Class: 26^th November

Unit 2C: Spoilt for choice

Pages: 23, 24 - 25

Grammar: Apostrophe

http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/page2.html

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/apostrophe

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm

Time conjunctions

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

While vs. Meanwhile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv257.shtml

http://www.engvid.com/while-meanwhile/

Vocabulary: bliss, hustle and bustle, second to none, to wander, to dwell, to sear, strewn

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: Composition – Write a for and against essay about Tourism. (180 – 200 words)

Extras, if you have time:

Below I have included a blog about China of one of my colleagues. I hope you are curious.

http://blog.holachina.net/

Spain: Curbing Mass Tourism | European Journal

Spain Tourism

Class: 24^th   November 2014

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20 - 22

Grammar: Adjective word order

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

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/adjorder.html

Vocabulary: choppy, dinghy, gravel, lodge, tame, to pound, marble, scruffy, superbly

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: Workbook – pg. 75

Extras, if you have time:

Discovery Waterfront Cities of the World Venice 720p

Class: 19^th November 2014

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20 – 21

Grammar: Participle clauses

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar-reference/participle-clauses

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/participle-clauses.html

http://www.grammaring.com/participle-clauses

Vocabulary: utterly, to cram, weirdo, lagoon, to sip, cluster, to tuck into, to chuck, bullring, boxing ring, curry

Christmas pudding

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

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: Workbook – pg. 11 - 12

Extras, if you have time:

I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett (Subtitled)

Guide to Kerala and South India

The 5 Best Places to See the Northern Lights

Amazing and Mysterious Places You Can't Visit

 

Class: 17^th November 2014

Unit 2A: Exceptional People

Pages: 18 – 19

Grammar: Relative clauses with prepositions

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/preposition-placement-relative-clauses/

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps-placement.html

List of verbs followed by prepositions

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/verb_preposition_collocations.html

Vocabulary: to carve, to take it out on smo., to melt

Intensifying adverbs

http://quizlet.com/5903106/english-collocations-intensifying-adverb-adjectiveverb-flash-cards/

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: Workbook – pg. 9

Extras, if you have time:

Meet Your Master: Getting to Know Your Brain - Crash Course Psychology #4

Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet)

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

Class: 12^th November 2014

Unit 2A: Exceptional People

Pages: 15 - 17

Grammar: Relative clauses with prepositions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv286.shtml

http://www.grammaring.com/prepositions-in-relative-clauses

Vocabulary: feat, warp, shrouded, spatial, plausible, lucky charm, leprechaun, security blanket, coalesce, literacy, illiterate, torch, to fit in with

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: Workbook – pg. 10

Extras, if you have time:

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of "Mathemagic"

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

The Boy With The Incredible Brain - Documentary

Class: 5^th November 2014

Unit 1C: Favourite Sayings

Pages: 13 -15

Grammar: Explaining and paraphrasing

About which is to say:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18412/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-which-is-to-say

http://es.bab.la/diccionario/ingles-espanol/which-is-to-say

Linking expressions:

http://www.engelska.uu.se/writing/guide/linking

Vocabulary: underscore, to engage, to gage, backward/forward slash

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)

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: Workbook – pg 8.  ; Writing – Cover Letter

http://careers.theguardian.com/covering-letter-examples

Extras, if you have time:

Top 10 Job Interview Questions and Answers - Common Interview Questions You NEED to be Prepared For

Spanish Proverb: Tell me with whom you walk...

Class: 3^rd November 2014

Unit 1B: Friends – the new family?

Pages: 11 - 12; 13

Grammar: Easily confused words
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/confused_words_english.html

Vocabulary: awash, give way, at arm’s length, amid, drift, nurture, shallow, busyness, fallow, domestic violence, henpecked, loose change, busyness, to stick up for smo.

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: Workbook – pg. 6 ex. 1 &2; Course book – pg. 13 ex 3b, ex. 4a &b

Extras, if you have time:

George Carlin - I Like People