Class activity week 13

Students found pictures of people in the newspaper and cut them out. They then put 9 pictures on a grid and brainstormed adjectives which could be used to best describe the people. The students used their grids to play picture "bingo" by calling an adjective and crossing a picture if it could be used to describe someone on their grid.Students then discussed the appropriateness of their decisions.

Week 11, Requests and offers

Students practised requests and offers. They designed a menu and engaged in a restaurant role play which was recorded for further critique

Present perfect phrases

Students watched short clips from movies using phrases in the present perfect.
They worked in groups to write the phrases using the present perfect.

Vocabulary - mind-maps

 

 

 

Students started to collate vocabulary related to their major by sketching out a brief mind map.
This may help them with vocabulary for their presentation in the communication class.

 

A1, Lancaster/Birmingham

Students prepared questions in the past simple to ask a partner. Next week they will write the answers and add to their portfolio.

Vocabulary/dictionary

Students have started preparing vocabulary to create a dictionary.

Present simple, present progressive

Students practised using the simple present and present progressive tenses.

Students worked in groups to choose the appropriate tense according to the time clause coming to the white board to complete and correct sentences.

Mind map contest

Students prepared mind maps to develop their vocabulary relative to the weekly topic.

The mind map will be entered in the inter class competition in week 17

Mind maps

Students worked in groups to find vocabulary related to their topic.

Using the vocabulary the groups prepared mind maps related to the term topics.

Present continuous and prepositions of place

Students found pictures to describe  to demonstrate their understanding of the material covered.

Week 12 Student work - Mr. John

The students worked on writing dialogues this week to practice the functions related to shopping. It was also an opportunity to review vocabulary and forming questions.

Having written their dialogues students were then able to practise them.

It was a useful opportunity to develop relevant vocabulary and phrases which they can relate to their daily lives.

Week 11

Students worked on "Mind Maps" to build their vocabulary and study skills.
They worked in groups and were able to find quite a lot of vocabulary related to their topic. They were also quite creative in their presentation.

Mr. John's Class B103 and B104 Semester 1 2014-2015 - students work - group mind-maps