Category: English B1

Mind maps

Below are the mind maps that were created by the B1 course.

Please note that although the classes are not taking place right now, I will continue posting in this blog.

Mind map laptop
Mind map smartphone
Mind map camera

B1: 12.03.2020

Do not forget to hand in the homework – description of a place of worship

Review: Past Simple – Passive Voice (Grammar Sheets)

DOWNLOAD MATERIAL: Passive Voice

Additional: DOWNLOAD MATERIAL: Passive Voice -2

Play Noughts & Crosses Game (p. 35, Ex. 7) – in pairs

Devices, p. 36

Groups of 3 – each group selects one device.

1a – Discussion in groups

1b, 1c – Make mind maps on the whiteboard or a flip chart.

2a Discussion with the teacher (for this exercise, only pay attention to the verbs)

2b add the VERBS from both columns to your mind map

Examples of mind maps:

http://baibasvenca.blogspot.com/2013/01/using-mind-maps-with-students.html

http://lhollandvocabulary.weebly.com/5-vocabulary-strategies.html

https://www.mindmeister.com/blog/learn-a-second-language-with-mind-maps/

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/elementary-a2-reading/mind-maps

Homework:

2c, choose any device you know (can be a household appliance) and create a mind map for it. (You will present it to another student during the next class)

To find words for your mind map, you can use:

B1:05.03.2020

Review phonetic alphabet

(source: http://thelanguagenerds.com/)

p. 33 (Homework) First listen to the text, then retell the text to the partner.

More information about Mumtaz Mahal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal

p. 34 ex. 4a-4d

p. 149 (Passive Voice: Present and Past)

p. 35 x. 5a, 5b, 5d, 6a, 6b, 6c

Homework: p.35 5c, write about the Lotus Temple OR about any other place of worship (a cathedral, a church, a shrine, a mosque, a synagogue, etc.). Hand in your story in during the next class.

B1: 27.02.2020

p. 18-19 Small Talk Review

p. 10 ex. 3d (in pairs)

Describing people: https://www.kickstarter.com/team

p. 13 ex. 3d (Comparing people)

p. 31 ex. 3 (in pairs)

p. 22 (groups of three). Customers at the Down Under Shop (one sales assistant and two customers)

Food & Cooking pp. 24-25 (Cards, work in pairs). Describe shape, color, taste and how it can be eaten.

p. 32. Preliminary discussion

Homework

Phonetic alphabet p. 184

Read File p. 136

Read p. 32 text, p. 34 ex. 3a

English B1.1. Review Winter Semester 2019

Textbook – Great A2 (Klett Verlag, Chapter 1-2)

Important: Phonetic alphabet, p.184!

  • Describing people – appearance, habits, traits of character
  • Starting a conversation
  • Political correctness (when talking about appearances)
  • Australia: geography, nature
  • Australia: traditions and culture
  • Souvenir shops
  • Describing objects by color and shape
  • Recipies and cooking
  • Talking about food
Download Material: DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Download Material: MY vs MINE, etc.
Download Material: I vs ME, etc.
Download Material: DESCRIBING PEOPLE-2

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