I hope you all have a nice long weekend, and you all rest. And you read this blog and try to learn some of the words and expressions I'll point out.

Yesterday students  worked on a questionnaire. Its purpose was to find out what it is like to be 12 or 13 years old and what's most important for somebody this age.

There was a question which started:

What's the worst thing that can happen to ...?

Somebody asked the meaning of the worst. 

The worst is a superlative. Remember? Bad Worse The worst

The opposite is The best, the superlative of  Good. Good, Better, The Best.

Somebody asked the meaning of I am afraid of. I hope you remember now. You can be afraid of spiders, you can also be afraid of giving your opinion.
If you use a verb after afraid of you need to use the -ing form.

Later we continued practicing the future forms, this time we used will. We talked about the Year 2050 and what we think it will be like. We made predictions such as:

In the Year 2015 people won't travel to the moon on Holiday.
or
In the Year 2050 there will be more pollution than now.

What we know is that in the Year 2050 you guys will probably be 48 or 49 years old.


Finally students answered some questions about going on a trip and then asked each other the questions.

Remember your HOMEWORK, this time you got it in hand and have to do it. No excuse.

See you next week.

Hi!

We had a small group last Wednesday. As talkative as usual, though. We did do a little more work though.

First students read possible ways to prepare to do something. Example: You are going to bake a cake. What are you going to do to prepare for this plan?

I am going to buy some eggs.
I am going to put on an apron.
I am going to mix the eggs with the sugar.

After that students had to write down similar sentences saying what they were going to do in preparation for a plan. They each were given a couple of plans, eg. I'm going to go to a party, and they wrote 3 clues such as the ones above.

After that we played a guessing game. A student took a card and gave a clue about the plan on the card. Classmates had to guess the plan.

We also listened to the video you had to watch for homework.

HOMEWORK

Listen to the conversation again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAaiamabQo


Now, write your own conversation: You and a friend talking, 2 imaginary friends making plans for the weekend... Something like that.

Include the following expressions: Let's..... (go, play, make... any verb)
I will (meet, buy, call.... any verb)
Do you want to (go, watch, eat... any verb) ?

HOMEWORK

Go to the next link and watch the video. Watch it 2 or 3 times. Then, answer the questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAaiamabQo

A
1. What are they going to do?

2. What is the girl going to buy?

3. How long are they going to stay away from the city?

4. What will they do while they are camping? (Say 2 things.)

B
Ask 4 questions about the video in the future form. Remember: when we make questions we say the auxiliary first, then the subject, then the verb with the meaning. Examples: What is the girl going to buy? and What will they do?

Welcome back! 

After the holiday everybody has lots of  energy to pursue our main goal: improve your English!
In our lesson last Wednesday we practiced two future forms: going to - for plans - and will for predictions and actions that will probably  happen.
Most students are already getting the trick of it.

We listened to a conversation of two young people talking about their plans for vacation. Students practiced the dialogue and then role played it. They did a good job.


HOMEWORK

1. Make a list of things you can do for vacation. Write 10 things.

Example:   
Go hiking

2. Here is a short conversation:

A:  Do you have any plans for the weekend?

B:  I think I'll go hiking on Saturday. How about you?

A:  I’m going to relax at home.

Now write 4 short conversations like that changing the activities. Use the activities you wrote for Ex. 1.