Indian Week at IES Mª Inmaculada

 

We are going to celebrate the Indian Week during this term at IES Mª Inmaculada. Thus, the main speaking activity of this term will be about this amazing country.

Students in 2nd year have to prepare an oral presentation about geographical features of India.

Students in 3rd year have to prepare an oral presentation about typical plants and animals in India.

You can do the presentation individually or in pairs. Each student must say around 60 words. Oral presentations will take place on Monday 3rd February.

Apart from the oral presentation, you must work on an original miniature, mural... to show to your classmates that exemplifies the information you say in your oral presentation. The more creative this work is, the better.

Thanksgiving oral presentation

Thanksgiving is one of the most popular celebrations in the United States of America. It is lively and enjoyable for Americans. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving too. Thus, you are going to investigate and prepare oral presentations about this unique feast.

You will be divided into groups of three or four students. Each group is going to work on a particularity of this holiday. These are the themes you have to research about:

1. When does people celebrate Thanksgiving? Tell traditions or activities people do on Thanksgiving day.

2. The origins and history of Thanksgiving. What does this feast celebrate?

3. Typical food people eat in Thanksgiving.

4. Fun facts about Thanksgiving.

5. Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

6. Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Differences with Thanksgiving in USA.

Each member of the team has to speak between 40 and 60 words and show at least one picture that exemplifies what they are speaking about. Use words and structures that you know how to use, if the teacher asks the meaning of a word or a sentence you must know how to answer!!!

These are the resources you can use to find the necessary information for your presentation:

Holidays for kids: Thanksgiving (Ducksters)

Thanksgiving in America (Easy Science for kids)

16 fun facts about Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (Mental Floss)

Thanksgiving Day in Canada (Time and Date)

How Canadian Thanksgiving differs from America Thanksgiving (Inside Vancouver)

20 Thanksgiving traditions and fun things to do (Rythmsofplay)

2nd B - Units Contents

GETTING STARTED UNIT

Vocabulary: 
Grammar: 

UNIT 1

Vocabulary: School subjects and items

• Agendaweb school subjects and items activities
• British Council activity on school subjects 
• English-exercises exercises on school subjects items

Grammar: Present Simple and Continuous

• Choose the present simple or the present continuous - it could be positive, negative or question. Perfect English grammar
• Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Present or Present Progressive. Englisch-hilfen. 
• Many exercises on Present Simple and Continuous at Agendaweb
• Complete the text using Present Simple and Continuous. Englishpage 
• Ego4u explanations and many exercises at the end.

UNIT 2

Vocabulary: 

Grammar: Past Simple and Used to

• Past Simple regular verbs in Agendaweb here
• Past Simple irregular verbs in Agendaweb here
• Past Simple in English-4u. Many exercises at the end!!! here
• Used to exercises in Liveworksheets here
• Used to in Perfect-english-grammar here
• Used to exercises here
• Used to in The English Learning Website here 
• Used to in Digitalfree here

UNIT 4

Grammar: Subject and object questions

• Write questions for the underlined words in these sentences with answers key.
• Write questions for the answers #1 Sentences 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24.
• Write questions for the answers #2 Sentences 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28.
• Write questions for the answers #3 Sentences 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20.
• Write questions for the answers #4 Sentences 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 21, 22. 

UNIT 5

Vocabulary: Crime / Crime and people

•  Crime vocabulary Ejercicios inglés online  
•  Crime vocabulary Esl Lounge

Grammar: Past Simple and Past Continuous 

• Past simple or continuous Agenda web
• Past simple or continuous Perfect English Grammar (more exercises at the end)
• Past simple or continuous Ece English 
• Past simple or continuous Lingolia 
• Past simple or continuous Esl Lounge 

 
UNIT 6

 

Vocabulary: