WRITING PRACTICE IN CLASS

WRITING: my family/ atmosphere

                Relationships at home

                I normally get on with all the members of my family. I have 8 children and sometimes it means a lot of work, but I’m happy.

                The relationship with my wife is very good. We sometimes have arguments, though./Although we sometimes have arguments

                I get on with all my sons, but especially with Zoilo. We tend to play cards together and …

                My son Jose María is good, but sometimes he’s very naughty and it’s hard for me to gain his respect.

                My daughter Claudia is special to me. She’s lovely, open, friendly… she’s one in a million.

                And most of all, I have to mention my wife. I can always rely on her and she’s always there when I need her.

Writing pracice in class: school memories

When I went to school I remember that I used to have a lot of fun, 

because all my friends were in my class. Besides, I can clearly remember that we used to play basketball on the playground every single breaktime.

                If I have to write something about the subjects, I will say that 

my favourites were history, Spanish and English. Anyway, I didn’t use to 

study very hard but I got grades in them. Later, when I grew up I started being worried about my grades and I studied harder.

                Some teachers were good, motivating…

                Some classes were boring

                The discipline was very strict./ It was a school run by priests.

                

HOMEWORK

REVIEW BASIC GRAMMAR POINTS (BLOG)

p.50 LEARNING TO BE HAPPY

SHE was in tears = crying

to test this idea

to be fair

What I really needed to....  was...

According to...

The strange thing is...

I was reminded of a ...

obsession

encourage sb to do sth

concerned = worried

and stuff (uncountable noun)

suggest + V -ing

CANNOT

despite the fact that...

make conversation

avoid + v -ing

avoid getting into debt

EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING, SOMETHING, SOMEONE + SINGULAR VERB

everything has a price to pay

everybody is responsible of ...


aim to

learn by heart = memorize

The irony of this is...

get upset = get shocked

USED TO + V-INF

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:

USEDTOCOMPAR

HOMEWORK:

PHOTOCOPIES: STUDIES/SCHOOLS

P.48 VOCAB + READING P.50/51

HOMEWORK

VOCABULARY: P 47 AND P.50