DO-PLAY-GO

Dear students!

This is a little summary from the lesson after the lab session:

When talking about sporting activities, Do, Play, and Go are the verbs you need to take into account. Here is how you have to use them:

- PLAY: Use this verb when speaking about any type of competitive game (play a game or sport against someone or some other team). For example: "Mike likes to play chess with his father".
- DO: With sport types that involve a number of related activities, or events within that one sporting type. For example: "My daughter enjoys doing exercises at the gym".
- GO: For those of us who enjoy doing activities alone, 'go' is the verb to use (physical activity that isn't a game or a group of activities or exercises). For example: "I love to go hiking in the summer".

Watch the video below to reinforce this teaching point.


To practice furthermore, visit THIS TEST from BBCLearningEnglish.com. You can either print out the test and aswer it using a pen, or copy it and paste it in a Word document, and e-amil it to us with your answers. This activity WILL count towards the "Instancia Flexible".

At the Lab this Week

Hello dear students!

This is your agenda during your visit to the lab:
1. Listening activity: Practice your listening skills by playing several audio recordings you will find in this website: English Club.
2. Do a google search about the different uses of the following verbs: DO-PLAY-GO. Some links you can visit are: esl.about.com, englisch-hilfen.de, and others you will find at google.
3. Become more familiarized with standarized tests in English. Also, search for them in google.
4. Look for an article about extreme sports. Then read it and be ready for a verbal presentation of what you read.

Let us have fun learning this week at the lab!

Hi dear students!

As a complement to your "guía" about the active/passive voice (10A and 10D received it today, 10B and 10C will have it tomorrow Thursday) we are posting this presentation.

We hope it will help you understand better the activities included in your "guía".

In order to practice you can click here and do the activities you will find in that website. Also, once you feel more prepared you can take this online test.

Active And Passive Voice(Good!)

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Speaking Rubric

On the day of the instancia, your speaking skills will be assessed according to the following rubric:

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The average cannot be higher than 2.5 points (50% of the instancia final grade). Therefore, each entry is worth up to 0.5 points.  

First Listening Activity

Dear students,

Our recommendation is that you practice at home the listening activity you did in class this week. Just click on the mp3 player entitled "First Practice - Duncan Short". 

Remember that the first instancia is approaching (either Monday or Tuesday depending on the groups. You can check this in the very first entry of this blog).

Finally, keep in mind that you can only achieve excellence in what you do through practice!

Audio file extracted from Get on Track to FCE - CD1, Track 4.

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Grammar Review: Present Simple & Present Continuous

A. Present simple: facts, habits and routines

1. My dad speaks Russian fluently.

2. I usually learn three new words every day.

B. Present continuous: temporary actions. 

3. My brother is studying Italian this year/at the moment. 

C. Present simple or continuous?

- state verbs

4. I know (NOT am knowing) English well.

- with a change of meaning

5. I think French is very difficult. (my opinion)

6. I'm thinking of learning German. (I'm considering the idea)

From the textbook: Get on Track to FCE, page 10. 

(For educational purposes only)

Goal of the Year for 10th Grade

 

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Instancias Dates, Goal, and Achievement Rubrics

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