Xmas Gift

The Big Bang Theory: one of my favourite programmes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlhHTdDqoBc

Xmas Tale

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories/christmas-lights-went-out

Hope you enjoy it!

Great place

I have just found this site which I think will help you do revision.

http://www.autoenglish.org/7STGindex.htm

Everyday Activities

Here you can practise vocabulary to talk about everyday activities. There is also practice for the Simple Present.

Go to menu; then 1 ESO, lexicon, activities.

Hope you like it.

http://acacia.pntic.mec.es/agip0002/auro/inicio.html

Simple Present - Grammar explanations

I hope you find this site useful.

http://www.grammar.cl/Present/Simple.htm

Prepositions of time

I hope you find this table useful. As for the confusion in class about Christmas Eve, I found this explanation. "Christmas Eve is a day and so it takes the preposition ON" (wordreference.com forum)

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-at-in-on-time.htm

Let's see if you have understood the explanations: QUIZ

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep3.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz98bck.htm

Telling the time

First, let's start at the beginning. Watch this video and listen to the explanations.

Just in case I will include the url

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3icBxO6Wjz0&feature=related

And now let's practise!

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html

Everyday Activities

What do you do every day?

Everyday activities - Simple Present

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/myschedule01.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-6.html

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit8/page1.htm

LISTENING PRACTICE

http://www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/like1/like1.htm

READING PRACTICE

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes9/exe_19_ext_rc.htm

Read about children around the world http://www.katw.org/index.cfm

http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerreadingskills/a/present_simple_tim.htm

WRITING PRACTICE

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/writing/new/habitsclozeexercise.pdf

I would like to read your comments. Let me know which exercises you liked.

Personal details

Giving personal information

http://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-course/unit-1/personal-information/giving-information-gap-fill-quiz.html

http://www.myplick.com/view/5kc-htO-EFA/Asking-for-and-giving-personal-information

First meetings - listening comprehension

http://www.esl-lab.com/intro2/intro2.htm

Self-introduction - listening comprehension

http://www.englishlistening.com/getPassage.do

Plural forms

http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/nouns1.html

Nice to meet you!

Here you find some sites where you can practise what we did in class.

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit1/page1.htm

Nationalities

http://www.better-english.com/easier/nationalities.htm

A short listening activity

http://www.eltpodcast.com/archive/bc/introductions.html

Newspapers

Newspapers

http://kiosko.net/
Enjoy reading newspapers from all over the world!

Practice

File 5

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file05/

Revision material

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/g_ef_elem_builder/

Easy conversations

http://www.eslfast.com/easydialogs/index.html

Listening Activities

There are lots of websites where you can do listening practice. These two sites are just a suggestion.

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.britishcouncil.org/central.htm

Hope it helps!

Poem writing

HAIKUS

· It contains three lines arranged according to a five-seven-five syllable count.

· It must be brief.

Example

Covered with the flowers,
Instantly I'd like to die
In this dream of ours!

Diamond poem or Cinquain

It has the following structure:

noun

adjective, adjective

-ing verb, ing verb, ing verb

a complete idea

noun

Example:

War
Sad, destructive
Killing, injuring, destroying
A thing that kills life.
Terminator

Practice

CAN

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/inenglish/elementary/a_grammar/ine_elementary_grammar05/

http://www.edu365.cat/primaria/muds/angles/can/index.htm

http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit18_index.htm