SADE 2012 FINAL REPORT

Proverbs

What is a proverb?  A proverb is a short well-known expression that states a general truth or gives advice. 

http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/articles/features/proverbs2.html 

Actions speak louder than words.= What a person actually does is more important that what they say they will do.

 All cats are grey in the dark.=  People are undistinguished until they have made a name.

Learn to walk before you run. = Don't rush into doing something until you know how to do it.  

  Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. =  Education is something you keep forever.

Least said soonest mended.  = The more discreet you are, the less damage you  cause.

   Let bygones be bygones. = Let's forgive and forget past quarrels.  

 Let not the sun go down on your wrath. =  Do not stay angry for more than one day.  

 Let the chips fall where they may.=   We should not try to control our destiny

Liars need good memories.=   People who do not tell the truth must be careful to remember what they say.  

  Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.=  An unusual event is not likely to occur again in exactly the same circumstances.  

  Like father, like son.=   A son's character can be expected to resemble his father's.  

 Little strokes fell great oaks.=   If you divide a task into small parts, it becomes easier to do.  

  Look before you leap. =  Consider possible consequences before taking action.

Games, tongue twisters

It could be interesting to take a look at these gameshttp://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm.

Look at the tongue twisters

One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.


Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?


I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.


How many boards
Could the Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hordes got bored?


How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

Denise sees the fleece,
Denise sees the fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the fleas.

Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.

by Meaghan Desbien
shttp://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

EXTENSIVE READING

A way of introducing students to the pleasure of reading is through the use of stories, especially horror stories like the ones written by Edgar Allan Poe.http://poestories.com/read/amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado åEdgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile NOW was at the thought of his immolation. He had a weak point -- this Fortunato -- although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian MILLIONAIRES. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen , was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially; I was skilful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could. It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him, that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand. I said to him -- "My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day! But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts." "How?" said he, "Amontillado? A pipe? Impossible ? And in the middle of the carnival?" "I have my doubts," I replied; "and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain." "Amontillado!" "I have my doubts." "Amontillado!" "And I must satisfy them." "Amontillado!" "As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn, it is he. He will tell me" -- "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry." "And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own." "Come let us go." "Whither?" "To your vaults." "My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement Luchesi" -- "I have no engagement; come." "My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflicted . The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with nitre." "Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon; and as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado." Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm. Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo. There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance , one and all, as soon as my back was turned. I took from their sconces two flambeaux, and giving one to Fortunato bowed him through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults. I passed down a long and winding staircase, requesting him to be cautious as he followed. We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs of the Montresors. The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode. "The pipe," said he. "It is farther on," said I; "but observe the white webwork which gleams from these cavern walls." He turned towards me and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication . "Nitre?" he asked, at length "Nitre," I replied. "How long have you had that cough!" "Ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh! -- ugh! ugh! ugh! My poor friend found it impossible to reply for many minutes. "It is nothing," he said, at last. "Come," I said, with decision, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi" -- "Enough," he said; "the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." "True -- true," I replied; "and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily -- but you should use all proper caution. A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps." Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows that lay upon the mould. "Drink," I said, presenting him the wine. He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded to me familiarly, while his bells jingled. "I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us." "And I to your long life." He again took my arm and we proceeded. "These vaults," he said, are extensive." "The Montresors," I replied, "were a great numerous family." "I forget your arms." "A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel." "And the motto?" "Nemo me impune lacessit." "Good!" he said. The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled. My own fancy grew warm with the Medoc. We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs. I paused again, and this time I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow. "The nitre!" I said: see it increases. It hangs like moss upon the vaults. We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among the bones. Come, we will go back ere it is too late. Your cough" -- "It is nothing" he said; "let us go on. But first, another draught of the Medoc." I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave. He emptied it at a breath. His eyes flashed with a fierce light. He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand. I looked at him in surprise. He repeated the movement -- a grotesque one. "You do not comprehend?" he said. "Not I," I replied. "Then you are not of the brotherhood." "How?" "You are not of the masons." "Yes, yes," I said "yes! yes." "You? Impossible! A mason?" "A mason," I replied. "A sign," he said. "It is this," I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaire. "You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "But let us proceed to the Amontillado." "Be it so," I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak, and again offering him my arm. He leaned upon it heavily. We continued our route in search of the Amontillado. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame. At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains piled to the vault overhead , in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner. From the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size. Within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bones, we perceived a still interior recess, in depth about four feet, in width three, in height six or seven. It seemed to have been constructed for no especial use in itself, but formed merely the interval between two of the colossal supports of the roof of the catacombs, and was backed by one of their circumscribing walls of solid granite. It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the depths of the recess. Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see. "Proceed," I said; "herein is the Amontillado. As for Luchesi" -- "He is an ignoramus," interrupted my friend, as he stepped unsteadily forward, while I followed immediately at his heels. In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock, stood stupidly bewildered . A moment more and I had fettered him to the granite. In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From one of these depended a short chain. from the other a padlock. Throwing the links about his waist, it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it. He was too much astounded to resist . Withdrawing the key I stepped back from the recess. "Pass your hand," I said, "over the wall; you cannot help feeling the nitre. Indeed it is VERY damp. Once more let me IMPLORE you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you. But I must first render you all the little attentions in my power." "The Amontillado!" ejaculated my friend, not yet recovered from his astonishment. "True," I replied; "the Amontillado." As I said these words I busied myself among the pile of bones of which I have before spoken. Throwing them aside, I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar. With these materials and with the aid of my trowel, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche. I had scarcely laid the first tier of my masonry when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off. The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was NOT the cry of a drunken man. There was then a long and obstinate silence. I laid the second tier, and the third, and the fourth; and then I heard the furious vibrations of the chain. The noise lasted for several minutes, during which, that I might hearken to it with the more satisfaction, I ceased my labours and sat down upon the bones. When at last the clanking subsided , I resumed the trowel, and finished without interruption the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh tier. The wall was now nearly upon a level with my breast. I again paused, and holding the flambeaux over the mason-work, threw a few feeble rays upon the figure within. A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back. For a brief moment I hesitated -- I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me. I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of the catacombs , and felt satisfied. I reapproached the wall. I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. I reechoed -- I aided -- I surpassed them in volume and in strength. I did this, and the clamourer grew still. It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had completed the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in. I struggled with its weight; I placed it partially in its destined position. But now there came from out the niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head. It was succeeded by a sad voice, which I had difficulty in recognising as that of the noble Fortunato. The voice said -- "Ha! ha! ha! -- he! he! -- a very good joke indeed -- an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo -- he! he! he! -- over our wine -- he! he! he!" "The Amontillado!" I said. "He! he! he! -- he! he! he! -- yes, the Amontillado . But is it not getting late? Will not they be awaiting us at the palazzo, the Lady Fortunato and the rest? Let us be gone." "Yes," I said "let us be gone." "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESOR!" "Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" But to these words I hearkened in vain for a reply. I grew impatient. I called aloud -- "Fortunato!" No answer. I called again -- "Fortunato!" No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick -- on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labour. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I reerected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!

