MY LAST HOLIDAY -

MY LAST HOLIDAY

This morning, students in the first class have been asked to create a mind map about their last holiday. This is what they have done.

They’ll write a text about their last holiday (real or imaginary)

WHERE did you go on holiday?

WHEN did you go there?

HOW did you go?

WHO did you go with?

HOW LONG did you stay?

WHERE did you stay?

WHAT did you visit?

WHAT was special about your holiday?

WHAT did you buy?

Did you MEET any new people?

Did you ENJOY it?

Would you like to come back there?

Also, students have been told to use the adjectives in ed and ing they've studied: amazing-amazed, boring-bored, interesting -interested.....

These are two of the writing activities done by students...Both of them are about London

My Last Holiday

Last summer I went to London.

I stayed one week in a big hotel in the centre of London, near the London Eye.

I went there by plane with my father and my mother; my sister was there with her friends.

I saw a lot of things, in particular: the London Eye,the Westminster Palace(with Big Ben), the Tower Bridge, the Tower of London,Buckingam Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Hyde Park, Hampton Court (I love it so much!), the British Museum, the National Gallery and also the big Madame Tussaud’s museum (it was interesting, fantastic!).

I enjoyed my holiday; I was really amazed.

Food and people were good and also all  parks in London, they are really big!

On the last day I was in the Hard Rock Cafè and I bought a fantastic gray hoodie and a big Bordeaux T-shirt.

I also bought different postcards and finally the original English tea.

I’d like to come back to London again; in fact this summer I’ll go there with my friends, I’m so excited!

 My Last Holiday

When I was ten I went to London with my family.

I visited a lot of beautiful places, but the most beautiful ones were Buckingham Palace, the London Eye and Big Ben.

We stayed in a hotel for seven days and in our friends’ house for the last three days.

I bought lots of souvenirs, including T-shirts, key rings and bracelets, which I gave as presents to my friends.

I enjoyed my holiday a lot. I hope to go back to London with my friends again.

DESCRIBING PICTURES Pet exam

Use LINKING WORDS
The picture shows..........................................
We can see.....................................................
There's.........................................................
There are......................................................
It seems.......................................................
It looks like.................................................

Say where and what
In the foreground there's/there are
In the background
In the middle/In the centre there's/there are
At the top there's/there are
At the bottom there's/there are
On the left/on the right there's/there are
Between .........and........there's/there are
Behind/in front of  there's/there are

Say what people are doing. Use PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Say what people are wearing
Say what the weather is like
Say if people are inside or outside
Use adjectives (happy, sad, scared, worried...........)
Say what the photo makes you feel
Would you like to be there? Why?Why not?

Use verbs to make HYPOTHESIS
MAY
MIGHT
COULD
MUST
CAN'T
MUST HAVE..........
It SEEMS
He SEEMS
Ex The team must be winning
      He could be listening to music
You can use MAYBE
Maybe it's a..........................................
Use words to ADD
and
also
as well as
moreover
what's more
in addition
too

Use words to ILLUSTRATE
for example
such as
for instance

Use expressions to EMPHASIZE
above all
especially
in particular

Other useful expressions
but
in spite of
despite
because
therefore
however
so
that's why
if
unless

Give your OPINION on the topic
In my opinion
From my point of view
As I see..............it
If you ask me
It seems as if.......................
The girl might be...........
The atmosphere is..............
I like/I don't like the picture.....................
It makes me think....................................
I'd like to do that!
It looks great!

The advantages and disadvantages of a Tv Reality Show

Firstly,Master Chef is the Italian version of a culinary talent show of British origin. The program is broadcast on Sky Uno and it doesn't have any  conductors,

Also, the show is connected with Master Chef Magazine dedicated to the recipes and the secrets about cooking. The advantage is that the winners will win €100.000 in gold coins and will have the chance to  publish a book with their own original recipes.

In the program there are various tests in which the competitors must show their own skills in the culinary field. Also it's required adaptability to various situations,you need tactics in the game and obviously you must have  charisma.

However, there also some disadvantages, for example in this program you can't learn how to cook,You can only watch and the judges are very strict and sometimes they make some competitors cry. What’s more, in some games you must be a competent fighter.

