Kildare - April 8th

Hi all!

For today you had to read The War with Grandpa, chapters 12 &13.
Have a look at these questions to help you with understanding. Then, answer them in the Literature section on your folder

1)  Who are Steve and Billy?

2) What does Steve tell Peter to do about grandpa?

3) What kind of fight is "gorilla warfare"?

4) What does the title "A Light in the Attic" refer to? What does 'light' mean here?

IMPORTANT
Remember next Monday we will start to use Google Classroom for any notification and homework or activities, so open your school google account if you haven´t done it yet.



Have a great weekend and see you again on Monday!
Ms Inés

Kildare - May 7th

May 7th

Hi all!!!

⭐ Here's a poem for you to enjoy!

⭐ Remember to read your War with Grandpa Chapters for tomorrow!!!

Enjoy your Sports Day and see you on our next Google Meet.

Bear hugs!

Ms Inés

Kildare - May 6th

Hi all!!

⭐ Today we will start learning the uses of will. For that, we will listen to a video. I leave the link here for you in case you had difficulties in class

⭐ Remember I told you to have a white page ready for today's class? We are going to write the Mind Map for the uses of the future tense with will and won't, think of examples and discuss the uses in the video we listened yesterday.


⭐ THE FUTURE: WILL or WON'T

We use WILL in four different situations:

1) Predictions based on what you think

2) On the spot decisions/ spontaneous reactions

3) Promises

4) Offers

➤ Use 1: PREDICTIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK

Examples: 
I think he will be an excellent football player

He believes he will be a great doctor

I’m sure you will have a great time!

Useful expressions: I believe, I think, I’m sure, I understand… (verbs of mental process)

➤ Use 2: ON THE SPOT DECISIONS

It refers to decisions that we make at the moment of speaking.

Examples:       
Oh, I ran out of milk! I will go to the supermarket

I’m tired, I’ll take a nap

She has a headache, she will take an aspirin.

➤ Use 3: PROMISES

Examples:       
I will love you forever                        

I will always be your friend
I will never drink coffee

Useful words: always, never

➤ Use 4: OFFERS

Examples:       
I will help you with your assignment                        

I will do this for you!
I will bring the packet if you can´t collect it.


⭐ Once you finish, go to your Liveworksheets account, there is a new exercise there for you! You will be practising the uses of will


⭐ Open your Compass on page 100. We are going to work on the reading: "The Young Healer". Look at these pictures, what do you think the reading is going to be about? Where are these people? What are they doing? How are they feeling?

⭐ Now read the story. You can also listen to it by clicking the audio below:
THE YOUNG HEALER

⭐ Now copy the following questions on your folder and answer them:
1) What does Maryam want to be in the future? Why?
2) What does she want to do?
3) Who was her first patient? What happened to the doll?
4) What does the boy want to be?
5) What does the nurse think about the boy?
6) What does the other boy, Tarek, want to be after the war?

Virtual hugs!!!
Miss Inés

Kildare - May 5th

Hi all!!!

⭐ Today we watched this VIDEO from Compass 4 and talked about some of the challenges humans face.

We mentioned:

• energy
• water
• food
• war
• education
• democracy
• environment
• poverty
• disease, coronavirus these days...
• population

⭐ We went over the new vocabulary and commented on the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Children and shared this SIMPLIFIED VERSION with you. You can read it again!

⭐ Here are some very important articles in the Declaration

Every child has these rights, among others:

Article 22: You have the right to protection and help if you are a refugee.

This is someone who has to leave their home because of war or another emergency in the area where they live.

Article 24: You have the right to health care, such as good hospitals and doctors, and access to both clean water and nutritious food.

Article 27: You have the right to basic needs: food, clothing and shelter. If there is a scarcity of these needs, or not enough, others should help you.

Article 29: You have the right to be treated with tolerance, no matter what ethnicity you are. This means people should respect those from all countries and backgrounds.

Article 30: You have the right to your particular culture, religion and language. People must respect diversity.

Article 38: You have the right not to be a victim of war. Adults must protect you during wars, including civil war  within countries.

It was signed by countries belonging to the United Nations in 1989. In Argentina, it became a law in 1990 and was included in our  Constitución Nacional in 1994.

⭐ Remember to have a white page ready for tomorrow!

See you tomorrow at 3pm!

Hugs, 

Ms Inés

DRAMA - 6TH FORM - MAY 5TH

Hi kids!

   Hope you are ok! 😃

   Here is Mister “A.C”, your Drama teacher.

    Today we are going to learn about… IMAGINATION.

   Imagination is the ability to create pictures and situations in your mind. Using our imagination we can have new and exciting ideas.

LET´S WATCH!

    Watch the following story. It´s called: “THE BOY WHO FINALLY LISTENED”. It´s about a boy who is so busy racing around and doing a million things, that he stops listening and discovers that his ears have simply disappeared.

After watching the video answer:

   Which is your favourite story? Think about all the books you have ever read. To answer, leave a comment here, on this post on the blog.

In my case, one of my favourite stories is “Harry Potter”. I read some of the books and I also saw the movies.

Tell me yours!

Greetings, 
Mr. “A.C”

Kildare - May 4th

Hi all!!!

Nice to see you all!!!

⭐ Today we started Topic 6: What challenges do humans face?

⭐ We discussed the different challenges that affect the world today, for example:

• Access to education
• Air pollution
• Wars
• Refugees
• Access to clean water
• Intolerance of diversity
• CORONAVIRUS!!!
• Etc...

⭐ And started working on some new vocabulary. Make sure you understand the meaning. You will use it throughout the unit.

⭐ Go to Language Notes in your folder and write:

• Topic 6: What challenges do humans face?

challenges
access to education
access to health care
air pollution
overpopulation
wars and refugees
water scarcity
too much trash
intolerance of diversity
natural disasters
civil war
refugee
victim
ethnicity

Underline the suffixes in some of the words you wrote. (END OF COPYING)

⭐ Useful definitions:

Ethnicity: the fact of belonging to a social group that has a common cultural tradition.

Refugee: a person who leaves home to find a safer place in a foreign country because of political trouble, war, etc.

Scarcity: a situation in which something is not easy to find or get.

Civil war: a war between political groups or regions within the same country

Health care: the provision of medical care to individuals or a community.

⭐ Now go to your Liveworksheet account and complete the new exercise on vocabulary. 

⭐ When you finish, come back to your folder and write 3 of the rights included in the Convention. 

⭐ Remember to have a clean white sheet, no lines, for the Mind Map tomorrow

⭐ IMPORTANT, those that have not handed in the 2nd draft, please remember to write it on the same page as the 1st draft and send it to my new school mail. 

That's all!!!
See you tomorrow!!

Ms Inés

Kildare - April 30th

Hi all!

A new long weekend is near!

⭐ Remember to hand in the 2nd draft of your writing if you have not handed it in yet.

⭐ Next Monday we will be working on Compass, so have your book and folder beside you.

⭐ And don´t forget to read The War with Grandpa (chapters 12 & 13) for Friday 8th. Maybe this weekend you feel like catching up!

⭐ We are celebrating Labour day tomorrow. Let´s honour those that lost their lives to help people gain labour rights. Let's honour doctors and all essential workers that help us these days.

⭐ I leave you a video to dance and laugh during this long weekend.

Big hug!
Ms Inés

Kildare - April 29th

April 29th

Hi all!!!

⭐ Here are the questions I talked about during class today. Please, copy and answer them on a sheet of paper and place it in the Literature section in your folder.

The War with Grandpa (Chapters 1 to 11)

1) Who told Peter that Grandpa was coming to live with them?

2)   What is Arthur’s job? Where does he work when he works at home?

3)   Why does Grandpa have to sleep in Peter’s room?

4)   What kind of lessons does Peter take? What kind of lessons does he really want?

5)   What was Grandpa’s job?

6)   What happened to Grandpa’s leg?

⭐ We will go over these answers on May 8th. Please, also read Chapters 12 and 13 for that day as Homework. 

⭐ To practise some Grammar, go to Liveworksheets and complete the new copy on Past Continuous.

Have a beautiful weekend and see you again next Monday!

Big hug!

Ms Inés

Kildare - April 28

April 28

Hi all!!!

⭐ Today in class, we did a Listening Comprehension activity. If you could not do it on your book, complete it in Liveworksheets. If you could do it, please copy your answers on Liveworksheets

 ⭐ Also you will find two tasks related to the Topic on fossils we discussed in class yesterday on Liveworksheets. So go to your LWS account and do the new worksheets.

