using the data collected by the poll above talk about pupils' opinions regarding bad habits.


Present Tense  : 



Present Continuous :



Present Perfect :


VERBS NOT USUALLY USED IN CONTINUOUS FORM : 

Simple Present or Present Continuous? 
1.It rains / it's raining very hard - maybe we shouldn't go out. 
2. I eat / I'm eating lunch with my coworkers every day. 
3. My son hates / is hating vegetables. He never eats them.
 4. William's not home right now. He travels / He's traveling. 
5. These shoes don't fit / aren't fitting. I need a larger size. 
6. From the tone of her voice, it sounds / it's sounding like she's angry. 
7. My sister has / is having long black hair. 
8. I usually go / I'm usually going to the gym in the morning. 
9. My car is being repaired, so I rent / I'm renting a car this week. 
10.I confess / I'm confessing that I have a drinking problem. 
11.I just finished the book. Now I understand / I'm understanding why everyone loves this author. 12.They consider / They're considering buying the house; they said they'll decide by the end of the week. 
13.We currently know / We're currently knowing nothing about the matter. 
14.He approves / He's approving of your idea. 
15.I've done my part. Now it depends / it's depending on you. 
16.I have / I'm having a headache, so I have / I'm having trouble concentrating today.

In your digital book at page 10 , ex 1 you have a video about present tenses, too. It can also be helpful. 

Class 2 

Objective :- present tenses in contrast 


Then let's solve all  the exercises from page 10 and ex 1, 2, 3 page 11. 

MORE EXERCISES ON PRESENT TENSES :

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test3

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-3.html

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-70806.php


Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Week 1 : 14-18 September

 Post under some topics you would like to talk about at the English classes.


Are we going to be friends this year? 


As I have told you before , you post as " Anonymus " and sign with your first name only ! 


GENITIVE CASE  


 


If you have to show joint ownership, give the possessive form to the final name only.

  • Coca Cola's latest advertising campaign.

Companies are often treated like people.

For example:-

When we refer to a particular time (in the present, past or future), it’s possible to use the saxon genitive. For example:

Today’s news.

Last week’s meeting.

Four days’ holiday.

Next year’s budget.

When we refer to a regularly occurring time, we use an adjective, such as ‘daily’, ‘monthly’, ‘annual’, and not the saxon genitive:

What happened at yesterday’s meeting?

Have you read today’s newspaper?

Sara’s got three days’ sick leave.

We need to get ready for this afternoon’s conference.

Next year’s budget is only a little higher than this year’s.

Sources : https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/blog/english-possessives-the-saxon-genitive/

https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/casepossgen.html


EXERCISES 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s3.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/s_of.htm


WHAT EXCEPTIONS FROM THE RULES YOU KNOW HAVE YOU NOTICED IN THE LAST EXERCISE ? -POST YOUR COMMENTS UNDER UNTIL 20TH SEPTEMBER AT NOON .


LIFE PLANS 

Objectives : bad habits 

reading / listening comprehension


Digital textbook pages 8, 9 

Ex 4/ 8 - quick reading 

Listen, read the text and make ex 5/ 8

Find instances of gentive in the text . What can you notice about it ? How can you explain it ? 


Answer this poll : https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7

Poll deadline : 17th Sept . midnight


AS I EXPECTED , IN FACT , ONLY  FEW answered the poll ... I insist on paying attention on what I have posted. 

The results : 

https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7/r






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