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