Week 15 East London b1 Consequences

Students discussed and wrote positive and negative consequences to certain actions. 

For example if Stuart spent all his savings on a computer what would the consequences be?? Good and bad??

Students enjoyed the discussions of different actions. 

Week 15 West London B1+ Information gap crossword

Students in west London class were given information gap crosswords. One student had the answers for words going across and one student had the answers for words going down. 

Students had clues for each other to help them get the missing personalities in their crosswords and they had to help each other figure them out by describing it or doing actions or naming people who are like that personality in the classroom. 

Students enjoyed it as some had not done crosswords before.

Week 13 West London B1 Acting the gestures

Students in west London class were learning different gestures used all over the world. Students were put into groups of 4 with one student not allowed to speak and doing the gestures. The rest of the group had to say exactly the right meaning as the gesture. Then writing using modals and adverbs what their group member was gesturing. 

Example statements :

I think he may/might be saying hello 

or 

he is probably/could be telling us to be quiet. 

Week 13 East London A2+ Technology Poster

Students in East London class were told to make posters of one type of technology they discussed in class and draw or print a picture of it and label all its parts. Once labelled all parts needed to have a description of how you use it. 

Week 13 East London A2+ mind maps of topics

Students did mind maps of their chosen topics for their presentations in week 17. Students had to think of the topics they will talk about during their presentation and what pictures they will need for each part of the presentation.

Week 13 West London B1 that's what it means!! Emoticons

Students in west London class discussed what gestures signs and emoticons are.

They were then given a sheet of different emoticons. Students in groups had to chose 10 emoticons and describe their meaning and when they would use each one. 

Week 13 East London technology and its uses

Students listed different types of technology they use regularly today. They then had to write two different uses for each technology.

Week 12 West London B1 making excuses peer dictation

Students were put into groups of four. Each student was given a short conversation about an invitation and excuses. Each student read out their conversation while the rest wrote it all down. After each conversation was completed they had to read it and answer the following three questions:

Week 12 A2+ East London Peer dictation

Students were put into groups of 5. One student read out a conversation while the others took dictation. This was followed by spelling correction and a question and answer session about the conversation.

Well done Hasan Abdulaziz and Essam for their efforts and patients with their reading!!  

Week 11 West London class B1 My short story

Students in West London class presented their short stories they wrote in class. Students had to figure out what 3 things they had to include in their stories. I really enjoyed listening to some very good and funny stories. 

Stories were then posted up on the my short story wall: