domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015

Vocabulary: famished, indulge, to give oneself away, reprehensible, condemnable, pursue, pursuit, burgle, burglarize, manslaughter, scratch, woolly, decay, puddle, alibi, maggot

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.

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook - pg. 33 - 35; 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:

TED Talk

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

Roald Dahl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

Roald Dahl Biography 0002

miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2015

Group: Monday 16^th / Wednesday 18^th 2015

Unit 6C / 7A: Short story radio / Getting away with it

Pages: 64 – 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: cattle, to smuggle, to give yourself away, silk

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.

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook - pg. 33; pg. 34 ex. 1 – 3 ; 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:

Stephen Fry on American Prison Facts

TED Talks

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

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

Dashiell Hammett Documentary

Raymond Chandler "Mysteries & Scandals"

The Art Book - Gary Ross' PLEASANTVILLE (1998)

sábado, 14 de noviembre de 2015

Group: Saturday, 14^th November 2015

Unit 6C / 7A: Short story radio / Getting away with it

Pages: 64 -67

Grammar:

Dramatic Adverbials / adverbials

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials/where-they-go-sentence

http://stickyball.net/esl-writing-exercises-and-activities.html?id=296

Narrative tenses

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

Vocabulary: genre, gender, pace, meek, stool

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Literary genres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_genres

Homework: Workbook – pg. 81 - 82

Extras, if you have time:

The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast - Short Version

George Carlin Talks About "Stuff"

Barbara Cartland

'' moby dick '' - official film trailer - 1956

Stephen Fry on American Prison Facts

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

jueves, 12 de noviembre de 2015

Group: Wednesday, 11^th November 2015

Unit 1B: But is it ethical?

Pages: 63

Grammar:

Coordinating conjunctions punctuation

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CoordConj.html

Commas

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

http://www.chompchomp.com/handouts/commatip07.pdf

Comparative using ‘The… the…’

http://www.englishgrammar.org/thethe-comparative-adjectives/

Linking words

http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_cont/exercises/linking-words-ex.html

Vocabulary: swear, curse, cuss, renewable/sustainable energies, to drop

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Textbook – pg. 63 Sony text, put in the commas; Workbook – pg. 81 - 82

Extras, if you have time:

Oxford Dictionary blog

Punctuational Perplexities

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/punctuational-perplexities/

How we stopped wearing toilets and started using them

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/03/word-story-toilet/

George Carlin - Saving the Planet

CNN - George Carlin: The Seven Dirty Words Then And Now

George Carlin on the "Seven Dirty Words" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

The Power of Words

domingo, 8 de noviembre de 2015

Saturday, 7th November 2015

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages: 62 - 63

Grammar:

Coordinating conjunctions punctuation

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CoordConj.html

Commas

http://www.chompchomp.com/handouts/commatip07.pdf

Clause of purpose (in order that and more)

(Copy and paste the following link in the URL space so that you can access the page.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/lealearnitv146.shtmlrnit/

(Thank you, Almudena for making me read the Grammar Notes at the back of the book. The truth is that I have gone over them many times, but I must have paid attention only to what I wanted to see. In order that is very formal and not common in speech. Anyway,… apologies to all.)

http://mbonillo.xavierre.com/exercises/bch2/2bch2008/purpose4.htm

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-purpose.php

Comparative using ‘The… the…’

http://www.englishgrammar.org/thethe-comparative-adjectives/

(Cristina V. was right to ask if it wasn’t necessary to use the verb in sentence 9 of worksheet 7C. Notice that when you include the verb in the first part, you must put a comma. If you use the shortened version, the comma doesn’t seem to be necessary. Also, the answer to 7 is the following: is much the best. Never heard it in my life. I guess I have to live a bit longer.)

Vocabulary: to vent, tailgate

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31, ex. 1 & 2

Extras if you have time:

TED Talk

Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff

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

The gods must be crazy

Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology #7

jueves, 5 de noviembre de 2015

Group: Monday 2^nd / Wednesday 4^th October

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages: 60 - 63

Grammar:

Position of adverbials

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverb_position.htm

Conjunctions

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/8-9.html

Connecting words – purpose

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-english-exercises.html

Vocabulary: stealth, buzz, gush, hype, stunt, liable, over-zealous, jingle, score, slogan, image-conscious

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31 & 32

Extras if you have time:

TED Talk

Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything

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

Funny Commercial Compilation

domingo, 1 de noviembre de 2015

Saturday, 31^st October 2015

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages: 58 - 61

Grammar:

Comparatives

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/degree-modifiers-comparatives-superlatives-2/

Position of adverbials

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv202.shtml

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-adverbs

Vocabulary: stealth, buzz, gush, hype, quirky, queer, odd, odd man out, bizarre, hop(scoth), jagged, chicken wire, hedge, leash, lead, restraint, restraining order, domestic violence, pet rock, plain Jane, stunt

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

For slang go to:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Also:

Oxford Online Collocations Dictionary

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31 ex. 3; pg. 32

Extras if you have time: