P3: BLOG 7 2BACH. Dec. 21st. -24th.(1), 2020. Idioms Part 5.

 P3: BLOG 7 2BACH. Dec. 21st. -24th.(1), 2020. Idioms Part 5. 

Your name:____________________

Your level: ____________________

Your school's name: ____________

Date: ________________________

B1.1 GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT A PLEASURE TO FIND INTERESTING INFORMATION TO WORK WITH YOU. LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, speaking, grammar structure, writing and CLIL. TOPIC: Idioms part 5: AIMS: To improve their speaking skill. To check and find specific information.  To learn more vocabulary and expressions dealing with dialogs and conversations. To study English in a funny and interesting way.  SKILLS WITH DEVELOPING CRITERIA: Check the wordsearch and find the idioms you have written on the list. Write their meaning and do the exercise applying them in a correct way. 

 Exercise 1: Check these idioms and add their meaning in your own language.
 IDIOMS
To look forward to=
Travel on a shoestring=
To catch some rays=
To live like a king=
To travel light=
Exercise 2:  Read and choose the corresponding meaning.
 1.- After graduating from high school my parents gave me a one-month trip to Europe. So, I must travel light!
a. To travel light means… 1. to travel alone. 2. to get slim before traveling. 3. to travel with little luggage.
 2.- Oh, I’m terribly pale! I’m going to the beach to catch some rays
b. To catch some rays means… 1. to avoid the sun.  2. to play on the beach.  3. to get a suntan.
I have lived like a king during my fourweek holiday. I stayed at an expensive hotel and spent a fortune, but it was worth it.
c. To live like a king means… 1. to live in a palace.   2. to travel a lot.   3. to live luxuriously.

Exercise 3: Complete the conversation with the expressions in bold from the previous exercise. 
                   Use: TO TRAVEL LIGHT /LIVE LIKE A KING /LOOK FORWARD TO
Brian: You have chosen your holiday destination, haven’t you? 
Carla:  Yes, I have. I’m going to Cancun to ___________________________  (a)! 
Brian:  That’s great! But please, don’t travel with lots of luggage! 
Carla:  Yeah, I’ll never take lots of luggage with me again. I’ve learned to ___________________________  (b). 
Brian: I guess you will ___________________________  (c) staying at expensive hotels. 
Carla:  No, I won’t. It’s incredible how well you can travel on a shoestring budget avoiding expensive hotels and restaurants. 
Brian: Are you kidding me? That’s real change

P3: BLOG 6 2BACH. Dec. 14th. -18th.(2), 2020. Idioms Part 4.

 P3: BLOG 6 2BACH. Dec. 14th. -18th.(2), 2020. Idioms Part 4. 

Your name:________________

Your level: ________________

Your school's name: ________

Date: _____________________

 Idioms Part 4. Idioms part 4 B1.1 GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT A PLEASURE TO FIND INTERESTING INFORMATION TO WORK WITH YOU. LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, speaking, grammar structure, writing and CLIL. TOPIC: Idioms part 4: AIMS: To improve their speaking skill. To check and find specific information.  To learn more vocabulary and expressions dealing with dialogs and conversations. To study English in a funny and interesting way.  SKILLS WITH DEVELOPING CRITERIA: Check the wordsearch and find the idioms you have written on the list. Write their meaning and do the exercise applying them in a correct way. 

 Exercise 1: Check these idioms and add their meaning in your own language.
 IDIOMS
• In style=
• To break with tradition=
• A crowning achievement=
• To break the habit=

 Exercise 2: Read and complete the conversations with the expressions in the Word Bank.Use: BREAK THE HABIT / BREAK THE TRADITION / CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
MINICONVERSATION 1
Secretary: Congratulations on winning the elections.
Mayor: Thanks. It’s definitely the _____________________________in my life.
Secretary: Sure! It’s not every day that your community elects you as their mayor.

MINICONVERSATION 2
Mom: I guess your brother won’t be with us on Christmas Day.
Sally: Don’t worry mom, I’m sure he won’t ________________________, even if he only comes for a short while.

