Proyecto de Innovación Educativa

Desarrollo de la expresión escrita a través de la Integración de las TICS

 

 

 

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Objectives:
bulletDescribe places and things
bulletDescribe actions in the present
bulletThe simple present
bulletNarrate daily routines

Procedures:

bulletRead about routines
bulletDescribe places using There is/are
bulletPractice telling the time

 

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 Describing Places

 Match the words to the pictures in this exercise 

 

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Activity 1:

There is a sentence for each picture. 

Put the words in order to form sentences.

       
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 Activity 2:

 Fill in the gaps of the text with the appropriate word

 

 

 

Pre-writing:

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 Let's review some Vocabulary on the house

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 Read the following text describing a room:

 

 

I have got my own room. In my room there is a bed, a table, a chair, a wardrobe and a television.  There is a window above the table. The television is opposite my bed so I can watch it when I am in bed.

The wardrobe is on the left and my bed is on the right. There is a computer on the table and books, pens and cds are near the computer. There is a magazine and a camera on the bed.

When you describe a place you commonly used the verb there is/there are, descriptive adjectives and place prepositions like at, on, under, below, above, near, opposite, on the right, on the left.

 

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 Revision of "house" vocabulary

 
  1. Where do you usually cook meals?

     

  2. Where do you usually wash clothes?

     

  3. Where do you usually hang your clothes?

     

  4. Where do you usually get washed?

     

  5. Where do you usually grow flowers and cut the grass?

     

  6. Where do you usually eat dinner?

     

  7. Where do you usually sit on the sofa and watch T.V.?

     

  8. Where do you usually park the car?

     

  9. Where do you usually store food, wine and other things?

     

  10. Where do you usually sleep?

 

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 "In the dining room"

 

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Review some of these prepositions

 

Writing:

 

 

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Describing My school:

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Open this word document and try to describe your school   

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Activity 3: Describing a house

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Describing a house for sale "Properties of the week"

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1. Choose one of the houses in the page and click in "more details" to read the description of the house (on the right). 

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2. Open worksheet "properties", write the location of the house, filling the information required and write a short description of the house.  

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Remember to send it your teacher and save a copy for you as "properties"

 

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 Activity 4: Describing a city

Look at the presentation about Tinos, a beautiful city in Greece:

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Tinos  

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Let's work on a text about Tinos in worksheet "Tinos"   

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Put the following sentences about Tinos' history and mythology in order

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 Activity 5: Describing your city. Work in pairs

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Look at an example presentation about "Huelva"  

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Write a summary of the presentation using "chain story" 

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Remember to include in your summary:

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- The location of Huelva

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- Interesting things to see in Huelva

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- What you like most about Huelva

 

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WEBQUEST: ANDALUCÍA. Get ready!

 

Rewriting:

 

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 Remember to revise and rewrite your text

     

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 Daily routines

 

Every day I wake at 7:30.

usually have breakfast with my family.

I go to school at 8:00.

I often start classes at 8:30.

We always have a break at 11:30.  I usually go to the school kiosk to buy a sandwich.

Classes finish at 3:00.

I always have lunch at 3:30.

In the afternoon I do my homework

I usually have dinner at 9:00.

I go to bed at 10:30.

 

* Adverbs of frequency/time expressions have a different color. Do you remember their meaning? Use the dictionary if neccesary

 

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GRAMMAR REVISION: THE PRESENT SIMPLE

Do you remember the present simple? We use the present simple to talk about habits and routines:

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Check this section to review the use of the present simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

 

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PRESENT SIMPLE EXERCISE: Can you remember?

 

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Activity 6:

Create a simple easy composition (computer assisted)

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Activity 7:  People's routines.

Transform the text at the top: replace "I" with "He" and make any necessary changes   

 

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Write a description of your daily routines following the example from above. Remember to use the adverbs of frequency and time expressions.

 

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