Μάθημα : ENGLISH B CLASS

HOMEWORK

Tuesday 17/9:

Visit the padlet and post a text about where you spent your summer holidays. Add a photo of the place.

Monday 23/9:

Study the PPT on 'Unity in Diversity' and the vocabulary that goes with it.

Wednesday 18/9:

Continue posting on padlet (it's now unfrozen). Don't forget to introduce yourselves. 

Form groups for the Climate Action Schools Project (5 groups of 5 or 6 students).

Wednesday 25/9: 

Study the PPT on 'Unity in Diversity' and the vocabulary that goes with it

Monday 30/9:

Study the PPT on 'Unity in Diversity', AGAIN, WELL.

Wednesday 2/10:

RETAKING the Vocabulary Test on Friday 4/10, during the 2nd break.

Look at the Climate Action Schools Unit.  Check the flags to see the countries involved.

Have a look at the recycling competition in Athens so that we decide if we want to participate.

Form your groups (5 or 6 groups) for the Climate Action project. 

Monday 7/10:

1. Form your groups (5 or 6 groups) for the Climate Action project (I want you to give me a sheet of paper with the groups and the names of each group)

2. Add ideas (individually) on the online document (canva) for climate action.

Wednesday 9/10:

Add ideas (individually) on the online document (canva) for climate action.

Thursday 10/10:

1. In the Climate Action Unit, write down on canva the specific ideas we mentioned in class.

2. In Unity in Diversity Unit, study the vocabulary 'People and Places'.

Wednesday 16/10:

Kpg Booklet: pages 9-10 Activity 1. In the KPG Unit, you will find the vocabulary list for Practice Test 1.

Thursday 17/10: 

1. Student's Book: page 11 - Read the article and complete the table (ex. 2.2)

2. Workbook: page 6, ex 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 - pages 8-9 ex. 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 & 1.11

3. Study again the vocabulary 'People and Places'.

Monday 21/10:

Kpg: pages 9-10 Activity 1 & page 12 Activity 4

Thursday 24/10:

1. Do the writing assignment 'Writing a description' for Thursday 31/10. You can either upload it or bring it on paper.

2. Start working on the 'Unity in Diversity Project' for Thursday 7/11.

Thursday 31/10:

Student's Book: pages 20-21, ex. 2.1 & 2.3

Workbook: pages 17-18, ex. 1.1 & 1.2 

Thursday 7/11:

Submit the projects

Student's Book: pages 20-21, ex. 2.1 & 2.3

Workbook: pages 17-18, ex. 1.1 & 1.2 , page 20, ex. 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3

Monday 11/11:

Kpg: page 11 Activities 2 & 3

Thursday 14/11:

Study the idioms in the introductory unit.

Monday 18/11:

kpg: pages 13-14 Activity 5 (5.1, 5.2 & 5.3)

Thursday 28/11:

In the Climate Action section, continue (individually) posting information about why the olive tree constitutes a keystone species in Greece (why it is important and how it has been affected by climate change). 

Thursday 5/12:

1. After asking people who would like to be interviewed, write your ideas for our presentation on 21st January on the same padlet we used in class: videos with interviews and yourselves, presentation, photos and anything else you come up with. We need to present our keystone species, the process, the reasons for choosing it and our inspiration.

2. Worksbook: pages 12-14, ex. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1,  & 2.2

Thursday 12/12:

1. Tasos and Dimitris will gather the information from the padlet to make the short video (after the holidays).

2. The rest will ask people who would like to be interviewed (and interview them, if possible), take photos from olive groves, find videos and gather information from the padlet (and other resources for our big presentation on 21st January. We need to present our keystone species, the process, the reasons for choosing it and our inspiration.

TERM TEST 16 JANUARY

What to study:

Unity in Diverisy_Vocabulary

People & places_Voabulary

Kpg Practice Test 1_Vocabulary

Climate Action-related vocabulary

Monday 20/1:

Kpg: page 17 Activity 1 (Writing)

Monday 3/2:

Practice Test 2, Activities 1 & 2

Monday 10/2:

Practice Test 2, Activities 3 & 4

Thursday 13/2:

Go to 'Sustainable goals', study one goal (the one you were assigned in class) and be ready to tell the class what the goal involves, what action can be taken and what the progress is so far.

