By Part Four, we have to introduce either Mozart or Beethoven, so why not introduce both. Vienna is a city resonating with music, coffee and culture, as well as being home to one of the world’s top orchestras, the Weiner Philharmoniker.
Let’s start with the aforementioned orchestra, performing the overture to Die Fladermaus by Johann Strauss II (Austria 1825 – 1899) at a traditional New Year’s Concert.
Joseph Haydn (Austria 1731 – 1809) has been called the “Father of the Symphony”, and can be seen as a link between Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Here is the Adagio from his Cello Concerto in D Major.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria 1756 – 1791) began composing at the age of five. Requiem, his last composition, has been the subject of speculation and scandal, and is one of art’s famous unfinished works. The magnificent opening movement is Introitus.
From Mozart’s last work, to that of Ludwig van Beethoven’s (Germany 1770 – 1827). Mahler was certainly influenced by Beethoven, and this movement reminds me of Mahler’s Adagietto from the 5th Symphony … but that is for next week.
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We use present simple [verb 0 or base verb] to talk about things that we do all the time, to talk about things that do not change often in our life.
EXAMPLE:
I live in London / I study English / I work in a hospital / I am a student /
You eat vegetarian food, you don’t eat meat / He plays football /
She plays tennis / We go to the beach on holiday
The present continuous is for things we are doing NOW
EXAMPLE:
I live in London [present simple] = I am living in London
We form the present continuous by:
Subject + verb ‘to be’ + verbing
I am eating // You are drinking // He is watching // She is studying // It is working//
Ms Quyen is laughing // We are dancing //
They are playing.
NOW … your turn
Change present simple into present continuous
1. I swim 2. You buy pizza 3. He plays tennis
4. She learns science 5. We talk quietly
6. They visit Wales
Answers:
I am swimming // You are buying pizza //
He is playing tennis // She is learning science //
We are talking quietly // They are visiting wales.
Renoir ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’ 1881
Time to use English ! Look at the painting and tell me what you see … use present continuous and amazing adjectives.
EXAMPLE: The tall, strong man with a yellow hat is standing by the gate.
What are these people doing ?
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An activity to test students’ ability to describe people, facial features and clothing.
A serious crime was committed, and these three men were reported to be at or near the scene.
These men are NOT suspects, the police just want to question them.
Can you help the police ? What do they look like ?
Use adjectives wisely, tell the police officer as much as possible:
Age, height, weight, hair length and colour, facial features, clothing, accessories etc.
Person Number 1
Person Number 2
Person Number 3
The following three tourists were also reported to be in the area. Can you help the police find them ? Maybe they saw the criminals.
Tourist Number 1
Tourist Number 2
Tourist Number 3
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Have students repeat until their grammar is perfect. Make games, see who can conjugate the verbs clearest and quickest.
Now … practice:
First let’s use an adjective:
happy / sad / lucky / hard-working / lazy
Let’s start with the adjective ‘happy’
I am happy // I’m happy
you are happy // you’re _______
he _____ \
she ______ \
it _______\
Mr John ______ \
we ____ \
they ______
The verb ‘to have’
I have
you have
he has
she has
it has
Ms Jane has
we have
they have
Now … practice:
Let’s use some common nouns
sister (or twin sister) / piano / dog / new book
I have a ____
you ____ ______
he ___ _________
she ___ _______
Ms Jane ____ _______
we ____ ______
they ____ _______
OK, Snoopy, enough is enough … but we have just started; more blogs to follow.
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There ___ an old school, and there ____ many students.
[2 points]
2 Name a country in North America / South America / Asia / Europe / Africa
[5 points]
3 Possessive pronouns. I have a pen, it is mine.
You have a pen, it is _____ // He has a pen, it is _____ //
She has a pen, it is ____ // we have a pen, it is _____
// they have a pen, it is _____
[5 points]
4 Use capital letters when needed:
many people go to london because it is so famous. tourists come from canada and new zealand to see buckingham palace where king charles lives.
[10 points]
5 Do you live in Thailand ? // Do Peter and Jane like dogs (YES) // Does Peter like snakes (NO) // Does Jane like cats (YES)
[4 points]
6 Every Thursday Tony puts out the recycling. He walks his dog at 6 o’clock and at 4 o’clock. He reads English on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and plays football on Saturday and Sunday.
How often does Tony: recycle ? // walk the dog ? // Read English ? // Play football ?
[4 points]
7 Tell me three things you like to do; use full sentences
[6 points]
8 Use these words correctly in a sentence:
proud // advisor // understand // artist // greatest
[10 points]
9 some or any ?
There’s ____ milk // There isn’t ____ soup //
Is there ___ rice ? // There are ____ pancakes.
[4 points]
10 Use present continuous (verb + ing)
Example I swim = I am swimming
You eat pizza // he plays tennis // she reads science // we (not talk) quietly // they visit london // I (not make) my teacher angry.
[6 points]
11 Tell me about yourself; what do you like to do and why. What do you want to do when you are older ?
[10 points]
66 points. Pass mark is 60 % [39 points]
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Just two more lessons and we have finished the textbook … and then you have the tests.
