The class was very interesting because mr james explained about countries England , Wales and Scotland.We talked about the unicorn story. Then we went to the break.
In the last shift we worked on page 45 of wb and 121 of sb .
Thank you and I hope that you like it.
TRINI
Today, we learnt about the Britih Isles and then we talked the maps. Mr James told us about the map of the British Isles and then he gave us questions about "The Legend of the Unicorn". We also worked on pages 40-41 in the SB and then we went to the break. After that, we read Aesop's Fables. Tomás
Let's summarise the main topics we discussed so far.
These are the British Isles in the world map (click on the picture to see it bigger):
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a big country made up of four nations:
1) England (English*)
2) Scotland (Scottish or Scot*)
3) Wales (Welsh*)
4) Northern Ireland (Northern Irish*)
*These are the nationalities. All of them are also "British".
As we said, 6,000 islands make up the British Isles, but only two of them are the most popular;
1) the Island of Great Britain (where England, Scotland, and Wales are)
2) the Island ofIreland (where Northern Ireland is, together with the Republic of Ireland, which is an independent country, not part of the UK).
Have a look at the flags of each nation below:
English flag (St. George's cross)
Scottish flag (St. Andrew's cross)
Irish flag (St. Patrick's cross)
Welsh flag (with a pagan symbol, not a Christian one)
the flag of the Republic of Ireland (not a member of the UK)
the British flag (aka the Union Flag or the Union Jack, after king James, first king of England and Scotland). It includes the English, Scottish and Irish flags (not the Welsh flag) as shown here:
This is the video we watched in class to understand the creation of the Union Jack:
The brief history of the Union Jack:
In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died with no children, so her cousin James, king of Scotland, inherited the English throne. He was the first king of Great Britain but his two kingdoms were formally united in 1707, nearly one hundred years after his coronation as king of England.
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Her parents were King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn (Henry married six times). She ruled England for 44 years (she was crowned when she was 25). Her reign is usually known as the "Elizabethan era" or "England's Golden Age". She died at the age of 69.
King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625). His mother was Mary, Queen of Scots and his father was Lord Darnley. He ruled Scotland from a very early age, and England for 22 years. In 1603 he moved to England promising to go back to Scotland every three years. He only went back on one occasion. He clearly preferred England to Scotland. He died at the age of 58.
Today we worked on language and we did some copies. in one of this copies we used simple past and past continuous and then mister James played a song and in the copy you had to put numbers, circle and write . Then we checked the homework and that was our day.
These are the pictures we described in class. What do they have in common? All three of them show jealous people. We also talked about jealousy in ourselves. Are we jealous? Why? When? Who of?
He is jealous of his brother.
The blond girl is jealous of the ginger girl.
The girl is jealous of her friend(s).
Now find the video of the song we listened to in class.
This is the link where you can find more than eighty fables written by Aesop (c. 620 BC – 564 BC). Have a look, choose one of them and comment this post with the name of the fable you selected. Hurry up, or all the good ones will be gone ;) »»» http://planetebook.com/ebooks/Aesops-Fables.pdf«««
Thurday 7th: The teacher gave the test out and we asked questions about mistakes and corrections. Then we worked on the workbook (page 34) to revise vocabulary on emergencies.
Monday 11th: The teacher explained how and when to use Past Continuous (like in "it was raining" or "I was reading a book"). He told us how to use "when" and "while" if we combine Past Simple and Past Continuous. We worked on page 35 in the workbook to practise Past Continuous..
First we did exercises about the song of the lion king we watched a video to check the answers then we talked about Aesop's fables and we copied things in Literature and we worked on Aesop's biography in Language. then we went to the break and we worked on Aesop's fables Santino
