Class: 21^st/22^nd February

Unit 11: Climate

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about climate change

                                 Describe inventions and how they work

                                 Discuss proposals

Pages: 106, 108 -109

Grammar: Review Inversion; Passives

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

Vocabulary: dweller, malnourished, sanitation, raw materials, pillars, to give in, advocacy, tackle, deflect

Homework: Workbook – pg. 73 and 74

 

Also: For those of you who don’t know who Richard Branson is this interview will be most helpful.

 

Richard Branson: Life at 30,000 feet

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_branson_s_life_at_30_000_feet.html

The following TED Talk is a must. Notice the date it was given. Ask yourself what the situation must be like now.

 

Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis

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

Class: 14^th/15th February

Unit 10: A Sense of Belonging

Can-Do Objectives: Persuade other to take action

                                 Describe an organization

    Explore strategies for analyzing authentic text

                                 Present something in the best possible light

Pages: 100 – 101, 102 & (105) (107)

Grammar: Inversion

Vocabulary: evict, repossess, mortgage, shelter, pledge, claim, swapping, tear-jerking, distress, flee, fleeting, shanty, idle, ailment, thump, turnstile, ensconced, scope

Homework: Workbook – pg 68 ex 5&6; 70 – 71

Also: Here are a few interesting links for you to click on that relate to the topic of our unit.

http://www.homelessworldcup.org/news

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

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

THE LIST: The greatest rivalries in club football, Nos 10-1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1214200/THE-LIST-The-greatest-rivalries-club-football-Nos-10-1.html

Class: 7^th February

Unit 10: A Sense of Belonging

Can-Do Objectives: Giving opinions with various degrees of emphasis

                                 Talk about rivalries

Pages: 103, 107

Grammar: Inversion

Vocabulary: rivalry, hoard, clique, mob, gang, team, crew

Homework: Workbook – pg. 66 ex. 1a, b, and c; pg. 67 ex. 3; pg. 69 ex. 7

Also: Here is a Ted Talk that will be useful for our next class.

Rory Stewart: Why democracy matters

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

Class: 31^st January/1^st February

Unit 10: A Sense of Belonging

Can-Do Objectives: Describe groups and membership

    Describe feelings about belonging

Pages: 98 – 99, 104, 106

Grammar: Inversion

http://fullspate.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/efl-advanced-grammar/

http://usefulenglish.ru/miscellany/inversion

Vocabulary: Demonstration, cult, sect, fencing, monk, novice, orphanage, sponsor a child, AA, YMCA

Homework: Workbook – pg. 66 ex 2a, pg. 67 ex b, pg. 68 ex 4a & b, pg. 69 ex 8, pg. 72 (ALL)

Also: Please do watch this TED Talk as it will help you with ideas for our next class’ activity.

 

Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes

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