sábado, 24 de mayo de 2014

Clothes: Cardigan, Wellies, Balaclava

Wednesday 21st May

Hello Everybody!

Are you enjoying your weekend? 

What did we do in class? We finished talking about shopping.

 We listened to Chloe, Ellen and Mathis. They told us where they prefer shopping and why.
Mathis prefers shopping on the net because there’s more variety. Ellen prefers the shops in the high Street because the shop assistants are friendlier and they chat with you. Chloe doesn’t like buying clothes in the street market or on the net because she can’t try them on.
What about you?
Where do you prefer shopping? In the High street shops, in the street market, on the internet, in shopping centres? What things do you like shopping in each place?

I usually buy clothes from the high street because they’re good quality.

To finish the topic of shopping, we focused on clothes.

We did an exercise on vocabulary related to clothes. Can you tell me which clothes do you wear…
… in your top half? …in your bottom half? …in your top and bottom half? …in your feet?

Anorak, tights, trousers, coat, vest, jacket, suit, tie, shorts, dress, stockings, trainers, jumper, shoes, boots, sweater, shirt, T-shirt, sandals.

We read about clothes with a tradition.

·         Do you know what a ‘balaclava’ is? It’s a woollen hat.
·         Did you know where it got its name from? From the battle of Balaclava, in the Crimea war.
·         What did you know about ‘wellies’? Not much; but now you know that they are the traditional rubber boots that we wear when it rains. And that they are named after (had their name from) Wellington, a British soldier.
·         What’s a ‘cardigan’? It’s   a short woollen coat with buttons. It got its name after another British soldier, Lord Cardigan.

We listened to the song ‘Imagine’, by John Lennon.
Can you answer these questions?

·        According to some religions, where do good people go when they die?
·        According to some religions, where do bad people go when they die?
·        Where can you see the clouds and the sky?
·        How do you call the action when somebody wants much more then they need?
·        What’s the noun for hungry?
·        What’s the opposite of ‘war’?
              
Imagine! Can you imagine all the people living life in peace?

And we finished the class with a rehearsal for our play: ‘Island for Sale’
We still have to improve some little things, but your performance was very good! Well done! Now, try to memorize your parts of the play.

Anyway, I hope you tell me who will be able to attend our end of course show. Please bring back the notices (pieces of paper) we gave you to let us know which of you we can count on!

Homework: find three photos or make three pictures of people and describe the clothes they’re wearing.

GAME 7

Player 1
8
Player 2
10
Player 3
10
Player 4
9
Player 5
9
Player 6
10

See you on Wednesday!


jueves, 15 de mayo de 2014

Shopping and a Theatre Play

Wednesday 14th May

Hello! How are things?

What did we do in our last class?

Well, we learnt the differences among several shopping places.
                   
·            Supermarket: is a place where you can buy different products: food, cleaning products, toiletries etc.
·            Street market: is a place where you can buy food and clothes. It’s in the street and the sellers use stalls to sell their products.
·            High street shops: different types of shops in the main street of towns or cities.
·            Department store: a big shop that has different floors (departments). They sell different products on each floor. E.g. “El Corte Inglés” “Harrods”etc.
·             Shopping centre (shopping mall – in American English): it’s a big place with lots of different shops inside. E.g. “Plaza Norte”, “Parquesur”

We revised vocabulary on clothes.

·            Can you tell me some clothes we wear on our top half?
·            On our bottom half?
·            On top and bottom half?
·            What we wear on our feet

Jason is wearing a flowery shirt, blue jeans and white and blue trainers.
Jeff and Lisa are wearing white shorts, striped T-shirts and sandals.

We went shopping for clothes.

Buying a T-shirt

C: Hello!
S: Hi! Can I help you?
C: Yes, please. Do you have this T-shirt in blue?
S: What size are you?
C: Medium.
S: yes. This is a Medium.
C: Can I try it on?
S: Of course. The changing rooms are over there.
________________________________________
S: How is it?
C: It’s fine. How much is it?
S:It’s £24.99
C: Here you are.
S: Your change. Thank you.
C: Bye.

