Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Modals

Modals

Must = have to
Mustn’t and don’t have to are different
Obligation: need to, have to, must
Lack of obligation: don’t have to, needn’t
Prohibition: mustn’t
Advice: should(n’t) ought to (not), are not supposed to, (relating to a rule)
Must and should: indicate a greater sense of speaker involvement.
Have to and ought to (not so much involvement)
Needn’t to: speaker is giving authority
You don’t need to: speaker is merely stating a fact.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Level 4 November 3rd

Famous couples in history

Mortgage

Batter = maltratar

Homework: Due Monday Nove 7th
Ex: pp. 88 – 90
Check grammar: pp 108 - 109

Love, dating, marriage

·  At what age do most people in your country get married?
·  At what age do you want to get married?
  • At what age did you get married?
·  Describe a perfect date.
·  Describe the appearance of the person you would like to date?
·  Describe the character of the person you would like to date?
·  Do women usually work after getting married in your country?
·  Do you "go Dutch" when dating?
·  Do you know what it means to 'go Dutch'?
·  Is it usual for people in your country to 'go Dutch' if you go out together?
·  Do older girls/boys have a problem dating younger girls/boys?
  • Do younger girls/boys have a problem dating older girls/boys?
·  Do you believe in love at first sight?
  • Do you think some people know that they will fall in love with someone the first time they meet?
·  Do you know what a 'blind date' is?
·  Have you ever been on a blind date?
·  Did you ever arrange a blind date?
·  Do you drive or take the train when dating?

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Halloween

Vocabulary related to Halloween

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Bilingual dictionary

University of Granada English/Spanish dictionary

http://eubd1.ugr.es/xtf/search?lng=sp&sort=title&keyword=aperitivo

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE

BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE
NAME:

TITLE:
AUTHOR:

SUMMARY OF THE BOOK:






DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTER: WHAT DOES S/ HE LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS S/ HE LIKE?






WHERE DOES THE STORY TAKE PLACE? SETTING, PERIOD OF TIME, ETC.






WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THE BOOK? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT TO OTHER STUDENTS? WHY OR WHY NOT?








VOCABULARY:









ANY OTHER INFORMATION:

recommended books

Level 4 Clara Lara

Books

• H.G. Wells. The Invisible Man. Longman simplified edition.
• Phillip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Oxford Bookworms.
• L.P. Hartley. The Go-Between. Penguin Readers.
• Ed MacBain. King’s Ran$om. Oxford Bookworms.
• R. Macandrew. The university murders. Cambridge University Press.
• Sue Leather. The Amsterdam Connection. Cambridge University Press.
• M. Walsh. As Time Goes By. Penguin Readers.
• John grisham. The Client. Penguin Readers.
• Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin Readers.
• T. Hardy. Far from the madding crowd. Penguin Readers.
• John Briley. Cry Freedom. Oxford Bookworms.
• Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights. Longman simplified edition.

October 13th

October 13th

Getting ahead
Making progress
Being successful
Marks, grades, notes
Career, degree, studies, work

Gr 108
Practice 88

Conversation questions: Goals

• What is your biggest goal in life?
• How do you plan to achieve that goal?
• What are your "short term" goals?
• What are your "long term" goals?
• Should parents help their children set goals?
• What are your educational goals?
• What are your career goals?
• What are your financial goals?
• Why are goals important?
• Is having a goal in life effective in becoming successful?
• Is having a goal helpful in motivating a person?
• Do you think people have fewer goals as they get older?
• Do you have any goals that you feel are unrealistic?
• How do people's goals change from country to country?
• What are your goals in your current job?