Saturday 29th, 2020.

Saturday Classes

1. Stop - Vocabulary War: In groups of three or two, SS create a list of vocabulary based on the topics given by the teacher. They have to write up to 10 words and say stop to indicate the end of the round. Words give 100 pts, repeated words are valued 50 pts.

2. Newsy Video: How to prepare for a Coronavirus outbreak.
Pre-Watching: Match the definitions with the proper words. Two words are not necessary.
Outbreak - Pandemic - Screening - Rosy - Speculative - Chronic - Triage - At-risk - Transparent - Vaccine

1) A substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases.
2) Vulnerable to harm or affections.
3) Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
4) Easy to perceive or detect.
5) Promising or suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful.
6) The evaluation or investigation of something as part of a methodical survey, to assess suitability for a particular role or purpose.
7) A sudden occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease.
8) Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.

While you are watching: Answer the following questions based on your view and the information given in the video.

1) Is the president Donal Trump doing what is right?
2) Why is it difficult to contain the Coronavirus spread?
3) What are the health authorities doing about it? Is it enough?
4)What is the best way to be safe?
5) Should we have a big supply of face masks?

After Watching: Discussion. Interpret this quotes from the video and indicate what is their main idea. Do you agree with the message? Why?

A. "It's not his (President Trump) role to paint a rosy picture. It's his role as the president, as the Commander-in-Chief, to tell the truth, to be open and transparent," Dr. Wen said.

B. "Once that happens, it's extremely hard to contain an outbreak. And this is the reason why the CDC has been saying now for a few days that it's time to move on to the next stage in outbreak response, which is we can no longer contain the outbreak and prevent it from coming here," Dr. Wen said.

C. "It's not too late to get your flu shot. It's not too late to get all your other vaccines. You should keep yourself and your family as healthy and well as possible," she said.

4) Missing Presentations on crimes solved through tecnology.
5) Reading Section: Tut's dead.
6) Writing Section: Writing an opinion paragraph.  

Saturday Courses

Saturday Courses

- Game: Spelling weird words!

7 new discoveries nobody is talking about:
Pre-watch: Match the following vocabulary with the proper definition. A word does not possess a definition here.
Slate - Fossils - Mammals - Period - Species - Coral - Electrolyte - Scan
1) ___________ : A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton.
2) ___________ : A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
3) ___________ : A liquid or gel which contains ions.
4) ___________ : A rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.
5) ___________ : Cause (a surface, object, or part of the body) to be traversed by a detector or an electromagnetic beam.
6) ___________ : A warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur.
7) ___________ : The remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.

While you are reading, answer these questions: 
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxB86VrD8g
1) What did the paleontologist find in a slate?
2) What was different in Mars billion years ago?
3) What differences are there between the regular orca and the type D orca?
4) What is coral transplantation?
5) How could CO2 be transformed?
6) What was the problem of type one diabetes?
7) Why MRI in 70 seconds is revolutionary?

Post-watching: Divide the group in teams, make them pick one of these discoveries and then give them time to make educated guesses on how this technology could be revolutionary and change people's live. 

- Presentations on Science and Discovery.

- Reading Section with exercises and writing practice. 

Thursday Class

Thursday Class

Warming up - Sea Animals
https://quizlet.com/es/317046815/sea-animals-flash-cards/

Engaging
In groups of 3, Ss talk about what they know about the oceans and what’s their current situation is.
· Ss discuss if they have been to the ocean and what issues they have evidenced.
· Ss make a list of the issues on the wall talkers.
· Ss share their findings with the class.

Exploring
- Ss watch the next video to complement the previous activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CdhLMV7Es
- Ss see the reality and find out if any of their concerns on their lists have to do with the ones on the video.
- In the same groups Ss were before, they discuss what they know or think we are doing to address this situation.