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Let's have a look at the music that was written by Allan Parson's Project

Let's see their lyrics

Videos of music

video "King of Pain" by Sting. Hoping that everybody enjoys listening and singing this song.

Tenses to be checked:
Future with will
there is/there are

Who is the king of pains?
Why?

video "I just called to say I love you" (Past, months)

There's a time to love, and there's a way of loving that belongs to every mind
Thank you for being part of mankind.

 Video "Someone like you" (past, present, could, couldn't)

 

 

 

video "I will rembember you" ( Future, can, can't, past)

Grammar, practice, produce

SADE 2012

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PROGRAMMES OF IV AND V.

Unit 1 Statements with be; possessive adjectives

A Complete the sentences. Then tell a partner about yourself.

1. My name______ David Garza. I’m from Mexico. _______family is in Mexico  City. My brother______a university student.________name is Carlos.

2. ________name is Sun Hee Park. I’m 20 years old. My sister________a student here, too. _______parents are in Korea right now.

3. I’m Elizabeth, but everyone calls Beth. _________last name is Silva. ________a student at City College. My parents______on vacation this week ___________in Los Angeles.

B Wh questions with be

Complete the questions then practice with a partner.

1. A_____________that?

B: Oh, that’s Miss West.

2. A: _______________she from?

B: She’s from Miami.

3. A: _____________her first name?

B: It’s Celia

4. A: ______________the two students over there?

B: Their names are Jeremy and Karen.

5. __________________they from?

B: They’re from Vancouver, Canada.

6. A_________________they like?

B: They are shy, but very friendly.

C Yes/no questions and short answers with be

1. A: ________ Ms. Gray from the United States?

B: Yes, she_____________from Chicago.

2. A: _____________English class at 10:00?

B: No, it _______________. _____________ at 11:00

A: __________you and Monique from France?

B: Yes, we _______________from Paris.

4. A: _____________ Mr. And Mrs. Tavares American?

B: No, they___________. ____________ Brazilian.

D  Work and workplaces.

Match the columns

1. A salesperson 2. A chef 3. A carpenter 4. A receptionist 5. A nurse

builds houses cares for patients answers the pone cooks food serves passengers sells clothes

For and airline In a restaurant For a construction company In a hospital In a department store In an office

E.  Simple present Wh questions and statements

1. A: What_______you _____?

B: I’m a full-time student. I study the violin.

A: And________ do you ______ to school?

B: I _______ to the New York School of Music.

A: Wow! ______do you like your classes?

