UNIT 4: MY COUNTRY: CARNIVALS

SPEAKING AND WRITING. LOOK AT THE POSTER BELOW

Speaking: Choose one of the carnivals shown: Barranquilla Carnival, The Black and Whites Carnival or Manizales Carnival.

Go to:
VOCAROO and answer: What are the characteristics of this carnaval?Then, send the recording to the e-mail nanislaflaquis13@hotmail.com ENJOY LEARNING :)

Writing: Choose one of the two videos below. Why do you love carnivals in Colombia? Write a paragraph about it.

Example: I love carnivals in Colombia because I can dance, talk to my friends and enjoy. I love celebrating with my other Colombians. Carnivals make me relax.

I love carnivals in Colombia because...

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Level: Intermediate Unit 1: The strictest parents 5. Writing:

Level: Intermediate   Unit 1: The strictest parents

5. Writing: 

Here there is a general opinion about the strictness of my parents:

My parents are very strict with me; I'm 21 years old, but still I need to call them when I'm going to arrive late. When I go out with my friends I always tell them about it, in other case they would become upset with me. Before I go to the university, I need to do housework, and they are always asking me about my homework. 

 Can you tell me how strict your parents? 

My parents are/ aren't strict with me. they....

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Level: Intermediate Unit 1: My family: The strictest parents.

Level: Intermediate 

Unit 1: My family: The strictest parents.

4. Speaking: 

Look at this video of one episode of the series The world's strictest parents. What do you think about it?

World's Strictest Parents - Sri Lanka Part 1

(Video used with educational purposes)

Please go to this link: http://en.blaving.com/nanislaflaquis13/p/460257/Stricteness-at-home and answer this question: Are your parents as strict as the ones that are on the video? In the page you will also find an example to know how to do it. 

Enjoy it. 

INTRODUCTION.

This blog has as main objective to encourage students to improve their English learning through different and creative ideas and activities, they are going to be very useful and funny for the kids and in this way we can create a good tool for teaching and learning of a new language (English), taking into account the opinions and likes of our students about the development of this blog.

This blog will work in the progress of all skills neccesary for English learning of our dear students. For this reason, we will start with an activity of listening and then other ones:

Pre-Listening activities

1.    Do you like music?

2.    What kind of music do you like?

3.    Who are your favorite singers?

     

Compare answers with another mate.

Listening activities:

1.  Look at the video of the song “Who’s laughing now” by Jessi J.

Which words do you recognize?

Which expressions can you understand?

2. Listen to the song again and fill in the gaps with the statements from the box. Then, check with a partner.

Hit me hard   Thank you for the pain        Make your jokes  Take away my chair  Drag my spirit down    Sit and cry

 

Who’s laughing now by Jessi J  Mummy they call me name
They wouldn't let me play
I'd run home, ______________ almost every day
"Hey Jessica, you look like an alien
With green skin you don't fit in this playpen"
Well they pull my hair
They __________________
I keep it in and pretend that I didn't care
"Hey Jessica, you're so funny
You've got teeth just like Bugs bunny"

Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
You would make me feel
When you _____________________
But thank you for the pain
It made me raise my game
And I'm still rising, I'm still rising
Yeah

So ____________________
Go for broke
Blow your smoke
You're not alone
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now
So raise the bar
__________________
Play your cards
Be a star
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now

Cos I'm in L.A
You think I've made my fame
If it makes us friends
When you only really know my name
"Oh Jessie, we knew you could make it
I've got a track and I'd love you to take it"
So now because I'm signed
You think my pockets lined
4 years now and I'm still waiting in the line
"Oh Jessie, I saw you on YouTube
I tagged old photos from when we was at school"

Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
You would make me feel
When you drag my spirit down
But ______________________
It made me raise my game
And I'm still rising, I'm still rising
Yeah!

So make your jokes
Go for broke
Blow your smoke
You're not alone
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now
So raise the bar
Hit me hard
Play your cards
Be a star
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now
       3 Listen again to the chorus of the song and scramble the words according to what you hear.                                                                              

    So make/  jokes /your
Go for broke
your/  Blow /smoke
You're not alone
But who's /now/ laughing 
But who's laughing now
So raise the bar
Hit /hard /me 
Play your cards
Be a star
But who's laughing now
But who's/ now /laughing

4. Matching Exercise. Match the statements to their opposites

1. Hit me hard                                   2. Thank you for the pain                            3. Make your jokes                              4. Sit and cry                                               5. Take (Took) away my chair               6. Drag my spirit down    

(  ) a. Thank you for the pleasure              (  ) b. Stand and laugh                                       (  ) c. Offer a chair                                           (  ) d. Hug me soft                                             (  ) e. Lift my spirit                                    (  ) f. Respect the others

Post-Listening activities

1.    Discussing. What’s the topic/issue presented in this song?

2.    Design a brochure to offer possible solutions to this issue affecting kids at school.

3.    In groups of three people perform the sentences above and other possible solutions.