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CLASS 10
Tuesday 28/4

HELLO EVERYONE. HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? RAINY AND GREY, BUT THE RAIN  WAS NECESSARY AND IT´S ALWAYS NICE TO BE AT HOME ON RAINY, GREY DAYS, RIGHT?

WELL, THOSE OF YOU WHO SENT AUDIOS AND THE WRITING EXERCISE DID QUITE A NICE JOB. THE BIGGEST  ERRORS  I FIND IN ALL ARE WORD FORMS. THIS IS WHY I INSIST THAT YOU KEEP A PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS LIKE THIS:

VERB                   NOUN                                      ADJECTIVE             ADVERB
TO RISK              RISK/RISKINESS                    RISKY                        RISKILY   
-----                      COURAGE                                COURAGEOUS        COURAGEOUSLY
                             LUCK                                        LUCKY                      LUCKILY
                             STRENGTH                              STRONG                   STRONGLY
                             CALMNESS/CALM                 CALM                        CALMLY
ETC...

THIS WILL HELP YOU TO USE WORDS CORRECTLY IN SENTENCES AND NOT SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, "THEY HAVE A VERY RISK JOB, "  WHEN IT SHOULD BE, "THEY HAVE A VERY RISKY JOB."

THE SECOND BIGGEST ERROR IS SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. LOTS OF MISTAKES LIKE, "TEACHERS HAS......"  OR , "THERE IS MANY JOBS THAT....." :-(

AND THIRDLY, THE WRONG USE OF ARTICLES. BE CAREFUL WITH "I THINK THE DOCTORS WORK.....  " WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL DOCTORS, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, ETC. IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC GROUP, YOU WOULD USE ´THE´.  "THE DOCTORS IN ARGENTINA ARE NOW REWARDED AS THEY SHOULD BE."

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR OWN AUDIOS!! LISTEN AND LISTEN AGAIN. FIND YOUR OWN ERRORS. THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXERCISE FOR YOU!

___________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE GO TO PAGE 28. WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE VERY RELEVANT TOPIC OF  HEROES, STILL. PLEASE  THINK ABOUT THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS IN A, READ THE PARAGRAPHS, FIRST QUICKLY FOR GIST, AND AGAIN MORE SLOWLY. DECIDE WHICH HEADING ABOVE IS MOST SUITABLE FOR  AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH OF THE WHOLE TEXT.


(YOU SHOULD HAVE ANSWERED, B, BECAUSE IT THE HEROES ARE ALL COMMON PEOPLE WHO PERFORM  THE HEROIC ACTS.

DO EXERCISE C AND D ON PAGE 29. USE YOUR DICTIONARIES, IF NECESSARY.

PLEASE, GO ON TO VOCABUARY. CHANGE THE NOUNS INTO ADJECTIVES. (I PUT SOME OF THEM ABOVE IN THE LIST.) THIS IS DICTIONARY WORK. TAKE THE TIME TO USE YOUR DICTIONARIES OR PHONES FOR THIS.

AND DO EXERCISE B.

SIMILES, EXERCISE 2. A SIMILE IS A PHRASE THAT USES LIKE OR AS TO  MAKE COMPARISONS. THEY´RE EASY AND FUN.

EXAMPLES:  AS IN EXERCISE, 2B:

AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER

AS QUIET AS A MOUSE

AS GOOD AS GOLD

AS FREE AS A BIRD

AS WHITE AS A SHEET

AS HUNGRY AS A WOLF

AS QUICK AS LIGHTNING

AS BUSY AS A BEE.

DO EXERCISE 1B.

EXERCISE 3 IS VOCABULARY RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTERS. EASY! (EASY AS PIE! THAT´S ANOTHER SIMILE!)

WORKBOOK: PAGES, 16 C, (WRITING) AND 2b, EX, A (VOCABULARY)  PAGES 16 AND 17. (NOT GRAMMAR YET)

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CLASS 9

BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET ME JUST SAY THAT I CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR STAYING WITH US! THIS IS HARD FOR ALL OF US, I KNOW. IT TAKES A LOT OF DISCIPLINE AND CONTINUITY ON ALL OUR PARTS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING AHEAD AND THAT THIS IS NOT A LOST CAUSE! JUST, DO YOUR BEST! I /WE ADMIRE ALL OF YOU!

HERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO PAGE 25 EXERCISES.

VOCABULARY

1. say thank you
2. tell the time
3. say hello
4. tell the difference
5. tell the truth
6. tell a secret
7. say so
8. telling a story
9. telling a lie
10. saying sorry

PRACTICE: (1 and 2 I gave you in your last blog page.)

3. My sister is moving to Australia where she will work as a nurse.

4. Mrs Davis, whose son won the lottery, is my next door neighbour. 

5. Vanessa, who is captain of the girls´football team, is a friend of mine. (could be the other way around, too, depending on what information is most important.)

6. Maths is a school subject which many people find difficult. 

Now, proceed to page 26, listening and speaking. This is about comic books and comic book heroes. Please read the discussion  questions and then listen to the radio  interview and complete the sentences in part C. Remember, you will have to listen several times and read the sentences as you listen. 

AUDIO:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KAf-Ko9U16yqcfwAG6Gn-Scg_mjctMQU

Now, please look at SPEAKING. Read the directions and when you think of your answers, send me an audio on Whatsapp, giving me your opinions. Try to use the vocabulary given. 

Next, go  on to page 27. This looks  like a lot, but it isn´t. It is super easy and you already know how to do it. 

Read the whole page, first. 

B. The directions are for you to write about the  person you most admire.

C. Here is a great example 

Here are the answers to D and E. 

D.

1. d
2. c
3. a
4. b

E. 

a. strict

b. enthusiasm

c. motivate

d. confident

e. fulful

f. appreciate

F. Here is another  great example but with errors corrected using a tyypical correction code.

G. This is the correct format that you must use.

Homework: Writing Task. Send this to me on a Word document, please. No workbook, yet.

NICE WORK!! HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND! STAY SAFE.

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CLASS 8

HI! HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?

WELL, LAST WEEK YOU READ AND ANALYZED THE DIALOGUE´THE MEETING OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND DIOGENES.` I HOPE THAT YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TO READ IT WELL AND LISTEN TO THE AUDIO SEVERAL TIMES. THE ANSWERS TO EXERCISE C AND D ARE BELOW:

C.              D. 

1. D           1. b

2. A           2. a. 

3. D           3. a

4. N           4. c

5. D           5. c

6.A

7.N

Workbook, page 14, VOCABULARY

1. wealthy     2. ancient     3. curious     4. powerful     5. trust     6. claims     7. recognise     

8. favour       9. possessions     10. response     11. luxury

Please go on to page 25, now. VOCABULARY, collocations with´say´ and ´tell´.These are set phrases in English and you have to learn them as they are. For example, the collocation in ex.

A. ...they know how to tell their friends from their enemies. This means that they recognise the difference between their friends and their enemies. 

Please look at the collocations in the box and see if you can complete the senteces. 

Now, in GRAMMAR we are going to look at relative clauses. Do you remember the relative pronouns that we studied last year? (Who, which, that, whose.) 

Please watch this video. It will explain the difference between a defining and non-defining relative clause. It isn´t difficult. 

Watch this several times, if necessary. Take your time!:

Now, look at the GRAMMAR box. I have given you the answers to A, B, and C. 

Relative clauses

A. Use who or that to refer to people.                 

     Use which or that to refer to things or ideas.

B. Look at the extracts.........                                                         

• Which of the two is incomplete without the relative clause?      Answer: The first sentence. (Wasn´t Diogenes the philosopher who the ancient Athenians called the ´dog´?)                        
• In which of the two sentences does the relative clause give       additional information?                                                Answer:In the second. (Diogenes, who lived in a tub, was only a poor philosopher.) O sea, esta informacion está demas.       Agrega mas informacion, nomas.                                                
• What is the difference in punctuation in the two sentences?     Answer: In the second sentence, the non-defining clause is    enclosed by commas.                                                                        

C. The first sentence above (Wasn´t Diogenes....) is a defining        relative clause.                                                                                 

     The second sentence above (Diogenes, who lived...) is a non-defining relative clause.                                                                                                                                     

Please look at Grammar Reference, too, on page 140. 

