Week 11: December 18th&20th- Last class of the year and Christmas party!

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- We told each other about the extraordinary things (out of the ordinary) that we normally do over Christmas.

- We saw our Artistic Video Creation! and told each other about our individual videos.
- We did a listening on people following their interests.
- We finished page 37.

Homework:
- Grammar over the holidays: handout I gave you.

- Writing over the holidays: Reading and writing pages 40 and 41 (exercises 2, 3 and 4)

KEY: 2- Reading a) 1T, 2T, 3F- only the years 2005/2006 and 2012/2013 are shown, 4. F- three of the sports had more participation in 2005-2006.
b) yes,
c) 1. No, there has been no rush by British people to become involved in sport.
    2. No, it represents a range of related sports.
    3. A decrease in the number of people swimming.
    4. The inclusion of BMX.
    5. People are getting involved in a wide range of sports.

3. Writing skills
a) 1C, 2E, 3D, 4A, 5B
b) 1. noticeable, 2. change, 3. slight/ significant, 4. slight/ significant, 5. slightly/ noticeably, 6. slightly/ noticeably, 7. hasn't decreased
c) 1. back, 2. a
d) Possible answers 
1. The number of people playing tennis has increased slightly.
2. The number of football teams has decreased significantly.
3. Gym memberships have increased noticeably.
4. There has been a slight decrease in the number of volleyball teams.

4 Writing
a) It shows what sport people who are above 14 years old do once a week in a specific sports complex.

- Preparing speaking in the holidays: take some photos to tell your classmates about the holiday.

- Reading in the holidays: A challenge.

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• What was Make your Move?

• Read and watch: Get Inspired: How to get into Running: Watch about Stuart's story
• Read about one more story in the Get Inspired page to tell us about.

- Listening over the holidays: In unit 4 we'll see some live changing events. Listen to this one on NPR and prepare five questions about the listening for your classmates.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018!!

Week 10: December 13th- 3B: Born to be the best

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- We warmed up by telling your teacher what you had done instead of coming to English class on December 11th, when your teacher could not come.
- We practised making careful suggestions on page 39.
- We did a reading and a listening on The Sport Gene, on pages 35 and 36.
- We practised present perfect simple and continuous.
- We sang our Christmas carol. Holy Jolly Christmas.

Homework:
- Exercise 4c and 4d. Exercise 5.

Week 9: December 4th- Everyday English

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- We warmed up by giving a little presentation on an activity you have put a lot of effort into.
- We did pages 38 and 39: Everyday English.
- We practiced how to keep the topic of a conversation, consonant sounds and making careful suggestions.

Homework:
- Exercise 2 page 36.
- Vocabulary exercises on page 156. We'll do the pronunciation together in class.
- We didn't have time to see the Christmas carol together, but here it is if you want to have a look: Holy Jolly Christmas.

Week 8: November 27th & 29th- Starting Unit 3: Talent

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- We exchanged information about the endangered animals we have read about.
- We started unit 3: Talent.
- We read  and did a listening on Learning to Learn.
- We saw vocabulary about ability and achievement and a listening about learning experiences.
- We did two pages on formal and informal letters or emails to prepare our letter to the minister.
-  We learnt about multi word verbs and practised a little.

Homework:
- Page 35.
- Write an email to the minister of the country of your choice in order to deal with the problems your species is facing.
- Send a five-second video on something beautiful.


NEW REDUCED GROUP SCHEDULE (after Film Festival and Christmas party)