2025-01-22

Upper Secondary B2.1

Aim:

• Learn about what makes a good proposal and how to use plain language.
• Discuss and plan a festival with a focus on bridging the gap between cultures.
• Write and present a proposal, and evaluate other proposals.
• Design and present a visually engaging and informative poster to promote the planned festival, effectively communicating its purpose, key details, and cultural significance.

Homework

• Take you festival idea and write it up as a formal proposal at home, using the feedback from your presentations.

Language

• I want to wake up and don’t be tired

  • I want to wake up not feeling tired.
  • I don’t want to wake up feeling tired.
    I want to wake up and not feel tired.

  Explaination
  When we say “I want to” with a verb, any additional actions must match the structure of the first verb.

  For example:
  ❌ Incorrect: “I want to wake up and don’t be tired.”
  ✅ Correct: “I want to wake up and not feel tired.”

  Why?
  • “I want to” starts with the infinitive form (“to + verb”), so the second action must continue in the same way.
  • “Don’t be tired” is a command, which doesn’t match the structure of “to wake up.”

  Examples:

  1. ❌ “I want to relax and don’t stress.”
     ✅ “I want to relax and not feel stressed.”
  2. ❌ “I want to study and don’t fail the test.”
     ✅ “I want to study and not fail the test.”

  Rule:

  When you list actions after “I want to,” make sure they match the same verb form to keep the sentence smooth and correct. 😊

2025-01-20

Upper Secondary B2.1

Aim:

• Learn about what makes a good proposal and how to use plain language.
• Discuss and plan a festival with a focus on bridging the gap between cultures.
• Write and present a proposal, and evaluate other proposals.

Homework

• Take you festival idea and write it up as a formal proposal at home, using the feedback from your presentations.

2025-01-15

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Listen and learn about artists who are using music to challenge cultural stereotypes.
• Reflect and share my views on the importance of music.
• Observe, analyse and practise language for talking about change.

Material

• pages 4-5

Homework

• learning hub

Incidental Language

• prejudice
• genre
• norm

2025-01-13

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Demonstrate an understanding of how music can break down cultural barriers.
• Examine loanwords that have been introduced into English from other languages.
• Analyse unknown words to work out their meaning.
• Talk about how music can help bring together people from different backgrounds.

Material

• new magazine pages 1-3

Plan

• warmer
  • What kinds of things connect people to different cultures?
  • Discuss origins of instruments
  • Do you think music connects people?
• pre-teach
  • Preconceived ideas – Beliefs or opinions formed without sufficient knowledge or understanding.
  • Cutting-edge – Extremely modern and advanced; at the forefront of progress (e.g., “cutting-edge musical fusions”).
  • Immersed – Deeply involved or engaged in an environment or activity (e.g., “immersed in new and ancient traditions”).
  • Collaborate – To work together with others on a shared activity or project.
  • Profound – Very great or intense, especially in terms of influence or effect (e.g., “had a profound influence on the music”).
  • Fusions – The process or result of joining two or more things together to form something new (e.g., “musical fusions”).
• magazine work

Homework

• learning hub

Incidental Language

• flagship
• collaborate
• residence

2025-01-08

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Main Aim:
  • To practice using future tenses and modal verbs to describe future plans and aspirations.
• Secondary Aims:
  • To develop creative thinking and visual representation skills by creating a vision board for the next three years.
  • To improve writing fluency and organization by journaling about 10-year dreams and three-year goals.
  • To enhance speaking skills by sharing and discussing personal visions with peers.
• Personal Development Aim:
  • To encourage self-awareness and long-term goal setting through reflective and creative tasks.

Homework

• finish all learning hub materials for the current magazine

2024-12-18

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
  • Developed creative storytelling skills by collaboratively crafting narratives using Untold: Adventure Awaits and story cubes.
  • Practiced speaking fluency through active participation in role-playing and storytelling discussions, using appropriate descriptive and narrative language.
  • Enhanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills by resolving in-game challenges and making decisions that influence the storyline.
  • Strengthened teamwork and collaboration by working in groups to create cohesive and engaging stories.
  • Used new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions relevant to adventure and storytelling, expanding their linguistic range in a creative context.

Homework

• learning hub