WONDER

 

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

U3 - THIS IS US

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

LEARN ENGLISH TEENS

EXERCISE

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: AS...AS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: TOO / ENOUGH

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

 

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS MEMORY GAME

HANGMAN

TEEN GAMES

Christmas vocabulary, una ficha interactiva de janinewilliams
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CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

Start by examining these question words.

QUESTION WORDS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You must answer thirteen questions.

2. Click on the questions to look for the answers.

3. Answer the questions in your notebook.

LET'S BEGIN

1.  What colours are Santa's clothes?

2. What do people call Santa Claus in Britain?

3. Who was the original Santa Claus?

4. What was his job?

5. In the poem, The Night Before Christmas, how many reindeer are there?

6. What are their names?

7. When do the Twelve Days of Christmas begin?

8.  In the song"The Twelve Days of Christmas", what present does the singer receive on the fifth day?

9.  Who are the three most important people in a Nativity Scene?

10.  What are the names of the Three Wise Men?

11. Look at the picture. What colour is the angel's dress?

12.  What animals have the shepherds got?

13.  How many days does an Advent Calendar represent?

Watch the video about Christmas in Britain and answer the following questions:

1. What Christmas traditions do they talk about in the video?

2. What craft do the children make?

3. What do the children make with their mother?

4. What do the children use to count down the days to Christmas?

5. What Christmas decorations do the children use?

6. What do the family eat on Christmas day?

7. Compare and contrast British Christmas traditions with your own.

'Twas the night before Christmas, una ficha interactiva de janinewilliams
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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas Mr Bean

THANKSGIVING

Watch the video and complete the activities below:

1. In the opening scene of the video, you can see some of the foods that people eat at Thanksgiving.  Write down as many different foods as you can.

2. When and where do people celebrate Thanksgiving?

3. What do people do at Thanksgiving?

4. Who started the Thanksgiving tradition?

5. How and why did they come to America?

6. What happened to them during their first winter in America?

7. How did a local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag, help them?

8. How and why was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

9. When did the first Thanksgiving take place?

a. The Winter of 1620

b. The Autumn of 1621

c. The Spring of 163

d. The Summer of 1682

10. When did Sarah Josepha Hale campaign to make Thanksgiving a national   holiday?

a. 1882            b. 1867              c. 1827              d. 1897

 

11. Abraham Lincoln declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated

a. Every Thursday of November

b. The first Thursday of November

c.The last Thursday of November

d. The third Thursday of November

 

12. When did Thanksgiving officially become a public holiday?

a. 1942                       b. 1842                   c. 2022                      d. 1862

 

13. What would have happened to the European immigrants if the Wampanoag tribe had not helped them?

a. They would have gone back to England.

b. They would have died.

c. They would have moved to a different place.

d. They would have killed the Native Americans.

 

14. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving today?

15. Which food is not mentioned in the video?

ham              mashed potatoes         chocolate cake               cranberry sauce

stuffing                       pumpkin pie                     green beans      

turkey                  pasta                    mac and cheese                    cauliflower  

 sweet potato casserole with marshmellows

16.  When will Thanksgiving be celebrated this year?

THANKSGIVING FACTS: CLICK HERE

VOCABULARY GAMES

HANGMAN

WORD SEARCH

CLOZE EXERCISE

Introduction

Describe what you're wearing.  Use colours to describe different items of clothing.

Which school materials are in your textbook but not in the video?

Watch the video.  What are your favourite subjects?  Which subjects don't you like?  What are you good at?  

When is your birthday?  Use ordinal numbers.  Ask your classmates when their birthdays are.  How many have birthdays in the same month as you?

Do the quiz.  Do you agree with the result?

Was anything interesting happening around the time you were born?  

At what time were you born?  Ask your classmates when they were born.

What's the weather like today?  What was the weather like on the day you were born? 

How much does your favourite celebrity make in a year?

Think of an object in the classroom.  Use a dictionary if necessary.  Tell your classmates where it is in relation to other objects.  Use prepositions of place.  Can they guess correctly?

Draw a family tree diagram on the board.  Describe your family.

Talk about yourself.  Ask a classmate about him or herself.  Tell the class about your classmate.

 

They Olympic Games 3

                                            

Spanish reading comprehension exercise, an interactive worksheet by JanineJoan
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Let's Play (Y8-U5)

PRESENT AND PAST ABILITY

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

 

A HELPING HAND (Y8-U4)

What is a GOOD DEED?

Watch the video and answer the following questions:
a.  What are your top 3 good deeds? 
b. Which one deserves the number 1 position.  Why?

Describe what you see in the picture below.

HELPING OTHERS: Reading Comprehension Activity

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES:

vocabulary activity

vocabulary activity 2

FUTURE TENSES

BE GOING TO + VERB    -    for plans and intentions

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

BE GOING TO / WILL     -    for predictions

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 3

ACTIVITY 4

ACTIVITY 5

Fresh Air (Y8-U3)

URBAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

Watch the video.  Note down the activities that appear.  Do you do any of these activities?

 WILL / WON'T IN SONGS

 WILL / WON'T: HARRY POTTER

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

FIRST CONDITIONALS

 in cartoons

in songs

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

Art and Design (Y8)

MATERIALS

ART

1. What are these works of art made of?

2. What are some materials the artist uses?

3. Which is your favourite sculpture?  Why?

GRAMMAR: PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE TENSE

DESCRIBING ACCIDENTS

ONLINE EXERCISES

1. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

2. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

3. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

4. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

 

THE REAL McCOY

1. Describe the picture.

2. Where do you think this is?  Why?

3. Watch the video ab out this country.  Write down some of the things you see.  

Have you ever visited a castle?  What was it like?

If you haven't visited a castle, what do you think a castle is like?

Write down your ideas.

Watch the video about a castle in Scotland. Is it the same or different to your castle?

Do you believe in ghosts?

Have you heard of places that are haunted?

Can you think of a ghost story to tell you classmates?

We are going to read a story entitled, "The Real McCoy".  What do you think this expression means?

the real McCoy

the original or true person or thing, and not a copy; authentic:

We’ve seen so many reproductions of the Mona Lisa, but when we were in Paris we saw the real McCoy.

Now read the story.

The Real McCoy and Other Ghost Stories by Janine on Scribd

Now, write your own ghost story.

 PLANNING AND PREPARATION

 Where is your story set?

Who are the main characters?

What are they like?

What is the conflict in the story?

How is the conflict resolved?

Draw two or three illustrations for your story.

 

 

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

1. Watch and learn.  Then do the activity.

FORM AND USAGE

ACTIVITY - IRREGULAR VERBS: PAST FORM AND PAST PARTICIPLE 

2.  Watch the video on how to use ever, never, just, already and yet.  As you watch, practise how to use these adverbs correctly.

3. Read the explanation on how to use the Present Perfect Tense with EVER / NEVER.
Then do the activity below.

VIDEO WITH EXPLANATION: GRAMMAR WITH GRAN

4.  Now watch the videos and then do the activities below.

ACTIVITY 1: PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

ACTIVITY 2: PRESENT PERFECT + JUST, ALREADY, STILL, YET

EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITY: PRESENT PERFECT + EVER AND NEVER

5.  Read the explanation on how to use JUST, ALREADY and YET with the Present Perfect Tense.  Then do the activity below.

ACTIVITY: EXPERIENCES

6.  Watch the videos on how to use JUST, ALREADY and STILL.  Then complete the activity below.

EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITY: JUST, YET, STILL, ALREADY

ACTIVITY: PRESENT PERFECT WITH EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, YET, SINCE

7. Watch the video on how to use the Present Perfect Tense with STILL, FOR and SINCE.  As you watch, practise speaking or writing using the ideas given.

8. Click on the links below to practise.

just, yet, still and already

for and since

ever, never, just, already, yet, still, for and since

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Explanation for Spanish speakers