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Unit 15: Eat healthy (worksheet created by Ana Iguiñiz)

Source: http://www.isabelperez.com/wizard/eat_healthy.htm?ID=60662

Unit 15: Food (Vocabulary exercises online)

http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/food-exercises.html

Unti 15: All you need is love (The Beatles)

(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)
(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)
(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)

There's nothing you can ________ that can't be done
________ you can sing that can't be sung
________ you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's ________

There's nothing you can ________ that can't be made
No ________ you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn to be you in ________
It's ________

All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love, love
Love is all you ________

(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)
(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)
(­­­________, ­­­________, ­­­________)

All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love, love
Love is all you ________

There's nothing you can _________ that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't _________
There's _________ you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's _________.

All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love
All you ________ is love, love
Love is all you ________

All you ________ is love, all together now
All you ________ is loveeverybody
All you ________ is love, love
Love is all you ________

Love is all you ________

Love is all you ________

Love is all you ________...

Songwriters
LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL

• Played 2 times.
• Check answers all together and play song again to see where the words are. We can also sing if you feel like.
• Speaking in pairs:
• What is the song about? 
• Underline the words you don’t know and try to guess the meaning from the context.
• Underline the verb tenses you know.
• Did you like the song? Why?

• Whole-class revision and discussion. Check answers, unknown words, and content. 
• Look for the passive constructions in the song.

Unit 14: Parts of the house (Treasure hunt created by José Manuel Benítez García)

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=77942

Unit 14: Count on me (Bruno Mars)

Fill in the gaps with words from the song

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the _______
I'll sail the _________ to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't _______

I'll be the ___________ to guide you

Find out what we're made ______
When we are called to help our ________ in need

You can c_______ on me like one, two, _______, I'll be there
And I know when I need it
I can count on you like _______, three, two, you'll be there

'Cause that's what friends are supposed to ________,
oh yeah
ooooohoooooh
ohh yeah ,yeah

If you're tossing and you're turning and you just can't fall ________
I'll sing a s________ beside you
And if you ever forget how ___________ you really mean to me
Everyday I will remind __________

ohohoh

___________ out what we're made of
When we are called to help our ____________ in need

You can count on me like one, two, three, I'll be ___________
And I know _________ I need it
I can count on you like four, three, two, you'll be ______

'Cause that's _______ friends are supposed to do
oh yeah
ooohoooh
yeah yeah

Unit 13: Anorexia and bulimia (worksheet created by Isabel Pericas)

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=94347

Source: www.isabelperez.com

Unit 13: Making suggestions and offers (video)

Student´s English PLE

Unit 13: Hey Jude (Beatles)

Fill in the gaps with words from the song

Hey Jude, don't make it _______
Take a sad _______ and make it better
Remember to let ______ into your heart
Then you can start to make it ________

Hey Jude, _______ be afraid
You were made to go out ______ get her
The minute you let her _______ your skin
T________ you begin to make it better

And anytime you ______ the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the ________ upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it _____
By making his _______ a little colder


Nah nahnahnahnahnahnahnahnah

Hey Jude, don't let _______ down
You have ________ her, now go and get her
___________ to let her into your heart
Then you can start to __________ it better

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for ________ to perform with
And don't you ___________ that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do
The __________ you need is on your shoulder

Nah nahnahnahnahnahnahnahnah yeah

Hey Jude, don't make it ________

Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your _________
Then you'll begin to make _______

Better betterbetterbetterbetterbetter, oh

Nah nahnahnahnahnah, nah nahnah, hey

Unit 13: How to Give People Advice

http://www.wikihow.com/Give-People-Advice

How to do a PLE (Personal Learning Enviroment)

Video tutorial que muestra cómo hacer un PLE (Personal Learning Enviroment) con Symbaloo:

Unit 12: Write an email

Unit 12: Jobs exercises online

Source: englishexercises.org

More excercises: Remedial work
http://enjoyenglish.free.fr/english/primaire/concentration/jobs/jobs.htm

Unit 12: The Script: The man who can’t be moved

Going back to the corner where I _______ saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping _______, I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your _________ in my hand
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her ______ I am

Some try to hand me money, they don't _______
I'm not broke I'm just a broken hearted _______
I know it makes no sense, but _______ else can I do
How can I move on when I'm still in _______ with you

'Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing _______
And your _______ starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking _______ you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the _______
So I'm not moving
I'm not _______

Policeman _______ son you can't stay here
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a _______, a year
Got to stand my ground even if it rains or _______
If she changes her mind this is the first _______ she will go

'Cause if one _______ you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this _______ I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd _______
And _______ see me waiting for you on the corner of the street

_______ I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving
I'm not moving

People _______ about the guy
Who's waiting on a _______, oh whoa
There are no holes in his _______

But a _______ hole in his world

Maybe I'll get famous as the man who can't be _______

And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the _______
And _______'ll come running to the corner
'Cause you'll know it's _______ for you

I'm the _______ who can't be moved
I'm the _______ who can't be moved

'Cause if one _______ you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this _______ I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd _______
And _______ see me waiting for you on the corner of the street

_______ I'm not moving
('Cause if one day you wake up, find that you're missing _______)
I'm not moving
Going back to the _______ where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping _______, I'm not gonna move

Check answers all together and play song again to see where the words are + we can also sing if you feel like.

Unit 11: I'll always love you (Whitney Huston)

Fill in the gaps with words from the song

If I should stay,
I would only be in ________ way.
So I'll ________, but I ________
I'll ________ of you every step of the way.

And I will always ________ you.
I will ________ love you.
You, my ________ you. Hmm.

Bittersweet ________
that is all I'm taking with me.
So, goodbye. Please, ________.
We both know I'm not what you, you ________

________ I will always love you.
I will always love you.

(Instrumental solo)

I hope life ________ you kind
And I hope you have all you've ________ of.
And I wish to you, joy and ________
But above all this, I ________ you love.

And I will always love you.
I will ________ love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I, I will always love you.

You, ________, I love you.
Ooh, I'll always, I'll always love you.

Unit 11: Sever weather and natural disasters

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/severe.htm

Unit 11: Future with will (exercises)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/future-1-will-1

Unit 10: Next year (Jamie Cullum)

Review + auto evaluation sheet

Song: Next year (Jamie Cullum)

Next Year, 

Things are gonna _______,
Gonna ________ less beer
And start all ______ again
Gonna pull up _____ socks
Gonna ______ my shower
Not gonna live by the ______
But get up at a decent _____

Gonna ______ more books
Gonna keep up with the _____
Gonna ______ how to cook
And spend less _______ on shoes
______ my bills on time
File my mail away, ________
Only drink the finest _______
And call my Gran every Sunday
Resolutions
Well Baby they come and go
Will I do any of these _______?
The answer's probably _______
But if there's one thing, I must do,
Despite my _________ fears
I'm gonna say to you
How I've felt all of these _______
Next Year, Next Year, Next Year
I gonna tell you, how I feel
Well, _______
Baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things?
The answer's probably no
But if there's one thing, I _________ do,
Despite my greatest fears
I'm gonna say to you
How I've felt all of these _______
Next Year, Next Year, Next Year

Whole class discussion: 

• What is “gonna”? 
• When is it used? 
• How is the correct way of saying it?
• What things are you going to do next year?
• Do you usually have new year resolutions? 
• Do you do them?

Pair work: 

• Write a short text using the structure of the song. 
• Try to rhyme the words. 
• Think of a tune to it. 

Students who wish so, will sing it for the rest. 

