A film review

FIRST PARAGRAPH

It´s a ...(genre). ...(actors/actresses) are in it. It is set in...It is about ...(plot summary). In the end,... 

SECOND PARAGRAPH

The critics say that... My opinion is that...

Examples of the first paragraph

It's a drama. Julia Roberts is in it. It takes place in a town in California where many people got sick.  She plays a secretary who works for a law firm. The movie is about a company that tries to hide its chemical pollution that killed many people. In the end, the company loses the law case and has to pay millions of dollars. 

Erin Brockovich

It is a fantasy film. It takes place in a world of elves, dwarfs and orcs. Elijah Wood is in it. It is about a hobbit who has to destroy a magic ring before an evil wizard can get it. In the end, he decides to keep the ring, but it gets destroyed anyway.

Lord of the Ring

CONTENTS unit 5

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral: Ask for and give positive and negative opinions pg 97 (Spb unit 8) -Agree and disagree (Spb unit 6)

Comprensión escrita: article

Expresión escrita: An opinion article about a film

Gramática: Defining and non-defining relative clauses/ Present perfect simple and continuous (Spb unit 8)

Vocabulario: Adjective formation- Phrasal verbs with take- Cinema (Spb unit 8)

Fonética: English consonants and semivowels (/p/, /t/, /b/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /m/, /n/, / ŋ /, /l/, /r/, /w/, /j/).

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; study tips to remember vocabulary (true cognates and false  friends)

Aspectos socioculturales: Relevant British cities/ relevant people

THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH

1. What are the effects of the red death?
2. Why is it called 'red'?
3. What is prince prospero like?
4. What idea occurred to him?
5. What was there inside the house?
6. What kind of party did he give?
7. Why is he described as a strange person?
8. Where did he gave his party?
9. What was peculiar about the seven room's decoration?
10. How were the rooms lighted?
11. What made the party stop?
12. How did the clock's sound affect people?
13. Apart from the decorations, what else did prince prospero choose?
    What are people described like?
14. How is the sound of the clock described?
15. Where didn't people want to go in?
16. Who appeared at the party?
17. What was he wearing?
18. What was the prince reaction?
19. What did he do?
20. What was the dancers' reaction?
21. Why did they cry in horror?
22. What happened to them?

CONTENTS- Unit 4

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral: Report faults and request action; respond pg 48 (Spb unit 7)

Comprensión escrita:

Expresión escrita: A news report for the school magazine (Access 3 pg 34)

Gramática: Zero, first, second and third conditionals / Time clauses in the future with when/as soon as (Spb units 6, 7)

Vocabulario: Scooters and cars (Spb unit 5)/ Electrical equipment-phrasal verbs with make (Spb unit 7)

Fonética: English consonants (/f/, /v/ /θ/, /ð/,/s/, /z/ /ʒ/, /ʃ/, / h/)

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; study tips to remember vocabulary and to improve speaking

Aspectos socioculturales: Relevant people (quotations)

CONTENTS-Unit 3

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

Expresión escrita: a short description of yourself  or anyone you know.

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

CONTENTS-UNIT 2

Comprensión oral: Listenings

Expresión oral: Ask, give or refuse permission (spb pg 22)  Give, accept or refuse invitations  pg 28 (Spb unit 4)

Comprensión escrita:  dialogues and articles

Expresión escrita: A short article expressing their opinion about what life will be like in the future.

Gramática: Past simple and PPS, linkers: and, but, because, so, both (Spb unit 3) Future  with will/won´t, may/might, going to or present continuous (Spb unit 4)

Vocabulario: Phrasal verbs with go, travel (Spb unit 3) Adjectives and prepositions (Spb unit 4)

Fonética: Intonation of polite reassurance (Spb unit 3), Sentence stress in statements (Spb unit 4)

Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; scanning ; Vocabulary (predicting situations)wb pg 19

CONTENIDOS- unit 1

Comprensión oral

Expresión oral: Start and maintain a conversation (spb pg 10), Announce and respond to good and bad news (Spb pg 16)

Comprensión escrita

Expresión escrita: Informal letters (spb pg 11)

Gramática: Present simple and continuous-verbs like, love, hate, enjoy +- ing- PPS with for and since (Spb unit 1) Past simple and continuous, time clauses  (Spb unit 2)

Vocabulario: Family members, relationships (Spb unit 1) Word building from verbs of emotion, phrasal verbs with give (Spb unit 2)

Fonética: English vowel sounds (quick revision), Intonation of polite phrases and questions (spb unit 1), intonation of exclamations (spb unit 2)

Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; Use of English pronouncing dictionaries

Aspectos socioculturales:   1.       Halloween October 31st Social customs