Class: 23^rd / 25^th February 2015

Unit 4B: Cities and Technology

Pages: 42

Grammar: 

Future in the past

http://testyourenglish.org/test-64

http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-the-future-in-the-past/

http://www.unepd.info/Grammar2.htm

Promise syntax

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/promise_1

Vocabulary: odd ball, arch-, tainted, tiresome, to probe, to strive, messy, to pave, beam

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. 21 ex3; pg. 22

Extras, if you have time:

 

Star Trek Original Series Intro (HQ)

Hans Mark: Origin Story of Carl Sagan's Plaque on Pioneer 10

Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself Full HD

Class: 16^th / 18^th February 2015

Unit 4B: Cities and technology

Pages: 38 - 42

Grammar: Future in the past

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

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit9/grammar/exercise2?cc=us&selLanguage=en

Vocabulary: spare bedroom/tyre/change, to spare smo.’s life, gory, to axe, to poke, contest, cliché, foraging, forerunner, to wander, upping sticks, sheer, hub, raw materials, waste disposal, standard of living

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: On Monday, we will be having a visitor from the United States. Please e-mail me a question you would like to ask this person. Also, Workbook – pg. 21 ex 1 & 2

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks 

Robin Nagle: What I discovered in New York City trash

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

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

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

Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

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

Inspirational: Young woman lives zero waste life in NYC

Article in El País about toilets in India

http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/16/planeta_futuro/1424084297_702325.html

Class:  9^th / 11^th November

Unit 4A: Society and media

Pages: 36 - 38

Grammar: Phrases referring to the future

http://www.grammaring.com/other-expressions-referring-to-future-time

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/future-other-expressions-to-talk-about-the-future

Vocabulary: (to become a) widow(er), drill (n.), lozenge, dodge, dodgy, avert, debris

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 an e-mail following the instructions in the Course book pg. 33 ex 6 & 7

Extras, if you have time:

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

http://www.ted.com/playlists/26/our_digital_lives

Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

http://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_torturra_got_a_smartphone_start_broadcasting

Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_hellum_the_world_s_most_boring_television_and_why_it_s_hilariously_addictive

Russell Howard's Good News - Series 9, Episode 1