500GMB+(Gracia)


 * Date || Exercises || Composition ||
 * 15/02/2018 ||  || Essay - Gun Control

Click here to see the task

Remember, you are CAE students now, so you should use the CAE Useful Phrases for Essays from the Writing page on this wiki

YOU HAVE TO BUY THE TEXTBOOKS ON THE CIC WEBSITE AND COLLECT THEM WHEN YOU COME TO CLASS ||
 * 20/2/2018 || Read this article and be prepared to summarise it to me in class on Thursday

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/10/bring-back-conversation-by-shutting-up-and-listening

Make notes on any new vocabulary. You must find at least 10 new, useful words or expressions and write them in your vocab book. ||  ||
 * 22/02/2018 ||  || Essay - Differences between children and adults

click here for the task

Remember to use the useful phrases!

Include some inversions and some cleft sentences!

Read these articles first to get useful language and ideas

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-3-things-that-make-you-an-adult-2016-1 . . . . ||
 * 1/3/2018 ||  || SB pg 34 - Report How young people feel about older people

Make sure you do the preparation exercises here and check your answers by looking at the model answer on pg 192

Read this article to get some more ideas and useful language

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/04/old-ditch-ageist-stereotypes https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/30/how-why-older-people-valued-knowledge-experience . . ||
 * Thursday 8/3/18 ||  || No new composition,

Do all the corrections you owe me up until now. . . || . . ||  ||
 * Tuesday 13/3/18 || SB pg 50/51 Reading (Ex 4,5,6)
 * Thursday 15/3/18 ||  || Review - A children´s film
 * Thursday 15/3/18 ||  || Review - A children´s film

Write a review about a film that had a big impact on you when you were a child.

Make sure you look at SB pg 54 for help and the back of the book for an example of a review.

Watch this prezi to get an idea of how to do it first.

DON´T just tell me what happens in the film!

Use the paragraph plan and the useful phrases from the prezi

Find the useful phrases collected in a document here . . || 20/3/18 || SB pg 56, 57 (progress test 1, whole test) . . ||  ||
 * Tuesday
 * Thursday

22/3/18 ||  || SB pg 66 Essay: preserving cultural heritage

Remember to use the useful language for essays.

Make sure you read this first. It will help you to construct a good essay.

Please also use language from here. ||
 * Tuesday

3/4/18 || SB pg 62 Ex 2. 4, 5, 6 SB pg 64 4 ||  ||
 * 5/4/18 ||  || COmplete the practice tests that I gave you in class. We will correct it in class.

For extra exam practice, go to the "study books" section and download some pdf test books with the answers. . . || . . ||  ||
 * 10/4/18 || Do a Use of English and Reading practice test from the "study books" page of the wiki. Focus on the parts you find hardest.
 * 12/4/18 ||  || Read some of your book that you should have already chosen and started to read!

Keep a vocabulary diary. (Look up and record new words and expressions you come across in your book)

I will ask to see this! . . ||
 * 17/4/18 ||  || Same as before!

Read your book and keep a diary of new vocabulary and expressions!

I will check you have done this. . . ||
 * 19/4/18 ||  || SB pg 86 Proposal: Ex 5 (studying abroad)

Use the useful phrase for reports and proposals.

Look at the examples from the back of the textbook.

Make sure you read the advice on the useful phrase sheets!! ||
 * 24/4/18 || SB pg 89 Ex 6, 7 (vocabulary of brain and mind)

Make sure you copy it neatly into your notebook . . . ||  ||
 * 26/4/18 ||  || SB pg 167 (Unit 14, writing focus) - Essay: Ways in which schools could encourage young people to train for careers in science

YOU HAVE A PROGRESS TEST ON THURSDAY 3RD MAY (WRITING PART 1) . . ||
 * 15/5/18 || Click the link below to practice the grammar we looked at in class.

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0105183

Create an account and download the Kahoot app to your mobile or tablet.

Make your name something that will allow me to know who you are.

eg., mine would be timc500GMB . . . ||  ||
 * 17/5/18 ||  || SB pg 96 - Email to a friend

(Use the help from this page and also from SB pg 190)

There is lots of nice language on SB pg 190. You can also use the FCE useful language.

You need to demonstrate your knowledge of Engish by using lots of vocabulary that is specific to the topic.. . ||
 * 22/5/18 || Complete the UoE handout I gave you in class on Tuesday.

Try to complete the whole thing in 30 minutes. (set a timer and aim for 30 minutes. You can use extra time if needed, but practising to time is very important) . . ||  ||
 * 24/5/18 ||  || Practise for the exams from the books in the "study books" section. You can find the audio here too to practise the listenings. ||