 ⭐ Today we talked about the writings you handed in. You could read

your corrections from your mail and had the chance to ask if you had any doubt about the correction symbols. Now you have to write the 2nd draft for May 5th as homework

 ⭐ We also went over some Past Continuous, here are two photographs of the

Mind Map on the whiteboard in the clasroom. I took it the last Friday we were at school... Check that you have it or copy it down if you don't.

⭐ Last Friday I promised to share images about The Globe.

This is the street view.
These are some pictures of the inside of the theatre.

Because of coronavirus lockdown, Shakespeare’s Globe (or the Wooden O as they affectionately call it because of its shape, like a ring) is sharing plays so if you wish, you could watch “Romeo and Juliet” which is on these days. Of course you are not supposed to watch the whole play but you can watch a few minutes here and there to have an idea of the place and how it worked during Shakespeare´s time. Enjoy this trip back in time!

⭐ See you again at 3 pm tomorrow!!

Big hug!

Ms Inés

DRAMA - 6TH FORM - APRIL 27TH

Hi kids!

    Hope you are ok! J

    Here is Mister “A.C”, your Drama teacher.

    Today, we are going to learn about the EVOLUTION OF DANCE.

    Dancing is a natural expression of our bodies, and a natural ability for all of us. It's a way to express feelings and experiences, and it has changed throughout the years.

    This video shows two dancers, moving according to the most popular dances from 1920’s until nowadays. 100 years of history through movement and joy. 


Popular styles of Dance

Charleston

Tap

Lindy Hop

Rock n Roll

Swing

Disco

Breakdance

Hip Hop

Viral trends of today

Let´s watch it!

    AFTER WATCHING, ANSWER:

-                   Which dance style did you like most? Why?

Greetings,

 Mister “A.C”.

Kildare - April 24th

Hi all!

🙂 Friday is here!!!

⭐ Today we are meeting again at 3 pm. I hope to see you all again!!!

We will discuss "The War with Grandpa", chapters 1 to 11. So bring your book with you and your folder, in case you want to take notes during the class.

⭐ For our virtual class on Monday, April 27, we will discuss the reading "Quiet Sands" (pages 82+83) so please, read it carefully. We will finish the exercises on page 84, so have your Compass book with you for the class!

See you at 3pm!

Ms Inés

Kildare - April 23rd (2)

April 23rd

Hi everybody!! Just a quick reminder of today's meeting

We discussed International book day and why people celebrate it today

We stated working on our correction code (we will continue with this next week). I posted it today in our blog.

Please remember to re-read The War with Grandpa in order to discuss it tomorrow.

See you then!

Ms Inés

Kildare - April 23rd

April 23rd

Hi all!

⭐This afternoon, we will meet virtually and we will talk about the video we asked you to watch yesterday. Don't forget to watch it! you will need it.

⭐I will also explain to you the correction symbols you will find on the Writings you sent to me. By the way, some of you have not handed it in yet. 

Here is the chart I will explain to you. Some of you might prefer to have it on paper (to add comments/ explanations) so if you want, you can print it or, if not,  you can read it from the blog.

CORRECTION SYMBOLS

Gr	Check the grammar of this sentence.	There was five children.
Sp	This is an incorrect spelling.	It was exellent!
T	Check the tense of this sentence.	Last weekend I spend a day in a yellow submarine.
P	Incorrect/ missing punctuation.	Dear Lucy:
WW	Wrong word being used.	At school, he sits at his table.
WO	Word order is incorrect.	We went up to the sea green.
Prep	Incorrect/ missing preposition.	I ate fish in lunch.
Voc	Look for alternative/ more varied vocabulary.	I went to a nice place and it was a nice experience.
Inc	Incomplete/ word missing.	I wanted play games.
?	I don’t know what you mean/not clear/ I can’t read your handwriting.
Rep	Repetition	Last weekend I went to a yellow submarine and I had a great experience in the yellow submarine.
Exp	Expand your ideas (Give reasons, etc)
Org	This could be better organised.
//	Start new paragraph
Par	You’re using too many/ too few paragraphs.
Con	Insert or change connector	He tried snowboarding. He didn´t like it.
=	Capital Letter	His name is peter.

⭐ On Friday, We will have a Literature class. You need to have 'The War with Grandpa' with you: we will discuss Chapters 1 to 9, so if you need it, revise them.

      HERE and HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS you can listen to the audio book.

 See you later!

 

Big hugs!

Ms Inés