See you on the 8th of April. Happy Easter!

Class: 23^rd / 25^th March 2015

Unit 5A: Behind the glamour

Pages: 48 - 50

Grammar: Reflexive pronouns

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns/reflexive-pronouns

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-reflexive.htm

http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Reflexive_Pronouns.htm

Vocabulary: drudgery, deftly, to drain, to spot, tap, faucet, crew, exert, tightrope, limb, peer, to juggle, to screw up, to be up to no good

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. 24 - 25

Extras, if you have time:

Actors Studio

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

Inside The Actors Studio - Colin Firth (2011)

Terry and Edie's scene in On the Waterfront

Class: 16^th / 18^th March

Unit 5A: Behind the glamour

Pages: 46 - 47

Grammar:

About Prefixes and suffixes

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/build/building.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/cig/grammar-style/attaching-prefixes-suffixes-bits-pieces.html

Vocabulary: purchasing power, semi-

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 – Give your opinion on whether Spanish public television offers enough ‘cultural’ programmes. (180 – 200 words)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art

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

Top 10 Notes: Fahrenheit 451

REMEMBER: Progress Test 2 (Units 3 & 4) on 11^th March!!!!

Class: 2^nd / 4^th March 2015

Unit 4C: Making a splash

Pages: 43 - 45

Grammar: 

Punctuation (Capital letters and full stop)

https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-full-stop-period.htm

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

Connecting words - contrast

http://www.englishgrammar.org/sentence-connectors-showing-contrast/

Vocabulary: splash, sober, de-stress, investigative, sensationalistic, current event, to dwell on smtg., dwell(ing)/(er), readership, appeal, subtle, blatant, bullet point, brash, wallop, core, swoop, to whop, whopper, wallop

Usability

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

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. 23

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong

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