Buying a pair of trainers

C: Hello!
S: Hi! Can I help you?
C: Yes, please. I’d like a pair of trainers.
S: What size are you?
C: 39.
S: What colour would you like?
C: White
S: These are Nike, these ones are Adidas. Which ones do you prefer?
C: Nike, please.
S: How are they?
C: They’re fine. How much are they?
S: they’re £49.99
C: Here you are.
S: Your change. Thank you.
C: Bye.
And we started reading the play we are going to perform for the end of the course!Its title is “Island for Sale” We selected the characters. Our casting is this:
Leaping Larry     Carlos
Duncan                Alejandro
Roxanne              Sandra
Jean                     Carlota
Storyteller            Noelia
Mr. Moneybags   Alberto

GAME 6

Player 1
5
Player 2
8
Player 3
10
Player 4
11
Player 5
12
Player 6
12
Have a nice weekend!

See you on  Wednesday!




sábado, 10 de mayo de 2014

What Would you Like' Do you Sell Envelopes?

Wednesday 7th May

Hi! How’s your weekend going?
                    
 It’s sunny and hot. It looks like summer, but it’s still spring.

What did you learn in our last class?

We learnt the names of different kinds of shops.
Chemist’s – greengrocer’s- fishmonger’s – baker’s – florist – confectionery – stationery – butcher’s – newsagent’s – hairdresser’s – shoe shop – book shop – clothes shop and of course, supermarket.

·                What can you buy at a greengrocer’s?
·                Where can you buy medicine?
·                What can you buy at the fishmonger’s?

·                Where can you buy lamb chops and sausages?

Then, we went shopping.

 We had three shoppers, customers and three kinds of shops. There was a souvenir shop, a chemist’s and a news-stand. The person who works in a shop is the shop assistant or the shop keeper. The shop assistant sells and the customer buys.
You had to follow the instructions written on your cards and go shopping. You had €13.

Dialogues went like this:

Shop assistant (S): Good morning, Can I help you.
Customer(C): Yes, please. Do you sell envelopes.
S: Sorry, we don’t sell envelopes. Maybe in the other shop.
C: Thank you. Good bye.
________________________________________________
C: Hello!
S: Hi! Can I help you?
C: Yes. I’d like some aspirins.
S: How many packets would you like?
C: Two, please.
S: Here you are. Anything else?
C: No, thank you. How much is it?
S: £3, please.
C: Here you are. Bye
S: Bye.
________________________________________________________________
C: Hello!
S: Hi! Can I help you?
C: Yes, please. Do you sell stamps?
S: How many would you like?
C: How much is each stamp?
S: they’re 40p each.
C: Can I have 20 stamps for Europe?
S: 1, 2, … 20; here you are. Anything else?
C: No, thank you. How much is it?
S: £9.
C: Here you are.
S: Your change, £1. Thank you.
C: Bye.

Don’t forget:
In English, we use a ‘point’(.) for decimals and a ‘comma’ (,) for ‘thousands’.
We usually write the currency symbols £, €, $ before the figure (number) and the fractions (small units like penny- pence, in plural- or cents) after the number.

£2,000   Two thousand pounds.  
 £115.95 one hundred and fifteen pounds ninety-five
13p thirteen ‘p’ Colloquially, British people say ‘p’ instead of ‘pence’
€2.50 two euros fifty
17c seventeen cents

Homework: write the name of ten shops and several items you can buy there. For example:

·           “Myriam’s” is a hairdresser’s or a hair salon. They wash, cut or dye your hair in here.
·           “Turkeys and chickens” is a butcher’s. You can buy meat, sausages, lamb chops and steaks in here etc.

And that was all!
Next day we’ll go shopping for clothes because we need to renew our wardrobes for the summer!

GAME 5

Player 1
11
Player 2
8
Player 3
10
Player 4
10
Player 5
7
Player 6
8
Have a nice weekend!

See you on Wednesday!