Past Simple and Past continuous.

After your mates have explained the uses and forms of these tenses, enter on Isabel's site to read the explanation about the forms and uses of the past simple and the past continuous.

Isabel's site

Now copy the form and uses on your notebooks.

Finally do the exercises on the webpage.



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Great escapes

Hi!
Today we are going to start our second unit.

Here is the song called 'The Great Escape' by Boys Like Girls.



Who can explain what is the topic of the song?

Now we can listen and read the lyrics:




You can read this Wikepedia tag to see what the band meant with this song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(Boys_Like_Girls_song)

Advertising campaigns

Watch and enjoy these advertising videos and write your opinion (model on page 14).

Urban Tribes Computer Presentation.

Urban Tribes

Today we’re going to prepare computer presentations on urban tribes. In this pair activity you will have to find out information about them and create a powerpoint presentation or alike.

Deadline: Friday, October 17.

Follow these steps:

1. Research on books or internet before starting to create your presentation.

2. Organise the information.

3. Now you can start your PowerPoint Presentation or alike. If it’s the first time you do one, watch online tutorials. Here you have some examples:

How to create a PowerPoint Microsoft Presentation

4. Order of your slides (Don’t forget to save your work every so often):

First slide:

• Write the name of your urban tribe.
• Add an image.

Second slide:

• Describe its clothes and physical appearance (Use the present simple tense)

Third slide:

• Describe what they do and its lifestyle. (Use relative sentences).

Fourth slide:

• Include optional information (e.g. famous people…). Free your creativity to add whatever you think it can be interesting for us.

Fifth slide:

• Sign your work.

6. Now you have your presentation ready, save it to a memory stick and give it to your teacher. (Deadline: Friday, October 17)

7. All the pairs will show their work  to the rest of the classroom on Monday, October 20.

Don’t forget to prepare your oral presentation.

8. The whole class will choose the best work and it will be uploaded to our blog.

Enjoy your work!