Monday, 22nd October 2023

 TODAY IN CLASS

-Comentarios y dudas sobre la corrección de los writings.

-New activities proposal: Netflix / reading a short novel:

-Speaking > Mery Streep, Princess of Asturias Arts Award. In her speech she mentioned several Spanish celebrities. Who are they? Introduction to an interview with Penélope Cruz, watching and listening comprehension

-Expresiones de finalidad: to, in order to, so that, so as to.

-Listening en clase (fotocopia) entrevista Penélope Cruz

-Corrección del reading EBAU “Burglars”:

 1. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only True or False.

a)    Mrs. Cox takes her husband to hospital twice a month when she goes to London.   FALSE

 b)  Mr. Cox has suffered from Alzheimer´s disease for more than ten years.   TRUE

2.  In your own words and based on the ideas from the text, answer the following questions:

a) Explain why the house was empty that weekend.

b) What did the thieves do in Mrs. Cox´s house while she was away?

3. Find the WORDS in the text that mean:   a)leaving (paragraph 1) =    MAKING OFF - b)loot  (paragraph 1) = HAUL - c)closed (paragraph 1) = LOCKED -                 d)looked after (paragraph 3)= CARED

 4. Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given:

a) Mrs. Smith WHO had to go away, WAS TOLD  (tell) to be careful.

b) This week they HAVE VISITED (visit) the National Gallery of Art and learn a lot ABOUT Impressionism.

c) IF I had to go away, I WOULD  leave my dog to look after the house.

d) Thank you for WARNING (warn) me. I left all the windows OPENED (open).

PRONUNCIATION

bear /bear/, beard /biard/, beer /biar/, bird (berd/, blood /blad/, butcher /buchar/, drawer /droo/, famous /feɪmas/ ,flood /flad/, future /fiuchar/ heart /hɑaat/, hurt /hert/, husband /hasband/, literature /lítrechar/,lice, louse, month, mice, museum /miusíam/, nature /neichar/, tough, woman /wuman/, women /wimin/, word /werd/, world /werld/, work /werk/

HOMEWORK

-Listening (para completar) from Inside Out III Workbook, Track 21: NON-NATIVE ACTOR

-Reading comprehension: ANOTHER WORLD, chapters 1 & 2