What's up, everyone?!

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks now that we haven't seen one another. I've been missing you guys.

This message is basically to say hello and to let you guys know that as of tomorrow at 8am classes will be on again.

Hope all of you had a great holiday (mine was awesome! Thanks)

We should be carrying on with Unit 12 and we'll have to try to get it done by 12pm. We'll also be having a presentation, which is supposed to be given by Grace.

Think that's all for the moment.

Warm regards,

Teacher Jonas

Hi there, everyone!
 
Hope this message finds all of you guys well. :D 
 
I'm posting on here the Answer Key for Unit 12 The Right Stuff. I expect we'll be starting Unit 13 on next Saturday. Need you all to come ready for us to do things more quickly so that we can make the most of the time we share together weekly.
 
Lucinda is the one who is going to presente a piece of news this class.
 
So, there you go...
 
Cheers,
 
Teacher Jonas

(mensagem em português a seguir)

Hi there, everyone!

My name is Jonas Saldanha, some of you have already met me, but others have not. I am the substitute teacher who is going to replace Teacher Camila for the rest of the semester.

I already started teaching your group last Saturday morning, but only some of the students showed up, unfortunately. However, the fact that you guys did not have the information that another teacher would be coming last Saturday (as I was told by the ones who went to class), your absense is totally understandable.

Last class we started "Unit 12 - The Right Stuff". We saw ways through which we can express what is necessary to be done to reach purposes/goals. All the content of last class is in the textbook.

So the main objective of this message is to tell you guys to COME to USP tomorrow morning (May, 18th) because THERE WILL BE class, and I shall be there by 7.50am. Same classroom, same group.

I am looking forward to meeting all of you guys.

Cheers,

Teacher Jonas

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 Olá, todo mundo!

Meu nome é Jonas Saldanha, alguns de vocês já me conheceram, mas outros ainda não. Eu sou o professor substituto que entrará no lugar da Profª Camila pelo resto deste semestre.

Eu já comecei a dar aula para o grupo de vocês na manhã do último sábado, mas somente alguns do alunos apareceram, infelizmente. No entato,  o fato de que vocês não tinham a informação de que um outro professor viria no sábado passado (conforme fui informado pelos alunos que vieram para a aula), é compreensível que vocês tenham faltado.

Na última aula, nós iniciamos "Unit 12 - The Right Stuff". Nós vimos formas por meio das quais podemos expressar o que é necessário para alcançar propósitos/objetivos. Todo o conteúdo da última aula está no livro.

Então, o principal objetivo desta mensagem é dizer para vocês VIREM para a USP amanhã de manhã (18 de maio) porque HAVERÁ aula, e eu estarei lá a partir das 7h50. Na mesma sala de aula, com o mesmo grupo.

Espero conhecê-los todos amanhã.

Abraços,

Prof. Jonas

Unit 11 - Part II

Third Conditional / Mixed Conditionals

http://www.scoop.it/t/conditionals/p/395088555/the-top-10-conditionals-song-lyrics-chestnut-esl-home(different kinds of conditionals)

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/menu.php


http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/con31.htm

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g8-third-conditional-exercise.php

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

http://speakspeak.com/a/html/d3b10_exercise_english_grammar_third_conditional.htm

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Conditionals%20Billionaire%20Game/ (game)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO1ahOV66o0 (video)

Many more exercises can be found!

Unit 11 - Part 1

Time Clauses

http://www.solinguainglesa.com.br/conteudo/Timeclause1.php (explanation in Portuguese)

http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/adverb_clauses.htm (explanation in English)

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/time1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-future-time-clauses.htm

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/verbs-time-clauses-and-if-clauses

http://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/

http://english-zone.com/grammar/cls-pres1.html

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/time-clauses.html

Audiobooks

Hi guys!

A very interesting way to practice both listening and reading skills is to listen to audiobooks. I found a website that offers over 3000 free audiobooks:

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/


You can download the audio and follow the reading with a written copy. Many of these titles are available to download on the Internet.

One of the best free ebook websites is Project Gutemberg:


http://www.gutenberg.org/


But there are also these ones:


http://www.free-ebooks.net/

http://www.freebookspot.es/

http://manybooks.net/

http://www.getfreeebooks.com/


I hope you find it useful.

Nice Sunday!

Some Sunday Tips

Do vs. Make

15 Most Useful Phrasal Verbs

 

Descriptive words

 

Lesson 10 - Part 1 and 2

PART 1

Referering to time in the past

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S770ILpavXY (video explanation)

http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/prepositions/prepositions-of-time-during-for-over-or-by-until

http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=487&level=3&unit=10&type=Cup_fib&stage=2

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/preposition_time.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/prepositions.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?18

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/since-for





PART 2

Predicting the future - ongoing actions

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future-continuous.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futurecontinuous.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous.html

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/future-continuous-tense-with-will

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future_progressive_statements.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4434


Predicting the future - actions that will be completed by a certain time

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-future-perfect-tense1.html

http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarbook/verbs/the-future-perfect-tense/

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-perfect-exercise-4.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future_perfect_statements.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future-perfect.htm

Lesson 9 - Part 2

Hey guys! This is the post about the second part of Lesson 9. Here you will find resources and extra exercises.

Phrasal Verbs - Slides

https://docs.google.com/a/camilabatista.com/file/d/0BwYSfWfPHandT3RPa1pmZVFMdUk/edit?usp=sharing

Making suggestions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1756_how_to_discuss/page2.shtml (with audio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M2_EcV5TAI (video)

http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions/example/making-suggestions/8

http://english-zone.com/verbs/modals5.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5840

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/exam-speaking/suggestions

http://www.oneworldofenglish.com/english_exercises/making_accepting_refusing_suggestions_exercise.htm

http://elt.oup.com/student/project3rdedition/level2/unit6/grammar/exercise5;jsessionid=5384184D718F5CF66AD497CE1187BD32?cc=br&selLanguage=pt

Unit 9 - Part I

Hi guys! In the first part of the lesson we learned how to say that you have someone do something for you / you have something done for you. There are some websites with extra practice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhp0WPv6Xlk (an explanation video on Youtube)

http://teacherrenatagazola.com.br/2011/02/25/como-usar-have-something-done/ (explanation in Portuguese)

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/havesomethingdone/menu.php

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/have-something-done

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1223_gramchallenge9/

http://www.english4all.pro.br/intermhavegetdone.htm

http://www.urszulawaligora.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=127

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1759

Welcome!

Hi folks! How are you?

This semester we will try something different: this blog will be our "official" platform. Here you will be able to find the class and coffee break schedules, the answer key and links to extra exercises. Feel welcome to comment and make suggestions.