B: I_________them a lot.

2. A: What ___________ Tanya do?

B: She’s a teacher. She ____________an art class at a school in Denver.

A: And what about Ryan? Where ________he work?

B: He ____________for a big computer company in San Francisco.

A: ____________does he do, exactly?

B: He’s a  Web-site designer. He ___________fantastic Web sites.

Pair work:

What do you know about these Jobs? Complete the chart. Then write sentences about each job.

a flight attendant

 a teacher

Pair work 1

                                                                                                                   

Time expressions

Complete the sentences with time expressions.

1.    I get up _______six_______the morning_____________weekdays

2.    I go to bed ________midnight________weeknights.

3.    I start work_______11:30_______night

4.    I have lunch________three______the afternoon__________Fridays.

5.    I stay up_________1:00 A.M. ________weekends.

6.    I have a little snack_________9:00 ______the evenings

7.    I sleep_________noon _______Sundays.

Rewrite the sentences in the exercises above so that they are true for you. Then compare with a partner.

Pair work. Take turns asking and answering these questions.

1.    What day of the week do you get up early? Late?

2.    What are the two things you do before 8:00 in the morning?

3.    What are the things you do on Saturday mornings?

4.    What do you do only on Saturdays?

Yes/No and Wh questions with do and object pronouns

Complete the conversations:

1. A: __________you like science fiction movies?

B: No, I ___________. I don’t like _________ very much.

2. A: __________ Jake and Lisa like soap operas?

B: I think Jake______________, but I don’t know about Lisa.

Why don’t you ask__________?

3.A: What_________of music__________Noriko and Ethan like?

B: They love classical music. Noriko really likes Yo-Yo Ma.

A: ___________________he play?

B: The cello. I have his new CD. Let’s listen to____________

A. Complete the conversations with the simple present or present continuous. Then practice with a partner.

1. A How_______you_____________(cope) with stress?

    B. Well. I____________________(take) a course in aromatherapy right now, and I_______________(enjoy) it. But everybody in my family is pretty relaxed. We __________________(not get) stressed very often.

2. A. What kind of exercise __________you usually_____________ (do)?

     B. I _____________(like) swimming. My wife and I usually________________(go) to the pool every day in the summer. Right now it’s cold, so I ________________(not swim) at all. But my wife ____________(go) every day, even when it’s cold.

3. A. _____________you___________ (eat) a lot of food these days?

    B. Well, I _______________(love) it , but right now I _________________(try) to eat a balanced diet. It’s hard because my husband _________________(not like) fruit and vegetables.

Pair work. Now ask and answer the questions. Give your own answers.

McCarthy, Michael,  Touchstone 2, (2005) Cambridge University Press , New York, 23

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Would; verb + to + verb

Would you like to go out on Friday?

Yes, I would.

Yes, I´d love to. Thanks.

Yes, I´d really like to go.

Would you like to go to a soccer match?

I´d like to, but I have to work late.

I´d like to, but I need to save money.

I´d like to, but I want to visit my parents.

PRACTICE

Respond to three invitations. Then write three invitations for the given responses.

1. A: I have tickets to the baseball game on Saturday. Would you like to go?

B: …………………………………………………………………………

2. A: Would you like to come over for dinner tomorrow night?

B: ………………………………………………………………………...

3. A: Would you like to go to a pop concert with me this weekend?

B: …………………………………………………………………………

4. A: ……………………………………………………………………………

B: Yes, I´d love to. Thank you!

5. A:  ………………………………………………………………………………

B: Well, I´d like to, but I have to study.

6. A: ………………………………………………………………………………….

B: Yes, thank you. I´d really like to see it.

Pair work: Think of three things you would like to do. Then invite a partner.

Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

Family

                                             grandfather and grandmother

                     father and mother                                           aunt and uncle

husband and wife           brother and sister- in- law                        cousin

                                          niece and nephew

PRACTICE

Draw your family tree:

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Present continuous

Are you living at home now?

Yes, I am.

No, I´m not.

Is your sister working for the government?

Yes, she is.

No, she´s not.

No, she isn´t.

Are Ed and Jill going to college this year?

Yes, they are.

No, they´re not.

No, they aren´t.

Where are you working now?

I´m not working. I need a job.

What is your brother doing these days?

He´s traveling in the Amazon.

Who are your parents visiting this week?

They´re visiting my grandmother.

PRACTICE

LISTENING

Listen to people do different things. What are they doing?

Complete the chart.

                                 WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

1. ………………………………………………………..

2. ………………………………………………………..

3. ………………………………………………………..

4. ………………………………………………………..

Pair work. Talk about what you think people are doing.

Group work: Ask your classmates about people in their family. Follow the example.

A: Is anyone in your family traveling right now?

B: Yes, my dad is. He is in Korea.

C: What´s he doing there?

B: ………………………………………………

topics to ask about

traveling,

 living abroad,

taking a class,

going to high school or college,

moving to a new home,

studying a foreign language

Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Adverbs of frequency

always              100%

almost always

usually

often

sometimes

hardly ever

almost never

never                  0%

Do you ever watch TV in the evening?

Yes, I often watch TV after dinner.

I sometimes watch TV before bed.

Sometimes I watch TV before bed.

I hardly ever watch TV.

No, I never watch TV.

Time expressions

How often do you exercise?

I lift weights every day.

I go jogging once a week.

I play soccer twice  a month.

I swim about three times a year.

I don´t exercise very often/much.

PRACTICE

Pair work. Ask the following questions to your partner.

Do you ever play sports?

What do you usually do on Saturday mornings?

What do you usually do after class?

What do you do on Christmas?

The teacher asks about the different answers students gave to each question.

Group work. Choose a question. Work in small groups and ask each other questions starting a conversation.

Do you ever . . . ?

play computer games

listen to English songs

chat on line

do weight training

travel to other countries

sing karaoke

cook for friends

go swimming

watch movies

The teacher walks around, listening to the different conversations.

 Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Simple past

regular verbs                    irregular verbs

work –  worked                 do – did

invite  -  invited                 forget – forgot

study – studied                   have – had

stop – stopped                    go – went

                                           sing – sang

                                            spend – spent

Did you work on Saturday?

Yes, I did. I worked all day.

No, I didn´t. I didn´t work at all.

What did Rick do on Saturday?

He stayed home and studied for a test.

PRACTICE

Pair work: Ask the following questions to your partner.

Did you stay home on Saturday?

How did you spend your last birthday?

What did you do last night?

Did you do anything special over the weekend?

Did you go out on Friday night?

Group work. Talk about what you did yesterday. Take turns.

 Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Past of  be

Were you in Hawaii?    Yes, I was.

Was the weather OK?    No, it wasn´t.

Were you and your cousin on vacation?  Yes, we were.

Were your parents there?  No, they weren´t.

How long were you away?   I was away for a week.

How was your vacation?   It was excellent.

Pair work: Practice  talking about your childhood.

 Use the past tense of “be” and also the past tense of regular and irregular verbs. Take turns.

Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

KING OF PAIN

(by The Police)

There´s a little black spot on the sun today

It´s the same old thing as yesterday

There´s a black hat caught in a high tree top

There´s a flag pole rag and the wind won´t stop.

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running ´round my brain

I guess I´m always hoping that you´ll end this reign

But it´s my destiny to be the king of pain.

There´s a little black spot on the sun today

That´s my soul up there

It´s the same old thing as yesterday

That´s my soul up there

There´s a black hat caught in a high tree top

That´s my soul up there

I have stood here before inside the . . .

There´s a fossil that´s trapped in a high cliff wall

That´s my soul up there

There´s a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall

That´s my . . .

There´s a blue whale beached by a springtide´s ebb

That´s my . . .

There´s a butterfly trapped in a spider´s web

That´s my . . .

I have stood here before in the . . .

There´s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out

There´s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt

There´s a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

There´s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

King of pain

There´s a red fox torn by a huntsman´s pack

That´s my . . .

There´s a black winged gull with a broken back

That´s my . . .

There´s a little black spot on the sun today

It´s the same old thing as yesterday.

I have stood here before in the . . .

King of pain

King of pain

King of pain

I´ll always be king of pain.

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

There is, there are; one, any, some

Is there a laundromat near here?

Yes, there is. There´s one across from the shopping center.

No, there isn´t, but there´s one next to the library.

Are there any grocery stores around here?

Yes, there are. There are some nice stores on Pine Street?

No, there aren´t, but there are some on Third Avenue.

No, there aren´t any around here.

Prepositions

on

next to

near/close to

across from/opposite

in front of

in back of/behind

between

on the corner of

PRACTICE

The teacher asks students about the location of places in El Carmen, Coyoacan neighborhood.

Individual work. DRAW A MAP and write questions and answers  about  your  neighborhood to locate places like:

            banks

a department store

a gas station

grocery stores

a gym

hotels

a laundromat

a pay phone

a post office

restaurants

bookstores

Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.

GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION

Modal verbs can, could, may for requestas and suggestions

Can / May I help you?

Can I have a box of cough drops?

Could I have something for a cough?

May I have a bottle of aspirin?

What do you suggest / have for dry skin?

Try some of this lotion.

I suggest some ointment.

You should get some skin cream.

PRACTICE

Role play:

Student A: You are a customer in a drugstore and you need:

something for low energy

something for the flu

something for a backache

something for dry skin

something for an upset stomach

Ask for some suggestions.

Student B: You are a pharmacist in a drugstore. A customer needs some things. Make some suggestions.

Richards, Jack C. Interchange 1. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005.