ANNEX UNIT 1 Warm up activity: Catching up with old friends! It’s your first day at school after the summer holidays. You haven’t seen your friends for a long time and you want to know everything about them! Move around and ask these questions to your classmates (or any other you can think of!). 1. Did you go on holidays last summer? 2. Where did you go? 3. Did you make any new friends? 4. I saw you downtown one day in July, but you didn’t see me, what were you doing there? 5. Do you miss being on holidays? 6. Are you doing any new activity this year? 7. What are your plans for this weekend? 8. Do you think this course will be easy? 9. Are you going to apply for a scholarship to study abroad next year? 10. ____________________________________________________ 11. ____________________________________________________ 12. ____________________________________________________ Catching up with old friends! It’s your first day at school after the summer holidays. You haven’t seen your friends for a long time and you want to know everything about them! Move around and ask these questions to your classmates (or any other you can think of!). 1. Did you go on holidays last summer? 2. Where did you go? 3. Did you make any new friends? 4. I saw you downtown one day in July, but you didn’t see me, what were you doing there? 5. Do you miss being on holidays? 6. Are you doing any new activity this year? 7. What are your plans for this weekend? 8. Do you think this course will be easy? 9. Are you going to apply for a scholarship to study abroad next year? 10. ____________________________________________________ 11. ____________________________________________________ 12. ____________________________________________________ Yes! I did. I went to Madrid on holidays. I made lots of new friends. When you saw me, I was shopping Of course! I really miss being on holidays. No, I am not doing any new I am going to a birthday party. I don’t know, I hope so! Yes! I am going to try the US. with my parents. to activity. study in Activity 1: Quick tense review: Fill in the gaps of this e-mail with the correct form of the present simple or continuous. Use the verbs below: close enjoy feed leave live love not stay return sit visit want write not permit Read the following sentences and put the verbs in the correct form, past simple or continuous: a. Mike __________ (try) to catch fish when he __________ an old boot. b. While the band __________ (play), my friends and I __________ (dance). c. The family __________ (have) a picnic, when a bird __________ (steal) their food. d. While Tom and Joey __________ (in the forest), they __________ (see) a snake. e. Sue __________ (sleep) in her bedroom, when the telephone __________ (ring.) Complete the table with your own ideas. Then write sentences using the correct form of will or be going to. Predictions about the future My plans for this year ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Activity 3: School life When I started school, I was... I felt... My teachers... ... Now, I am studying... In my class, ... I enjoy ... I don’t like ... ... Next year, I ... These are my plans, ... ... Activity 4: Questions for the teacher: Are you happy to be back to school? Do you think teenagers around the world feel the same way? Does everybody have the same opportunities to study? Why/Why not? Video: Two Syrian girls, with the same dream, but only one can go to school.mp4 Two Syrian girls with the same dream, but only one can go to school. Ayesha Aya 1. Read the following sentences and say whether they correspond to Ayesha’s life, Aya’s or both: a. She works in the fields. b. She is going back to school next week. c. She passed fifth grade and felt happy. d. She is attending school in the afternoon. e. She wants to be a doctor one day. 2. Match the figures with the corresponding sentence, there are some you do not need: 2,000,000 300,000 20 200,000 7 9 100 2.50 250 a. This is the worst refugee crisis in __________________ years. b. More than __________________ Syrian children are out of education. c. Around __________________ Syrian children are coming back to school for the first time this year since they fled their homes. d. Children in the Tal Al Wazzi camp work __________________hours a day. e. They get paid $ __________________ a day. 3. Answer the following questions about the video: a. Who are being impacted the most by the conflict in Syria? _____________________________________________________________________ b. What happened to Ayesha’s school? _____________________________________________________________________ c. How much do children get paid per hour in the Tal Al Wazzi camp? _____________________________________________________________________ d. How do they feel after work? _____________________________________________________________________ e. Do you think Ayesha and Aya will make their dreams come true? _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 5: Bingo on countries and nationalities Austria Britain Brazil Cambodia China Cuba Denmark Ecuador Finland Germany Greece Iran Ireland Japan Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Malta Mexico Nicaragua Nigeria Poland Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey Uganda Vietnam Zambia Activity 6: Comparative ADJ+ -ER than ... Superlative SMARTER THAN the ADJ+ EST THE SMARTEST one syllable adjectives with (consonant+vowel+consonant) Comparative double consonant+er than Superlative WETTER THAN the ... double consonant + est THE WETTEST two-syllable adjectives ending in -y Comparative y → i + er than Superlative PRETTIER THAN THE PRETTIEST IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES Comparative the ... y → i + est Superlative BETTER THAN THE BEST FAR BIG BAD YOUNG FAST HEALTHY SAD FASHIONABLE HAPPY SHORT BUSY FUNNY FAMOUS EASY INTERESTING DIFFICULT Write sentences with the words below. Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives: a. the Miño / long / river / in Galicia. ___________________________________________ b. vegetables / healthy / fast food. ___________________________________________ c. Siberia / cold / Spain ___________________________________________ d. Maths / difficult / subject / for me ___________________________________________ e. Hyde Park / big / Castrelos ___________________________________________ Complete the sentences with the adjectives below. Use the comparative, the superlative or (not ) as ... as. bad / difficult / expensive / fashionable / funny / old / short a. Marta is 170 cm. tall and Sarah is 160 cm tall. Sarah is __________ Marta. b. French is __________ subject for me. I’m not good at it. c. My friend Sam and I are both 15 years old. My friend Sam is __________ me. d. My sister failed the exam. Everyone in her class passed. She got __________ mark in the class. e. The book was boring, but we laughed a lot during the film. The film was __________ the book. f. The wardrobe costs £84 and the desk costs £50. The wardrobe is __________ the desk. Activity 7: Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2.mp3 U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday Lyrics Yeah