What did we do on Wednesday, 14th of May 2014?

1. The first thirty minutes we met a man who did many magic tricks.

2. Then, we went back to the classroom an the teacher gave us the exams' results and our individual marks with a comment giving advices and congratulating us.

3. Finally, we ate home-made coconut biscuits and wine gums that the teacher brought to the class. They were delicious!

Recipe for coconut biscuits: 
http://elcuadernoderecetas.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/galletas-rellenas-de-coco.html

The Beatles. Mural made by all students working in group.

What did we do on Friday, 9th of May 2014?

1. Some classmates did their presentation.
2. We finished the mural of The Beatles and played to the Pictionary in English. We had a lot of fun!

My students' Music Reports

ONE DIRECTION

One direction is a pop group from England. There are five members. Niall Horan and Liam Payne play the guitar and Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles sing.

The band made their first album in 2011. They had a big hit with the song "What makes you beautiful". The group became famous in "The X Factor" and went on a world tour. 

One Direction recorded their second album in 2012. The song "Up all night" went to number one in the charts in England.

Written by Alba Pelayo Fernández

MECANO

Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and was active until 1992.

There were three members:

-        Ana Torroja, the singer.

-        Nacho Cano, the songwriter.

-        José Cano, the composer.

Mecano used to sing pop rock with elements of ballad, dance, tango, rumba, salsa, reggae…

The band made their second single in 1981: “Perdido en mi Habitación”. 

  

Some songs are:

-Me colé en una fiesta.

-Hoy no me puedo levantar.

-Hijo de la luna.

-Maquillaje.

They were famous in all the world.

The French version of “woman against women” reached number one on the national sales charts. 

Written by Sonia

MILEY CYRUS

Miley Ray Cyrus (Nashville, Tennessee, November 23, 1992), born Destiny Hope Cyrus, is an American actress and singer. She gained popularity in 2006 for playing the role of Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel Original Series, Hannah Montana. With the success of this franchise, became a teen idol.            

                                       

 Miley last year opted to change her hair style and changed the way of dressing and behaving at concerts halls. I love Miley Cyrus because she sings very nice and the songs are happily. In Jaunary I saw Miley in concert.  ¡ I´m her fan number 1!  

Written by Carmen Luna

BEYONCE

Beyonce is a famous pop singer from USA. Beyonce made the first album in 2003, it's called 'Dangerous in Love'. Beyonce's first album was very famous and had five Grammy Awards.

Beyonce became famous and went on a world tour. She was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA. 

She is my favourite singer.

Written by Laura Gaspar

DAVID GUETTA

David Guetta was born in 1967. He's 46 years old and nowadays he continues recording songs. He's a DJ. He likes electronic music and house music. He has songs like....?

My favourite song is this one: 'Play Hard'. He is a famous singer. He is my favourite singer because he sings electro music.

Written by Elías

ONE DIRECTION

One Direction is an international famous pop band. It was created in 2010 by the program "The X Factor". Simon Cowel, one of the famous jury, put Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik together in the band that today travels around the world meeting their fans.

On Friday, 23th July at 8:22 p.m Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn were chosen to go to stage. Then, they received the notice that changed their lives.

Their first single was What makes you beautiful. Now, this song has more than 500 million visits on Youtube.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E)

Their first album was Up all night and recorded songs like Gotta be you, One Thing or More than this.

Then, they recorded their second album, called Take me home. This album includes songs like Live while we're young, Little things or Kiss you. Live while we're young was their first hit of this album.

Later, in early 2014, they recorded their 3º album called Midnight Memories, with songs like Strong, Happily or You&I. This last is their recent single with more than 27 million visits on Youtube.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqQDCxRCzM)

Written by Inma

Camarón and Paco de Lucía

Camarón was born in San Fernando, Cádiz. He was the best flamenco singer. His guitar player was Paco de Lucía and the two were the best flamenco performers. 

Camarón died very young.

Written by Antonio

SHAKIRA

My favourite singer is Shakira. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is 37 years old and now, she is very happy because she and her boyfriend had their first son, Milan. I don't like that name. Her boyfriend is the FC Barcelona player, Gerard Piqué. I like him. 

She sings and composes many types of music: pop, rock, etc. Her last single 'Can't remember to forget you' is my favourite but I like 'La Tortura', ' Ojos así' and 'Waka-waka' too.

I love the way Shakira dances. She dances very fast and very good, it's incredible!

Written by Estela

What did we do on Wednesday, 7th and Thursday, 8th of May?

1. On Wednesday, we representated a role-play and then we started a mural about The Beatles.

2. On Thursday we made our oral presentations and then we continue working on our mural; it is almost finisthed! We are working in small groups and each group has a different function. We are doing the mural altogether.

My bank holidays

On Wednesday night I went out with my friends and I went to bed because I was tired!!

On Thursday morning, I went to the beach with my mum. In the afternoon,I went to Arroyo de la Miel because my godparents and their children live there. They went to Paris and brought me a gift. At night I went out with my friends.

On Friday morning, I went to Laura's house with my friend Carmen. In the aftenoon I also went to Laura's house. At night, I stayed in my house and I went to bed early.

On Saturday,my mum and my brother went to the beach but I didn’t go because I did not feel well. In the afternon,I went out with my friend Alejandra.

Today is Sunday and it is THE MOTHER'S DAY. Today I'm going to study.

Written by Alba Pelayo

My bank-holidays were fantastic and very interesting because on Wednesday and on Thursday I went to the beach and played with my friends and family. My aunt was in a hotel,  it´s in Marbella and on Friday he invited my mum, dad, sister and grandmother to spend the day in the hotel. The hotel was comfortably. 

On Saturday I was in a competition of dance with my friends in the stadium and we won.

We are very happy and the dance teacher too. And on Sunday I did my homework.

Written by Carmen Luna

On Friday my friends came to my house because we had to do a role-play and an oral presentation. We really enjoyed it and had fun. We did a short theater and we were many hours. On Saturday I was in my house. On Sunday I congratulated my mother for her day.

Written by Laura Gaspar

On holidays I did lots of things. On Thursday I stayed at home because I had a terrible headache, but now I'm better. On Friday morning I was helping my mum cleaning the house. In the afternoon, I went with my mum to the beach. My brother was playing a football match and he lost. My dad was at the football match with my brother. At the beach, we met my friends and my aunt. We had a great time there. 

On Saturday morning I was trying to do all my homework but I couldn't continue because I had a headache again. In the afternoon I was better and we went to the supermarket Carrefour. We bought a lot of food, hair products, body products...and then we went to Marenostrum. We played bowling and I won. We went there because my brother did his homework and it is a little strange because he doesn't like doing them. Then, we went to Burger King. I ordered a Long Chicken.

On Sunday I studied and I went with my family to the beach.

Written by Sonia

Last weekend I did different things. On Thursday I went to Almayate and I played ping-pong and football and did kayak. On Friday I went to Albert's house after I did my homework. On Saturday I played in a paddle competition with my friend Marcos and I lost, but it is an exciting experience.

On Sunday morning I ate with my grandparents because it was the mums' day! And in the afternoon I painted my art project.

Written by Elías

I have been in Malaga with my family. On Saturday I went cycling with my mother. In the afternoon we were shopping and I bought two short trousers. Then, we went home and watched television. On Sunday we went for a three-hours walk. I cycled and my parents walked. 

Written by Antonio

What did we do on Monday, 5th of May 2014?

1. We did a grammar check

2. We did a reading: BEATLEMANIA! and corrected exercises

3. Teacher gave us time to practise our role-play

What did we do on Wednesday 30th April? 1.º C

1. We corrected homework altogether.

2. We played to the game 'How did I do it?' to activate background knowledge and review past simple verbs and adverbs of manner. The teacher gave sweets to the winners and participants.

1. Worksheet of past simple verbs (text with pictures).

2. Writing about my bank-holidays.

3. Study for the grammar check on Monday and prepare the role-play and oral presentation for next Wednesday, Thurday and Friday. We also have to prepare the MUSIC REPORT (80 words minimum), we have time until next Friday.

4. Enjoy my bank holidays!

My students' work of art - Families of Instruments

 Rafa López, Carmen Luna, Alba Pelayo, Inma Izquierdo, Sonia Martín and Laura Gaspar

Nissrine, Juanma, Estela, Álvaro, Adri and Borja

Antonio Muñoz, Elías Pérez, Álvaro Ramos, Paco trujillo and David Vilanova

What did we do on Monday, 28th of April 2014? 1.ºC

1. We listened to the song of the unit and sang it

2. We corrected homework altogether

3. We did a funny activity related to instruments 

Page 94 Students' book: 2, 3, 4 + EXTRA PRACTICE

Page 95 Students' book: 5, 6, and 7

Writings from students

What did I do last week?

On my holidays I went to Madrid and Córdoba. On Monday I was in Madrid with my family and we went to a shopping centre; it was very funny to me.

On Tuesday we visited the museum and art gallery; I saw statues and pictures. On Wednesday we travelled by train to Córdoba. I saw the processions on Thursday and Friday; I loved the Córdoba processions.

We were at home on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday afternoon I did homework...and these were my holidays.

Written by Carmen Luna

On Easter week I went to the city centre to watch processions with my mum and my friend. Then, at the weekend, I painted my bedroom: half up blue, half down green and in the middle a lot of black horses.

Written by Inma Izquierdo

On Easter week I went to the city centre all the days except tuesday, because I went to the shopping centre to buy a party dress. 

I like Easter week because I go out and I meet my family.

Written by Sonia Martín

This Easter I had a great time and I went every day to the city centre of Malaga. I saw brotherhoods and the day I liked most was the Holy Tuesday. I went with my cousins to see processions. 

On Thursday I also had lots of fun because I saw the Christ of Mena and it is the most important day.

Written by Francisco Miguel Trujillo (Paco)

My Easter week was very fun. On Monday, I went with my grandparents to the city centre, but in the afternoon I didn't practise my favourite sport because it was rainy. On Tuesday, I studied. Later, I went to the city centre and I saw many processions.

On Wednesday, I studied but in the afternoon I went to the Consul, my favourite place. On Thursday, I was at Albert' s house all the day.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday I participated in a paddel tennis competition and I won.

Written by Elías Pérez

On Easter week I didn't go to the centre because I don't like processions.

On Monday I went to a restaurant in Torremolinos with my cousins, my uncles, my brother and my parents. On Wednesday and Saturday I went to the beach with my mum and on Sunday I went to the cinema.

Written by Alba Pelayo

This Easter I went to my village. I've been at my grandparents' house. I have seen many processions and I have eaten a lot of ice creams. 

Written by Antonio

On Easter I went to Algeciras and I went to two processions. I liked the procession of Algeciras because it was very beautiful but it was small for me because the processions of Malaga are very big.

Written by Laura

What did we do on Friday, 25th Apirl 2014) 1.ºC

1. We listened to the song of the unit

2. We learnt what suggestions are and some structures to make suggestions.

3. We did a kind of quiz about making suggestions structures.

4. We did a mini dialog in pairs or groups of three making suggestions and presented it to the rest of the class.

5. We played a game called 'How did I do it?' and we practised the past simple affirmative and adverbs of manner. We learnt having fun.

Homework

The teacher was having such a great time that forgot setting homework for the weekend.

Music report

Examples of writing a music report (1 point)

MAROON 5

(Students' book, 99)

Maroon 5 are a rock group from Los Angeles. There are five members. Adam, James and Mickey play the guitar, Jesse plays the keyboard and Matt plays the drums.

The band made their first album in 2002. They had a big hit with the song 'She will be loved'. The group became famous and went on a world tour.

Maroon 5 recorded their second album in 2007. The song 'Makes me wonder' went to number one in the charts in the USA.

KATY PERRY

Katy Perry is a singer, song-writer and actress from California. She listened to gospel music and sang in a church when she was a child but now she is a pop singer and gives great concerts.

The singer recorded her first album on 8th February 2001 but it was unsuccessful. She launched her second album called 'One of the Boys' in 2008 and she became an international artist with her controversial single 'I Kissed a Girl". 

Katy Perry launched her third album 'Teenage Dream' in 2012. Five songs of this album were number one singles: 'California Gurls', 'Teenage Dream', 'Firework', 'E.T.' and 'Last Friday Night'.

Making suggestions

Language for making suggestions (BBC LEARNING ENGLISH)
Question opener	+ subject	+ infinitive
Why don't	I you we they	buy a T-shirt? go to the beach? meet at the cinema? buy the present? plan a surprise party?
Why doesn't	he/she
Shall	I we
Question opener	+ could	+ infinitive
I, you, he, she, we	could	decorate the room eat pizza
Sentence/question opener		+ infinitive
Let's Why not		make a cake! make a cake?
Question opener		+ verb + ing
How about		going to the opera?
What about		watching a film?

Accepting suggestions:
That's a good idea!	Es una buena idea
What a good idea!	Qué buena idea
That's a great idea!	Es una idea estupenda
That's not a good idea!	No es buena idea
That sounds good	Suena bien
Sounds like a good idea	Parece una buena idea
Ok. Yes, let's	Vale, venga vamos
Yes, I'd like to	Sí, me gustaría
Yes, I'd love to	Sí, me encantaría

Refusing suggestions
No, let’s not	No, no lo hagamos
No, I’d rather not	No, prefiero no hacerlo
I don’t feel like it	No tengo ganas
What an awful/bad idea!	¡Qué idea más mala!
No, SUJETO + can’t	No, no podemos
That’s not a good idea	No es buena idea

SHORT EXAMPLES FOR ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITY "Making Suggestions" (2 points)

Example 1: 

(Frank): I am very bored today

(Pilar): Let's go to the beach!

(John): I think that's not a good idea, it is going to rain.

(Pilar): Why don't we go to the cinema?

(Frank): That's a good idea! Let's buy the tickets!

(Carmen): Shall we watch Spiderman?

(Pilar): No, we can't, Frank and I watched it last week.

(John): Why not watch Iron Man?

(Frank): Fantastic!

(Pilar): No, no, Carmen and I don't like science-fiction films; we want to watch a romantic film. We could watch Letters to Juliet.

(Frank): John and I don't like romantic film. How about watching a comedy?

(Carmen): That's a great idea!

Example 2:

Alice: Hi, Alan. Why don't we go to the cinema to watch Titanic?

Alan: No, let's not. We have wathed the film many times before. What about going to the library? We have to finish our school project!

Alice: That sounds like a good idea but what about going to the café when we finish?

Alan: Yes, I'd love to.

Example 3:

Mum: Grandma comes tomorrow. Why don't we cook a special meal?

Sara: That's a great idea! Let's eat pizza!

Dad: What an awful idea, your grandma hates pizza!

Sara: Ok. How about cooking pasta?

Mum: No, let's not, grandma doesn't like pasta. What about cooking lentil soup?

Sara: Lentil soup? That's not a good idea mum, I hate eating lentil soup. 

Mum: Well, shall we cook roast beef?

Sara: Mum, we can't! I am vegetarian!

Dad: Why not go to a restaurant?

Mum and Sara: That sounds like a good idea!