вторник, 9 ноября 2010 г.

Grade 5, group 2

Speech Practice and Listening

November, 15

Today we read the texts and answered the questions about English and Americn writers! Please, be more attentive and hardworking when you do the homework!

For the next class, please, do Ex. 10 abc (Перевести и выписать слова в словарик, прочитать и перевести текст).


November, 19


Most of the group went to Shabbaton! We read, translated the words and the text. During the second lesson we watched Winnie the Pooh cartoon.


At home, please, learn the words from Ex. 11 p. 37.

November, 22

Today we worked with the active vocabulary, learned the new rule (play the piano/ play football) and did the listening task.

At home, please, do
- Ex. 11 p. 37 (Learn the words)
- Learn the rule on p. 38!
- Ex. 25 p. 43 (or)

November, 26

Today there were onle 2 of you - Polina and Varya! We did a lot and had a lot of fun =)

For the next class be ready with the words Ex. 11 p. 37 (dictation) and Ex. 25 p. 43.

November, 29

Today we listened to the stories about your visits to the museum and wrote a dictation.

On Friday we be ready with:
- Ex. 27 p. 43 (or)
- Ex. 28 p. 44 (wr)

Grade 6, group 4

Speech Practice and Listening

November, 9

Today we started Unit 3 and worked with Question words.

For the next class, please, do Ex. 3-7 pp. 62-64 (SB)

November, 15

Today we continued working with the textbook and talked about the typical day.

For tomorrow, please, do Ex. 2 - 6 pp. 67-70 (SB)

November, 16

Today we had guests from the other group. We watched the movie together and learned how to tell the time in English. Please revise it once again at home, because Lilya and Sofiya had some mistakes in the test ;((

Your homework for Monday:
Ex. 1 - 5 pp. 74 - 78 (SB)

November, 22

Thank you Masha, my assistant teacher!!! Today we practised the rule (How much.../ How many...)

Your Hometask for tomorrow:
- Ex. 9 p. 80


November, 23

Today we did a lot of listening tasks and practised saying the time in English. We also played the "Meeting game".

For Monday, please, do
- Ex. 12, 13, 14 pp. 56-57 (Act. book)
- Ex. 16, 17 pp. 59-60 (Act. book)
- Finish the clock game - tell about the meetings and the info that you've learned.

November, 29

Today we evised the material of unit 3 and were getting ready for the Test.

For tomorrow, please, do:
- Ex. 22 - 26 p. 63 - 66 (Act. book)
- Ex. 10 p. 86 (SB) - learn the words for the dictation

November, 30

Today we finished doing the exercises of unit 3 and wrote the final test.

There is no homework for the next class! Have a rest! And be ready to start the new Unit on Monday.

Grade 7, group 1

Speech Practice and Listening

November, 9

Today we revisedthe words for the dictation. We also had the listening comprehension tasks and read the text.

At home do Ex. 48 p. 50 (or), learn the words of Ex. 39-40 pp. 44-46 for the dictation!

November, 10

Today we discussed the strategies of learning English and the aspects of the language.

At home, please, prepare the topic "Language learning". Ex. in your student's book on pp. 53 - 56.

Use the following plan:
- The importance of learning foreign languages, especially English
- How we learn english at school
- What I do/ want to do to learn English better

Good luck!

November, 16

Today we listened to Marina, Alina and Kirill's presentations, corrected their mistakes and discussed their topics. Well done!

For tomorrow
- Be ready with the topic (all the rest)
- Be ready to act out your dialogues (Ex. 59 p. 56 - SB)
- Do Ex. 65 p. 67 (wr)

November, 17

Today we listened to your topics about foreign languages. Thanks. We also read interesting facts about the english language.

At home, please, do
- Ex. 67 p. 58 (wr!)
- Ex. 23 p. 26 (Act. book)
- Ex. 27 p. 27 (Act. book)
- Learn the prepositions from Ex. 66
Den and Antonio! Prepare the topic!

November, 23

Den and Antonio, please, be ready with the topic tomorrow!

Today we checked all your home assignments summed everything up and finally finished Unit 2. We started discussing the topics from Unit 3 today.

For tomorrow, please, do Ex. 3, 4, 5 pp. 63-64 (or)

Novmber, 24

Today we discussed the questions, talked about your likes and dislikes. Moreover, we played the Interviewer game.

At home, please,
- Finish doing your crosswords
- Read and translate the dialogue Ex. 11 p. 66, Ex. 12 ABC p. 66-67 (or)

November, 29

Today we discussed the hobbies and your favourite leisure activities. We did the Listening and Speaking tasks.

For tomorrow, please, do Ex. 16 p. 68 (read and translate the text) Ex. 17 p. 71.

Grade 9, group 1

Speech Practice

November, 9

Today we continued working with the texts and  the topic from Unit 1 and practised the active vocabulary.

