Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (29^th Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: bunk bed, fraudster, scam, to grill, to chip, icicle, John/Jane Doe, Dear John/Jane letter, watertight

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.

Extras, if you have time:

I found this article that explains the difference between organic and ecological produce.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/timigustafsonrd/2011/08/29/natural-organic-ecological-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference-should-you-care/

About P. D. James:

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/11/27/actualidad/1417096953_570414.html

PD James: 'Some people find conventions liberating'

Adam Dalgliesh Proposes - The Murder Room by PD James - Martin Shaw

Steven Pinker on bad and good writing

Class: 28^th November / 13^th December 2014

Unit 7B: Every step you take

Pages: 69 - 72

Grammar:

Conditionals

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

Formal Conditionals

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/wereto.html

Impersonal report structures

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/passive-reporting-structures.html

Vocabulary: footage, dumb down, water down, stalker, tag,

Data Mining - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining

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. 36 - 37

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters

http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters/transcript?language=en

George Orwell 1984 Telescreen Exercise

The Lives of Others trailer

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (21^st Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: zebra/ pedestrian crossing, turnip, artichoke, petty crime/cash, heinous, good behaviour, life sentence, driving under the influence (DUI), over dose (O.D.), non- fiction, fiction, pulp fiction, hard-boiled

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.

Extras, if you have time:

Love Story - Originally sung by Andy Williams (with Lyrics) [HD]

Double Indemnity Official Trailer #1 - Edward G. Robinson Movie (1944) HD

Dashiell Hammett Documentary

Raymond Chandler "Mysteries & Scandals"

Class: 21^st / 29^th November 2014

Unit 7A: Getting away with it

Pages: 66 -68 

Grammar: Conditionals (Mixed)

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv344.shtml

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ar/comment/68013

Vocabulary: Phrases with get and to surveil, to libel, to mug, to fine, manslaughter, pederasty, (statutory) rape, tax haven/ evasion/ avoidance, predator, misdemeanor, felony, theft, sentence, to give yourself away, finger print, alibi, blow the whistle, whistleblower, woolly, smooth, outwit, outsmart, stagger

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

Homework: Workbook – pg. 34 – 35

Extras, if you have time:

Stephen Fry on American Prison Facts

TED Talk

Dan Pacholke: How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives/transcript?language=en

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (15^th Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: ghetto blaster, to spit, root-beer, punch, kool-aid, screwdriver, bolt, syrup, gallon, pint, quart, budget

Extras, if you have time:

Soda shop/Malt shop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_shop

CANADIAN ICE CREAM PARLOR / SODA SHOP. Vancouver BC. Circa 1930's

The Art Book - Gary Ross' PLEASANTVILLE (1998)

Root Beer Float Recipe

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/root_beer_float/

How to make a root beer float

Class: 14^th  Friday / 22^nd November 2014

Unit 6C: Short story radio

Pages: 64 – 65

Grammar: Narrative tenses

http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrative.html

Vocabulary: genre, meekly, mumble, ream (500), two-fold, a stone (14 pounds or 6.35029318 kg), thrice, fortnight, pick and choose, trial and error, genre / ‘ʒa:nrə /, pseudo / ‘sju:dəʊ /, swords and sorcery, prank, mischief, to stammer, to loom over, to batter, to stray, to rock (mecer), to cradle, to fawn

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. 31 ex 1 & 2; pg. 33

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk – Elif Shafak – The politics of fiction

http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction/transcript?language=en

Steven Johnson: How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_tours_the_ghost_map/transcript?language=en

Class: 7^th / 15^th November 2014

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages:  62 - 63

Grammar:

Punctuation – commas

https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-comma.htm

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/comma

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_45.htm
Connecting words – purpose
http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-english-exercises.html

Vocabulary: hyphen, underscore, dowry, clog, sip, brawl, pose, marquee, allocate, generic brand

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: Writing – Compare living in a small town to living in a big city. (The comparison is easy, at least I believe so, but what I will be looking for in your piece of writing is, obviously, the ‘correct’ use of comparative and adverbial phrases as seen in the unit. Position yourself in favor of one or the other and support your argument logically and coherently, please.) (180 -220 words)

Extras, if you have time:

 The gods must be crazy

Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology #7

(I’m posting this particular session because it is subtitled and close enough to what we discussed in class. Session #5 is more pertinent but has no subtitles.)