Thursday 18 December 2014

Unit 5: Sitting on the dock of the bay (Otis Reding)



Otis Reding: Sitting on the dock of the bay (1967)

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening come
Watching the _______ roll in
And then I ______ them roll away again, yeah

I'm ______ on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll _____
Ooo, I'm just sitting on the dock of the ____
Wasting ______

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had ______ to live for
And look like nothin's gonna _______ my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the ______ of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' ______

_______ like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the ______
I can't do what ______ people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, ______

Sittin' here resting ______ bones
And this loneliness won't leave me ______
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make _______ dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll ______
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' ______
(whistle)
What does the song talk about?
Is it positive or negative?
What do you think is the meaning of the song?



Sunday 14 December 2014

Unit 4: Call me maybe (video)



Underline in the text the verb tenses that you already know (past, present simple and continuous)

I threw a wish in the well
Don't ask ____ I'll never tell
I ______ at you as it fell
And now you're in my _____
I trade my soul for a _____
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this
______ now you're in my way
Your stare _____ holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot _____
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going ______?
Hey I just _____ you
And this is ______
But here's my _______
So _____ ______ maybe
It's hard to look right at you _____
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe

Hey I _____ met you
And this is crazy
But _____ my number
So call me maybe

And all the _____ boys
_____ to chase me
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe
You took your time with the ____
I _____ no time with the fall
You gave me _____ at all
_____ still you're in my way
I beg and borrow and steal
At _____ sight and it's real
I didn't know I would ____ it
But it's in my ____
Your stare was holding
Ripped _____
Skin was showing
Hot _____
_____ was blowing
Where you think you're _____ baby?
Hey I just met you
And this is _____
But here's my _____
____ call me maybe
It's _____ to look right at you baby
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe

_______ you came into my life
I missed you so bad
I _______ you so bad
I missed you so so bad
Before you came into ____ ______
I missed you so bad
And you should know that
I missed you so so bad, bad, bad, bad....
It's ______ to look right at you baby
But here's my number
So call me maybe
And you should know that
So call me, maybe

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Unit 2: Sequence, direction + connectors

listening + deduce rules


Write on your notebook the different ways you have heard.




Listening exercise
Part 2: with the teacher and other students as source:

  • Give a map to each student and teacher gives instructions. First one who gets there is the next one giving them. 

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Unit 2: Lemon tree (video)



Song to practice present continuous: Lemon tree


I'm sitting here in the boring ______
It's just another rainy ________ afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to ______
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for ______
But nothing ever ________ and I wonder

I'm ­­­_______ around in my car
I'm driving too _______
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my ________ of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But ________ ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how
I wonder ______
Yesterday you told me about the _____ blue sky
And all that I can see is just a ___________ lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and _____
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can ______ is just another lemon-tree

I'm ______ here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
While _______ ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm stepping around in the desert of _____
______ anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue ______
And all that I can see is just another _______
I'm _______ my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder

I wonder _________
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a ________ ____________

After finishing correcting the words, students, in pairs, will highlight the verbs in the present tense.

Also, practice pronunciation by singing all together. 

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Unit 2: Shop for food, ask sthing you want, ask about price (video)

Video about asking for products and prices:



  1. First time only listen, 
  2. second time answer questions 1- 4 to get the general idea, 
  3. third listening rest of questions and check.

Thursday 4 September 2014

Unit 1. Mr. Bean Daily Routines



Students will watch scene by scene, the teacher will stop the video when one scene ends. They will have to write down what he is doing during the scene (only images).

Also, guess what he does next. 

Mr Bean’s timetable:

1. He wakes up before _________
2. What type of breakfast does he have?
a. A small one
b. A big one
3. He leaves home at __________ in the _________.
4. He has ___________ around 12:15.
5. He gets home around __________.
6. What does he do after dinner? _______________________
7. And in the evening? ____________________
8. What does he usually do after midnight? _______________

Unit 1. Introducing people (Videos)

Videos on how to introduce people: examples from TV series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEJhW0_gqA 


  1. 1st time: only listen
  2. 2nd time: try to extract and write down 2 ways

    • Share answers in pairs, then all class will correct together. 
    • Students will write their answers on board.

Then watch next video:




  • 1st time: only listen. Do you catch the humour of the scene?
    • In pairs, comment what you have understood

Wednesday 3 September 2014