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