Class: 17^th December 2014

Module 5B: Technology

Pages: 70 - 71

Grammar: Future forms

Defining and Non-defining relative clause
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar-reference/relative-clauses-non-defining-relative-clauses
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4219
Reduced relative clauses
http://free-english-study.com/grammar/reduced-relative-clauses.html
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/reduced-relative-clauses-lesson-and.html
Adjectives/Nouns + preposition
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-39763.php
http://blocs.xtec.cat/angelmartinez/grammar/verbs_adjectives_with_prepositions/

Vocabulary: groundbreaking, breakthrough, device, devise, gaming device, satnav, tentative

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 78 – 79; 88 – 90. Also, rewrite all previous compositions incorporating all the corrections.

Extras, if you have time:

Queen at Live Aid - 20 Minutes That Changed Music

[HD] Michael Jackson History World Tour Live In Munich Smooth Criminal Best Quality_(HD)

Class: 15^th December 2014

Module 5A: Discovery

Pages: 68 - 69

Grammar: Future forms

https://elt.oup.com/student/result/engupp/b_vocabulary/unit03/3a?cc=us&selLanguage=en

Vocabulary: poetry, poem, assignment, flask, scientist, dull, field trip

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 68 ex. 2 Writing (The green box)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Ramsey Musallam: 3 rules to spark learning

https://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning/transcript?language=en

Class: 10^th December 2014

Module 5A: Discovery

Pages: 66 and 72

Grammar: Future forms

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/talking-about-future

http://www.englishlessonsbrighton.co.uk/futur-tenses-exercise/

Vocabulary: due date, deadline, to bind, to provide, to gain, chores, to do laundry, to dust, to concern

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 66 ex 2a& b; pg. 67 (Please, do the whole page but, in addition, write out the sentences for exercise 5a on a separate sheet of paper.); pg. 73 

Extras, if you have time:

Welcome to the Digital Generation

Class: 3^rd December 2014

Module 4-5: Discovery

Pages: 55, 60, 63

Grammar: Future forms

Reflexive

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/pronouns/reflexive-pronouns

On + (possessive adj.) + own

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-18375.php

Each other vs. One another

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/each-other-and-one-another

BETWEEN vs. AMONG - What's the real difference?

Vocabulary: to experience, to deal with, vaccine, vaccinate, vaccination, to belong, to become

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 64 - 65; 74 - 76

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

http://www.ted.com/talks/sergei_lupashin_a_flying_camera_on_a_leash/transcript?language=en

Class: 1^st December 2014

Module 4A: Personal Challenges

Pages: 54 – 55; 58

Grammar:

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Determiners – Quantity

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/quantifiers

Time conjunctions

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/what-are-conjunctions-time

Vocabulary: risk(y), parachute, funnily enough, to talk smo. into smtg., to (un)wind, to wind smo. up, to tease, to jump the gun, to be into smtg. join in, cosy

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 54, ex. 2 (Article: A charity event to remember)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others

http://www.ted.com/talks/emily_balcetis_why_some_people_find_exercise_harder_than_others/transcript?language=en

How To Organise and Market Your Charity Event To Sell More Tickets | Leonda By The Yarra Melbourne

Celebrity Kickball Charity Event (Team Chris Brown Vs Team Quincy)

Célebres figuras del mundo del fútbol se reunieron en Sanse para luchar contra el cáncer

Class: 26^th November 2014

Module 4B: Sport

Pages: 53, 56 - 57

Grammar:

Countable and uncountable nouns

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-nouns.php#.VHNbTUqHlKE

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/countable_uncountable-exercises.html

Determiners

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-determiners.php#.VHNbwkqHlKE

Vocabulary: field and track, sprint, resistance, long/high jump, javelin/hammer throw, hurdles (obstáculos), tackle, bare fist, ice/figure skating, ring, neoprene, paragliding, crawl, breast stroke, butterfly, backstroke 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2013/02/dangerous-sports-world

Futsal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 50 – 51; 59, 61, 62

Extras, if you have time:

Mo Farah Wins European 5,000m Title

Trinity College Winter Sports Highlights, 2010-11

Class: 24^th November 2014

Module 4A: Personal challenges

Pages: 49, 52 - 51

Grammar: Narrative forms

http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrative.html

http://www.ice.urv.cat/eoiact/level3/narrativetenses1.htm

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_02.htm

Time conjunctions

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4103.php

Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar-reference/adjectives-gradable-non-gradable

http://eoihuesc.educa.aragon.es/jln/adjectivemodification.pdf

A bit

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/a-bit

Vocabulary: to quarrel, pleasant, to face, to contribute, to relieve, to sip, gorgeous, physically challenged, relief, vertigo

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 40 ex. 2 (Follow the instructions in the green box and write a composition answering the question ‘Is it a good thing that countries spend a lot of money on their heritage?’)

Extras, if you have time:

Polar Bear man: Lewis Gordon Pugh

LEWIS GORDON PUGH

Class: 19^th November 2014

Module 3B: Our natural heritage

Pages: 44, 45 ex. 1, 46 ex. 2a

Grammar: -ing forms and infinitives

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_different_list.htm

Vocabulary:  CE (Common Era), to snowball, breed, species, greyhound, biodiversity, emotional

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 38 – 39; 45 - 48

Extras, if you have time:

World's Deadliest Animals – Amazon

How The Northern Lights Are Created VIDEO

Night of the Northern Lights

Class: 17^th November 2014

Module 3A & B: Our cultural heritage / Our natural heritage

Pages: 35, 40 – 43

Grammar: Adverbs of degree

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/adverbs-degree.htm

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adv_degree.html

Use of the definite article ‘the’

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/definite-article

Vocabulary: to stray, ease, shepherd

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 36 – 37; 41 ex. Expert Language – Punctuation (at the bottom of the page in the green box)

Extras, if you have time:

25 Incredibly Beautiful World Heritage Sites

World Civilization - 7 Wonders ( Assumption University )

Class: 12^th November 2014

Module 2B: A learning experience

Pages: 28 - 30

Grammar: Present Perfect Simple vs. Continuous

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro

Vocabulary: mandatory, compulsory, obligatory, obliged, tentative, to differ, to skip, to resit

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 31 -  34

Extras, if you have time:

This is Britain - School

Lesson1 The British School System

Education in GB

Class: 5^th November 2014

Module 2A & B: Earning a living

Pages: 21, 24, 28

Grammar: Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

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

Vocabulary: to stock, stock exchange, stockbroker, stock market, out of stock, ballet, buffet, bouquet, lorry, vet, dustman, seamstress, bodyguard, accountant, traffic warden, referee, midwife, miner, undertaker, civil servant, welfare, farewell, fun-loving

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book – pg. 24 ex. 1d, 2a; pg. 25 – 27; Writing formal e-mail – pg. 203, first task

Extras, if you have time:

Job Interview Tips: Tell me about yourself. Example of a good answer.

Class: 3^rd November 2014

Unit 1B: Customs and traditions

Pages: 16 - 17

Grammar:

Neither/Either subject verb agreement
http://www.englishgrammar.org/subjectverb-agreement-2/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

Specially vs Especially
http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/especially-specially/

Vocabulary: Collocations
http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/CollocationsExercise.htm
http://prowritingaid.com/Free-Online-Collocations-Dictionary.aspx

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Course book pg. 22 - 23

Note on writing assignments: Please do not send me your compositions by e-mail. I will not print them. Also, please double space and use large size font (14): I need space to make corrections.

Extras, if you have time:
Top 10 Job Interview Questions and Answers - Common Interview Questions You NEED to be Prepared For

Class: 29^th October 2014

Unit 1B: Customs and traditions

Pages: 15 - 17

Grammar: Comparatives
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/comp.htm

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/degree-modifiers-comparatives-superlatives-2/

Vocabulary: to spoil, to go off, to come of age, whereas

Here is the list I mentioned in class:
http://www.lextutor.ca/freq/lists_download/longman_3000_list.pdf

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Review Expert Grammar on pg. 183; pg.17 ex 1c and 2; pg. 18; Writing task pg. 202 - Further practice

Extras, if you have time:

Prince Charles reads the BBC Scotland weather forecast

Real English® 12 Subtitled - What's the weather like? CC Double