Constructing
Ss decide which of these videos to watch and they can watch them either on their smartphones or as a
group if they don’t have access to the internet or smartphones.
A plastic ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw
Mission Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1wp2MQCsfQ
Run for the oceans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDTi91q8WIM
· T asks Ss to think about what is happening in the oceans right now and what will happen in the future.
· In pairs, Ss write down 5 questions in their notebooks about the video(s) thinking about what will happen based on the actions shown in them, e.g.
- According to Sylvia Earle, if we don’t take an action now, our planet will disappear. How long will this action take?
- Based on Mission Blue, what are we eating?

Practicing
How are our free time activities changing because of the world current situation?
· According to the activities shown in the videos, how are free time activities changing for social
impact?
· Ss socialize and describe how the different activities have changed, e.g. running is not just for
exercising, but for raising money to clean the oceans from plastic.
· Ss write their ideas on the wall talkers and then the class analyzes how similar or different they are.

Extending
· Ss work in groups of 2 or 3.
· Ss think about possible leisure activities which can be used to raise money as the ones on the video(s).
· Ss make a poster to show their ideas including how to do it, where it could take place, how doable it could be,
and what impact it will have in the future.

Wrapping-up
· Ss place the posters around the classroom and the class goes around seeing and thinking if the activities proposed can have the impact stated or maybe different ones.
· Homework: Ss start collecting clean plastic waste and taking notes about how much they dispose on a week.

Weekdays Material

Go getter 2
Go getter 3

Gateway A2
Reading Task
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/school/school-subjects-vocabulary-exercises/52927

Preferences:
https://en.islcollective.com/download/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/present-simple-tense/what-do-they-hobbies/75244

Favorite Subjects: Hard
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer051/T071-Subject.htm

Conversation Bit: What do you like?

1. What kind of movies do you like?
2. Do you like going to the beach?
3. What’s your favorite thing to do?
4. Do you love going out?
5. What kind of music do you like?
6. Do you like to watch TV?
7. What type of food do you like to eat? Do you like to watch movies?
8. Do you like watching cartoons?
9. Do you like watching independent films?
10. Do you have a favorite actor or actress?

Choices: Pre-intermediate.
Reading Task
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/health-and-going-doctor/eating-disorders/6785

Expanding Vocabulary on Health
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/phrasal-verbs/health-phrasal-verbs/12481 

Friday and Saturday Courses, February 7th/8th

Friday and Saturday Course

 
Friday Classes
1) Kahoot: The Natural World.
A series of trivia questions about our world.

2) Mud from Glaciers - National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y19MPDUs3ZI

a) Where is the exploration team going?
b) What is to be found in the lake?
c) Can you explain the project they are executing? Divide in steps.
d) What are the challenges found in the lake?
e) Why are they happy about the mud?
f) What can they discover with the samples?
g) What is the ultimate goal of the project?
h) Would you like to work in a scientific project? Why?

3) Looking for research
In teams, look for interesting research being done right now on the topic of nature, share with the class and explain how could it help in the advancement of science.

4) Language in use - Grammar Explorer Content
Reading: Processes in nature.
Using the passive voice.

5) Describing a process in nature.

Saturday Classes
1) Kahoot: Animal Trivia.
A series of trivia questions about our world.

2) Wolf 101 - National Geographic
Pre-watching: Alpha - Inhabit - Howl - Breed - Prey - Livestock
- What do you know about wolves?

After watching: Copy the questions and answer them.
a) What are the two major species of wolves? Where do they live?
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________

b) What is varied among wolves? Give two examples.
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________

c) Are wolves highly social creatures? How are they organized?

d) What is special about howls? Why do wolves howl?
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________

e) Why were wolves almost wiped out in continental  United States?

f) How did wolves come back in numbers?

3) Reading and Writing Content

4) Drafting: Write a paper where you compare an animal to human behaviour. Use a title that relates a context with both behaviours.
- The ape in the office.
- Dance like a flamingo.
- The ants in the factory