Monday 17/2:

Practice Test 2, Activities 5 & 6

Thursday 27/2:

1. Finish your texts for the posters/infographics/podcasts.

2. Study the vocabulary "Climate Action Vocabulary 1"

Thursday 6/3: 

1. Finish your posters/infographics.

2. Study the vocabulary "Climate Action Vocabulary 1" & 'Climate Action 2' for a test.

Monday 10/3:

1. Vocabulary Test: Practice Test 2

2. Writing: Pages 35-36 Activities 1 & 2

Thursday 13/3:

1. Finish the Climate Action posters

2. Workbook: pages 27-28, ex. 1.5, 2.1 - page 30 ex. 2.6 - pages 31-32, ex. 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, page 34 ex 2.2

Thursday 20/3:

Retaking of the vocabulary test "Climate Action Vocabulary 1" & 'Climate Action 2'

Friday 11/4:

Project

In your groups, create an inforgraphic, using canva, from the Greek text (you will find it in the Climate Action Schools section). It should be in as many pages as the number of students in a group (with your name).

Monday 28/4:

Kpg: page 54 Writing Activity 1

IDIOMS OF THE DAY

1.face the music: it is said when someone accepts to confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

e.g After failing to manage the crisis, the manager had to face the music.

2. feel blue: to feel sad.

e.g. After the fight with his best friend, he felt blue.

3. a rolling stone (gathers no moss): a pesron who is always travelling nad changing jobs 

e.g. My friend is a bit of a rolling stone. She moves from country to country and doesn't want to settle down,

4. beat around the bush: not mentioning the main points of a topic, often intentionally, because the topic is difficult or unpleasant

e.g. Stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!

5. an arm and a leg: (costing) a lot of mianey

e.g. This laptop cost me an arm and a leg.

6. (rain) cats and dogs: rain very heavily

e.g. Don't forget to take your umbrella - it's raining cats and dogs out there.

7. hold your horses: wait a moment or be patient 

e.g. Just hold your horses, George! Let's think about it before deciding.

8. white elephant: something that isexpensive, or that costs a lot of money to keep in good condition, but that has no useful purpose and is no longer wanted.

e.g. Please donate all your white elephants for us to sell in our charity shop. 

9. be barking up the wrong tree: ​(informal) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve something

e.g. You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.

10. Miss the boat: miss the chance 

e.g. He missed the boat when he did not apply for the school trip in time.

Το KGL Contest είναι ο ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενος διαγωνισμός παγκοσμίως και μια διασκεδαστική εμπειρία για τους μαθητές σας. Ο διαγωνισμός απευθύνεται σε όλους τους μαθητές έως 17 ετών, που μαθαίνουν την αγγλική γλώσσα ως ξένη γλώσσα. Τα τεστ του KGL έχουν δημιουργηθεί με τις υψηλότερες ποιοτικές προδιαγραφές και όλα τα επίπεδα είναι διαμορφωμένα σύμφωνα με το CEFR.

Ο διαγωνισμός διεξάγεται σε 2 στάδια, διενεργείται για τα επίπεδα Pre-A1, Α1, Α2, Β1, Β2 και το 100% των συμμετεχόντων λαμβάνουν μετά το πρώτο στάδιο, πιστοποιητικό με την συνολική τους βαθμολογία.

Το 1ο στάδιο αποτελείται από ερωτήσεις πολλαπλών επιλογών και οι συμμετέχοντες έχουν 60 λεπτά για να ολοκληρώσουν το τεστ (ο χρόνος στο Pre-A1 είναι 45 λεπτά).

Δείγματα μπορείτε να δείτε ακολουθώντας τον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο:
KGL Contest STAGE ONE SAMPLE MATERIALS

Το 2ο στάδιο αποτελείται από τεστ πολλαπλών επιλογών, το οποίο περιλαμβάνει listening, reading & writing. Οι χρόνοι για το 2ο στάδιο είναι:

Pre-A1 60 minutes
A1 - 75 minutes
A2 - 80 minutes
B1 - 80 minutes
B2 - 90 minutes

Ο finalist σε κάθε επίπεδο, εκτός του επιπέδου Pre-A1, συμμετέχει μαζί με τους finalists από άλλες χώρες σε μία τριήμερη εκδήλωση (Global Winner contest ). Ο Global Winner επιλέγεται με βάση τις επιδόσεις σε ένα τεστ και μια έκθεση και κερδίζει χρηματικό έπαθλο, το οποίο θα χρησιμοποιηθεί για εκπαιδευτικό σκοπό. Βραβεία διανέμονται και στους διαγωνιζόμενους που λαμβάνουν την 1η, 2η, και 3η θέση για κάθε επίπεδο βάση της απόδοσης τους. Για το 2025 το παγκόσμιο μέρος του διαγωνισμού θα πραγματοποιηθεί 02-04/10/2025. 

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τα βραβεία, επισκεφθείτε τη διεύθυνση https://www.kglcontest.org/global_event/ και για τους όρους του διαγωνισμού παρακαλούμε ακολουθήστε τον σύνδεσμο https://www.kglcontest.gr/competition-rules/