viernes, 31 de enero de 2014

Class: 31^st January

Unit 6: Conflict

Can-Do Objectives:

Describe what people do during and after an argument

Talk about how you would like things to be different

Give negative/private information

Pages: 42 – 43

Grammar: I wish…

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/wishes-and-hypotheses

Vocabulary: storm off, slam, sulk, hold a grudge against, make up, exes, chores, dramatically, rota

HW: Workbook – pg. 34 – 35 (Please review the vocabulary from previous units. Also, thank you for doing the homework!)

Also: The following is a TED Talk which I find very appropriate for our subject. Is sport a truly unifying force?

May El-Khalil: Making peace is a marathon

http://www.ted.com/talks/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon.html

viernes, 24 de enero de 2014

Class: 24^th January

Unit 5: Night In, Night Out

Can-Do Objectives: Understand and comment on a guide

Describe books

Pages: 38 - 41

Grammar: Noun phrases

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/NounPhrases/Noun%20Phrases.html

Vocabulary: envisage, endorse, clout, to boast, to feature, to spawn, surge, to be down to, hectic, craving, to tap into, to face, guise, coarse, insight, to halt, appeal, to track, twist, memoir

HW: Workbook – pg. 28 and 29 Developing Writing (Yes! Please, do the composition.); pg. 30 and 31 Reading; pg. 32 Grammar; pg. 33

Also: Here is the link to the book club referred to in the listening. Take a look!

http://www.oprah.com/book_club.html

Also, I’m including a short video on Oprah interviewing Nelson Mandela. Please, watch this because it also introduces the topic of out next unit.

Nelson Mandela On Oprah Winfrey Show

domingo, 19 de enero de 2014

Class: 17^th January

Unit 5: Night In, Night Out

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about feelings

Comment on what you hear

Change the subject

Pages: 36 - 38

Grammar: Noun phrases

Vocabulary: a bundle of, supply, rant and rave, take the mickey out of

HW: Workbook – pg. 28 Vocabulary; pg. 29 Listening; pg. 30 the 1^st column; pg. 32 Vocabulary

Also: Here are a few pages you could look at to see what people do for fun in the UK.

http://www.timeout.com/london

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/festivalsandevents/

http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/

The highest grossing film worldwide of 2013 was Iron Man 3 and in the United States, the song Blurred Lines topped the Billboard Hot 100 for twelve consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number one single of 2013.

Here is the video.