Ideas

//**I have brainstormed a few ideas that reflex the curriculum in our book. I understand that you use a different book but we can try to look for some similarities. Please, feel free to add whatever other ideas, suggestions etc. Then we can choose some of them together – not too many of course because this project should be useful but at the same time playful and fun – absolutely not a burden.**//

** LEARNING ENGLISH TOGETHER ** // ( or whatever other title ) // || X || 13 || VOLUNTEERS || Future – going to (intensions) || Voluntary activities, activities, causes || ** Let me introduce myself ** (basic facts) // e.g. // // - // introducing of the sts via videos + a task for the partners, e.g. crosswords, quizzes, … - (task: photo with something typical + text – guessing who s who, solution in the form of a puzzle) - maybe a blind session with yes / no questions to find out who is sitting at the PC in the partners´ country - introducing schools (PP presentation + activities / tasks for the partners or link to the school website in English + activities / tasks for the partners) || XI || 14 || SHOPPING || Will/won´t (predictions) || Prices, shopping, clothes and measurements, products || ** What are you going to do? ** // e.g. // - ….. in the afternoon (chat or video conference – comparing the plans) // e.g. // - creating a board or card game about shopping - creating a comics about shopping - shooting a simple video with a dialogue about shopping - Xmas shopping: what are you going to buy for your family and possibly yourself? (sharing ideas and recommendations) || I || 15 || COMPUTERS || Present Perfect for indefinite past (regular) + ever/never || Computers, verbs of sensation, multi-part verbs || ** Christmas ** // e.g. // - Xmas preparations – Have you already …? - How do you celebrate Xmas in your family? - Comparing Xmas traditions in various countries (maybe a quiz or game) - exchanging Xmas cards (possibly small presents) || II || 16 || FLYING SAUCERS || Present Perfect for indefinite past (irregular) + just || Space, multi-part verbs || ** Christmas 2011 ** // e.g. // - how this year´s Xmas was different from previous years ( story, description using Past Tense)
 * = New - Opportunities Elementary = || **eTwinning project** // for 13/14-year-old students //
 * |||| ** Module no. ** || ** Grammar ** || ** Vocabulary ** ||^  ||
 * IX
 * X
 * - ** … during the autumn vacation (PP presentation + some comprehension activities, survey + results in graphs, …)
 * Shopping **
 * XII
 * I
 * - ** sharing photographs

// e.g. // - have you ever …? (chat, video conference, …) || IV || 1 || LIFESTYLES || Present Simple and Present Continuous || Lifestyle adjectives, routines, multi-part verbs, fractions, good friends and false friends || ** Lifestyles ** // e.g. // - describing a typical weekday + comprehension questions, looking for similarities and differences (So do I / Neither do I - a video with the description of the journey to school  - exchanging recordings of sounds made during various activities and guessing what it is (Present Continuous) || V || 2 || HOMES || Present Perfect (1) || Homes, furniture, housework, feelings, common verbs: do, go, have, make || ** The place where I would like to live one day ** // e.g. // - describing …
 * More PPP = more Present Perfect Practice **
 * = NEW Opportunities Pre-Intermediate = ||  ||
 * |||| ** Module no. ** || ** Grammar ** || ** Vocabulary ** ||  ||
 * III
 * IV

- what I am going to do on holidays
 * Plans for the summer vacations **


 * Project evaluation ** ||