Unit 10: Melting ice in Arctic

Listening:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/140609-arctic-ice-maps

Questions:

1.   When does the man in the video say there will be no ice in the Arctic?

• a. In one century
• b. In 10 years
• c. In 2 centuries

2. In the 80’s what was the length of the Arctic poles?

• a. Between 7 and 8 million km2
• b. Between 8 and 9 million km2
• c. Between 6 and 8 million km2

3. And in 2007?

• a. It stayed the same
• b. There was a small decline
• c. There was a drastic decline

4. And in 2012?

• a. It went up to 3 thousand km2
• b. It went down to 3 thousand km2
• c. It went down to 3 million km2

5. What does the data mean?

• a. It has been a reduction
• b. It has stayed the same
• c. It has increased

6. How many levels do they reflect?

• a. 22
• b. 2
• c. 12

7. Does ice change during the year?

• a. Yes, during the summer there is less
• b. No, it remains the same
• c. Yes, during the winter there is less

8. For how long does data show it has been decreasing?

• a. Last century
• b. Last decade
• c. Last year

Comment in pairs on the importance of the information from the video.

Then whole class.

Unit 10: Global warming (webtask created by Fuensanta Dicenta)

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=99503

Web quest (created by Fuensanta Dicenta) on Global warming from IsabelPerez’s blog.

Unit 10: Going to future (online exercises)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5640

Unidad 9: What's in a band name? (Worksheet created by Paco Hernandez)

http://www.isabelperez.com/wizard/band_name.htm?ID=61165

Unit 9: Practice grammar (Present perfect with just/yet/already)

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes11/pres_perf_3.htm

Unit 9: U2 (Treasure Hunt)

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=78058

Unit 9: Composers/Musicians Webquest

Unit 9: Interview in the Ellen show to Pharrell Williams (Listening)

Unit 9: The show must go on (Queen)

Empty spaces 

- what are ______living for?
Abandoned ______ - I guess we know the score.
On and ______!
Does anybody know what we are looking ______?

Another hero - another mindless ______.
______ the curtain, in the pantomime.
Hold the line!
Does anybody want to take ______ anymore?
The Show ______ go on!
The Show ______ go on!Yeah!
Inside my ______ is breaking,
______ make-up may be flaking,
But my smile, still, ______ on!

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to ______.
Another heartache - ______ failed romance.
On and on...
Does ______ know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning
I ______ be warmer now..
I'll soon be turning, round the ______ now.
Outside the dawn is breaking,
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be ______!

The Show ______ go on!
The Show ______go on! Yeah,yeah!
Ooh! ______ my heart is breaking!
My make-up may be flaking...
But my ______, still, stays on!
Yeah! oh oh oh

My soul is painted ______ the wings of butterflies,
Fairy tales of ______, will grow but never die,
I can fly, my friends!

The Show ______ go on! Yeah!
The Show ______ go on!
I'll face it with a grin!
I'm ______ giving in!
On with the ______!

I'll top the bill!
I'll overkill!
I have to find the will to ______ on!
On with the ______!
On with the ______!

Unit 9: Modal verbs (online exercises)

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal1.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2229

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/modal1.htm

Unit 8: Hand out travel brochure

All session

Hand out travel brochure:

 

Travel brochure Australia

Students work in pairs, ask them to read information about tips to write a travel brochure from wikihow.com

You can see it using i-nigma

From a map they randomly pick a place, look for information in Internet and write a travel brochure.

Present it to rest of class.

Unit 8: Jo’s travel diary (Reading)

Year 4 text: Jo’s travel diary

• Do you like this picture? 

• Would you buy it? For how much?

• Who do you think has painted it? 

• Can someone describe it: which colours does it have? What is in the painting

• Does it represent anything? 

• What name would you give this painting?

• If I tell you that it costs 429$, would you believe it?

• It I tell you that it was done by an animal, which one do you think?

Read the title “Most expensive painting by elephants”

Discuss:

• Do you know what a travel diary is? 
• Have you ever had one?

 

Discuss

Individual reading

Check answers with a partner and whole class correction

In pairs, writing a travel diary. Hand in at end of class for teacher correction.

