More practice on sports: Rafa Nadal in Wimbledon (2008)

Watch the video and complete the activities:

Choose the correct answer:

1.What is Nadal’s opinion about the match he has just played?
a) he is happy about it all
b) his second game was the best; the others weren’t so good
c) he is never really happy about his game at Wimbledon

2.What was his goal in this game?
a) to keep a special relationship with Andy
b) to do the best he could on court
c) to be nervous but confident

3. What did Nadal try to do to beat his opponents?
a) he hit the ball gently
b) he played in a higher rhythm
c) he ran faster than his opponent

4. What is Rafa’s opinion about his performance at Wimbledon?
a) he thinks he is doing very well
b) he is doing well but he is too imposing
c) he gets too nervous


Say whether these sentences are true or false:
1. This game was very special because it was part of a semifinal.
2. Rafa tries to hit the ball close to the line only in special occasions.
3. For Rafa, it was a motivation to play against Andy.
4. Rafa agrees with the presenter that a good tennis player has to be aggressive.




KEY: 1-b, 2-b, 3-b, 5-c / 1- T, 2- F (always), 3- T, 4-F

Homework (29th October)

- COMPOSITION 2: Describing a person you admire.
Choose someone you really admire and write a composition about him/her
Planning:
Paragraph 1 - age, family, work/study
Paragraph 2 - personality (good side)
Paragraph 3 - hobbies and interests
Paragraph 4 - why do you admire him or her

Extension: 120-150 words
DEADLINE: 17th November

- Complete copy on prepositions revision
- Complete copy on "futures" revision
- Complete copy on "both, either, neither"

- REVISE AND CHECK (Unit 1, p. 18)
Grammar:
1. did you get / 2. bought / 3. Do you like / 4.hit / 5. was driving / 6. had changed / 7. 'm meeting / 8. finish / 9. 'll pick you up / 10. 'll love

Vocabulary:
1. seafood (not an adjective)
2. fried (not a kind of meat)
3. roast (a way of cooking)
4. pitch (not a person)
5. beat (a verb)
6. affectionate (positive meaning)
7. moody (negative meaning)
8. family (not an individual member)

b) 1.spicy / 2.starter / 3.draw / 4.injured / 5.stepfather / 6.selfish / 7.mean
c) 1. for, out / 2. for / 3. up / 4.on

Can you understand this text:
a) 1-F / 2-DS / 3-T / 4-T / 5-F / 6-F / 7-DS / 8-T / 9-DS /10-T
b) nutritionsit: expert on diet
rejects: doesn't want
solid: the opposite of liquid
craves: wants very much
choking: not being able to breathe because there's something in your throat
in advance: before you do something

25th to 29th October (Summary)

- Check homework: copy on futures

- Composition 1: most usual mistakes

- Revision on adjectives of persoanlity: pair crossword

- How words work... (p.15) and explanatory worksheet
Reflexive pronouns: myself-yourself-himself-herself-ourselves-yourselves-themselves
Reciprocal pronouns: each other

- Extra grammar points: both...and / neither...nor / either...or (copy)
positive meaning and positive verb: Both Mary and Susan like chocolate.
Both girls like chocolate.
Both of them like chocolate.
negative meaning and positive verb: Neither Rose nor Stela likes chocolate.
(singular verb) Neither girl likes chocolate.
Neither of them likes chocolate.
or one or the other (can choose): Either Rose or Stela can help you with English.
Either girl can help you with English.

- Practical English: Introductions (p. 16)
Useful expressions: Welcome to... / It's good to see you again / Let me introduce you to... / How do you do? / Great to meet you.

- Is Halloween harmful? - oral activity with groups of 3 and the whole class.

18th to 22nd October (Homework below)

- Check homework: Reading p. 11 "When you hear the final whistle"

- Oral activity in groups: Do you like sport? (p. 10)

- Copy on sports and past tenses (further vocabulary and practice)

- Grammar: Future tenses

. Listening: Listen to three dialogues and choose the best option (p. 13)
. Oral activity with the whole group: Find someone who... (p. 13)
. Grammar bank (p.130)
. Oral activity: In your lifetime, it will... (predictions)
. Working further on the future: going to and will (theory and practice - copy)

- Reading and Vocabulary "We are family" (p.14)

- Vocabulary: personality adjectives (p.146)

- Oral activity: Analysing your partner's handwriting.

- Pronunciation: stress in personality adjectives (p.15)

- Listening: What's your position in the family? (p.15)
Depending on the fact that you are the oldest, middle or youngest child or if you are an only child, you have some personality traits or others. Do you agree?

- Video listening activity: defining characters in Four Weddings and a Funeral

- Song: We are family

HOMEWORK:
- complete worksheet on future tenses

11th to 15th October

- Check homework

- Oral activity in groups of 4: explaining past stories and choosing the best one

Think and tell an anecdote about ... a time you cheated in an exam / a really exciting sports event you saw / a time you had an accident or sports injury / a time you saw a celebrity. 

- Vocabulary (p.145) and Sports Quiz (p.19). Do you know...

How long does a football match last?
How many referees are there in a basketball match?
How long is a marathon?
How many holes are there on a golf course?
How long is one lap of an athletics track?

- Listening: Interview with Fernando Alonso

- Pronunciation (p.19): vocalic sounds

HOMEWORK:

- Reading p. 20: activities c and d

Homework

- 1B grammar section (p. 131)

- Grammar worksheet on Past tenses

- COMPOSITION 1.
Taking the story of Jonah Lonu as an example (click here), write a similar text about you. Try to be original!
DEADLINE: 21st Ocbober
EXTENSION: between 120 and 150 words

4th to 8th October

- check homework: present tenses revision and vocabulary on food (p.144)
- Food quiz (power point presentation and oral activity)
Interesting vocabulary related to eating, cooking and food: to chop, to grate, to dice, to slice, to fry, to boil, to roast, to bake, to steam, to barbecue, to swallow, to chew, to gobble, to sip, to gulp, to slurp
. a receipt or a recipe (different!)
. to eat a balanced diet or to go on a diet (different!)
. to cut down on something or to give something up (different!)

Expressions with prepositions:
. to go off (fer-se malbé)
. Let's eat out (sortir a menjar fora)
. to be fond of (= like)
. to invite someone out for dinner
. to have something for lunch / dinner

- Listening p. 7: "Kevin Poulter and his English restaurant in Santiago de Chile"

- Oral activity in groups: Discussion p. 7

- Reading and vocabulary activity p. 8: "Famous cheating moments in sport"

- Grammar: Past tenses (pp. 8 and130)
. Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect are used to tell a story in the past.
. Past Simple: it is always the main verb in a story in the past; time adverbs: yesterday, last, ...ago
. Past Continous: it helps you build the story; it refers to a longer action in the past; time adverbs: usually introduced by while or when. (Example: While I was having a shower, the phone rang).
. Past Perfect:
     Form: had + past participle (-ed or 3rd column)
     It also helps you build the story in the past; it refers to a finished action that took place before the main action in the past.
     It can be introduced by before (Example: When Peter got home, we had had dinner)

- Grammar practice: activity in pairs (more cheating moments in the history of sport)

- Writing a story in the past: "A crazy, romantic story" and this is the result!
class story

Homework

- Present simple and present continuous worksheet

- Vocabulary sheet pg. 144