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Ahora que el nuevo curso está a punto de empezar, es hora de revisar/elaborar nuestras normas de aula y en concreto aquellas directamente relacionadas con la asignaturas que impartimos cada uno de nosotros. Estas normas están pensadas para eliminar distracciones, conductas disruptivas y en general todo aquello que vaya en contra de la consecución de los mejores resultados académicos posibles en el estudiante, su bienestar, crecimiento integral y felicidad personal. ¿Lo mejor? elaborarlas con ellos, ver sus expectativas, sus opiniones, hacerles razonar...y estas normas se elaborarán casi solas. Podemos hacer un listado con ellos, debatirlas, seleccionarlas y priorizarlas juntos. No deben ser muchas y sí ser muy claras.

Una vez establecida una norma, esta debe ser permanentemente respetada por los alumnos y el profesor, de lo contrario la norma perderá valor, el profesor perderá respeto.

¿Ideas? (de paso repasamos Modales, o se podrían hacer para repasar Imperativo)

You must:

be polite: be respectful when you talk to your teacher or a classmate.
do your homework: work at home and revise what you learnt in class, daily.
help your classmates: be a good partner to your mates, it's essential.
ask questions: make your teacher solve your doubts.
put your hand up to speak or ask a question: respect turn taking.
study and work hard: that is the reason why you are here at school.

You mustn't:

arrive late: please be punctual and quiet for the session to start.
cheat in exams: be honest, don't cheat yourself.
copy other students' work: work on your own, your work is your progress.
eat or chew gum in class: wait for the breaktime.
talk or shout: don't disturb other students and let work.
throw litter on the floor: keep your classroom and school clean.
write on the walls or desks: treat furniture and materials carefully.
insult or hit: violence is out of place.
answer back: speak with respect and accept criticism.

Después podemos elaborar posters donde figuren las normas establecidas de manera más visual (modo artístico ON) que decorarán la clase y serán revisadas como mínimo a mitad y final del curso. En caso de necesidad, siempre cabe una ampliación o modificación de algún aspecto de las mismas, según necesidades y evolución del grupo.

Aquí os dejo algunos posibles modelos. Podemos aprovechar para debatir en inglés con ellos lo siguiente:

What are your top 5 classroom rules? Why do you think they are the most important ones?

Getting ready to go back to school? Ready for your English classes?

Remember, communication in English will be the only important thing. No matter if you make mistakes when speaking/writing or don' t understand everything you hear/read.

The first step is learning basic classroom language. Here you have some high-frequency expressions that students and teachers can find useful.

TEACHER´S LANGUAGE

STARTING THE LESSON

How are you doing?/
How are you today?

Let´s start with the lesson

Is everybody ready to start?

Did you have a nice weekend?

Good morning everyone!
Hi, there!
ATTENDANCE

I’m going to take attendanceWho’s not here today?Who is missing today?Who´s absent today?What´s wrong with X today?

GETTING THE STUDENTS´ATTENTION
Listen to me, please.Be quiet, please. Silent/Silence, please. Stop talking, please!Can I have your attention, please? Could you all listen to me, please?Would you pay attention, please?X, are you with us?

SIMPLE COMMANDSStand up/ Sit down.Sit down properly.Come on, Wake up!Switch on / switch off the lights / the computers Settle down and let’s get started. Put up your hand if you know the answer.Ana, please, come to the front of the class. Open your books at page ……

Turn to page ... Look at activity five.Pedro, do you mind collecting the compositions for me, please?Come in/ Go out.

Juan, can you hand out / give out / distribute these copies, please?
Take one and pass them on.
Would you pass the exams to the front / the back, please?

SETTING UP AN ACTIVITY

Who can remember what we were talking about at the end of last lesson?

Does anyone remember …...….?

Who can tell me………………?

Could you tell me what you remember from our last lesson?

Who would like to get extra marks/credit today?

REVIEWING INFORMATION
Are you with me?OK so far? Do you get it? Do you have any questions? Let's check the answers.

ENCOURAGING AND CORRECTING

I’d like you to get into pairs for this activity

Work with your partner/alone

Please, get into pairs / groups of four

Can you 4 team up?

What I want you to do is to …………………………

First, let’s go over the homework / the explanation on page 30 together.

Those of you that have finished exercise 5 can move on to exercise 6.

When you finish you can……………………………..

I want you to finish the exercises on page 16 now / at home

What I want you to do is to ………………….

Go on / get on /continue with your work.

Could you turn it (the volume) up/ down. We can’t hear it from here.

Open your Student’s Book / Workbook at page …

You have 3 min. to do this! Quickly! Hurry up!

Any questions? Everything is clear enough?

Can anyone tell me …

Put your hands up if you know the answer

Please, do these exercises while I’m away

Who wants to start reading?

CHECKING UNDERSTANDING

Do you understand?

Very good. That's very good. Well done.

That's correct.

Excellent.

Yes, you've got it.

You've got the idea.

That’s correct.

You need more practice with this.

You'll have to spend some more time with this.

Good, you're getting better.

Your answer is very good / almost right.

Ok, that’s not the right answer, but let me help you with it.

Let me explain again.

Not exactly, have another try / try again.

HOMEWORK

This is your homework for tomorrow

There is no homework today

Don’t forget your homework.

Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your homework.

ENDING THE LESSON

Have you finished yet?

It's time to finish.

Let's stop now. Stop now.

This is all for now That’s all for now, see you Monday

That’s all for today, enjoy the weekend

OK, you can put away your things. See you next week.

Goodbye.

See you tomorrow

STUDENTS´S LANGUAGE

May I come in, please?

I’m sorry for being late.
Can you repeat, please?
Can you speak louder?
I don’t / can’t understand.
How do you pronounce this?
Is this OK?
Did you correct our exams?
Can I correct, please?

Can we play an English game today?
Can I borrow a pencil / pen, please?
Can I open the window?
Can I go to the toilet please?
How do you say that in English? What’s the meaning of …?

I'm sorry, I forgot/ I left my book/homework at home

I didn't have time to do my homework. I'm sorry.

Could you speak more slowly, please?

Can you explain that again, please?

How do you say 'X' in English?

How do you spell 'wonderful'?

What's the difference between "X" and "Y"?

What does "X" mean?

What’s the meaning of "X"?

What’s the/for homework?

What page is it on? What page are we on?

Can you help me do this exercise?

What do we have to do now?

Can I share your book with my partner?

Whose turn is it? It's my turn now.

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