Remember: Progress Tests 1 on the 9^th and the 11^th December

Group: Monday, 30^th November; Wednesday, 2^nd December;

Friday, 4^th December

                      

Unit 2C: Spoilt for choice

Pages:  24 - 25

Grammar:

Please review by looking at previous blog posts.

Vocabulary: crummy, lousy, cheesy, hustle and bustle, dwell(er), stunning, courtyard, to sear, to bump into, strewn, snow-clad, wind(ing), to boast

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

For Synonyms and Antonyms:

http://www.thesaurus.com/

Homework: – Finish up any exercises you have not done. You have the Key.

Extras, if you have time

Below is the link to a blog about China of one of my colleagues. I hope you are curious.

http://blog.holachina.net/

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

Group: Friday, 27^th November 2015

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20  - 23

Grammar:

Participle clauses

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?06

https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/sentences/participle-clauses

http://www.grammarbank.com/participle-clauses.html

Apostrophe

http://www.scribendi.com/advice/using_apostrophes.en.html

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/take-apostrophe-quiz

Adjective word order

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/adjectiveorder/adjectiveorder.html

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjective-word-order

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/order-of-adjectives/

Vocabulary: lush, scruffy, wooded, uplifting, clumsy

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

For Synonyms and Antonyms:

http://www.thesaurus.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 11 - 12

Extras, if you have time:

Guide to Kerala and South India

Article and video

The importance of travel

http://www.davidmansaray.com/the-importance-of-travel

Group: Monday, 23^rd / Wednesday, 25^th November 2015

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20 - 23

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

Adjective word order

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

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

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

Vocabulary: tuck into, (un)spoilt, lush, straw, to sip, to glide, lodge, gravel, choppy, gear, stark, scruffy, snug, subside

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 9 – 12

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country

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

Spain: Curbing Mass Tourism | European Journal

Group: Friday, 21^st November 2015

Unit 2A / 2B: Exceptional people / Memorable places

Pages: 18 - 21

Grammar:

Relative clauses with prepositions

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/032_08.htm

http://stickyball.net/esl-grammar-worksheets.html?id=505

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

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

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

List of verbs followed by prepositions

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

Vocabulary: aftercare, to unnerve, outlet, nothing to write home about, hit home, to carve, tea, to pop, for the sake, to indulge

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 9 – 10; pg. 56 (ALL! Including composition)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

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

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

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

Group: Monday 16^th / Wednesday 18^th 2015

Unit 1C / 2A: Favourite Sayings / Exceptional people

Pages: 15 - 20

Grammar:

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

Relative clauses with prepositions

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

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

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 bluff, to shroud, to conceal, to outgrow, to warp, feat, trade, storm off, musical score, aftercare, haemorrhage, moron, utterly, vividly

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Saying and idioms

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/

Intensifying adverbs

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

Homework: Workbook – pg. 8; pg. 57; pg. 54 -56 (ALL! Including composition)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of "Mathemagic"

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

Inside The Mind Of Jaxon Cota An 11-Year-Old Kid Genius | NBC Nightly News

Group: Friday, 13^th November 2015

Unit 1C / 2A: Favourite Sayings / Exceptional people

Pages: 14 -17

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: piglet, butcher’s, spicy, mild, joint venture, bluff, to be fired, to be laid off, to be made redundant, roadwork, to crumble, crumby, to shroud, to warp, to trade, insight, coalesce

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Saying and idioms

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 8; pg. 57; pg. 54 -55

Extras, if you have time:

Ted Talks

Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color#t-543488

Daniel Tammet: Different ways of Knowing

https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_ways_of_knowing

Russell speaks to real life superhero Jess Thom

What color is Tuesday? Exploring synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic

Group: Wednesday, 11^th November 2015

Unit1C: Favourite sayings

Pages: 13 -14

Grammar:

Cleft Sentences

http://www.carmenlu.com/sixth/grammar/cleft-sentences6.htm

Connecting words

http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html

http://www.englishgrammar.org/connecting-words-adding-information/

http://www.flo-joe.com/cae/students/writing/linking/addition.htm

Homophones

https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/homophones-list.htm

http://www.ezschool.com/play/english/choose-the-word-that-matches-the-picture/292