Now, please do PRACTICE, on page 25. I´ll help you with a few. 

1. Coffee is a drink which many people like to drink in the morning. (defining relative clause. The information is necessary.)

2. Elizabeth Brown, who writes children´s books, is giving a talk at our college. (non-defining relative clause. The information between the commas is extra information and is not necessary)

Ok, afterwards, please do GRAMMAR  in workbook, pages 14 and 15, exercises B and C, and LISTENING, D.

AUDIO.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YSx5is4ePIlKkXxyJgRca4-fwyAjFomb

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CLASS 7

HEY THERE! GOOD TO SEE YOU!

IN YOUR LAST CLASS, YOU READ THE INTRODUCTION AND EXTRACT OF IVANHOE. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF VOCABULARY. 

Here are the answers to exercises page, 23:

C.          D.           VOCABULARY         GRAMMAR          PRACTICE

1. b        1. d          1. off                            1. c                          1. went 

2. c        2. e          2. off                            2. a                          2.  were walking               

3. c        3. a          3. on                             3. b                          3. jumped                

4. a        4. f          4. on                                                             4. grabbed

5. b        5. b         5. off                                                             5. didn´t know

6. c        6. c         6. off                                                             6. was running

                             7. on                                                             7. began

                             8. on                                                             8. was trying

                                                                                                  9. wasn´t looking

                                                                                                  10. was going

                                                                                                  11. bumped

                                                                                                  12. fell down

Now, please do workbook, pages 12 and 13. 

For next week, please do page, 24 in your students books, listening and reading. Read the TIP box carefully and read the dialogue trying to understand the general meaning. Try to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary without looking the words up. Read it again, this time looking up any words you didn´t understand.

Then, listen to the dialogue several times. Finally, try to listen to it without reading. Close your eyes and concentrate on what you hear. Pay attention to the pronunciation. 

Audio

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VMiceI01vIpJuRvxT7UbPiXYLW52YQdC

Answer the questions  on page 24 (exs. C and D)

And in your workbooks, do only exercise VOCABULARY on page 14.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!

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CLASS 6

GOOD AFTERNOON! WELCOME BACK!!

HOW WAS YOUR LONG WEEKEND? 

I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU ALL WELL.

IN OUR LAST BLOG CLASS I ASKED YOU TO DO ROUND-UP IN YOUR STUDENT´S BOOKS AND IN YOUR WORKBOOKS.

 HERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO ROUND UP 

STUDENT´S BOOK.

 A.                   B.                  C.                                D.

1. a           1.a                 1. exhibition                1.  Who lives in that house?   
2. c           2.a                 2. organisers                2.  Where are you going?
3. d           3.c                 3. enthusiastic             3. How much does it cost?
4. b           4.a                 4. assistant                  4. Which dress do you prefer?
5. a           5.d                 5. misunderstanding   5. Who did Alice phone this morning?
6. b           6.c                 6.unhappiness             6. How many people attended/were there at the   
7. a           7a                  7. weakness                     concert?
8. c           8.c                 8. informal
9. d           9.c
10. b         10.d

E.                                WORKBOOK. A.                 B. 

are we going                                            1.used         1.c

think                                                        2. who         2.b       

went                                                         3.from        3.c        

enjoyed                                                    4. me          4.b

are travelling                                           5.When       5.b

sounds                                                     6. to            6.b

are you flying                                          7.get           7.a                  

´m leaving                                               8.ask 

are you doing

went

had, stayed

were

showed, Do you know

´m staying

means

LISTENING
1) c     2)c     3)a     4)b    5)b     6)c

PLEASE LOOK AT PAGE 2O IN YOUR STUDENT´S BOOK AND DO SELF-ASSESSMENT.

(YOUR PARCIALES WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISES IN ROUND-UP (SB))

Now, please begin unit 2. Start on page 21. Read, In this module you will.... to familiarize yourself with what we will be looking at in Unit 2. 

Please, go on to page 22, Reading, and follow the instructions. You will read the introduction to the classic story Ivanhoe, and then read the short extract from the book. Read the texts quickly the first time do understand the main idea. Try to guess the meanings of the words you do not know. Then, read them again, this time looking up any words you did not know.

B. What does the writer do in this extract:

a.express his opinion?

b.describe the main character in detail?

c.describe events and the characters´ feelings?

(The answer is c.    A and b are wrong because they only refer to certain parts of the text as a whole.)

Please, continue on page 23, ex. C and D and VOCABULARY. 

GRAMMAR. Now you are going to review past simple vs. past continuous. Please look at this video to refresh your memories: 

Please do the GRAMMAR box. Don´t forget to look at your Grammar Reference if you need to, page 140. 

Finish, with PRACTICE.

 I think that´s enough for today. Cariños a todos!!

i           

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CLASS 5

HELLO LEVEL 6! HOW ARE YOU? I HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL!    

PLEASE  WORK ON ROUND-UP, PAGES 18 AND 19 AND 20 IN YOUR STUDENT´S BOOKS.

TAKE YOUR TIME.  USE YOUR BOOKS, NOTES AND INTERNET TO HELP YOU.

HERE IS THE AUDIO FOR THE LISTENING EXERCISE, PAGE 20:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bUPN4Fi5Vz8O0hcD73Czti1QFwHArSZ9

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JYxwfrEAvl9Qn2ZEkbabZKSEiUL3Tt2b

ALSO, GO AHEAD AND DO ROUND UP IN YOUR WORKBOOKS.

LET ME KNOW IN PRIVATE WHATSAPP IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

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CLASS 4

☺☺ 

HELLO AGAIN! HOW ARE YOU? 

1. PLEASE LOOK AT LISTENING AND SPEAKING ON PAGE 15. YOU COMPLETED LISTENING IN THE LAST CLASS. NOW, I´D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT  SPEAKING. OBVIOUSLY, WE CANNOT SPEAK IN CLASS AT THIS MOMENT, HOWEVER, YOU CAN PRACTICE AT HOME. 

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE´S LIFESTYLES IN THE LISTENING EXERCISE AND PRACTICE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. COMPARE EACH LIFESTYLE WITH YOUR OWN.  LOOK AT THE VOCABULARY WORDS AND PHRASES BELOW. 

2. WRITING, PAGE 16. THIS TASK IS VERY EASY. IT IS A WRITING BASED ON PROMPTS. YOU READ SOMONE´S LETTER AND ANSWER THE LETTER ACCORDING TO THE NOTES/PROMPTS . SO , PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON PAGE 16 AND DO THE EXERCISES ON PAGE 17, EXERCISE E.

NEXT, PLEASE DO THE WRITING TASK. YOU ARE GOING TO ANSWER CLARA´S LETTER USING THE PROMPTS, JUST LIKE ANTONIO DID. YOU MUSN´T WRITE THE SAME LETTER AS ANTONIO, THOUGH!!  REMEMBER TO READ THE TIP.  

PLEASE SEND YOUR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TO ME IN A WORD DOCUMENT TO MY MAIL: fjcooper@ulp.edu.ar. 

WORKBOOK, PAGES 7,8 AND 9

 O

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CLASS 3

HI EVERYONE! I HOPE YOU´RE ALL WELL AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS TIME IN YOUR HOMES.

IN OUR LAST BLOG CLASS (2), YOU READ PAGE 12 ABOUT COLOURS. THE ANSWER TO PART B, THE MOST APPROPRIATE ANSWER IS A. LISTEN TO IT HERE:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=17zN5cNGctBmnioj9k2Svo5w_dyDUvd4G

MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU READ THESE TEXTS, THAT YOU LEARN THE NEW VOCABULARY.

ANSWERS TO EXERCISE C1, PAGE 13.
1. a     2. c     3.a     4.b     5.b

EXERCISE D
1. d     2. a    3. e     4. b     5. c

VOCABULARY    A   V+from        V+with        V+ to 
                                   suffer            argue           refer
                                   die                cooperate    listen
                                   escape          agree           link
                                   choose          associate     belong
                                   recover         fight            speak
B.
1. escape from
2. suffer from
3. agree/don´t agree with
4. belong to
5. cooperate with

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CLASS 2

WELCOME BACK!

