December 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13

December 3

How do you pass the time? p. 27

Activity:  Do you like/hate/love?

What is a gerund? https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund.htm

Online exercises for practice:

• https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Likes_and_dislikes/like,_love,_hate..._(-ing)_le1337bo
• https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_a01?cc=us&selLanguage=en
• https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_b02?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Activity: What do you do for fun? p. 28
When we talk about hobbies and interestes we usually use adverbs of frequency, for eample, always and sometimes, to say how often we do thing or how often things happen.

Task 1
Individually, read the texts on pp. 30-31 and identify the adverbs of frequency

Task 2
1. In pairs, look at the adverbs of freqency you have identified,
2. Create a table like the one on page 28
3. Decide where the adverbs of frequency you have identified go (according to how many times you do something - from the most frequent to the least frequent.
4.  Check your answers on the following link:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-grammar/adverbs-frequency

December 5
Adverbs of Frequency online exercises:
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_02_012e?cc=pt&selLanguage=pt
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs-frequency_quiz.htm

Task 4 p. 28
In pairs, take turns to interview each other about your own hobbies and interests.

• What are your favourite leisure activities?
• How often do you . . .?
• Where do you ususally . . . ?
• Who do you usually . . . with?
• Why do you enjoy . . . ?
• Which activities do you not like doing?
• Why do you not enjoy these activities?
• Which activities do you find boring? Why?
• Which new activities would you like to try?

December 6, 10, 12
Criterion C, D orals

December 13
Criterion C, D oral

Team

November 26, 28, 29

https://www.pinterest.pt/pin/472737292124356507/?lp=true

November 26
How do you pass the time? p. 24

Statement of Inquiry:  Hobbies and leisure activities allow individual creativity for personal and cultural expression and have a purpose to enhance physical and emotional well-being. Talking about our hobbies and interests by making the appropriate word choices can help us to connect with others.

Global context: Personal and cultural expression

Key concepts: Creativity

Related concepts: word choice, purpose

In this unit, we will

• Find out about different hobbies, sports and other leisure activities,
• Explore the relationship between hobbies and personal well-being,
• Take action to review how we include hobbies and interest in our personal profiles which can be a very helpful tool for showcasing who we are, our personality and our future plans.

Activity: Wordscramble challenge!
1. In pairs unscramble the words.
2. Then use a word-unscrambling website like http://www.unscramble.com/ to check your answers,
3.  Use your list of words to create a new wordscramble. Go to:  www.armoredpenguin.com/wordscramble/

November 28
What is a hobby?  pp. 26-27
What is the difference between a hobby and an interest?
Think-Pair-Share

Activity:  Do you like/hate/love?

What is a gerund? https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund.htm

Online exercises for practice:

• https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Likes_and_dislikes/like,_love,_hate..._(-ing)_le1337bo
• https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_a01?cc=us&selLanguage=en
• https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_b02?cc=global&selLanguage=en

November 29
Kahoot - Student organized

November 19, 21, 22

November 19
Criterion A - Comprehending Spoken and Written Text.

November 21
Unit Reflection

November 22

November 12, 14, 15

November 12
Criterion C, D - Writing Assessment

November 14
p. 17 Activity:  Celebrate a local person

1. In pairs, use the prompts to discuss and write down reasons why you think local people should be recognized.
2. In pairs, make a list of people for each category.
3.  Discuss:  What qualities does the person have?, Which quality do you admire most about the person?
4.  Share with the class, the info about your chosen person. Reflect on what they have done for the community and who they are.

HOMEWORK:  Write a poem about the person you have chosen

November 15
https://youtu.be/KmF9JHaw_0o

p. 22 Task 3: A child-led introduction to Hamburg, Germany

This video is not available to us due to our location.
1.  What is this text about? (strand i)
2. Identify what type of text this is:  (strand ii)
    a blog
    a video
    a website
3. Identify the title of the text  (strand ii)
4. How long is the text?  (strand ii)
5. Who made the text?  (strand ii)
6.  What is the author's purpose of this text?  (strand ii)
     inform
     entertain
     advertise
7.  Look at this video, who is the audience? Justify your answer https://ed.ted.com/lessons/did-ancient-troy-really-exist-einav-zamir-dembin/review_open#question-1
8.  Who is the audience for this video?  Justify your answer https://youtu.be/KmF9JHaw_0o
9. How is Berlin similar to or different from Lisbon? (strand iii)
10. Based on this video would you want to live in Berlin?  (strand iii)

