Matthew Bourne's Swan lake

Today we watched some ballet clips from Matthew Bourne's swan lake.

We then worked on some group discussion questions.

In our second class we did Impact grammar lesson #22 on Weather Forecast.

HOMEWORK:

-Finish Billy Elliot workbook Qs #1-3 on pg 7-8

-Write a letter from the Ballet academy to Billy Elliot telling him that he was accepted into the dance school.

1/2 page A4 or B5 paper.

-Write about the weather yesterday & what you think the weather will be like next day.

please use few, a few, little, a little in your writing.

Billy Elliot Chapter 15

The last chapter of this great story!

We listened to the final audio chapter when Billy finally makes his debut as a professional dancer.

Tony, Jackie, and Michael are very proud of their Billy and cheer him on as he jumps again just for them.

Billy Elliot Chapter 14

We listened to the audio Cd of this chapter, as Billy prepares to leave Everington.
Brother Tony has a change of heart and he is able to tell Billy that he will "miss" him.

Billy Elliot Chapter 13

We listened to the audio Cd of this chapter in class.
Billy finally gets in to the ballet school.

HOMEWORK:

-book questions page 55-56 #s 24-28

Billy Elliot movie

We continued watching Billy Elliot the movie. We watched until the end of the part where Billy has the audition for ballet.

HOMEWORK:

-finish reading the book for Monday's class

-do page 6 from the BILLY ELLIOT workbook

Billy Elliot Chapter 12

In class students listened to chapter 12 and then we did some role

playing in class group conversations.

STUDENT A- was the teacher

STUDENT B- was Billy

STUDENT C- was Jackie

HOMEWORK:

-read chapter 13

-page 54-55 questions 21 and 23

-Writing assignment:

Imagine that Billy didn't get into ballet school. What happens to him??

Write about his life.

1/2 page to 1 page A4 or B5 size paper

Billy Elliot Chapter 11

We listened to chapter 11 in class and then we discussed in groups about the plot events.

In the second class we did Impact grammar lesson 21 HOBBIES

HOMEWORK:

-Write about your favorite hobby.

Tell me WHAT it is, WHEN you started this hobby, WHO else do you know that has this

same hobby too? (friends, family member...) WHERE do you usually practise this hobby?

WHY do you like this hobby??

Please write 1/2 page A4 or B5 paper

-Do pg. 54 before you read Qs #18-19

-Design your own raffle ticket for chapter 11. describe what raffle prize will be awarded

and how much does each ticket cost????

DRAW A PICTURE OF YOUR TICKET AND COLOR IT!

Billy Elliot Chapter 10

We listened to chapter 10 in class. I then asked students to think of the 3 most important

events fro this chapter. I then gave a lecture on the history of the word "GAY" used in

Japan and North America.

HOMEWORK:

-read chapter 11

-write a 1/2 page about: Why mining, boxing, and smoking are dangerous?

Billy Elliot Chapter 9

We talked about and listened to chapter 9 in class. We also worked in groups of 4 and took turns talking about, happy, sad, angry, jealous, embarassing, and scary moments in recent days in our lives.

HOMEWORK:

-Read chapter 10

-Do page 53 Questions for chapters 7-9 #s 14-17

USE A4 or B5 paper

Billy Elliot Chapter 8

We watched another bit of the DVD movie today, as well we listened to chapter 8 audio of the book. After watching the movie I gave you some questions to do from home work.

HOMEWORK:

-Billy Elliot workbook pg 5 Qs # 1-4 *Use A4 or B5 paper*

Billy Elliot Chapter 7

We continued working on our class assignment "when I was eight". After reading over your script with your partner and he or she editing it, we then presented our speech to the class.

We then listened to chapter 7 audio and the remaining time was used to start on your questions.

HOMEWORK:
-read chapter 8
-finish Qs pg 51 #s 7-11 for chapters 4-6