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/100.html

Vocabulary: to venture, to engage, molehill, coup

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Saying and idioms

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/

Homework: Finish the worksheet handed out in class (ex b and c); Workbook – pg. 8 ex. 1a &b; pg. 57

Extras, if you have time:

The Last Word

Learn English with 5 Jokes

Group: Friday, 6^th November 2015

Unit 1B: Friends – the new family

Pages: 10 – 13

Grammar:

Cleft Sentences

http://www.slideshare.net/saravergon/cleft-sentences

http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/cleftterm.htm

http://www.grammaring.com/cleft-sentences

Vocabulary: water cooler, awash, nurture, wavelength, at arm’s length, amid, acquaintance, drift loose, at a glance, to blame

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Online Collocation Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 6 & 7

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

https://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos

Renny Gleeson: Our antisocial phone tricks

https://www.ted.com/talks/renny_gleeson_on_antisocial_phone_tricks#t-208799

Rita Hayworth- Gilda "Put The Blame On Mame"(subtitulos en español)

Group: Monday 2^nd / Wednesday 4^th October

Unit 1B: Friends – the new family

Pages: 10 - 12

Grammar:

Cleft Sentences

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/sent-cleft.html

http://web.educastur.princast.es/eoi/eoimiere/myweb/blog/wp-content/uploads/cleft_sentences.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12881488/Cleft-Sentences-Exercises

Vocabulary: indicator light, to amuse, water-cooler, awash, poll, wavelength, arm’s length, insight, nurture, clumsy, shallow, to friend, loose, garment, appalling, household, random

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Online Collocation Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

 Homework: Workbook – pg. 6 & 7

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together/transcript

The Guardian

Your phone is seducing you and you are paying the price

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2015/nov/04/your-phone-is-seducing-you-and-youre-paying-the-price-video

George Carlin - I Like People

Class: Friday, 30^th October

Unit 1B: Friends – the new family

Pages: 8 - 10

Grammar:

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/menu.php

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

Cleft Sentences

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml

Vocabulary: burden, bottle up, inedible, by and large, booby trap

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.

Online Collocation Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Try to do Workbook pg. 7 ex. 4

Extras, if you have time:

BBC Documentary Secrets of Selfridges 

The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden ("Some Girls, Live in Texas '78")

Monday 26^th / Wednesday 28^th October

Unit 1: Friends – the new family

Pages: 8 - 10

Grammar: Time expressions with Present Perfect and Past Simple

http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/conjunctions/as-soon-as

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense/present-perfect

Vocabulary: cater, whim, broadly, burden, confide

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:  Please watch a least one of the TED Talks I have posted so far.

Extras if you have time:

TED Talks

Meaghan Ramsey: Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you

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

Laura Trice: Remember to say thank you

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

George Carlin – Self- help books

Week: 19^th – 24^th October

Unit 1A: Making a good impression

Pages: 6 – 8

Grammar:

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html

http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/present_perfect

Time expressions with Present Perfect and Past Simple

http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/conjunctions/as-soon-as

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense/present-perfect

Vocabulary: to behold, lenient, goatee, self-conscious, self-aware, self-confident, eye-catching, butt in, overhear, witter, grumble, eavesdrop, bicker, chat up, conceited

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. 4 &5

Extras, if you have time:

Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.

https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model

Dale Carnegie – Quotes

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dale_carnegie.html

How to Make a Good First Impression | Good Manners

About make-up

http://verne.elpais.com/verne/2015/10/22/articulo/1445512223_634400.html

Article

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/21/why-do-girls-wear-makeup-google-answer

Class: 4^th / 6^th May 2015

Grammar Review:

Relative clause with preposition

http://www.eoilangreo.net/cristina/pre-intermediate/relatives5.htm

Participle clauses

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

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles

Vocabulary: catwalk, impoliteness, plagiarise, to sack, to make redundant, to dismiss, to let go

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.

Online Oxford Collocation Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Catch up with any homework you have not had time to do.

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work

https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work

Alice Goffman: How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison

https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_goffman_college_or_prison_two_destinies_one_blatant_injustice

Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks

https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks