Week 23: April 11th & 13th- Mixing conditionals

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- We revised the use of non-standard verb tenses in conditional sentences.
- We practised vocabulary with literal and metaphorical meanings.
- We listened to a police questioning and found out discrepancies in the criminal's alibi.
- We practised the writing pages of units 4 and 5.
- We tried to work out the lyrics of Your Song, by Elton John and sang!!
Homework:
- Exs. 2, 3 and 4 pages 43 and 53.
- Photocopy of purpose.
- Excs. 1 and 2 page 70
- Exs. 5 and 6 page 53

Week 22: April 4th & 6th - Telling stories

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- We told the stories we had prepared with the tips and strategies learnt in 6C.
- We practised pronunciation with the transcript of Obvious to You, Amazing to Others.
- We did 7A: Getting Away with it, exercises 1 to 4.
- We saw the commercial SunLife Launches Courtesy Pet Cover, an April Fool's joke. Try to do the exercise that comes with it. Go down to the entry on April 1st.
- We went through the grammar of mixed conditionals and the use of other verb tenses in the habitual conditional structures. We practised with the exercises of the workbook.
- We told stories with the joke exercise.
- We revised punctuation rules and received a photocopy to practise to/ing for purpose.

Week 21: March 30th- Resuming lessons after the break

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- We warmed up by telling our stories from the sound file.
- We did 6C: Short Story Radio.
- We practised normal and extreme adjectives with Obvious to You, Amazing to Others, by Derek Sivers.

Homework:
- Prepare a story to be told at the beginning of the class as suggested in ex.8 on page 64 and having in mind the techniques in ex.9, page 65.
- Exs. 1 and 2 page 66.

Week 20: March 14th & 16th- Arriving to Easter holidays

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- We practised words with double meaning.
- We listened to some specialists talking about advertising campaigns.
- We revised the mock exam.
- We did a speaking exercise practising interactive phrases.

Homework:
- Reading and writing portfolio 5.
- Imagine a story with this background sound.

Advertising: virtual wall

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Take a look at the ads or commercials your classmates chose and why!

Week 19: March 7th & 11th- Going on with unit 6 and some results from the mid-year test

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- We talked about the theatre play we had seen the previous week.
- We talked about a joke or a cartoon we liked and exchanged them in small groups.
- We went on practising how to show interest with pronunciation.
- We saw vocabulary with different meanings.
- We talked about strange behaviour and did the reading at the beginning of 6B on advertising.
- We presented a commercial or ad we liked very much.
- We saw the position of different types of adverbials in the sentences.
- We corrected the reading exercises from the test and went through the most interesting feedback from the oral test.
Homework:
- Complete the virtual wall in the entry above with the ad you chose.

Week 18: February 29th March 2nd: Acting and theatre!

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- We resumed classes and warmed up with the game Strangers on a train.
- We started unit 6 and had a look at the readings on different kinds of research and had a look at formal and less formal ways of comparing.
- We did exercises on a listening on some bizarre behaviour.
- We corrected a mixed-up sentences exercise on The Final Answer.
- We talked about our favourite actors and films.
- We did a listening on acting.
- We played a game in which we acted as thieves or police officers.
- We solved a Quotation Speed Game.
- We completed a gap exercise on Writing's on the Wall, this year's Oscar winning song by Sam Smith (from Spectre)
Homework:
-Ex. 5 page 58, exs. 1 and 2 page 60.
- And the old homework of the information of the people you consider successful, the ad and the joke or cartoon.