Week 3 ; 28 September- 2 October

 

BRIDGE THE GENERATION GAP 

CLASS 1

Objectives: - differences between generations 

Watch and write about the differences among generations X,Y,Z 

Generation X : - 1960-1980

                         - the first digital immigrants 

                         - political conflicts

                         - easily adaptable 

Generation Y : - 1980 - 1995

                        - multi-screen users

                       -  narcissist  - selfies

                       - optimistic

                       

Generation Z - 1995- 2009

                      - use social networking 

                     - they share and generate content online 

                     - they communicate using pictures / short texts

Let's note down some characteristics of  Alpha generation : 

- raised with ' screens ' around

- 2010-2025

- they will live in an environmental crisis

- more culturally diverse

- 'screenagers'  instead of 'teenagers' 

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Class 2 

Objective : ways of expressing future 

Manual digital : https://manuale.edu.ro/manuale/Clasa%20a%20VIII-a/Limba%20moderna%20engleza/Uy5DLiBBUlQgS0xFVFQg/#book/00

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

' WILL'  FUTURE

' BE GOING TO'  FUTURE 

B) Practice

1)     Have individual students write a quick list of five scheduled or definite plans using be going to.

2)     Put students in pairs, and have them take turns stating their plans.  When partner A explains a plan, partner B should make a prediction.  When A’s list is exhausted, they can switch roles.  Partner B reads a statement with a plan, and A makes a prediction.

3)     While students practice, the teacher can listen for errors or misunderstandings and use the information for lesson planning or error correction.  The teacher can also extend the lesson to include will with probably, or use of the present progressive for future meaning depending on students’ accomplishments.

4)     As a follow up to any new material, students can switch partners and repeat with a new partner using the new language.

Exercises from page 11 

Reading from page 12 .

Week 2 ; 21-25 September

 Answer this poll : https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7

Poll deadline : 17th Sept . midnight

AS I EXPECTED , IN FACT , ONLY  FEW answered the poll ... I insist on paying attention on what I have posted. 

The results : 

https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7/r

CLASS 1 

Objective : - reading the results of a poll 

-review present tenses : simple, continuous, perfect 

Using the data collected by the poll above talk about pupils' opinions regarding bad habits.

Present Tense  : 

Present Continuous :

Present Perfect :

VERBS NOT USUALLY USED IN CONTINUOUS FORM : 

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/non-continuous-verbs

Simple Present or Present Continuous? 

1.It rains / it's raining very hard - maybe we shouldn't go out. 

2. I eat / I'm eating lunch with my coworkers every day. 

3. My son hates / is hating vegetables. He never eats them.

 4. William's not home right now. He travels / He's traveling. 

5. These shoes don't fit / aren't fitting. I need a larger size. 

6. From the tone of her voice, it sounds / it's sounding like she's angry. 

7. My sister has / is having long black hair. 

8. I usually go / I'm usually going to the gym in the morning. 

9. My car is being repaired, so I rent / I'm renting a car this week. 

10.I confess / I'm confessing that I have a drinking problem. 

11.I just finished the book. Now I understand / I'm understanding why everyone loves this author. 12.They consider / They're considering buying the house; they said they'll decide by the end of the week. 

13.We currently know / We're currently knowing nothing about the matter. 

14.He approves / He's approving of your idea. 

15.I've done my part. Now it depends / it's depending on you. 

16.I have / I'm having a headache, so I have / I'm having trouble concentrating today.

In your digital book at page 10 , ex 1 you have a video about present tenses, too. It can also be helpful. 

Class 2 

Objective :- present tenses in contrast 

Then let's solve all  the exercises from page 10 and ex 1, 2, 3 page 11. 

MORE EXERCISES ON PRESENT TENSES :

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test3

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-3.html

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-70806.php

Week 1 : 14-18 September

 What are you afraid the most this school year?

Are we going to be friends this year? 

As I have told you before , you post as " Anonymus " and sign with your first name only ! 

GENITIVE CASE  

 

If you have to show joint ownership, give the possessive form to the final name only.

• Abbott and Costello's famous baseball sketch.

• Coca Cola's latest advertising campaign.

Companies are often treated like people.

For example:-

When we refer to a particular time (in the present, past or future), it’s possible to use the saxon genitive. For example:

Today’s news.

Last week’s meeting.

Four days’ holiday.

Next year’s budget.

When we refer to a regularly occurring time, we use an adjective, such as ‘daily’, ‘monthly’, ‘annual’, and not the saxon genitive:

What happened at yesterday’s meeting?

Have you read today’s newspaper?

Sara’s got three days’ sick leave.

We need to get ready for this afternoon’s conference.

Next year’s budget is only a little higher than this year’s.

Sources : https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/blog/english-possessives-the-saxon-genitive/

https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/casepossgen.html

EXERCISES 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s3.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/s_of.htm

WHAT EXCEPTIONS FROM THE RULES YOU KNOW HAVE YOU NOTICED IN THE LAST EXERCISE ? -POST YOUR COMMENTS UNDER UNTIL 20TH SEPTEMBER AT NOON .

LIFE PLANS 

Objectives : bad habits 

reading / listening comprehension

Digital textbook pages 8, 9 

Ex 4/ 8 - quick reading 

Listen, read the text and make ex 5/ 8

Find instances of gentive in the text . What can you notice about it ? How can you explain it ? 

Answer this poll : https://strawpoll.com/2eypeuch7

Poll deadline : 17th Sept . midnight