Class Diary for B2.2- year 2019/20 by Eva Gutiérrez

Class Diary for B2.2- year 2019/20 by Eva Gutiérrez https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1 Here you'll find a detailed description of what we have been doing in class in case you miss a lesson and want to catch up. This will be our travel journal. Hope you enjoy the trip. en-us 2019-10-18 09:42:58 UTC 2020-03-13 12:15:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Y2XPQXXXXXXBapXXq6xXFXXXt/1-PC-2017-Viajantes-Retro-Papel-Kraft-Notebook-Jornal-Di-rio-Planner-Livro-Grain-Completa-Couro.jpg_640x640.jpg FIRST DAYS emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399445473 Getting-to-know-you and bonding sessions
'All that we share'---> talking about communities and creating bonds
"I want to learn English because..." ---> Intensive listening + audio file & speaking practice]]> 2019-10-18 09:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399445473 7-10 October 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399446458 Lesson 1A from English File Advanced Third Edition (EFAdvanced)

- Family trees
- Listening about Frida Khalo's painting and family tree
- Speaking (discussing controversial statements on page 5)
- Grammar of have (page 140)

- Extra lesson plan based on this video: Guess who's coming to dinner

- Vocabulary (personality, page 160)
- Personality Test from English File Advanced Third Ed. page 7
- The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (extra copy including reading, listening and vocabulary)]]> 2019-10-18 09:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399446458 14-17 October 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399448370 Lesson 1B from EFAdvanced "The World of Work"

* Speaking & Listening
- What to look for in a job
- What makes people happy at work from New English File (old edition)
- Vocabulary to describe jobs (page 161)
- Speaking: Talk about your ideal job (introducing oral cards for finals)
- Extra listening task
- Jobs discussion questions

* For homework:
- Reading Comprehension exercises (pages 8 and 9 EFAdvanced)

]]> 2019-10-18 09:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/399448370 21-24 October 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/402477150 * Checking answers to reading comprehension exercises b, d, and e on page 8

Lesson 1B

* Reading and listening pages 10 and 11.
* Grammar on page 141
* Writing 'A job application' (page 112)

* Practising speaking and oral mediation by means of oral cards related to the unit topics.]]> 2019-10-25 10:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/402477150 28-31 October 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/405641334 Lesson 2A Learning Languages

- Working out the answers to questionnaire in pairs (page 16)
- Video watching about the history of the English Language (on page 23)
- English as a Global Language: listening to varieties of English (understanding accents page 17) and reflecting on your own experience as language learners compared to Joanna's (listening on page 17)
- Reading comprehension about bilingualism and the brain (page 23) + extra reading 'Boost your brain power' + video watching and discussion about 'The benefits of a multilingual brain'.

]]> 2019-11-01 21:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/405641334 4-7 November 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/408570005 Lesson 2A Learning Languages

- Video watching and discussion about 'The Benefits of a Multilingual Brain'
- Speech delivery on Global English (oral card)

Lesson 2B Memories

- Warm-up: conversation practice (page 19) + 'Have you got a good memory?'
- Listening + Speaking (page 21) + Vocabulary (building abstract nouns on page 20)]]> 2019-11-08 10:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/408570005 11-14 November 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/411730376 Lesson 2B Memories

- Talking about small pleasures and happinnes + cloze test
- Reading + comprehension questions (exercises b, c and d on page 18)
- The grammar of narrative tenses (page 143)
- Writing an article (page 114) and about a childhood memory.

Lesson 3A Relationships

- Warm-up: Speaking & Listening from NEF to introduce the unit.

]]> 2019-11-15 12:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/411730376 18- 21 November 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/415694671 Lesson 3A Relationships
- Reading + Speaking (pages 24-25)
- Vocabulary (expressions with GET (page 162)
- Speaking (Get questionnaire on page 37)
- Grammar of GET (page 144)
- Conversation practice (what to look for in your ideal partner)

BONUS: video watching and discussion
TABLE 7
SOULMATES]]> 2019-11-23 18:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/415694671 25- 29 November 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/417519083 Lesson 3B Historical films
- Reading (exercise b) + Writing and Speaking (on page 29- describing a scene from a film or a book)
- Extra listening exercises on film inaccuracies from NEF (older edition)
- Video watching 'in the street' (page 33)
- Grammar (discourse markers on page 145)

BONUS: Thanksgiving and 365 Grateful (video watching and discussion)]]> 2019-11-28 15:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/417519083 2- 5 December 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/421539972 Lesson 4A Sounds and Noises
- Listening and Speaking (page 35)
- Reading 'I have a phobia of sound' + comprehension exercises (a, c , d)
- Vocabulary 'Sounds and the Human Voice' (page 164)
- Video watching and speaking '4 ways sound affects us'
- Listening 'Talk to me London: the project' (page 36)]]> 2019-12-09 12:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/421539972 10- 12 December 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/423702259
* Checking answers to reading comprehension on 'Muzak' (extra copy)
* Extra listening comprehension from NEF about noise pollution (extra copy given in class)

Lesson 4A 'Talk to me London: the project'
- Listening (pages 36-37) + Speaking & emphasizing your opinion (page 37)
- Grammar of modal verbs for speculation and deduction (page 146)
(see summary here)

Lesson 4B From cover to cover?
- Speaking and Vocabulary (page 39)]]> 2019-12-13 09:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/423702259 16-19 December 2019 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/426208406 Lesson 4B From cover to cover?
- Translating first and last lines from novels (game)
- Reading + Speaking (page 38)
- How to write a book/ film review (page 116) (due for 8 January)
- Extra listening task MODEL 2 (task 3 from sept 2014 on Book Reviews)

- Practising mediation in class
(copy given with review of film 'Campeones' + sexist children's tales banned)
- Christmas activites in the classroom]]> 2019-12-20 11:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/426208406 8-9 January 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/430506827 Lesson 4B From cover to cover
- Reading + Listening (pages 40-41) + extra listening task

Bonus: coversation practice with our language assisstant, Emma.]]> 2020-01-12 18:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/430506827 13-16 January 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/432877602 Lesson 5A One thing at a time
- Warm up: Time Management Questionnaire 'How good are you at managing your time?'
- Learning about and discussing the effects of multitasking
- Gap reading (page 44-45)
- Vocabulary (page165) + 'Time & You' Questionnaire (page 47)
- Listening (page 46)+ extra listening exercise from NEF on 'time bandits''
]]> 2020-01-17 12:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/432877602 20-23 January 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/435552303 - Extra listening exercise in class about how we perceive time + video watching "in the street" (page 53)
- Grammar: a) inversion (page 147)
b) distancing (page 148) + writing (page 45)]]> 2020-01-24 11:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/435552303 10-13 February 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/445524200 Lesson 5B A material world
- Vocabulary and expressions related to money (pages 50 and 166)
- Video watching, predicting and discussing "The Black Hole"
- Speaking practice here, here and here!
- Song: Material Girl

Lesson 6A First World Problems
- Gap reading & speaking (pages 54-55)
- Writing for homework (page 55)

]]> 2020-02-14 11:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/445524200 17-20 February 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/448537935 Lesson 6A Change your life
- Presenting & checking tips for survival in class (writing page 55)
- Grammar of infinitives and gerunds (page 150)
- Conversation practice (page 55 bottom)
- Video watching Ted Talk 'Try something new for 30 days' + comprehension exercises b and c (page 56)
- Speaking (page 57): Class presentation of 30-day challenges
- Vocabulary (compound adjectives on page 57)

Introduction to lesson 6B by means of extra copy and question discussion on students' use of technology]]> 2020-02-21 11:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/448537935 24 February - 5 March 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/456039153 Lesson 6B Can't give it up
- Reading & Speaking about technology and smartphones (pages 58-59)
- Listening & Speaking about addictions/obsessions (pages 60-61)
- Further conversation practice here and here.
- Vocabulary (adjectives + prepositions + extra copy on prepositions)
- Extra listening and reading (handout given in class)
- Vocabulary (phones & technology page 167)
- Writing a balanced argument (page 118 + extra model provided)]]> 2020-03-06 20:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/456039153 9-12 March 2020 emagumo https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/459888862 - Grammar of conditional sentences (page 151) & unreal uses of past tenses (149)
- Practising oral mediation in class

* Cultural Talk about Australia's Education System by our language assisstant, Emma HIlton

Lesson 7A Quite interesting (lesson plan Edudebates)
- Warm-up: speaking about "your school days" + vocabulary activation
- Listening and Speaking on page 64]]> 2020-03-13 12:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emagumo/z7406rtpjcb1/wish/459888862