I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes And make it go away How long How long must we sing this song How long, how long Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight Broken bottles under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead end street But I won't heed the battle call It puts my back up Puts my back up against the wall Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won The trench is dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday How long How long must we sing this song How long, how long Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight, tonight Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Wipe the tears from your eyes Wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) And it's true we are immune When fact is fiction and TV reality And today the millions cry We eat and drink while tomorrow they die (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) The real battle just begun To claim the victory Jesus won On Sunday Bloody Sunday Sunday Bloody Sunday Song Unit 1 1. Listen to the song, which expression repeated all along could be the title? 2. Read the following information about the context of the song and answer the questions: In Northern Ireland, until the 1990s, there was a conflict between two communities: the Irish Protestants who supported the British government and were proud to be part of Britain, and the Irish Catholics, who wanted independence from Britain and to be part of the Republic of Ireland. It was not just a question of identity and religion. The Irish Catholics were less numerous than the Protestants and until the 1080s, there was a high rate of unemployment and poverty among them, they had difficulties to find good jobs or state jobs like policeman or teacher. There was a wall in Belfast separating the living areas of the two communities which did not mix. The 1980s were a period of troubles with a situation of civil war and British troops were sent there. Both communities had a paramilitary group. The most famous one was the IRA (Irish Republican Army) defending the Catholic cause. The group organised many terrorist acts in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. In 1998, Northern Ireland signed an agreement with the British government ending 30 years of troubles and violence. But before that, there were some unfortunate events which gave the title to this song. On Sunday, 30th January 1972, about 20,000 civilians marched through the town of Derry in Northern Ireland. They were protesting against the policy of the English government which imprisoned suspected members of the IRA without a trial. While they were demonstrating, the English army fired on unarmed marchers, killing fourteen people, some were shot in the back. Those responsible for this massacre were never punished. The band U2 wrote this song to talk about those times of hatred and violence. a. Which communities were involved in the conflict and why? ___________________________________________________________________ b. What was there in the city of Belfast at that time? ___________________________________________________________________ c. How was the conflict ended? ___________________________________________________________________ d. Why were people protesting in Derry on 30th January 1972? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of these words, then listen to the song and check your answer: begin believe break sing (x2) close strew I can't __________ the news today Oh, I can't __________my eyes And make it go away How long How long must we __________this song How long, how long Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight __________ bottles under children's feet Bodies __________across the dead end street But I won't __________the battle call It __________my back up __________my back up against the wall Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday And the battle's just __________ There's many lost, but tell me who has __________ The trench is __________within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday How long How long must we __________this song How long, how long dig win heed put (x2) wipe Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight, tonight Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday __________the tears from your eyes Wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) And it's true we are immune When fact is fiction and TV reality And today the millions cry We eat and drink while tomorrow they die (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) The real battle just begun To claim the victory Jesus won On Sunday Bloody Sunday Sunday Bloody Sunday Activity 8: Change.org.mp4 Activity 9 Read this letter and divide it in the following sections (ignore the mistakes): date, greeting, introductory paragraph, body, complimentary closing, signature. Rita Wordsworth 5 Hugh Road Coventry Deer mayor: I writing to you because the new traffic regulations are cause problems in our street and I think we needs some changes. Before the new rules, there was any accidents in our city. But now, we have problems every week. My little sister was crossing the road yesterday and a car was passing so fast that she came home running and crying, now she is really scary about going outside. I think the city need more people controlling the traffic. We will being safer and there will be less accidents. Many people in my neighbourhood are agree with me. Thank you for read this letter. I hope you consider my request. Hugs Rita Wordsworth There are 10 mistakes, identify them and correct them. Answer the following questions: How do you start a letter when you don’t know the name of the person you are talking to? How do you finish it? Is it necessary to explain the reasons why you are writing the letter? If so, where do you write that information? If you are writing a formal letter, do you write your name or your name and surname at the end? Follow up activity: Write a letter to the president of your country and tell him/her about something you think needs a change: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________ Remedial activity: Write a letter to the president of your country and tell him/her about something you think needs a change, tell him what the situation was like in the past or what it is like now, say what needs to be changed and how it will be in the future. Think of the following questions to help you: Why are you writing the letter? What is the problem and how is it affecting people/the area...? What can the president do to solve it? How will things change? Remember to use appropriate formula to open and close your letter. _________________ _________________ Dear___________ I (write) ___________ to you because_____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Yours _____________________________________ ___________________________________ _________________________ SOURCES: https://youtu.be/SAuvOwxIcBk [accessed 17th October, 2015], http://www.aworldatschool.org/upforschool [accessed 18th October, 2015], https://www.change.org/start-a-petition [accessed 18th October, 2015].
