Class: 29^th April 2015

Grammar Review: Cleft sentences

http://www.eoisantander.org/alfonsohinojosa/curso5/ejercicios/grammar/rephrasing/5_1_rephrasing_cleft.htm

http://www.english4all.pro.br/LevelGcleftsentences.htm

Vocabulary: gaze, hatch (eggs)

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.

Collocations Link

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: If you have not already done so, please write up the composition for the worksheet I gave you in class. Do NOT write on the worksheet.

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America

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

Laura R. sent me a couple of video about the creatures she talked about.

REMEMBER: NO class on the 27^th of April!

Class: 20^th / 22^nd April 2015

Unit 5C: Priorities

Pages: 53 - 55

Grammar: Connecting words - Time

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/ite/gs/gs_38.html

Vocabulary: wage, friar, rut, at the deep end, pittance

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.

Collocations Link

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 28; pg. 85 ex 10; Course book – Composition pg. 53 ex 5/6

Extras, if you have time:

Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals

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

The King's Speech - subtitled trailer

Thank you to Miguel, Juan, Pablo, Clara, Alba and Fernando for your presentations. It’s always good to learn something new.

Class: 13^th / 15^th April 2015

Unit 5B: The young ones

Pages: 52 - 53

Grammar:

Verb-noun collocations

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-samples.htm

http://www.slideshare.net/SandyMillin1/verb-noun-collocations

Spelling rules

http://www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/spelling-rules-and-tips

Vocabulary: insight, a step up, out of one’s depth, daunting, the penny dropped, qualm, busking

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.

Collocations Link

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook – 27 ex. 5 & 6; pg. 84 – 85 ex. 1 - 9

Extras, if you have time:

The History of English in 10 Minutes - Sub ENG

Beowulf in Old English (Prologue)

Stephen Fry - The Machine That Made Us

Imprenta Municipal – Artes del Libro

http://www.madrid.es/portales/munimadrid/es/Inicio/Ayuntamiento/Cultura-y-Ocio/Imprenta-Municipal-Artes-del-libro?vgnextfmt=default&vgnextoid=b21d6b17c90ac010VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=0c369e242ab26010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD

Gap-year travel may broaden the mind – but who needs a broad mind these days? By David Mitchell

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jan/09/david-mitchell-students-gap-years

Thank you to Nacho and Mercedes for your presentations. It’s always good to learn something new.

Collocations Link!!!!

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Class: 8^th April

Unit 5B: The young ones

Pages: 50

Grammar:

Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives with different meaning

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_different_list.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund_infinitive_difference.htm

http://www.grammaring.com/verbs-followed-by-the-to-infinitive-or-gerund-with-a-difference-in-meaning

http://www.e-grammar.org/infinitive-gerund/test1-exercise1/

Vocabulary: á propos, chilling, broadcast

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. 26 and 27 ex. 3 & 4

Thank you, Jesus, for your excellent presentation. I will try your procedure.

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Ismael Nazario: What I learned as a kid in jail

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

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