Another Day in Paradise!

Thursday 29^th January

I’m not happy with the behavior of some of you.

We’ve talked about values for some time but it seems you didn’t get the idea of it!

I greatly value respect and you don’t show any to your classmates when you don’t listen to them. I value manners, and speaking loudly – sometimes in English, but most of times in Spanish – playing with your mobiles and tilting your chairs don’t help either!!!

Jorge, Alex and David, could you do homework, please? Find information about a NGO and tell us about it. I know David didn’t come to class when I gave this assignment (homework), but you can also try it!

As for the homework you did, Andrea wrote about Caritas; Pilar about Médicos Sin Fronteras and Paco, also wrote about MSF (Médicins Sans Frontieres).Óscar defined what an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) is and what their work consists of.

Paco’s was the best homework. Pilar and Andrea’s was OK. And Óscar tried it although there was a misunderstanding and that wasn’t what I had asked for.

We reviewed what base and strong adjectives are with a quiz played in pairs.

Click here for Base and strong adjectives - exercise

We listened to the song ‘Another Day in Paradise’ by Phil Collins.

Yes, you’re right. ‘It’s another day for you and me in paradise’. We are lucky because we have a house, a job, a family …all those values you told me were important for you, when we started this lesson. On the other hand, the person the song refers to, is a homeless person who begs in the street because she is poor.

Do you remember the meaning of these
 words :

Blisters, soles, walks on, she didn’t fit in, pretends, embarrassed?

We watched one of the videos by Design for Change in India. Remember that this is going to be our term project. You’ll watch your environment (your neighbourhood, your school etc.). You’ll find out (discovered) what things you don’t like and you would like to change. You’ll suggest ways of carrying out (performing, executing) those ideas and …we’ll put them into practice!

So, start thinking and watching your environment!

Continue thinking and tell me what activities you have planned for our ‘Flipped Class’. The theme is Saint Valentine’s Day and Carnival. Take into account that the students you are ‘teaching’ are 8-10 years old! Think about suitable (appropriate) material for them.

Homework: Read about VSO and answer the questions. (Photocopy p.58)

 Click here to read more about it VSO

            GAME 3

Player 1	9
Player 2	10
Player 3	8
Player 4	7
Player 5	5
Player 6	10
Player 7	7

We finished the class playing ‘Stop’. 1-3 points for the teams that got 3^rd, 2^ndand 1^st positions.

I hope you behave better next Thursday. Bye!