Teacher explains the format and steps they have to follow:

• All class give ideas: where, what to do, vocabulary related to trips

• In partners: plan what it is going to be about

• Write it

Unit 8. "We're The World (USA For Africa)"

"We're The World (USA For Africa)"

There comes a time when we heed a certain _____
When the ______ must come together as one
There are _____ dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of _____

We can't go on pretending day by ______

That someone, _________ will soon make a change
We all are a part of God's great big _______

And the truth, you know,
______ is all we need

[Chorus:]
We are the ______, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own _______
It's true we'll make a ________ day
Just you and _______

Send them your _________ so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be _________ and free
As ________ has shown us by turning stone to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus]

When you're down and out, there seems no ______ at all
But if you just __________ there's no way we can fall
Well...well...well
Let's realize that a change can only come
When we stand __________ as one

[Chorus]

Unit 8: What Is Beauty?

   Pre-listening

Discuss in groups of 3:

• What is beauty for you?
• Do you think beauty is the same in all cultures?
• Do you think it is important in our society?
• Do you think beauty is also in the inside of people?

Whole-class discussion.

Some names that will come up in the video: (and show their pronunciation)

-       Papua New Guinea

-       Hui bachelor cult

-       The mud men

-       Ethiopia

-       Distorted

-       Wig

-       Bound

Video about beauty in different cultures:

Unit 8: Describing places adjectives

Continue 1 minute talk with different students.

Describing places (cut adjectives out and in groups of 5 turn one and decide where it goes)

Check all together: one student from each group writes them on board, if correct, they receive a point. Group with most points win.

Unit 8: Present perfect interrogative

 A few students speaking for 1 minute about a random topic picked from cards.

Elicit from students rules and use of present perfect affirmative and negative and make them deduce the order for interrogative sentences.

Use students as models with sentences to practice word order. 

Sentence:

She has seen the new science fiction film. 

Chose the correct form:

1) I have eaten a delicious cake. __________________

• Have I eat a delicious cake?
• Have eaten I a delicious cake?
• Have I eaten a delicious cake?

2) You have bought some milk. __________________

• Have you bought some milk?
• Have bought you some milk?
• Have you buy some milk?

3) He has travelled a lot. __________________

• Has he travelled a lot?
• Did has he travelled a lot?
• Has he travel a lot?

4) We have been to New Zeland. __________________

• Have we be to New Zeland?
• Have we been to New Zeland?
• Have been we to New Zeland?

5) They have lost their dog. __________________

• Has they lost their dog?
• Have they lost their dog?
• Have they lose their dog?

6) She has visited Big Ben. __________________

• Has she visited Big Ben?
• Have she visited Big Ben?
• Have visited she Big Ben?

7) It has been a lovely day. __________________

• Have it been a lovely day?
• Has it be a lovely day?
• Has it been a lovely day?

8) We have taken your umbrella. __________________

• Have we took your umbrella?
• Have we taken your umbrella?
• Have taken we your umbrella?

9) I have sent a letter to my friend Tom. __________________

• Have I sent a letter to my friend Tom?
• Have sent I a letter to my friend Tom?
• Has I sent a letter to my friend Tom?

10) The exam has been really easy! __________________

• Has the exam been really easy?
• Have the exam been really easy?
• Have the exam be really easy?

Intermediate grammar games (Jill Hadfield: pg. 12 + 55, 56)

I. Make present perfect 'yes / no' or 'wh' questions

1. (They / go / to the USA)? 
2. (You / read / the Harry Potter books)? 
3. (She / be / late for school)? 
4. (He / meet / your brother yet)? 
5. (They / live / here as long as we have)? 
6. (You / go / to Canada)? 
7. (She / miss / the train)? 
8. (I / meet / you before)? 
9. (They / take / the exam)? 
10. (She / work / in this company for ten years)? 
11. (How long / she / live in Melbourne)?

II. Create 10 interrogative questions of your own that you would ask to a foreigner