Don’t worry, let’s have a warm up to prepare for the BIG ONE.
So, Whop bop b-luma b-lop bam bom, let’s Rock ‘n’ Roll
1) FREE TIME: draw a mind map about free time.
2) What is a prodigy ?
3) What do you need to be a prodigy ? I want two answers.
4) Describe one of your classmates. I want appearance and personality … and be polite.
5) What can you see at a Madame Tussauds museum ?
6) Tell me three accessories people wear.
7) What is your favourite colour and why ? How do you feel when you wear this colour ?
8) What do these words mean:
a] Five days in a row b] rural c] try on
9) What is the superlative of
a] big b] famous c] less
10) Tell me three interesting facts about the Amazon Rainforest.
11) Give me synonyms for
a] search b] amazing c] fast
12) What is your favourite type of music. Tell me as much as you can, give examples.
13) “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” What does that idiom mean ?
14) Food can taste … give me four adjectives.
15) How can we prevent the flu and being ill ?
16) Tell me where you would most like to visit. Tell me why, how you can get there, what would yo do ?
Remember, tell me more, higher score
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Adapted from Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond (2017). Figure displays percentages of teachers reporting each factor as important; teachers were able to select more than one reason, so percentages do not total 100.
Lessons can still be fun and engaging, stimulating and creative.
Last night, I substituted for a class of students, 10-11 years old. One boy arrived over 10 minutes late, and the other students warned me that he was the noisiest.
Within five minutes I had given him a BLACK STARfor disruption and disrespect.
Then I helped him, made him repeat new words, improved his intonation, told him that he was intelligent and could be a good student; I asked him if was going to work now …
“No!”
After two hours, both my much younger TA and I were exhausted. Class management is part of the job but it shouldn’t be the entire job.
I have heard non-teachers tell me that I “must inspire the children.”
Have you ever tired to inspire and motivate people that do not want to be inspired or motivated ? People that turn their heads away when you try to help them, that look at the wall when you talk to them, that whistle during class to block out your voice.
Try inspiring a reluctant, recalcitrant class for two hours … then do it again for another two hours … six days a week … fifty weeks a year … year after year.
I admit my own imperfections, faults and mistakes, but I think the following suggestions are reasonable:
1) Students should only have an accepted first or given name, not named after products, film characters, food, foreign expressions or non-organic items.
2) Students must learn how to behave in the classroom and the school. No running, shouting, screaming, fighting etc.
3) I always appreciate if a teacher has cleaned the board, logged out of the computer and left the room presentable. We do have cleaners, but there is no way they can cover all the rooms in the ten-minute window.
4) I do not appreciate going into a room, finding writing over the boards and equipment, computer just left with all windows open. I have to close their work before I can log into my work. Meanwhile there is a classroom of students with nothing to do, so they will talk, shout, scream etc.
5) Finding old tissues, food wrappers, empty bottles on the teacher’s console and floor is totally unacceptable. I find it disgusting, and an insult.
6) Security guards should provide security. A friend told me that in a different country, a guard began harassing a young TA, stalking her, and saying inappropriate things to her young students.
7) No student should ever be allowed to wear an inappropriate item of clothing, with either offensive text or political images.
8) Vietnamese staff should learn the importance of saying “thank you,” and “sorry.”
So what to do after a terrible day at the office ?
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Students around the ages of 10 or 11 move up to a higher level, and a harder book. To ensure that the students are able to deal with these increased demands, I’ve prepared a short test.
Most of the questions are based on work covered in the previous blocks, along with some extra questions based on grammar and vocabulary that I have taught.
Students will sit apart. Anyone caught cheating will receive a ZERO score. I am serious.
Best of British !
1) Tell me three things you can see in the night sky[3 points]
2) Use present continuous (verb + ing)
EXAMPLE:
I read (verb 1) = I am reading (continuous)
You eat // He plays // She watches //[3 points]
3) Tell me something you:
always do // sometimes do // never do
[3 points]
4) Name the instrument AND write a sentence in the simple past (Verb 2)
EXAMPLE: g______ / (guitar)
I played guitar last week.
c_____ / d______ / f_____ / p_______[8 points]
5) Use adverbs of manner. Turn the adjective into an adverb:
The children spoke (quiet) //
The drummers banged (loud)[2 points]
6) If you write a review of a book, show or film, what information do you use ?[5 points]
7) What is simple past (V 2) for these Verbs ?
eat / give / go / have / make / put / see[7 points]
8) Write three questions with ‘wh’ words [where / what / why etc][6 points]
9) Tell me something a penguin can do and something a penguin can’t do. Be creative and funny [4 points]
10) Object pronouns
EXAMPLE: Can you help I = Can you help me
Nobody saw (he) // Did you see (we) //
He couldn’t talk to (she)[3 points]
11)Use these adjectives in amazing sentences:
interesting // gruesome // xenophobic // popular // important[10 points]
12) Tell me what you like to do, and what job you would like in the future[10 points]
Thay Paul's Notes 