We started the lesson naming things we do every day, i.e. I check my email everyday orI wash my hands every day.

Students read homework:  life habits they have changed in the last five years.

We studied some adjectives and the prepositions they are used with:

Terrified of  or by

Fascinated by or with

Excited about, by or at

Satisfied with or by

Shocked by or at

Disappointed in, by or with

impressed by, with or at

aware of 

famous for 

fond of 

sure about or of

sick of

We also studied: be used to as in  I´m not used to getting up so early. Remember we always use the verb in its ing form after used to.

The difference between being used to and getting used to is that the latter means the process between not being used to something and being used to something. But that is the meaning of get.

Students read aloud  Letter from abroad and questions about it were asked. They learned words and expressions like rush hour, pedestrian, cop, adjust.

Homework

5 questions about the text we read in the lesson.

Things you have had to get used when you have started something new in your life, like going to university or starting to work.

Things you would find really difficult to get used to if you moved to another country.

We started our class with a drill. Students had to say that they believed or that they didn´t believe a given statement and repeat the sentence they had just heard making the necessary adjustments.

We reviewed verb tenses used for present and past habits. Students read their homework exercises.

Reminder: when talking about past habits we don´t usually  use the form would + infinitive with state verbs. Same thing applies to the form will + infinitive when we are talking about present habits, it sis not used with state verbs.

Since Halloween is next Thursday and students fel like doing something fun we answered a questionnaire to find out who was a real witch. Students learned a few words, like warts, toads, lizards, broom, graveyard.

Frequency adverbs we studied: rarely, seldom, frequently, occasionally, every now and again, most of the time, every so often, more often than not, once in a while.  

Homework:
Write sentences camparing the way you used to live 5 or 10 years ago with the way you live now. Consider points like:

sleeping habits, free time activities, time with friends and family, sport and exercise, work or study, taste in music/films/TV programmes, places you have lived, annoying habits.

Our lesson today:

For warming up students practiced the question How do you make a living? 

The topic today was eating habits. We listened to Cassy and Ted talk about their current eating habits, and also about the way they have changed the way they eat or  not since they were children or teenagers. Their attitudes were quite different.
We talked about food in general and  nutrients in different foods. 
Students answered questions about the listening.

Words and expressions that were learned : low fat diet, high fat diet, change one´s mind, label, jar, jam,

Grammar 

A different way of using the Present Continuous tense: we use it together with "always" to talk about present habits and repeated actions that annoy us or happen too often.

We use the Future Simple tense or will + infinitive to talk about repeated or typical behaviour. 

Talking about past habits: used to + infinitive  and would + infinitive.

Homework

Exercises 4 & 5 page 17 Face to Face.

The Top 10 Healthy Foods Check this link.

In our lesson today we started by saying something we had done on the weekend. Another student had to reply with and echo question and make a follow up question or comment. Example: I was having dinner with some relatives. Were you? And how was it?

We continued talking about jobs, said what they are about and compared them. The summer jobs mentioned were: baby-sitter, dance instructor, hiking trail guide, museum assistant, chef´s assistant, park ranger, dog walker, and telephone operator.

Read the text Strategies for Keeping your Job and answered some comprehension questions.

Homework:
Write 4 sentences including the expression to be likely.

And for writing: choose an unusual job you would like to do. Make a list of the disadvantages and disadvantages of th ejob. Then write 2 paragraphs about it. In the 1st one describe the advantages, in the 2nd one the disadvantages.

Example:
Working as a Tv journalist would be a fascinating job. You would get to travel all over the world to cover improtant events. In addition, you would meet many famous people, and ...
On the other hand, being a TV journalist could be difficult. You could be in dangerous situations. For example,....

Our lesson today.

We continue working on the career topic. After the warming up, which we did repeating Monday´s questions: What does a mechanic do?, what does a dentist do? and answering them with simple questions in the Pr. Simple.
Students read homework.
We practised a dialogue. Students read it and then practiced it without looking at the text.

Grammar: gerund phrases as subjects and objects; Being, doing and working before different professions and activities.
Comparisons: better paid, worse paid, as much as, as adjective as.

Homework
Choosing 4 different jobs or careers, comparing 3 things: hours, pay and other qualities of that particular job.

Here is the link I mentioned in our class. You can check some of the classified ads in the Accounting & Finance or Legal/Paralegal sections. Choose a couple of them and answer the following questions:

1. What does the advertising company do?

2. What responsabilities does the position involve?

3 What requirements must candidates meet?

See you on Wednesday.

Today we talked about professions and careers.

We were practicing simple questions like: What does a mechanic do? A mechanic fixes cars.

We learned some new adjectives to describe work or jobs or activities related to a job: challenging, rewarding, nerve-racking, fascinating, exciting, awful.
We were using gerund phrases as subjects or objects in a sentence, i.e. working on a movie set must be very challenging.

We read a dialogue which we´ll practice next day.
Since we were talking about jobs we are considering and don´t actually have we used the forms: would be, could be, must be.