Course 4

Here are some tasks as well as links to practice the contents from units 10 to 12: For instance, here is a portion of our lesson plan for session 8, Thursday, October 24th, 2013: Vocabulary presentation: What is the equivalent Idiomatic expression? Students will match the expressions: To tell a secret To be very happy To memorize To not speak directly about something To like food with a lot of sugar in it. Idiomatic expressions: have a sweet tooth Learn by heart Be on cloud nine Spill the beans Beat around the bush Now, complete the following sentences using the appropriate idiomatic expression in the right form: 1. The teacher of course four told us to__________________ the structures of the units ______ _____________. 2. Tatiana knows that chocolate is bad for her but she just can’t stop eating it. I guess she ___________ _________ ___________ ______________. 3. When Miguel found out that he had passed the University entrance exam, he __________ __________ ________ __________. 4. A: How did Vladimir found out about the surprise party we’re planning for December? B: I don’t know, I didn’t tell anyone. C: I guess Susan overheard our conversation and she _____________ ________ _______________. 5. S: Teacher could you please tell me the meaning of the word curse? T: eer, um, it’s like when something is not polite, not respectful. It’s something like that. S: Oh come on! Teacher stop _____________ ______________ _______________ __________________ and tell me its exact meaning. T: All right, all right it means … Finally prepare a Role play using Comparatives, superlatives and the expressions above in context. Listening: Listen to the following song: Cod :bacalao http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/record-breakers. Make up your own song and sing it in class. Here are some examples: http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2012/02/songs-comparatives.html GENERAL PRACTICE: http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/?Grammar

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