November 5, 7, 8

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/descriptive_writing/adjectives-upperintermediate-b2/48718

November 5
1.  5 minute Warm-Up  -  Write a postcard to your favourite teacher and tell them why he/she is your favourite teacher.
2.  The Perfect Paragraph Worksheet 11, Combining Sentences

November 7
1.  Past Simple:
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/10_simple_past_irregular_verbs.htm
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/11_simple_past_irregular_verbs_exercises.htm

2.  The Perfect Paragraph Worksheet 12, Practicing Sentence Variety

November 8
1.   Past Simple:
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/12_simple_past_irregular_verbs_exercises.htm
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/13_simple_past_irregular_verbs_examples.htm

2. The Perfect Paragraph Worksheet 13 - Using Transitions Effectively


November 12
Criterion C, D - Writing Assessment

October 22, 24, 25

October 22
1.  5 minute warm up:  Four things I love to eat
2.  Writing exercises and games
     a.  nouns and adjectives: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L6186/L6186/index.html
     b. improving sentences: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L8739/index.html
     c. ordering sentences in a paragraph:  http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/writing%20exercises/parents1.htm
     d. ordering sentences in a paragraph: https://www.staff.uni-giessen.de/~ga1070/topic_sentences_ex.html
     e. build a story: http://sir.free.fr/accident.htm


October 24      Room change - MAT03
1.  5 minute warm up:  2 things I am grateful for today

1.  Let's watch this video to scaffold our learning.

October 25
1.  5 minute warm up:  favourite place to be

October 15, 17, 18

October 15, 17, 18
1.  5 minute  Warm-up     write down as many true facts as they know about this topic:  dogs 

2.  Paragraph worksheets
Worksheet 7, 8, 9

October 8, 10, 11

October 8

1.  Mindfulness : Get ready for English class
Let's try a new singing bowl video.  What do you think?
https://youtu.be/n4_huiURMrI

2.  5 minute warm-up:  In your notebook complete the following statement:
  I would rather:
      a) Have the ability to fly      OR
      b) Have the ability to read minds
Explain, include details

3.   The Perfect Paragraph
      Unrelated Sentence Fun - Worksheet 4

October 10
1.  New seating plan
2.  Reading test review

October 11

1.  5 minute warm-up:  In your notebook:
One thing that motivates me:
One thing that frustrates me:
One thing that worries me:
2.  The Perfect Paragraph
Worksheet 4 - Unrelated Sentence Fun

3. Present simple online exercises

• 019 Ending -s in the Simple Present – Crossword 1  
• 4021 Ending -s in the Simple Present – Crossword 2  
• 4035 Negations in the Simple Present – Exercise 1  
• 4025 Negations in the Simple Present, don't or doesn't – Exercise 2  

• 
  

October 1, 3, 4

                                                                  

October 1
1.  Present Simple Quiz:
 http://www.quia.com/quiz/6955427.html

Click on the above link.  Enter your name.  Start the quiz.  Good luck!

2.  Paragraph writing

October 3

1.  BBC Bitesize - Sentences (Revise, Video, Test)
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zxqnfg8/revision/1


2.  BBC Bitesize - Structure and paragraphs (Revise, Test)
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zphc9j6/revision/1


October 4

Criterion B Assessment – Comprehending written and visual text                                                                       

September 24, 26, 27

September 24
So, where does sense of responsibility begin?

As a resident of your community, are you responsible for what happens to the land around you?
What about your neighbourhood? How far does your sense of responsibility go? Does accepting
responsibility also mean doing something — that you will act to take care of the place, fix a
problem, plan to make it better? When you, or others say, “They ought to do something about
that”, who is “they”?

When do you say “my” neighbourhood? When do you say “their” neighbourhood?
• At the corner?
• When you step outside?
• Across the street?
• A few blocks away?

What makes you feel like you’re part of your neighbourhood? What makes you feel like saying,
“Who cares?”

Activity – The Candy Bar Wrapper Exercise
Help students identify their own sphere of responsibility. Ask this question: “How far will you lean out of bed to pick up a candy bar wrapper?”