MINICONVERSATION 3
Principal: Darren, when are you going to stop your bad habit of texting your friends while you are in class? You know it is prohibited here.
Student: I’m sorry ma’am. I promise I’ll ________________________soon.
Principal: I hope so!
Exercise 3. Check the correct meaning.
a. To break with tradition: to do something similar to what is usually done
                                    to do something different from what is usually done
b. A crowning achievement: a good performance 
                                      a great accomplishment
c. To break the habit: to end a habit 
                              to change a habit

New Words and Expressions	New Words and Expressions
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P3: BLOG 5 2BACH. Dec. 14th. -18th.(1), 2020. Idioms Part 3.

 Your name:_________________________

Your level: _________________________

Your school's name: _________________

Date: ______________________________

P3: BLOG 5 2BACH. Dec. 14th. -18th.(1), 2020. Idioms Part 3. Idioms part 2 B1.2 GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT A PLEASURE TO FIND INTERESTING INFORMATION TO WORK WITH YOU. LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, speaking, grammar structure, writing and CLIL. TOPIC: Idioms part 3: AIMS: To improve their speaking skill. To check and find specific information.  To learn more vocabulary and expressions dealing with dialogs and conversations. To study English in a funny and interesting way.  SKILLS WITH DEVELOPING CRITERIA: Check the wordsearch and find the idioms you have written on the list. Write their meaning and do the exercise applying them in a correct way. 

Exercise 1: Check each idiom and write its meaning in your own language.
WORD BANK:
• Grin from ear to ear=
• Head over heels in love=
• Make your blood boil=
• Your heart sinks=

 Exercise 2: Read and complete the expressions in bold using the Word Bank. Then,
match them with their meaning. Use: HEART/EAR/HEAD/BLOOD
a. My wife and I met in 2001 and we fell ______over heels in love!     1. feeling angry
b. Adam was grinning from ear to______. He passed the final test.     2. feeling in love
c. My______sank when my parents got divorced last year.                  3. feeling happy
d. It made my______boil when Jim’s boss yelled at him.                   4. feeling sad

Exercise 3: Use the previous idiomatic expressions in the situations below. Use: 
HEART SANK / MADE-BLOOD BOILED / FELL HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE / 
GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR
1.- Natalie Portman was_____________________ (a)when she won her Oscar Award for best Actress in “Black Swan” 
2.- Prince William and Kate _____________________ (b) for each other when they were college students in England. 
3.- Many people’s______________________(c) when they heard that Michael Jackson had died.
4.- It __________my _____________________(d) when my neighbors are noisy and I am trying to have a good night’s sleep.

P3: BLOG 4 2BACH. Dec. 7th. -11th.(2), 2020. Idioms Part 2.

 Your name:_________________________________

Your level: _________________________________

Your school's name: _________________________

Date: _____________________________________

P3: BLOG 4 2BACH. Dec. 7th. -11th.(2), 2020. Idioms Part 2. Idioms part 2 B1.2 GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT A PLEASURE TO FIND INTERESTING INFORMATION TO WORK WITH YOU. LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, speaking, grammar structure, writing and CLIL. TOPIC: Idioms part 2: AIMS: To improve their speaking skill. To check and find specific information.  To learn more vocabulary and expressions dealing with dialogs and conversations. To study English in a funny and interesting way.  SKILLS WITH DEVELOPING CRITERIA: Check the wordsearch and find the idioms you have written on the list. Write their meaning and do the exercise applying them in a correct way. 

 Exercise 1: IDIOMS PART 2: Add their meaning
• To be fit as a fiddle=
• To be in bad shape=
• To be in murky waters=
• To move heaven and earth=

Exercise 2: Read the conversations. Fill in the gaps with the expressions in the Word Bank.
CONVERSATION 1
Susie: Hi! Nice to see you again! It’s been years since we last met!
Patty: Hey! Look at you! You are as _______________________________(a).
You must have had a very healthy life!
Susie: Well, I love exercising and I love fat-free food. I do
take care of my body and health.
Patty: Wow, instead, I’m in such __________________________________ (b).
I often have to eat in a rush, you know, at fast food
restaurants or even when driving my car!
CONVERSATION 2
Oscar: Look! This is the timber company that bought the pine forest.
Mike: Do they have permission to cut down the trees?
Oscar: I’m not sure, the documents I saw are not complete. I think they are ______________(c).
Mike: We need to find out! Let’s ____________________________(d) to get the information.