How are you doing? By now, you should have completed the exercises on pages 8, 9 and 10. Here are the listening exercises links to review everything:

1.Here is the LISTENING from your student´s book, page 8:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_3JxEas952zjFAQlaWEFw7KiNOIb3ZNi
 (seleccionar todo y hacer click en ir a...)


2. LISTENING page 10:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1njq0JynpGljD4wqCkvuhZvu0MWd6ony2




 3.Here you can do  to the LISTENING exercise from the workbook, page 5.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1elFF7DtJjSFi5VDR-s05_bhKIpJIE8jI
  (seleccionar todo y hacer click en ir a...)

4. Now you can read and complete page 11 and do the WRITING TASK in your notebooks. Notice that there is no conclusion in this paragraph. Simply, an introductory sentence and development with reasons and examples.

5. Go ahead and read page12


6. WORKBOOKS. Page 6.

7. Once again in your student´s book, go ahead and do pages 12 and 13 EXACTLY as indicated in the instructions. Pay special attention to the TIP  on page 13.

8.VOCABULARY  VERBS + PREPOSITIONS: This topic can be frustrating because there are no rules! It is a question of learning which prepositions go with these verbs. I hope the link below helps.  Use it to complete exercises on page 13. You will learn this slowly, not immediately. It takes time and practice. There are numerous sources on Internet for all of these topics. Use all of these tools at your disposition!
  https://7esl.com/verb-preposition-combinations/

9. Complete VOCABULARY 2, NEGATIVE PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.

OK, OK ! NO MORE!! So, this takes you up to  page 13  completed. Just work on these pages slowly and I´ll get back to you next week. Monday and Tuesday are" holidays", so you don´t have to hurry to do all of this in 2 days.  We are in contact in our group, if you have any problems or comments.
Warmest greetings to you all. Stay in, say healthy!

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CLASS 1 17/3

STUDENTS OF ENGLISH CLASS    LEVEL 6

HELLO AND WELCOME!

Due to the present circumstances  which we are all familiar with, we are offering you this method of keeping up-to-date with your work. I shall be writing  to you from time to time to catch you up on what you need to  be doing.

First of all, this blog  page is directed to both level 6 classes, "siesta" and  "tarde" courses. So, I know that in your books, Step To, you are both in different places in it..  Some of us have finished and the others need to do 2 or  3 more units to finish. So, 

No 1,  please finish the last units to finish the book if you haven´t already. The exercises are very easy.  Don´t worry about the audios for now. For those of you who are new, it is not necessary because we will be getting the new Step To book soon.

No. 2: In class last week, we completed pages 5, 6 and 7. Those of you who did not come to class need to do these pages. Please go carefully over everything, especially GRAMMAR-- PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Do all of the exercises in the box and refer to  Grammar Reference p. 139, yes or yes!! As I was telling the students, present tense is one of the most complicated tenses to really learn:

Ex. She works on Sundays.

       She doesn´t work on Sundays.

       Does she  work on Sundays?       

Hahahaha! You guys know what I´m talkin´about!! What do I aways hear?

 "She work on Sundays".

 "She not work.....",

 "She work on Sundays"?  ¡ OJO!

Ok. And you must also complete PRACTICE, page 7. 

No. 3: Go on to page 8. Read the dialogue and pay attention to the misunderstandings between the 2 girls due to their English and American accents and their ways of referring to things. If I can, I´ll try to  find a way to get the audios to you. Do all exercises on page 8 and 9. Go on to GRAMMAR -- QUESTION WORDS. Do part A., 1-4.  IGNORE PART B. It is badly written. Do: INDIRECT QUESTIONS and  do Grammar Refernce p. 139   Do PRACTICE

Remember the old photocopies I gave you once? Making Questions. Please look for it in your notebooks. It is good practice for subject and object questions. Also, look for your photocopies on indirect questions. 

No. 4. Look at the Speaking exercise on page 10 and be ready to do this with a partner when we are back in  class. Study that vocabulary, please. 

No. 5. In workbooks, pages 2,3,4 and 5. (except  listening, of course.)

OK! ENOUGH FOR TODAY!

WE´LL BE IN TOUCH AGAIN, SOON.

STAY HEALTHY!