Travel stories

Today we will be talking about journeys or trips that have gone wrong and your own experiences of travelling. We will also be practising using the Past Tense in our writing.

Resources

These are some of the resouces we will be using in today's class:

Dave's email about his nightmare journey
Travel stories - reading activity
Putting travel events in order - activity

Here are the answers for those of you completing the activities outside class:

Email activity - answers
Putting travel events in order - answers

Videos - two short videos by an American teacher you might find useful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5E9SWg6_fw – The Simple Past Tense (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttjAMb3II_Q – The Simple Past Tense (Part 2)

BBC SkillswiseYou can access the BBC Skillswise worksheets on using the Past Tense by clicking on the following link:  Getting the tense right

Here is the link to National Rail Enquires for the Planning a Rail Journey Activity
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/s/planjourney/query


Homework activity

Write a short paragraph about what you did at the weekend

or if you want to practice your writing skills further

Write 3 or 4 paragraphs about a journey or trip you have made in the past.

Remember to proofread your work and correct any errors in your punctuation (capital letters, full stops e.t.c) and also check you are using the correct tense and subject-verb agreement.

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet

This week we will be talking about the different ways we can use the Internet.  In this session we will be discussing, not only the ways the Internet can be helpful, but also some of the disadvantages as well.

Here are the links to some of the resources we will be using

Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping
Internet Chat Danger

Proofreading skills

We will be recapping some of the skills you need to proofread your work.  You may find it useful to look at these BBC Skillswise factsheets.

Proofreading factsheet
Five common mistakes to look for when proofreading
More proofreading worksheets

Activities to help with spelling
Excellent Interactive Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check Game

Activity - At the end of today's session write down one advantage and one disadvantage of using the Internet and post these in the Comments section below.