Merry Christmas filled with the warmest and kindest feelings

Welcome back amazing students of mine!

Hi everyone!

This week is THE week!

Everything is ready to receive you.
Remember that, to accomplish your dreams you need to work severely. Think twice about your goals and your priorities. Your games and your true friends will always be there, even if don't talk or play as much as before.

This is the time to focus and fight for your objectives!  Everything counts!...what you do and what you don't do.

I wish you all the best courageous pupils! 

Exam Season

Beloved Students,

Your Cambridge Exams are nearly there.
I wish you all PET, FCE and CAE examinees loads of success.

English Grammar in your mobile phone

Beloved Students,

I know you are always carrying your mobile with you....all the time!
What about using your mobile not only to communicate but also to study some grammar?

There's this app from Cambridge University Press called "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy which you can download and explore.

New School Year 2017-2018

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to a new school year filled with challenges, success, sacrifices and a lot of joy!

My first words to you are about the organisation.  You must be aware of all the materials required for each subject. You must use your school Agenda where you note down all your tasks and tests (you could even write down when to start the study or preparing a project).

Then you must come up with a plan of study. Meaning that you should think about your life as a whole and determine the time to study, time to have fun, time to snack, time to sleep etc. Remember this is your job! This a mean to reach an end! Think that you are going to jump to a pool, go deep in the water. Near Christmas, you come back to the top to breathe again.

Finally, remember the few things that didn't go so well last year. Marks, responsibility, taking notes in class, behaviour and so on. Make serious decisions. Stick to them. Listen to your parents' conversations and your teachers' pieces of advice.

Remember your teachers and your family are always close by.

9 graders: Plan of your test

Skills	Contents		CEF competences	Types of items	Number of items	Marks
	Topics	Language
A - Listening A – Vocabulary B – Reading	Unit 4 and 5	Grammar • Present perfect/ Past Simple • Conditionals 1, 2 3 • Relative Pronouns Vocabulary • Multiculturalism • Language • Diversity • Integrating in a new place	Linguistic • lexical • grammatical • semantic • orthographic Pragmatic • functional • discoursive	• Sentence   Completion • Multiple Choice • Join the parts • Answer the questions • Find synonyms • Sentence   Rewriting • Sentence completion	1 2 2	50
C– Language					3	30
D – Writing				• Essay (80-100 words)	1	20

Welcome back!

Hi wonderful people

One of the things that I'm always bugging you about is your lack of use of connectors (aka linking words).
Therefore, I dare to challenge you to go through these exercises so that you develop your written and oral speech.

1 - Try these

2 - These

3 - And these

Give me your feedback on this. For instance write a commentary.

See you soon!

9 graders Plan of your test

Skills	Contents		CEF competences	Types of items	Number of items	Marks
	Topics	Language
A - Listening A – Vocabulary B – Reading	Health and fit Sport and health Healthy food	Grammar • Past simple • Past Perfect • Present perfect • Conditionals 0,1 and 2 Vocabulary • Health • Food • Sport	Linguistic • lexical • grammatical • semantic • orthographic Pragmatic • functional • discoursive	• Sentence   completion • Join the parts • Answer the questions • Find synonyms • Sentence   completion;	5	50
C– Language					4	30
D – Writing				• Essay (80-100 words)	1	20

9 graders: The plan of your test

Skills	Contents		CEF competences	Types of items	Number of items	Marks
	Topics	Language
A – Vocabulary B – Reading	VIPs Theatres Films Music Teenagers	Grammar   • Present Simple   • Present Continuous • Past simple • past continuous • Present perfect Vocabulary • Celebrities and   famous people • Showbiz and   Entertainment • Teens and choices	Linguistic • lexical • grammatical • semantic • orthographic Pragmatic • functional • discursive	• Join the parts • Answer the questions • Find synonyms • Sentence   completion;	2        2	24 27
C– Language					1	39
D – Writing				• Essay (80-100 words)	1	10