Will you get out of bed to pick it up in your...
• bedroom?

Will you pick it up in...
• the house?
• out on the street?
• at the corner?
• across the street?
• anywhere you see it?
Where do you think the property line is that you won’t cross?

HOMEWORK:  Answer the below questions in your notebook (due Wednesday, Sept 26)

Where has someone made you feel that you don’t belong?

Making it a better place…
• What things can you do to make your home a better place?
• Your school?
• Your neighbourhood?
• Your community?

September 26, 27
Paragraph writing

Test on Simple Present 1
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1

September 17, 19, 20

https://www.heatheronhertravels.com/5-cool-neighbourhoods-in-lisbon/

September 17

1.  Intro to Lingro (http://lingro.com)  turns a website into a clickable dictionary . . .  Try it yourself! Go to http://lingro.com and type in www.layouth.com/seeing-the-potential. Click on a word and see what happens.
2.  p. 5 Task 3 - In pairs, describe your neighbourhood. Use sentences from the list . . .
       Task 4 Which places do you like going to in your neighbourhood? Choose words to complete the sentences. . .

September 19

1.  Warm-up  Odd one out:
          strawberry, branch, bowling ball, boat, iceberg 

2.  Vocabulary:  bicycle stand, bus stop, car park, corner, crossroad, neon light, news stand, park, pavement, roundabout, signpost, street light, traffic light, underground station, underpass, zebra crossing

Please create a picture dictionary that includes the vocabulary word and an image.  Then print this document and include it in your English LA notebook.

September 20
1.   p. 8 Activity - My neighbourhood
     Read the text and use a highlighter to identify the verbs . . .
2.  p. 9 Photo captions
     What is a caption?  Find 2 examples of photos with captions.
     In pairs write captions for each photos below.

https://mic.com/articles/126193/the-disregarded-consequences-of-gentrification-in-this-new-york-city-neighborhood#.YuF0VLlUj

https://www.hong-kong-traveller.com/hong-kong-neighborhoods.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/drug-gangs-and-gold-medals-the-olympics-in-a-rio-favela-1.2750607

http://www.wheretonexttravelblog.com/category/wanderlust-europe/

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/the-10-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-mexico-city/

3.  Share with class
4.  Would you like to live in any of these places?  Can you explain why or why not?

September 10, 12, 13

https://www.honors.umass.edu/news/writing-placement-test

September 10
1.  Finish placement test

September 12 2.  Think-Pair-Share
Write down the words neighbourhood and community and think about what these two words mean. In pairs, create a mind map with your ideas.  
Share your mind map with the class.

Now think about where you live and draw a map of your street. Start with your home and add the places around it that are important to you. Include major landmarks, roads and local amenities, such as shops, parks or cinemas. Add recycling banks and any other things that might impact on your neighbourhood.

In pairs, compare your maps.
Discuss the following questions:
     How are your neighbourhoods similar and/or different?
     What do you feel are the most important parts of a neighbourhood?
     What do you like about living in your neighbourhood? 

September 3, 5, 6

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/736b54_7a67687bac4f44dfb60d042f74aa6d8f.png

September 3, 5

Welcome back   😃

Our lineup for today is:
1.  Intro to Year 8
2.  English Notebook
3.  Discuss "Capable" Rubrics   (https://oeirasinternationalschool-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/p/ramona_dietrich/EXIwdMZjR5JKq2f-elnib68BuQWyiRVFSye5kNpZ1amjfA?e=OFiKQZ)

4.  Access Managebac
5.  Warm-up:  5 minutes
Odd one out -  Choose the word that is different and explain WHY it is different.
                                    window, river, envelope, client, oregano

6.  Unit 1 - What's in a neighbourhood?
       What makes a neighbourhood livable?  Every neighbourhood has attractive qualities that draw us in, and other qualities that we may not like as much.

IN  THIS  UNIT,  WE  WILL . . .

Find out about our communities, neighbourhoods and where people live.

Explore our perceptions of our own communities and compare these with a community in another part of the world.

Key Words
apartment/flat              bungalow                  community                  detached house
            environment                    landmark                 local amenities                   local area
neighbour               neighbourhood               outskirts                semi-detached house
            terraced house                 transport links         villa

Think-Pair-Share
Write down the words neighbourhood and community and think about what these two words mean. In pairs, create a mind map with your ideas.  
Share your mind map with the class.

Now think about where you live and draw a map of your street. Start with your home and add the places around it that are important to you. Include major landmarks, roads and local amenities, such as shops, parks or cinemas. Add recycling banks and any other things that might impact on your neighbourhood.

In pairs, compare your maps.
Discuss the following questions:
     How are your neighbourhoods similar and/or different?
     What do you feel are the most important parts of a neighbourhood?
     What do you like about living in your neighbourhood?

July 2, 5, 6 (no lesson - Have a great summer!!!)

 

July 2
1.  Warm-up  -  Three things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid.

2.  To what extent is our idea of true beauty influenced by our environment?
How have our notions of beauty changed over time? pp. 101-102
Activity:  100 years of . . .
    a.  In pairs agree on a definition of beauty and write it down
    b.  Watch the video and discuss the questions
         https://youtu.be/LOyVvpXRX6w 

July 5
Maria and Sara will choose and organize a video to share with the class.

Students will keep in mind:

• Does the language of film seem authentic?
• What are the themes of this film?
• How does this film reflect the beliefs and values of society?

July 6
Last day of school!!!  See you in September

June 25, 28, 29

 

June 25, 28

1.  Warm-up
If I were a car, which one would I be. . .     and Why?

2.  The Ugly Duckling  - finish reading and discuss
http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheUglyDuckling_e.html

3.   While you read, consider the:
       -intended target audience
       -message of the story
       -presentation of the "ugly" duckling.

       -What does the story reveal about our attitudes towards beauty?
       -Is it important for children to read this story?  Justify your response.
       -Think about some other fairy tales that you read as a child. How is the theme of beauty explored in these stories? What effect might they have on the intended target audience?

June 29
1.  Warm-up  -  Propose 4 future warm-ups

What is beauty?
Does it matter what we look like? pp. 94-95
Activity:  Defining beauty
    a.  In pairs agree on a definition of beauty and write it down
    b.  Watch the video and discuss the questions
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTZAsDVkzs

June 21, 22

 

 June 21

1) Irregular Verbs - Infinitive - Past Simple - Past Participle #1

http://www.quia.com/quiz/6369090.html

2) New unit - What if everybody looked the same?

    Introduction

 June 22

1.  Warm Up
Respond to one of the following questions in your process journal. 

• How do you define who you are?
• Who are you?
• How does your culture shape your world? Why?
• With whom do you identify?

2) Key Words

3) Activity:  The Ugly Duckling, p. 93
http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheUglyDuckling_e.html

June 15

1.Warm-up
Address the prompt:  If you could invent something, what would you invent?  Why?

2.  Capitalization Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/6515448.html

3.  

June 4, June 7 (Oeiras holiday), 8 (no school)

June 4 
Reading Test
http://www.quia.com/quiz/6864753.html

Homework:  10 Read Theory

June 7, 8
Enjoy your down time

May 28, May 31 (National Holiday), June 1 (No school)

May 28
1.  5 minute Warm-up:    If I were the teacher, I would...
2.  Read text
3.  Review homework
4.  #4, 5, 6, 7 

HOMEWORK:  1) Gerunds and infinitives
Exercises 4-5 
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_4.htm
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_5.htm 

2)  Read Theory - 5 passages

May 21, 24, 25

May 21, 24
1.  Warm-up:  This week I hope to . . .

2.  Oral Presentations -Hobby.  (3-4 minutes)

May 21  HOMEWORK:  
HOMEWORK:  Gerunds and infinitives
Exercises 1-3 
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/part_1.htm

May 25 
1.  5 minute Warm-up:  This is what I have accomplished this week . . .
Write in your notebook 
 https://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/
2.  Correct test
3.  p. 40 Are hobbies good for you?
     Activity: Exploring texts    ATL
   
HOMEWORK: Second reading:  Read the text again and answer questions 1, 2, and 3.



May 28
1.  5 minute Warm-up:    If I were the teacher, I would...
2.  Read text
3.  Review homework
4.  #4, 5, 6, 7

HOMEWORK:  Gerunds and infinitives
Exercises 4-5 
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_4.htm
https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_5.htm