Would winning the lottery make you happier?

Activities

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About houses

I. Have you ever been to the UK?

II. Did you notice anything special about British homes?

III. Can you guess if these statements are True or False?

  1. It’s quite normal to have a washing machine in the bathroom in most British homes.
  2. There are no plug sockets in the bathroom.
  3. The bathroom is the room with the bath and toilet.
  4. In the bathroom you can turn the lights on and off with a little tug on a cord.
  5. There are outlets for electric razors up on the light in the bathroom.
  6. The toilet was moved from the outside into the inside during World War II.
  7. On the basin there are separate hot and cold water taps.
  8. There are 2 pins on plugs and all plug sockets have an on/off switch.

IV. Now, watch this video and check your answers to III.

V. Watch the video again:

  1. Answer ‘why’ to 4 and 7 above.
  2. Why aren’t the toilet and bathroom always in the same?
  3. What’s the meaning of the expression ‘to spend a penny’? What do you think is the origin for such a saying?
  4.  Note synonyms for ‘toilet’

VII. Watch this video at home and answer the following:

  1. What is the percentage of people in the UK living in houses instead of flats?
  2. Why is there often a garden in British houses?
  3. If there are two gardens in a house, how are they called?
  4. What do gardens usually look like?
  5. In which type of house is it more typical to have an attic?
  6. Which is the most common type of housing in the UK?
  7. Where are semis usually found?
  8. Why attics aren’t typical in bungalows?
  9. Where are bungalows typical?
  10. Where are blocks of flats mainly found?
  11. What type of people live in terraced houses?
  12. How are terraced houses called in the USA?

VI. Watch this video at home and write down the types of houses in the USA. Make sure you understand the difference between 1 and 2. Also, make sure you understand the characteristics of 4 and 5. We’ll talk about it next day in class.

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ESO2 Graded Reader Activities

Lionel Allorge [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or FAL], from Wikimedia Commons

The most important thing is that you have read, understood what you read and enjoyed yourself while reading.

Now you can do the activities in your book, the activities suggested below or you can complete 1 of these book reports.

  • Write a different ending
  • Create a cinema poster about the book you have read
  • Write a diary entry for one of the characters in the book
  • Interview one of the characters in the book
  • Write a description of a place in the book
  • Choose a different title for the book and explain why
  • Create a picture mini dictionary with new words you have learned while reading the book

As for the book reports, choose the one you like best. You can also create your own book report by using canva.

11 x 17 book resport page

Picture

 

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MEGACITIES: NYC

I. Have you ever been to NYC? Do you recognise these NYC landmarks? Which would you like to see the most?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

II. Watch this video and check your answers. Order the landmarks from 10 to top 1.

III. Watch again and complete these sentences or answer these questions:

a) From the Staten Island ferry you get ____________.

b) When was Brooklyn Bridge built?

c) Which is the park you can go to when visiting Greenwich village?

d) What is found at the Rockefeller Center?

e) When was the Empire State built?

f) When is Times Square best experienced?

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Google Year in Search 2018

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Word of the year 2018

PLASTIC

  1. Why do you think Oxford Children’s Word of the Year is “plastic”?
  2. Watch this video and check. (up to 00:39)
  3. Which other words do you think have rocked it?

TOXIC

  1. As for adults, the Oxford Word of the year is “toxic”. Can you come up with phrases using “toxic”?
  2. Watch this video and check. (up to 00:15)
  3. After which 2018 events do you think the use of the word spiked? (up to 00:26)
  4. What was this word chosen to reflect?
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Types of shops

 

 

Tool to create mindmaps:

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ESO2 JANUARY UNIT

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BTX2 Reader book

BTX2 Reader book

Resultat d'imatges de great expectations oxford reader bookworms

 

Great Expectations (Ed. Oxford) ISBN: 9780194621175

Info here

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BTX1 Reader book

BTX1 Reader book

Macmillan Readers: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Pack

Info here

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