Exercise 3: Match the expressions with their corresponding meaning.
a. Fit as a fiddle                       1. behaving in morally and ethically questionable ways
b. In bad shape                        2. being in good health or athletic condition
c. Be in murky waters             3. being determined to do something that is difficult
d. Move heaven and earth       4. being in poor physical condition 
Exercise 4: Find the four idioms in the wordsearch.

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1.-TO BE FIT AS A FIDDLE	2.- TO BE IN BAD SHAPE	3.-TO BE IN MURKY WATERS
4.-TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH

P3: BLOG 3 2BACH. Dec. 7th-11th(1), 2020. Idioms Part 1

 Your name: ________________________________

Your school: _______________________________
Your grade/level: ___________________________
Date: __________________________________________

P3: BLOG 3 2BACH. Dec. 7th-11th(1), 2020. Idioms Part 1. Idioms part 1 B1.1 GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT A PLEASURE TO FIND INTERESTING INFORMATION TO WORK WITH YOU. LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, speaking, grammar structure, writing and CLIL. TOPIC: Idioms part 1: AIMS: To improve their speaking skill. To check and find specific information.  To learn more vocabulary and expressions dealing with dialogs and conversations. To study English in a funny and interesting way.  SKILLS WITH DEVELOPING CRITERIA: Check the wordsearch and find the idioms you have written on the list. Write their meaning and do the exercise applying them in a correct way.

Exercise 1: IDIOMS: Add their meaning in your own language.

Word Bank

• To hit the headlines=
• That’s breaking news=
• To cover the story= 

Exercise 2: Read the conversations. Fill in the gaps with the expressions in the Word Bank. Then, check the correct the meaning of the expressions

CONVERSATION 1

Joey: God! I completely forgot to go to the crime scene!
Julia: You mean the bank robbery?
Joey: Yes, it was raining and I had to finish another report.
Julia: Don’t worry. Mike and a photographer .________________________

Meaning: Mike and a photographer protected two cameras.
                Mike and a photographer did the report.

CONVERSATION 2

Omar: Look! There was another tsunami close to the coast of Japan.
Patty: Wow! When did it happen?
Omar: Just half an hour ago! This is ________________________

Meaning: Omar wants to cut the newspaper to get the news about Japan.
                Omar is highlighting that the news is recent o has just happened.

CONVERSATION 3

Phil: Have you read the international news?
Clark: Yes! Sara has won the Latin American Music Award!
Phil: That’s awesome! She has ________________________!

Meaning: Sara has become famous because of her prize.
                Sara has cut out music headlines from the newspaper

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1.BREAKING NEWS	2.COVERED THE STORY	3.HIT THE HEADLINES

P3 BLOG 2: 2BACH. : Nov. 30th-Dec. 4th. (2), 2020. ADJECTIVES-SITUATIONS

 P3 BLOG 2:  2BACH. : Nov. 30th-Dec. 4th. (2), 2020.  

Good evening boys and girls. It's a pleasure to greet you and invite you to work with more English online material. TOPIC: Reviewing basic structures: Use of adjectives: Use of adjectives  LANGUAGE SKILL: Reading, writing, grammar structure and CLIL. AIMS: To reinforce basic structures. To increase new vocabulary and expressions related to the topic. To read and understand the main ideas and details of all the sentences. Use and apply the taught structure in a correct way. To follow the instructions and do the exercises. SKILL WITH PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: Choose the best adjective to describe the situation in each sentence.

USE: surprising       tired      boring      disgusting      terrified      interesting
1. Carol thought she saw a ghost. Her hands were shaking.
     2. The documentary last night was great. I learned so much about African animals!
     3. John fell asleep at the back of the class. His teacher's voice was dull and made John very tired.
     4. It's a miracle. I expected to lose my job today but they gave me a promotion!
     5. The cat opened one eye and then fell asleep again under the table.
     6. Lindsay took the pizza out of the fridge. It was old and the cheese on top was green!
    

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