Life Long English Achievement Project
Unit review
We reviewed all the vocabulary and grammar of unit 5, playing a game of pictionary to guess the vocabulary name, then reviewed the use of ‚It’s made of‘, and ‚It’s used for‘. Finally we went over the use of apostrophes to show possession of something.
Unit test
We did the unit 5 test.
Warm down
We watched a YouTube video about native Americans, and then finished the lesson with 2 rounds of Mafia.
Portfolio: We did possessive apostrophe review via word wall, all 10 in the portfolio.
Moving activity: I had students stand up and touch something made of…, touch something used for… around the classroom, then the students were the teacher and told me and others what to touch. Example: touch something made of plastic, touch something used for reading.
Vocabulary review: In pairs students did a word search/crossword with the vocabulary words. The first pair finished got to pick the video at break and students helped each other find the words
Kahoot: Students were divided into teams and we did a Kahoot to prepare for the test. Each group had a white board and marker and answered drawing the symbols to the corresponding answers. https://create.kahoot.it/details/75240a63-0da1-491c-ba6b-93ef92499f19?drawer=
Baamboozle: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/3184935
Mafia: We did one game of Mafia because both classes were mixed today and the students behaved super well!
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson.
Homework
A reminder that homework is set, page 59 of the workbook.
Warm Up
We warmed up with a game of Spelling Bee in reverse, where we had to work out what the sentences said when all the spaces had been removed, in teams on Bamboozle.
Wordwall
We practised the Unit grammar, ‚It’s made of‘, and ‚It’s used for‘ in a wordwall game
Flashcards
We practised the Unit vocabulary with a game of Fly Swatter.
Student’s Books
We read the unit story on pages 61 and 62 of the student’s book, and answered the first questions on the page.
Homework
Homework was assigned, page 59 of the workbook.
We reviewed last week’s homework, going over and checking the answers.
Warm Up
We warmed up with a game of scattegories in teams on Bamboozle.
Vocabulary
We reviewed the unit 5 vocabulary with the unit flashcards and a game of Around the World
Portfolios
We reviewed the unit grammar, the use of ‚It’s made of‘, and ‚It’s used for‘ by picking 4 objects from the picture and describing them.
Student’s Books
We completed page 60 of the Student’s Book
Unit vocabulary
We reviewed the unit 5 vocabulary using the flashcards
Unit grammar
We learnt about and discussed the unit 5 grammar points, the use of ‚it’s made of‘, and ‚it’s used for‘. We wrote examples of both of them in our portfolios
Wanted posters
We discussed how, in the Wild West, people could get rewards for catching outlaws and we made ‚Wanted‘ posters for our outlaws.
Student’s Books
We completed page 58 of the student’s book
Homework
Homework was set, page 58 in the Workbook
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson.
Flashcards
We listened to the audio of the new Unit 5 flashcards and learnt the vocabulary. Robbers, Jail, Wagon, Sheriff, Saddle, Pistol, Handcuffs, Rope and Barrel.
Unit 5 introduction
We watched a Youtube video explaining all about the Wild West, cowboys, and outlaws
https://youtu.be/Jq1J8DHgrJo?si=Smk8PB3ElpYGPNFM, and talked about the things we learnt in the video.
Portfolios
We thought about which one of 3 eras we would like to have lived in, and thought of 3 reasons why we would have liked to live then
Invent an outlaw
We thought of an outlaw, gave him/her a name, and thought about what they might have done that made them an outlaw, we had some interesting examples.
Warm down
We warmed down with a game of scattegories
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson.
Unit review
We reviewed the work we have done in Unit 4. Unit 4 vocabulary, ordinal numbers, conditional statements, and dates of the month
Unit 4 test
We did the unit 4 test
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson.
Homework
A reminder that homework is set for next week, pages 47 and 48 of the Workbook, due next Monday, 19th January.
Warm up
We warmed up our brains and got into English mode by playing a game of Mafia.
Flashcards
We practised the Unit 3 flashcards, making sure that we have all the words in our heads.
Portfolios
We worked on conditional statements…finishing the sentences
Willy Wonka
We watched a video of Willy Wonka to prepare for the Student’s Book topic today….strange food
Student’s Book
We completed pages 52 and 53 of the Student’s book
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson.
Homework
Homework is set for next week, pages 47 and 48 of the Workbook, due next Monday, 19th January.
Warm up
We warmed up our brains and got into English mode by playing a game of Mafia.
Flashcards
We practised the Unit 3 flashcards, making sure that we have all the words in our heads.
Portfolios
We thought about days that we would like to celebrate, and what date they would be on, and wrote about them in our portfolios.
Student’s book
We read the story on pages 50 and 51 of the student’s book, and answered questions about it, then finished the rest of the exercises on those pages.
Warm down
We finished the lesson and warmed down with a game of scattegories.
Class Dojo
We received Class Dojo points for coming to class Prepared and ready for the lesson
Homework
A reminder that homework is set for next week, page 46 of the Workbook, due next Monday, 12th January.
Student of the month
Student of the month for December was awarded.
Flashcards
We played Duel with the unit 4 flashcards to keep them fresh in our minds
Portfolios
We wrote about whether we would rather go a thousand years into the future, or a thousand years into the past, and gave 3 reasons why. Some interesting reasons were given
Calendars
On blank calendar months, we came up with a name for a new month, and 3 celebration days to practice ordinal numbers. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th,7th,8th,9th,10th
Student’s Book
We did page 48 of the Student’s Book, thinking about recipes and menus, thought of our own dinner menu, and presented it to the rest of the class, in pairs