LISTENING

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UNIDAD 5- contenidos

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral: Give, accept and question or refuse advice pg 33 (Spb unit 5)/Ask and talk about personality and mood pg 62 (Spb unit 9)/Agree and disagree pg 42(Spb unit 6)

Comprensión escrita: reading activities

Expresión escrita: A story about an unusual experience

Gramática: Modals> should(n´t) (advice), must and have to (obligation and prohibition), must and can´t (conclusions) Comparison of adjectives and adverbs; adjective word order; verbs seem/look/ sound + adjective or like/as if (Spb units 5,9)

Vocabulario: Personality adjectives-Jobs and occupations / Physical appearance-Personality and mood adjectives (Spb unit6, 9)

Fonética: English diphthongs

Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; skimming Aspectos socioculturales: United Kingdom 2

SONG

* gotta = have got a; *gonna= going to;
*wanna= Want to
1. Translate the sentence:
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
2. Listen to this part of the song and fill in the spaces with the prepositions in the box

up, out, off, down

1 I gotta* feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
2 That tonight's gonna* be a good night
3 That tonight's gonna be a good good night (x3)
4 Tonight's the night night
5 Let's live it _______
6 I got my money
7 Let's spend it _______
8 Go _______and smash it
9 Like Oh My God
10 Jump _______that sofa
11 Let's get get _______
12 I know that we'll have a ball
13 If we get _______
14 And go _______
15 And just loose it all
16 I feel stressed _______
17 I wanna let it go
18 Let's go way _______spaced _______
19 And loosing all control
20 Fill _______ my cup
21 Mozoltov
22 Look at her dancing
23 Just take it _______
24 Let's paint the town
25 We'll shut it _______
26 Let's burn the roof
27 And then we'll do it again
3. Find the sentences with the structure "Let's+ infinitive" and translate them.

WRITING

READING COMPREHENSION

Britannia

Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island. The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands with individual names, including Albion or Great Britain. However, by the 1st century BC Britannia came to be used for Great Britain specifically. In AD 43 the Roman Empire began its conquest of the island, establishing a province they called Britannia, which came to encompass the parts of the island south of Caledonia (roughly Scotland). The native Celtic inhabitants of the province are known as the Britons. In the 2nd century Roman Britannia came to be personified as a goddess, armed with a spear and shield and wearing a centurion's helmet.

The Latin name Britannia long survived the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and yielded the name for the island in most European and various other languages, including the English Britain and the modern Welsh Prydain. After centuries of declining use, the Latin form was revived during the English Renaissance as a rhetorical evocation of a British national identity. Especially following the Acts of Union in 1707, which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, the personification of the martial Britannia was used as an emblem of British imperial power and unity. She has appeared consistently on British coinage ever since.

1.       When was the term Britannia used for the first time?

2.       Which area did it refer to?

3.       Which areas did the term Britannia include for the Romans? (mention current countries)

4.       How did the Romans call the native people of this new conquered area?

5.       Was Roman Britannia a male or a female character?

6.       Did Roman Britannia have a peaceful or a warlike appearance?

7.       Apart from symbolizing Great Britain, has Roman Britannia had any other meaning for the British?

8.       When did the Romans leave Britannia?

9.       Is there any trace of Roman Britannia in present Britain?

READING SESSION

Primera sesión de lectura: Viernes, 14 de Enero
Tenéis que traer el libro de lectura graduada: The Black Cat and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Readers). Recordad que os di la referencia el 14 de diciembre.