Sunday, 10 July 2011

LESSON PLAN : It tastes good!!

TOPIC: Eating out TIMING : 3 sessions
LEARNING AIMS:
- To participate in speeches and short simulations to talk about processes, food and at the restaurant, using the necessary strategies to solve the difficulties during the interaction
-To read, listen, understand and obtain general and specific information from the net
-To produce written and oral texts at the restaurant and recipes
-To be aware of different cultures and other ways of living and eating habits
CONTENTS
-Completion of information of dishes from different countries and comments about the recipes using IT resources
-Reading and listening about food and role-plays at the restaurant
-Writing recipes and dialogues at the restaurant
BASIC COMPETENCES WORKED
-Linguistic and communicative competence
-Treatment of the information and digital competence
-Social and civic competence
-Personal autonomy and initiative competence
ACTIVITY 1:
INTERNATIONAL DISHES
1- Look up the following information on the net to complete the chart:
DISH WHAT IS IT?(INGREDIENTS) WHERE IS IT FROM?
Spanakopitta
Roghan josh
Sashimi
Pilaki
Patatas bravas
Khao pat
2- Have a look to the following websites to be familiar with some recipes and their structure:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html. Choose one and click on "full recipe"
Alternative sites to visit: http://allrecipes.com/
3- Visit: http://www.writingfun.com/. Click on text types, procedure, text organizer, example 3.
Following the structure of the text organizer about recipes, write your own dish by means of the information given. (Ingredients, time preparation, difficulty, instructions/steps, etc)
ACTIVITY 2:
Listen to this conversation at the restaurant and practice the pronunciation with your partner:

ACTIVITY 3:
Listen and read the conversation at a restaurant and use it as a model to write your own one.
http://www.audioenglish.net/english-learning/english_dialogue_restaurant_lunch_and_dinner_1.htm
You can use this website to find vocabulary about food and dishes
Record your role-plays by means of http://www.espaciopodcast.com/

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

THE BEATLES

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. They are one of the most successful groups in the history of popular music. The members of the band were: John Lennon, Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

SPEAKING SKILLS

FIRST PART
Introduce yourself:
-Name -age -date of birth
- family members - place where you live
- things you like and things you don't like
- things you can do
SECOND PART
Talk about these pictures:
- What can you see there?

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Earthquake in Lorca

Earthquake hits southern Spain (11th May 2011)

The 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across the Murcia region.
The epicentre was registered in the Tercia mountain range close to the town of Lorca, where several buildings were destroyed including a medieval church bell tower. It was the worst earthquake in Spain for 50 years.
Authorities confirmed that at least ten people had died, including a child of 13 years old.
The biggest earthquake to hit Europe in recent years occurred in April 2009 when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit L'Aquila in central Italy killing over 300 people.