Yesterday we corrected the homework and worked with an extra handout (given to you in class).

Homework:
- Extra handout – Exercise 3
- Coursebook – Page 79
- CD-ROM – Unit 6 (in case you haven’t done units 1 -5, do them!)

Easy, huh?!

Hi there!!!
I know we’re past Easter by now, but I’ve decided to reactivate my flickr account (I didn’t even know I’ve had it since 2004) and, consequently, I had to test some of its features. One of these is exactly this: integrating Flickr to a blog account. I can’t really set categories or any of the other cool things I can do from my Edublogs page. But then again, I had been using it only for posting simple and straightforward messages. This is a picture of my niece. I hope you like it!
How was Easter?
Cheers,
Rick

So, I hope you’ve been practising your pronunciation after what we talked about yesterday. Remember and practise the UPS and DOWNS of the language. The rhythm of English is very different from the rhythm of Portuguese, and this makes a big difference in terms of understanding and speaking clearly.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t our picture in the newspaper today, but at least we had some fun taking the picture, right?

Anyway, don’t forget to do your homework for next class:

- Workbook – Unit 5 – Lessons 3 and 4.

And remember that your composition is for next Monday, all right?

Cheers!

The final tests are coming. We have two more classes before the final written test, so, please, make sure you study hard, OK?

Today we had an activity on the board recycling PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE – affirmative, interrogative and negative form -, ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom/hardly ever, never), SUBJECT and OBJECT PRONOUNS and how to form questions.

I noticed that you still have some problems with that. What about trying it out here? Just leave a comment as the answer and I’ll correct it, all right?

1. Write QUESTIONS for the underlined parts of the answers:

a. Mike always goes to the club.

b. Susan and Amanda go to the gym because they want to be fit.

c. My school is in Asa Norte.

d. I start school at 7:15.

e. My sister works in the U.S.

2. Write the INTERROGATIVE form of the sentences below.

a. There is a student in the classroom.

b. Stephen likes pizza.

c. My brother and my sister go to school by bus.

3. Put the adverb of frequency in the right place.

a. I study English in the afternoon. (ALWAYS)

b. We are late to our English class. (NEVER)

c. Mike goes swimming at the weekend. (SELDOM)

4. Rewrite the sentences substituting the underlined words for the correct PRONOUN (Subject or Object).

a. Your friends walk to school with my brother and I.

b. Does David know my sister?

c. His mother is in his school now talking to our principal, Ms. White.

5. Write the NEGATIVE form of the sentences below.

a. Kelly is very intelligent.

b. Linda and Clark usually go to the cinema on Sundays.

c. Anthony rides his bike in the afternoon.

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT CLASS

- Workbook pages 52 and 53

- COMPOSITION – rewrite the composition correcting the mistakes. Please, bring me both copies!

Cheers!

Just a quick post to inform you of your homework.

- Grammar Booster – Unit 5 – Lesson 2

- Workbook – Unit 5 – Lesson 2

Make sure you also recycle the usage of articles, ok?

Cheers,

Rick

So, what happened to the boys in this group? I had only the girls today. Come on guys, you have to show up!

Today we recycled some vocabulary from unit 5. I know you have to study for Sigma tests, but I still expect you to study English, OK?

Make sure you remember the vocabulary we recycled today:

• Are you ready to order?
• I’m in the mood for …
• I feel like …

Hmmm… come to think of it, we couldn’t work much further, huh? Please, make sure you use your dictionary and always check the vocabulary. Maybe the grammar bit is not that hard, but vocabulary is extremely important.

Please, check the Grammar Booster of Unit 5 Lesson 1. There are nice things about non-count nouns there.

HOMEWORK

- Composition – Describing / Advertising a gadget —- DEADLINE: June 11th (Next class)

Have a look at the description we have of the COMMUNICATOR (Unit 4) and use it as an inspiration. Don’t forget to use the vocabulary from unit 4, as well as the grammar structures you have learned so far, OK? That means you may use PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS and all the rest.

I’m looking forward to reading your composition.

Oh, did you enjoy the song today? I know you told me you don’t know PEARL JAM, but that’s a classic! Come on!!!

Cheers,

Rick

Today we finally started Unit 5 and we studied OBJECT PRONOUNS. Just so you remember, they come in the position of the object of your sentence (after the verb) and can substitute nouns just like subject pronouns. Can you still remember all subject and object pronouns? Here you go:

SUBJECT PRONOUNS – I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

OBJECT PRONOUNS – me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

How do they work? Well, let’s have a look at the sentences below:

• Jack likes Susan.

In the example above, JACK is the subject. That means we can substitute JACK for a subject pronoun.

• He likes Susan.

Now SUSAN, on the other hand, is the object. Consequently, we have to use the appropriate OBJECT PRONOUN.

• He likes her.

If we change the order of the people, this is what we have:

• Susan likes Jack.
• She likes him.

Make sure you have a look at this in your book, ok?

HOMEWORK

- Composition – A DAY IN MY LIFE

Write a composition describing a typical day in your life. What time do you get up? Do you have breakfast with your parent or alone? What do you eat? What time do you start school? What time do you finish school? Do you like going to school? Why? What do you do in the afternoon? What about the evening? Please, include as many details as possible. Don’t forget to use TIME and PRESENT SIMPLE.

Deadline for the composition: June 11th (next class)

Cheers,

Rick

So, today we started talking about food. What a nice topic, huh?! Just make sure you don’t come hungry to class.

Today we covered the TOPIC PREVIEW for unit 5 and we also had a song – BUBBLY. I hope you enjoyed it.

HOMEWORK

- Workbook – Unit 5 Topic Preview (exercises 1 and 2 only)

And here goes the video and the lyrics of the song:

Bubbly

See you Wednesday,

Rick

I hope our talk today was profitable and I expect to see some changes starting next class, ok? Can I count on you guys?

Don’t forget to do the GRAMMAR REVIEW for unit 4. And don’t forget there is a QUIZ – UNIT 4, next class.

See you Wednesday,

Rick