Shopping

Read the text and make a mind map "Shopping"

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery.

I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: readymade clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there.

There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so that they can be easily seen. In the women's clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos.

In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas etc. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products.

The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If it is not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change.

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Window on Britain - Homes

Now watch the episode which we worked with at the lesson with subtitles.

U.S.System of Education

Watch a video about U.S. system of education and make a mind map on this topic. Remember a mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information. To read about mind-mapping, click here. You can use online mind-mapping services, for example http://mindmapfree.com/

You can start with making the list of key words on the topic. Post them in the comments here.

Technologies in Education

Today we are having a lesson in our linguophonic classroom and unfortunately the overhead projector doesn't work so I'll be using my blog as a substitute for the whiteboard. I thought I would comment on these posts as they are parts of a lesson on "Technologies in Education".

The aim of the first activity is to introduce the topic and to create motivation. The students must look at the list and try to guess which of these we'll be using at the lesson.

•Internet connection

•Computers or laptops for learners

•Laptop and projector

•TV or DVD player

•Interactive whiteboard

•Digital applications for learning

•Mobile phones or tablets

•Overhead projector

•CD or tape player

Of course, I'm going to ask the students to compare their expectations with the reality at the end of the lesson (and to complete the list with some uses of technologies not mentioned above - online dictionary, Youtube video, seach engine etc.).

Songs and Grammar: Tom's Diner

Listen to the song by Susan Vega and write down all the verbs in Present Continuous. 

The focus is on the meaning of the present continuous tense - it expresses an action which is going on at the present moment.
Students use the word processor to type their answers.

Wee Willie Winkie Nursery Rhyme

"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", first published in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside in 1841.

Lyrics

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, 

Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown; 

Rapping at the window, crying through the lock, 

"Are the children all in bed, for now it's eight o'clock?"

Primary School Teacher Halloween Kit

1. Learn the Halloween Song about going trick-or-treat with the children in your class (don't forget about the movements). They are sure to enjoy it.

2. Watch the cartoon about this cute little witch. Your pupils will like the chants and songs after the story. Moreover, it's a good chance to revise House, Furniture and Parts of Body vocabulary.

Winnie the Witch

3. Watch a series about Wizadora with your pupils.

Wizadora