Thursday, October 27, 2011

Halloween

Vocabulary related to Halloween

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Bilingual dictionary

University of Granada English/Spanish dictionary

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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?

October 25th

Vocabulary
Embarrased (t)
Men
Depends on
Different to, from
Advice (N/V) advise
Pressured (t) by
Sons, children, daughters
They are 3 children
Baxillerat high school/ secondary

Speaking

A good friend is someone who….

Grammar
Connectors: contrast, result, addition

Saturday, October 15, 2011