Class: 26^th/27^th April, 2013

Unit 6: Appearances

Can-Do Objectives: Describe appearances

                              Conduct a personal interview

                              Describe someone’s achievements and attitudes

                              Appreciate written and spoken genres

Pages: 62 and 65

Grammar: Present perfect simple and continuous (passive)

Vocabulary: plush, to befit, to crop up, to do smtg for good, assailant

Homework: Write and article similar to the one about Paulo Coelho on pg. 62 with the information you obtained from the brief interview you had with your classmate. (200 words)

Presentations: I love hearing and seeing your Oral Projects. I’m learning a lot of interesting things. I would like to thank Javier, Auxi, Lucas, Angel, Alba G. and Maria S. for their excellent work.

Youtube Interview: Here is an interview with one of my favourite people who, unfortunately, is no longer on this planet. It’s long but very informative. I hope you enjoy it.

 

George Carlin Interview

Class: 19^th/20^th April, 2013

Unit 6: Appearances

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about fakes and forgery

Pages: 60 and 61

Grammar: Present perfect simple and continuous (passive)

Vocabulary: devious, purveyor, to be worth one’s salt, to put it bluntly, squad, accessories, churn out, to con, phishing, to crop up

Homework: Workbook pg. 44, pg. 38, pg. 39 ex 2 & 3

Polishing our English:

Please remember that PEOPLE ARE because PEOPLE is a PLURAL noun.

Also, with regards to Every vs. All, I found this explanation for you on Internet. If you still have doubts, let me know.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv266.shtml

Comments about today:

Thank you to Paula, Carlos, Laura, and Inés for their excellent presentations. We all enjoyed and found them truly informative.

Here is an interview with the art forger James Myatt whom we read and talked about today in class.

Artist and Forger John Myatt

Also, I found this article about doctoring (altering) news photos. You might be interested in reading it. It’s about the Boston Marathon bombings.

http://news.yahoo.com/daily-news-doctored-front-page-photo-boston-bombing-135840069--finance.html

Class: 12^th/13^th April, 2013

Unit 6: Appearances

Can-Do Objectives: Describe appearances and changes to appearance

                              Discuss photos and images

                              Talk about aim and intention

Pages: 58, 59, 63, 67

Grammar: Present perfect simple and continuous (passive)

Vocabulary: overhaul, air raid, with abandon, to redden, menacing, extent, savvy, flawless, freckles, beauty mark, to mirror, to airbrush

Homework: Workbook pg.39 ex 4a; pg.40 ex 4b, 4c, 5; pg 42 and 43

A TED Talk related to the topic of this unit.

Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.

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

Class: 5^th/6^th April 2013

Unit 5: Concepts of space (My space, your space, our space)

Can-Do Objectives: Describe spaces in cities

                              Describe how spaces are used

                              Describing places

                              Outline problems

                              Discuss and suggest solutions

Pages: 48, 49, 52, 54, 56 ex 2a and 57 ex 3, 4 and 6

Grammar: Passives

Vocabulary: pedestrian crossing, pedestrian promenade, to vacate, to evict, military headquarters, squats, canvas, allotment

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31, 32, 33 ex 5 & 6, and 37.

Composition: Describe your favourite urban space: the good, the bad and how it could be improved.

Remember: Send me an e-mail with the date and approximate length of your oral presentation.

A TED Talk: Edi Rama: Take back your city with paint

I strongly recommend you view this talk. It is extremely relevant after our last class.

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