Cathy´s Dreams

Chapter 3  The Tsunami

1. Did the tsunami occur in Cornwall?
2. What was the people´s reaction when Cathy shouted?
3. What are tsunamis?
4. What caused them?
5. Which countries did the tsunami hit?
6. What were consequences of the tsunami? 
7. What was Cathy´s reaction whe she saw the news on tv? 
8. Do Cathy´s parents believe her?
9. According to Cathy´s mother, how could she dream about a tsunami that happened so far away?

Chapter 4- The Biology lesson   

1. What was the biology class about? 
2. How can identical twins adopted by different families have the same interests and behave identically? 
3. Can identical twins read each other´s thoughts?
4. What does Cathy believe?
5. What did the director of the orphanage tell her mother?

CONTENTS unit 5

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral:  Ask for and give directions pg 50 (Spb unit 7)

Comprensión escrita: article

Expresión escrita: a postcard

Gramática:  Past simple of irregular verbs (unit 7)

Vocabulario: English money, places in town (spb unit 7)

Fonética: English vowels e ə ɜ:

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; record past tense forms of irregular verbs

Aspectos socioculturales: Leicester square

Cathy´s Dreams-questions

Chapter 1  My Dreams

1. Where does Cathy live?
2. Where did her parents adopt her from?
3. What is her hobby?
4. What does Cathy dream about?
5. What dream does she remembers most vividly?

Chapter 2  The Day after Christmas

1. Why did her mother start to be worried?
2. Where did she go the day after Christmas?
3. Who did she go with?
4. What was her daydream about?

UNIDAD 4- contenidos

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral: Talk about past events (Spb unit 6)

Comprensión escrita: dialogue and reader ("Tales of the Alhambra")

Expresión escrita: An article about a celebrity

Gramática:  Possessive pronouns  Past simple of verb to be and of regular verbs (unit 6)

Vocabulario: common adjectives, school subjects (Spb unit 6)

Fonética: English vowels æ ʌ ɑ:  and endings /t/ /d/ /id/

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; classify verbs according to their forms

Aspectos socioculturales: Thanksgiving

CONTENTS unit 3

Comprensión oral: Listenings

Expresión oral: Make polite requests with could  (Spb unit 5 pg 36)

Comprensión escrita: Dialogue

Expresión escrita: A short text about your plans for the weekend.

Gramática: Present continuous as future, future time expressions, love-like-hate-prefer + ing (unit 5)

Vocabulario: Months and dates (Spb unit 5)

Fonética: English consonants /θ/ and /ð/ and vowels

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities and general advice.

Aspectos socioculturales: Famous British people

I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

THE ENCHANTED SOLDIER

 Next reading session: 11th January

Chapter 4

1. What was there in the dark area of the room?
2. What did the soldier promised to Don Vincent?
3. How could Don Vincent break the spell?

Chapter 5

1. Why did Father Thomas want to help the enchanted soldier?
2. Why did Emmeline want to help the soldier?
3. Why was so difficult for the priest to break the spell?
4. How did Don Vincent open the vault under the tower?
5. How did Emmeline open the lock of the chest?

Chapter 6

1. Why couldn´t they take the jewels with them?
2. Why couldn´t they go back inside the tower?
3. Was the soldier free from the spell?
4. What happened to Don Vincent and Emmeline?