For the next class, please be ready with the words from Ex. 29, 30 (for dictation) and do Ex. 45, 46 pp. 44-45, read and learn the Topical Vocabulary pp. 45-46.

November, 16

Today we talked about the importance of inventions. We had the discussion and the brainstorming on this topic. We also tried to understand the difference between historic and historical and talked about the plurals of Greek and Latin borrowings.

At home, please, prepare the oral topic "The Importance of inventions". Say:
- What motivates people to invent things. The importance of inventions.
- The most important inventions.
- How did the inventions change our life.
- Describe our digital era today and say how you see the future.

Learn the difference between the words historic and historical (print-out)
Do Ex. 18, 20, 23, 24 (print-outs)

Read the information on pp. 53-54 (The tips for your self-study)

November, 23

Thank you very much for your interesting and serious topics! It's a great pleasure to listen to you.

Tomorrow, please, be ready to check the exercises on your print-outs. Those of you who haven't answered the topic yet, please be ready with the presentation.

November, 30

Today we listened to your speeches and started the new Unit and talked about the famous politicians. For the next clas, please, prepare a brief information about a famous politician and publish it in our Wiki-dictionary. Try to find interesting names and facts!

Listening

November, 17

Today we listened to the text about J.K. Rowling and other famous people. Thanks for your work and interest.

November, 23

Today we listened to the monologues and the radio program about the Universe. Thank you for your work!

Grade 5, group 1

Grammar

November, 17

Today we wrote a small test on Present Simple vs Present Continuous. After that we got revised the Past Simple Tense.

At home, please, revise (learn) the 3 forms of irregular verbs (неправильные глаголы)
Do Ex. 3, 4, 5 pp. 14 - 16 (WB)

November, 24

Today we practised Past Simple and got acquainted with Grammar Cat.

Your Homework for the next class is:
- p. 327 - learn the irregular verbs!!!
- Ex. 3, 4 (on your print-outs)

Grade 6, group 2

Grammar

November, 10

Today we revised the material of the first term and started the new important topic - Passive Voice!

At home, please, learn the rule p. 34 and do Ex. 8 p. 35 (SB), Ex. 4 p. 15 (Act. book)

November, 17

Today we continued practising the Passive voice. Special thanks to Vasya, good job!

At home, please, learn the rule and the table in your exercise books.

Do Ex. 7, 8 pp. 16-17 (Act. book)
Ex. 9 p. 35 (SB)

November, 24

Today we worked with Passive Voice in all the tenses. Please, try harder!

At the next class we are going to write a test. You have a week to get ready for it.

Your home task is:
Ex. 12, 13, 14 (on your print-outs)

Home Reading


November, 19

Toady we read the short texts from Lesson 3 and started reading and retelling the books for individual reading. Good job!

At home, please, read and translate the Text from lesson 4 "How long will you live?"

November, 26

Thank you for the lesson. The text was read and translated by you very nicely!!!

For the next class, please, do the tasks for Text 4 pp. 28-30
Read the small texts on pp. 30-31

Grade 7, group 3

Grammar


November, 19


Most of the group went to Shabbaton, so we worked individually with the laptops.

At home, please, learn the rule THE VERB HAVE GOT on p. 39 (SB)

Grade 8, group 2

Grammar

November, 15

Toady we practised the usage of construction to have smth. done. Unfortunately, the results were not very high.  For the next class be ready with your home assignment!!!

1. Repeat the rule on p. 26 (SB)
2. Ex. 22 pp. 13-14 (AB)
3. Ex. 28 pp. 15-16 (AB)
4. Ex. 6 AB pp. 5-6 (AB)

November, 22

The only thing I can do is to keep asking you to work harder!!! Today we checked 2 exercises and your results were poor again.

Yor Hometask for the next class:
- Learn the rule on p. 56,
- Ex. 22 and 24 p. 57-58 (SB)

November, 29

Today we worked with the new type of Subjunctive.

At home do
Ex. 25 p. 58 (SB) - write 4 sentences
Ex. 6, 7 pp. 22-23 (Act. book)

Home Reading


November, 19

Today most of the group was not ready for the class, that's sad :(
For the next class, please, do tasks for Text 3.


November, 26

Thank you for your translations. It would be great if all the tasks would have been prepared in such a way.

For the next class be ready with Text 4 "The Spy" pp. 18 - 22.

 



Grade 9, group 4

Grammar


November, 19


Today we continued working with the Passive voice. Please, try to work harder!

At home, please, Learn the rule and the table in your notebooks.
Do Ex. 4, 5 pp. 25-26 (SB),
Ex. 25-26 pp. 28-29 (WB/ print-outs).

November, 26

It's not an unusual idea, I want toll it to you, though. THE SOONER YOU START DOING YOUR HOME TASKS, THE SOONER YOUR LANGUGE WILL DEVELOP!

For the next class, please do
- Ex. 6 p. 27 (SB)
- Ex. 12, 13 pp. 33-34 (SB)