To sum up, it's a cool program. If you like cooking you can participate and be famous, and as I said before,you can publish your own book with your original recipes.

Correct the mistakes

 Translate the following sentences (taken from the writing activity about travelling) 

 1.             Tu dovrai abituarti a mangiare nuovi tipi di cibi

 2.             Viaggiare può essere pericoloso perché non si sa che cosa può accadere e  chi si può  incontrare, soprattutto nelle grandi città

3.             Durante il viaggio possiamo ascoltare musica o leggere libri. Così il tempo passa più  in fretta

4.             Viaggiare significa conoscere nuove abitudini e diversi stili di vita

5.             Se fai una vacanza con amici puoi rafforzare il legame con loro

6.             Infine non ci sono molti punti negativi

7.             Penso che viaggiare sia molto istruttivo

8.             Viaggiare ci fa conoscere nuove persone

9.             E’ come se noi viaggiassimo ma non riuscissimo mai a lasciare casa

10.   Sono interessata e affascinata dalla storia di questo paese

Students translated the sentences but some of them made the following mistakes
Students are asked to correct such mistakes:


1) You should get used to eating new kind of foods

2) Travel  can be very dangerous because you don't know what can happen and who you can meet           mainly in large cities

3)During the trip we can listen to music and reading books so time passes more quickly

4) Travelling mean getting to know new attitudes and different lifestyles

5) If you do a holiday with friends you can strengthen the ties with them

6) At the end there aren't many negative aspects

7) I think that travelling is very instructive

8) With travelling makes us meet new  people

9) It's like if we would travel but we never could to leave the house

10) I'm interesting and fascinated from the story of this country

Travelling

TRAVELLING

Correct the mistakes

Students will read the text written by a student in the second class and correct the underlined mistakes

I

I love travelling! I think it is the best thing a normal person can do in own life. Travelling you can discover and know lots of new things, culturs, traditions, food, traditional clothes, stories, people and especially new places. If I could, i always be travelling around the world. But, obviously like everything there are good and bad points.
Some bad points are that travelling you can know everything about that place you're visiting and you can really submerge in that wonderfull world with tipical food, cultures, etc. You can seriously become a new person after a journey. There are lots of ways to travel, I think the plane is the best. But there are also others ways to travel like train, bus, ship, etc.
How a journey can be very pleasant, it can be very terrible too. You can find others good points in a trip, like the prices: if you reserve your trip some months before it, you can find good prices, But if you look for it just some days before it, your journey will be very expensive. Another disadvantce is that you cannot feel good during a trip: you can find the most terrible hotel or it could occur that you don't eat good or your travel using a means of  transport that isn't good.

To end, I think a journey cannot be always positive, but it is always an experience to grow up and to add in your life book!


It was all for me!

RACE-il colore della vittoria

Write down a review of the film.

Last week we went to the cinema and saw a very interesting film.

Yesterday students were asked to answer the following questions:

What questions

• What's the plot?
• What's the theme?

When and Where questions

• When does the action take place?
• Where does the action take place?

Who questions

• Who are the main characters?

How questions

• How does the film deal with its main theme? How did the audience react to it?

Evaluation questions

• Did you like this in general? Why?
• Did you agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or why not?
• What specifically did you like/dislike? Why?
• Did the author/actors/director do a good job? Why or why not?
• How could it be improved?

Some answers given by students

This film is about a man that dreams to be an important person in the world and at the end he becomes a famous athlete.
The film talks about a black man, named Jesse Owens who loves running. He trains a lot to participate in the Olympic games in Berlin, followed by his coach, but since he is black he has problems in participating in the Olympics, but in the end he is able to participate and wins four gold medals.

The theme is the racism in Germany when Hitler ruled in the 1930s'

The theme is that German people didn't want him because he was black and they were envious because he was very fast

The action takes place before the Second World War

The action takes place before in the USA and then in Berlin

The main characters are Jesse Owens, his wife and his coach

I like this film because racism is still a problem in the lives of many people

I agree with the theme of the film because I hate racism 

I agree because it means that you mustn't judge a book by its cover

Specifically I liked when Owens won the gold medal after lots of attempts in the long jump

 Specifically I liked his power to do what he liked

The actors did a good job, especially the one who played the role of Jesse Owens