Sports, Figures & Theatre

Thursday 22^nd May

Hi again!

In our last class, we went on talking about sports.

We revised how to say numbers and dates with a listening exercise.

How do you say these …?

Money
£400	Four hundred pounds	50p	Fifty ‘p’
€43.98	Forty-three euros ninety-eight	$100,000	A hundred thousand dollars
Fractions
1/4	A quarter	3/4	Three quarters
2/3	Two thirds	7/8	Seven eights
1/2	A half	12 1/2	Twelve and a half
(Use ordinal numbers for the denominator of the fraction)
Decimals and percentages
6.2	Six point two	17.25	Seventeen point five
50%	Fifty per cent	75.7%	Seventy-five point seven percent
Dates
1995	Nineteen ninety-five	1900	Nineteen hundred
2014	Two thousand and fourteen	2002	Two thousand and two
(remember to read the dates in ‘twos’ except when there are two ‘zero’ in a row)

We watched a trailer of ‘The Mousetrap’ on the net and we rehearse the first act of our play.

It was a pity to hear that not all of you will be able to attend the theatre show! What are we supposed to do with only three actors out of six! Anyway, I’m happy for you because the end-of-course- trip with your classmates is always a good memory to have for the future!

And to finish our class, we went on a trip!

The game consisted of travelling around the world in the least possible time. You started with a hundred days and you added or subtracted days according to the instructions on the squares of the board game.

The boys won!

But I’m sure the girls enjoyed their trip the most! They spend extra time in New York and Paris, so as to see all the sights. They even found out a hidden place in Madrid, off the beaten track (empty of tourists). But… it meant (it implied, had as a result) to spend longer on their trip and they lost the game!

The winners got 3 points, the losers, 1. And everybody got 5 point for participation in class!

GAME 6                                              

Player 1	6
Player 2	8
Player 3	8
Player 4	6
Player 5	8
Player 6	---
Player 7	8

Bye!

Thursday 15^th May

Hi Guys!

In our class today, we talked about sports.

Depending on the sport we use the verbs, Go, Do or Play.

GO	PLAY	DO
windsurfing	rugby	karate
climbing	ice hockey	aerobics
scuba diving	table tennis	gymnastics
swimming	badminton	judo
cycling	squash	yoga

We use Go + ing, except fencing and boxing. We don’t go fencing or go boxing

We listened to three people telling us what sports they do, how often they do them, why they like them and what they need to practise those sports.

We also talked about the equipment, clothes and place where you can do different sports.

Sport / activity	People	Place	Equipment / clothes
Football	Footballers, football players, goalkeeper, referee, defenders, forwards	Football field / football pitch	Ball, T-shirt and shorts, boots, gloves, shin pads, goals
Golf	Golfer, caddy	Golf course	Golf clubs, ball
Tennis	Tennis player, umpire	Tennis court	Rackets, ball, net, T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes
Skiing	skier	Ski slope/ ski resort	Skis, poles, goggles, ski suit, boots
Fencing	Fencer, judges	Court, gymnasium	Mask, swords
Ice -hockey	Hockey player, referee	Ice rink	Skates, puck, sticks, helmet,
Boxing	Boxer, referee	Boxing ring	Boxing gloves, shorts
Table tennis	players	Table, net	Bats, ball
Baseball	Players, referee	pitch	Bats, glove, ball
badminton	Players, referee	court	Rackets, shuttlecock

         ·            In which sports do you have to hit the ball, kick the ball or throw the ball?

         ·            What does ‘handball’ consist of?

         ·            How many positions are there in football?

And we finished the class reading the first act of ‘The Mousetrap’

GAME 5                                              

Player 1	12
Player 2	---
Player 3	9
Player 4	10
Player 5	11
Player 6	---
Player 7	9

Bye!

Getting Ready for a Play!

Thursday 8^th May

Hi! How’s your weekend going?

We have beautiful weather, hot and sunny. Not like the weather they had in the play we are going to perform for the end of course. The play is set in (takes place, happens in) an old house which has been turned into (transformed) a guest house (something like a hotel); somewhere in England…

The title of the play is “The Mousetrap”. It was written by the female mystery writer, Agatha Christie. Seven people get trapped in an old guest house. They’re isolated because of the snow. Meanwhile the police are looking for a murderer. The guests in the house suspect that any of them could be the murderer the police are after…

You can learn more things on this link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/8975426/The-Mousetrap-Agatha-Christies-adult-masterpiece.html

Not only are we going to act out (perform) this play but we’re also going to write the script. Our own script. And that’s what you started doing in class. We had the summary of the play and you worked in pairs changing from reported into direct speech so as to have the words for the script. I’d like to congratulate you because you worked very hard. So, now we have to put the pieces together in order to get the whole story.

I was so focused on the play that I forgot to check your homework! It doesn’t matter. We’ll do it first thing on Thursday. Anyway, all of you have five points for your work in class.

We spent the last minutes of the class defining and guessing words. We’ll go on with ‘The Mousetrap’ next Thursday. 

GAME 4                                              

Player 1	7
Player 2	7
Player 3	8
Player 4	7
Player 5	8
Player 6	---
Player 7	8

Enjoy your week!