8th Grade

Hello! I hope you enjoyed your holidays and now are full of energy to start a new year. The presentation I used in classes is right below this comment, so please don’t forget to study it for the test!

Love you lots, and see you around!
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Review of Contents

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My little buddies, for this semester you will read the book written by the British author Roald Dahl “The Magic Finger”. I expect you will go through the pages of this thrilling and mystical story with excitement! 

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Fascinating festivals 

All round the world people have different customs and beliefs; hence there is a rich variety of festivals. In our class we checked only some of them, in case you don’t remember here is the PPT file. Cheers!

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We continue with the topic "Fascinating Festivals", this time we are going to focus on "Times you love" and explore the form of providing reasons with "Because" and reinforce the application of prepositions of time.

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How often do you ...?

Today we explored the subject of festivals around the world and we train our listening skills a little bit. We also identified the use and application of adverbs of frequency. Remember they tell us how often something happens.

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The island with a secret

This class we checked the Okinawan way for a better life. We could all use some of their secrets to start having a healthy life. In case you missed something, here you have the presentation.

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My favourite day

When you write, it is necessary to use connectors and sequencers to link our ideas in a text. This class we learnt how to use some of them to make our writing more attractive and understandable. 

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Top of the Pops

A good way of improving in learning English is by expanding your vocabulary with everyday language. In this lesson we check out some words related to "Music", as well as what you were doing at a certain point in the past (past continuous tense). 

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A moment in time

When you want to talk about what you were doing at a certain point in the past, you have to apply the Past Continuous forms. In case you don't remember how it works, here you have the file.



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I used to be a rebel

This class we are going to explore how to talk about things that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens now. Here is  the presentation for you to have a look! 





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They dress well but drive badly

Sometimes you need to describe how people do certain activities, in order to do that you will have to use adverbs of manner. They tell us how something happens and are usually placed after the main verb or object.



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Are you still mine?

During this lesson, we will explore forms of expressing possessions and the difference between one way or the other.



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Pretty woman

This class we are going to learn how to describe people's appearance and personality. Here you have the ppt file.




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She loves him, but he leaves her

With this lesson we began to explore the contents of the second unit. Here you have the presentation in case you missed something!



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How fit are you?

Just a review on how to use countable and uncountable nouns with How much and How many. 



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Capuccino and Chips

This class we are checking again the application of present simple forms and adverbs of frequency.



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How much water do you drink a day?

This class we check again the use of how much and how many, as well as the use of quantifiers such as "A little, a few, a lot of, many, many".... here you have the presentation...



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You are not alone

Without a doubt "Bullying" is a problem that is affecting our society at an enormous speed. This lesson we will explore how to deal with this topic and on the way learn some English!



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Units Revision

Hello my little pals. As I promised to you... here you have the presentation I used in classes. If you have any doubts, please do not hesitate in asking me.





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Worksheet - Preparation for CCT

Here you have some extra support for your studies! Go through all the worksheet and look for the meaning of the words in the last exercise. If you have any doubt, please come to ask me! :)



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Reading Assigment II - Sherlock Holmes: The case of the blue diamond.

Somebody has stolen the famous blue diamond from the Contess Morcar. The police thought the window man stole the diamond. But, was it really him? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant will have to find the real thief. Who did it? in this whodunit.


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If something bad can happen, it will

With this class we start unit 3, exploring how to express conditional sentences type 1.
Here is the file for you to study it!



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First conditional worksheet

Here I prepared a worksheet for you to keep on practicing the application of first conditional sentences.



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Help for you!

This class we explored the use of different modals verbs. If you don't remember how to use them, here you have the file.



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Modal verbs worksheet

I prepared this worksheet for you to practice the application of modal verbs. This worksheet will be checked in the reinforcement class!



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