This term we will show short films or segments of film or TV series including:
An introduction about the film: summary of the plot, information about the director, actors, etc.
Questions before watching the film
Questions while watching the film (optional)
Discussion questions after watching the film
Final conclusion
You must include interactive activities to work in pairs or small groups.
You can also include a game to play in class about the short film using the following application: learningapps.org (order the sequences of events, multiple choice, etc).
Here is a collection of websites where you can find excellent short films and the presentations created by my students last year. Create a Drive document including the links and discussion questions.
For the oral test you will have to describe a picture in English in pairs. Here are some structures you can use for this oral test taken from the British Council website.
What is in the picture?
In the picture I can see …
There’s / There are …
There isn’t a … / There aren’t any …
Say what is happening with the present continuous
The man is …ing
The people are …ing
It’s raining.
Where in the picture?
At the top/bottom of the picture …
In the middle of the picture …
On the left/right of the picture …
next to near
in front of in the background in foreground
behind
near
in the background / in the foreground
under
If something isn’t clear
It looks like a …
It might be a …
He could be …ing
Maybe it’s a …
Comparing and contrasting pictures
Both… and…/ … and… both
The common theme is …
…, whereas…
…, but…
…. In contrast,…
Unlike…,….
A/ One difference/ similarity (which stands out) is…
One thing that… and… have in common is…
One of the (few) similarities/ differences between… and… is…
Another/ An additional difference/ similarity (which is instantly apparent) is…
The most obvious/ important/ apparent similarity/ difference (for me) between… and… is…
A striking similarity/ difference is…
… and… are (quite/ very/ really/ really quite) similar/ different, for example…
… and…. are (quite/ very/ really/ really quite) similar/ different in terms of…
… is different/ similar, in that …
… and… have a lot in common, for example…
… and… don’t have much in common, but…
There are more similarities than differences between… and… For instance,…
The main similarity/ difference between… and… is…
The only difference/ similarity between… that I can see is…
In comparison to…,…
Compared to…,…
A/ One contrast between… and… is that…
… is (slightly/ a bit/ somewhat/ quite a lot/ a great deal/ substantially/ a lot/ much/ far/ much much/ far far) … er/ more… than
…. In a similar way,…
Contrasting… and…,…
The most apparent difference/ similarity between… and… is…
… and… share…
A more subtle difference is…
… differs from… in that …
Click here to see a video from the Bristish Council.
Here is a listening from Elllo website.
Here is another website to practise describing a picture.
Here are more videos to celebrate Super Friday. This is the song presented by Alejandra and Miriam. Listen to the song and complete the tasks on the following worksheet.
Here is a collection of cartoons created by different artists from around the world as a tribute to the French people after the terrorist attacks in Paris last 13th November.
On this post you will find activities to practise for your exam for unit 2.
Activity 1: Complete these activities on-line. Write the description of the character on the first page and translate it into Spanish in your notebook.
What are the parts of the body that appear in this interactive activity? Write the words in your notebook.
Activity 2: Listen to the description of these people. Choose a person and write the description in your notebook.
Activity 3: Listen to the following description and choose the correct person.
Activity 4: Now practise the plural completing the activities on-line. Write the words you can see in singular and plural in your notebook.
Here are two more videos to celebrate our second Super Friday!!!
The first video will be presented by Angie, David and Manuel.
YEARBOOK
Task 1: Answer these questions before the video:
How would you choose who deserves to be remembered?
How would you like to be remembered?
Task 2: Now watch the video
Task 3:Answer the following questions after the video
Do you think making an effort to improve is important enough to be remembered?
If you knew the end of the world was near would you tell anyone?
After watching this video, do you think it would be better to choose only a few people to remember, or not to remember anyone? Why?
HOMOSEXUAL DISCRIMINATION
Tamara, Sergio and Patricia will present two videos in class.
Firstly, they are going to see a short about homosexual discrimination, and then we’re going to show you a logic puzzle and you have to give us the answer.
Task 1: Watch the video.
Task 2:Now answer these questions.
What would you do if you find yourself in this situation?
What do you think about people like the “hotel man”?
What advice would you give them?
PUZZLES
Task 3: Now watch this video. Can you solve the bridge puzzle?
Task 4: Can you solve the puzzle of the gree eyes?
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