Important

Hi! This is just to remind you to include ONLY your first name and the two or three first letters of your surnames in your profiles on this blog.

Example: Ariel Ben, Maia Le, or Jimena Cas.

How?

1. Go to "Panel"

2. Choose "Editar Perfil" on your right

3. Go to "Identidad"/"Nombre Mostrado" and type your name and just 2 or 3 letters of your surname

4. Remember to save the changes by clicking on "Guardar Perfil" at the bottom of the page.

Consult me or the Lab assisstants if you have any problems in doing so.

See you, Jimena

Classroom changes!!

Hi! There will be some changes in our classrooms in April.
Please pay attention to the NEW CLASSROOMS:

Tuesday 1st: Room 3° J (105, Building I, first floor)

Tuesday 8th: Room 3° F (106, Building I, first floor)

Tuesday 15th: Room 3° G (annex Building I)

Tuesday 22nd: Room 3° I (annex Building I, mid-floor)

Tuesday 29th: Room 3° H (Room 103, Building I)


Friday 25th: Lab

Mondays and Fridays no changes.

Please print or write down this information.

See you, Jimena

Revision Class

Hi, welcome back, how was your weekend?
Is your energy reloaded?? Hope so!

The revision today is on Present Perfect vs. Simple Past and Comparatives and Superlarives.

How much do you remember?

Present perfect
Go over the rules HERE.
Go on with these activities: Ex 1 - Ex2 - Ex 3 - Ex 4

For or since? Practise HERE.

Present perfect and Simple past
You can consult the rules HERE.
Now try these exercises: Ex 1 - Ex 2 - Ex 3 - Ex 4 - Ex 5

If you still have doubts on WHEN to use the present perfect, look at these examples.

PLEASE, consult me anytime if you have a question!!

Comparatives and superlatives
Remember the rules and cases? Check them HERE.
Then continue with the exercises: Ex 1 - Ex 2 - Ex 3 - Ex 4 - Ex 5 - Final quiz

Good work!

When you have finished, continue with pages 74 and 75 in your students´books, activities 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 (choose only three verbs), and 9.
Activity 11 is a homework to hand in next Tuesday 1st April. 100 words aprox, printed please. You can use the letter on page 74 as a model.

Finished? Well done, see you next class. Jimena

Homework for Friday 28th: Students´book page 84.

Activity for today

Hi, for today`s class click on the following links

Examples of future simple click here

Next activity with WILL

Now practise GOING TO FUTURE here

Read about and practise all FUTURE TENSES

Revision on CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:

Type 0
Type 1
Type 2
Review

Remember to bring your coursebooks next class!

Good luck, Jimena

Creating a Gmail account

I´ve already received several email addresses from you but some are still missing.

Remember you can create a new Gmail account at: www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

Please edit your Gmail profile including your name and surname (you may include just the first three letters).

Soon you will be receiving an invitation to join the blog, accept it please, and you will instantly become an authorised author of the blog.

Good luck and consult me whenever neccessary! Jimena

Welcome

Welcome to 4th year English classes!

I´m Jimena Castellión, your English teacher this year

You can reach me at: jcastellion@ort.edu.ar or you may as well post comments on this blog.

We´ll be meeting every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

This is our timetable:

Mondays 16.10 Building I (Yatay) Room 201 (Multimedia)

Tuesdays 9.20 English Lab

Fridays 7.45 Building I (Yatay) Room 2º E

For our first classes we´ll be using your last year coursebooks:

Opportunities Pre-intermediate (Student´s and activity books)

Good luck, see you soon, Jimena