4º ESO-1 MET in A.E.

4º ESO – 1 MET are having a special time in A.E. this year.  They are Improving Reading, but in English, as part of the new subjects in English that our High School offers.

Here is the summary of their activities for the first term:

They started by reading a witty, funny short story –“Happy Days”. They read it and worked with a comprehension and vocabulary exercises. In a second and third session, they dramatized the text and finally they performed and recorded it.

Their second task was entitled “Classical and Modern Fables”. They learnt how to construct a short story, following the structure of the fables. After reading a few of them, they told them to the rest of their classmates and brought more to be told in class.

Their third approach was “The Black Cat”, a classical short story by the world famous E.A. Poe. The text was read twice. Then, they worked on comprehension questions, vocabulary and the structure of the story. Finally, every one of them learnt a part of the story by heart and performed their monologue.

Urban legends is a must to encourage teen to read. They were handed out a few of them to be read in class and at home. They worked with them and brought more for the next two sessions, which were presented and recorded.

And the last proposal for the current term will be “Poems for Teens”. They will be given some about different teenage topics, and some links to surf the net, too.  After reading and studying them, they will learn part of them by heart, bring one or two each and finally they will create their first English poem.

And that’s all for now. Who said that reading was boring?

4 ESO-1 - MET in A.E. 2014 from J. Carlos Martínez