09.12

  • OUR UNIT 3 TEST WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 13.12.

    Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up our brains

    Notebooks: In our notebooks we looked at silly photos and tried to answer the question: „What’s going to happen?“
    He/she is going to…
    They are going to…

    Unit 3 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, dancer, fans, bass guitar, stage, drum kit, bodyguards

    Review Game: We reviewed for our unit test with a Jeapordy and a Bamboozle game.

    Student’s Book: We worked through Page 38 and 39 in the Students Book. We read and listened to our unit story.

6.12

      • Page 37 in the Workbook are assigned as Homework for 13.12

        Intro: We began class with a game of Hotseat to practice our words.

        Notebooks: In our notebooks we looked at different survival scenarios and wrote in our notebooks a plan to survive in those situations.
        I am going to…
        I am going to…
        I am going to…

        Unit 3 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, dancer, fans, bass guitar, stage, drum kit, bodyguards

        Music Genres: We dicussed and listened to music from four important genres: Orchestral, Jazz, Rock, and Hip Hop.

        Student’s Book: We worked through Page 42 in the Students Book

02.12

  • Pages 36 (ONLY ACTIVITY 1) and 37 in the Workbook are assigned as Homework for 09.12

    Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up our brain.

    Notebooks: In our notebooks we imagined we were going to have a perfect day where we could do whatever we want: we wrote down four sentences about our plan for this day.
    At quarter past nine, I am going to…
    At half past three, I am going to…
    At ten to seven I am going to…
    At quarter to ten I am going to…

    Unit 3 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, dancer, fans, bass guitar, stage, drum kit, bodyguards

    Survival Plan Activity: Students chose four items to bring with them from a sunken ship and had to make a plan using our grammar for how to survive a desert island.

    Student’s Book: We worked through Page 40 in the Students Book

29.11

  • Pages 34 and 35 in the Workbook are assigned as Homework for 02.12

    Intro: We began class with a game of Timebomb to Practice Vocabulary

    Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote down our future plans using going to
    What are you going to do…
    this afternoon?
    this weekend?
    next summer?
    when you grow up?


    Unit 3 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, dancer, fans, bass guitar, stage, drum kit, bodyguards

    New Grammar: We introduce our second grammar of the unit; using past and to to talk about the time.
    Example: It’s quarter past three. It’s twenty to eleven.

    Going to practice: We played a bamboozle game to practice our new grammar, students looked at pictures and say what they thought was going to happen.

    Student’s Book: We worked through Page 36 and 37 in the Students Book

25.11

  • Pages 34 and 35 in the Workbook are assigned as Homework for 02.12

    Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up our brains.

    New Unit Introduction: To introduce our new unit, we listened to a short clip of music from each of the following genres: Classical, Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock, Rock N Roll

    Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote down our favorite music artisits and why we like them.

    Unit 3 Vocab Words: We introduced our new Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, dancer, fans, bass guitar, stage, drum kit, bodyguards

    New Grammar: We introduced our first grammar point of the unit. Using „going to“ to talk about future plans.

    Example: I am going to have a holiday in December.

    Build a Band: In small groups students came up with ideas and an album cover for a band. It included:
    What are you going to name your band?
  • What type of music are you going to play?
  • What are you going to name your album?
  • How long will your tour be? (Months)
  • Where are you going to perform? (Cities)
  • What instrument are each of you going to play?

    Student’s Book: We worked through Page 34 and 35 in the Students Book

22.11

  • Unit 2 Test: We reviewed for and wrote our Unit 2 Test.

    Students Absent on Friday will write the test on Monday, November 25th.

18.11

UNIT 2 TEST WILL BE ON FRIDAY 22.11

Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up our brains.

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote down our dream vacation destination and three things we have to bring and two things we don’t have to bring on holiday with us.

New Grammar: We practiced our second grammar point of the unit: using have to and don’t have to to speak about rules and obligations.
Example:
We have to bring boots to the jungle.
She has to clean her room before dinner.
I don’t have to leave early today.

Unit 2 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 2 Vocabulary: beak, toucan, jaguar, branch, creeper, anteater, sloth, anaconda, beetle, pool

Student’s Book: We worked through Page 26 and 27 in our Student’s Books. We read and listened to the Unit 2 Story.

15.11

PAGES 25 of the Workbook is assigned as Homework for 18.11

Intro: We began class by finishing and presenting our Ecosystem Projects.
Ecosystem Project: Students chose an ecosystem (Desert, Rainforest, Tundra, and Savanna) and researched the following questions about them:

Where are they?
What kind of plants are there?
What kinds of animals are there?
What is the climate (weather)?
2 Fun Facts


Hotseat: We played a game of hotseat to practice our Unit 2 Vocabulary.

New Grammar: We introduced our second grammar point of the unit: using have to and don’t have to to speak about rules and obligations.
Example:
We have to bring boots to the jungle.
She has to clean her room before dinner.
I don’t have to leave early today.

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote rules that our classmates would have to follow if certain numbers on a dice were rolled:
1: You have to sing the ABCs.

2: You have to compliment your partner.

3: You have to dance for 10 seconds.

4: You have to stand on one leg for 10 seconds

5: You have to do 5 push ups.

6: You have to spell a Vocab Word

Unit 2 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 2 Vocabulary: beak, toucan, jaguar, branch, creeper, anteater, sloth, anaconda, beetle, pool

Student’s Book: We worked through Page 25 in our Student’s Books.

12.11

PAGES 25 of the Workbook is assigned as Homework for 18.11

Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up our brains.

Notebooks: We looked at big numbers and practiced writing them as words in our notebook.
Example: 15,492 = fifteen thousand four hundred ninety two

Unit 2 Vocab Words: We practiced our new Unit 2 Vocabulary: beak, toucan, jaguar, branch, creeper, anteater, sloth, anaconda, beetle, pool

Ecosystem Project: Students chose an ecosystem (Desert, Rainforest, Tundra, and Savanna) and researched the following questions about them:

Where are they?
What kind of plants are there?
What kinds of animals are there?
What is the climate (weather)?
2 Fun Facts

Student’s Book: We worked through Page 30 and 31 in our Student’s Books.

05.11

PAGES 22 and 23 of the Workbook are assigned as HW for 11.11

Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up.

Notebooks: Students wrote and discussed wether they would have rather vist the African Savanna OR the Amazon Rainforest and 3 reasons why.

New Unit 2 Vocab Words: We introduced our new Unit 2 Vocabulary: beak, toucan, jaguar, branch, creeper, anteater, sloth, anaconda, beetle, pool

Student’s Book: We worked through Page 22 in our Student’s Books.

Halloween Party: We did some Halloween related activities and ate some candy.