NA2 - Listening: The Media

Click on the following links for some listening practice:

- Social Media

- The History of Social Media

- Newscenter

- World News Stories

- Is TV a bad influence?

- The Age Newspaper

5ºA - Wednesday 29 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Monologues: Travelling - Hobbies

- Review: Social Issues

- Grammar: Should/shouldn't + present and perfect infinitives

- Listening: News stories

- Vocabulary: The Media

- Speaking: The Media

Book Recommendation - The Lost by Claire McGowan

Name of the book: The Lost
Author: Claire McGowan
Number of Pages: 384

If you like mysteries and detective stories, this novel could be the one for you. "The Lost" is about two girls who go missing in a town in Northern Ireland. Paula Maguire returns to her hometown after having been away for years. She is a forensic psychologist and joins a special police unit in charge of missing people. Paula also has her own ghosts to fight against... demons she thought she had left behind, but on her return she has to face up to them.
This book is the first in a series which I'm sure you will enjoy.

5ºC - Tuesday 28 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: Social Issues


- Review: Social Issues


- Listening: News stories

- Vocabulary: The Media

- Speaking: The Media

- Listening: Phone-in programme about the media

Language Snippets - Idiom: It's raining cats and dogs

5ºB - Tuesday 28 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Monologues: English learning


- Review: Social Issues

- Grammar: Should/shouldn't + present and perfect infinitives

- Reading: Mr Trebus

- Listening: News stories

- Vocabulary: The Media

- Speaking: The Media

- Listening: Phone-in programme about the media

Language Snippets - So and Such

NA2 - Listening: Social Issues

Click on the following links to do some extra listening practice:

- Managing Diversity

- Women in the Workplace

- Gender roles in Estonia

- Homelessness

- Homeless in NY

- Bullying

- Drug Addiction

- Alcoholics Anonymous

- What does immigration bring?            Script

- Seeking Asylum

5ºA - Monday 27 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Grammar. Should/shouldn't + present /perfect infinitive

- Speaking: Should + perfect infinitive


- Speaking: Social issues

- Vocabulary: Social issues

- Speaking: Social issues


Homework

Complete the activities on should/shouldn't on page 170

5ºC - Thursday 23 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Should / shouldn't (Activities)

- Reading: Mr Trebus


- Vocabulary: Social Issues

- Speaking: Social Issues

Language Snippets - Other, another

5ºB - Thursday 23 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Monologues: Immigration /// Books and reading

- Listening: Customer care

- Speaking: Social Issues

- Vocabulary: Social Issues

- Speaking: Social Issues

Homework:

- Complete the activities on should/shouldn't on page 170

- Read the text on page 27 and do the activies

NA2. Grammar: Should + present infinitive or perfect infinitive

Click on the following links to do some extra practice:


- Should have

- Should have 2

- should or should have

5ºA - Wednesday 22 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Monologue: Books and reading

- Listening: Review (Technology)

- Grammar: either/neither

- Writing: Letters of complaint. Click here to read the worksheet.

- Reading/Listening: Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella. Click here to read the fairy tale.





Homework:

Write a letter of complaint

Book Recommendation - The House of Memories by Monica McInerney

Name of the book: The House of Memories
Author: Monica McInerney
Number of Pages: 473

This books covers topics like grief, forgiveness, and tragedy. The central character is Ella, who flees to London after a tragic event, leaving behind her husband and her half-sister. In London she stays with her uncle Lucas, and the people who she gets to know during her stay teach her how to overcome grief and forgive herself and others.
This is a beautiful, emotional book which I am sure many of you will enjoy.

5ºC - Tuesday 12 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Review: Returning an item

- Thanksgiving: message


- Grammar: Should/shouldn't + present infinitive/perfect infinitive

- Speaking: Should

- Reading/listening: Revolting Rhymes--- Cinderella. Click here to read the fairy tale.




- Vocabulary: Social issues

- Speaking: Social issues


Homework:

- Complete the activities on should on page 170

- Read the text on page 29 and complete activities 3 and 4

Language Snippets - Either and Neither

Now click on the following links to do some practice:

- Either, neither and both

- Either, neither and both 2

- Either, neither and both 3

- Either... or /// Neither ... nor

5ºB - Tuesday 21 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Review: Returning an item

- Thanksgiving: message

- Writing: A letter of complaint. Click here to read the document.

- Grammar: should/shouldn't + present infinitive and perfect infinitive

- Listening + reading: Revolting rhymes--- Cinderella. Click here to read the fairy tale.

Language Snippets - Expressing Cause

5ºA - Monday 20 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Reading: Mr Trebus

- Thanksgiving: I am grateful for...

- Grammar/writing/speaking: Common problems

- Vocabulary/Speaking: Complaints. Click here to access the worksheet.

- Listening: Customer Care

Homework:

Read the worksheet on letters of complaint. Click here to see the worksheet

Book Recommendation - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

Name of the book: The Husband's Secret 
Author: Liane Moriarty
Number of Pages: 396

This is a book about a woman's dilemma. Cecilia discovers a letter written by her husband, which should be opened in the event of his death. Yet, Cecilia can't reading the letter, and she discovers her husband's deepest secret. This secret involves other people, so what should Cecilia do? Keep quiet and protect her husband and her family, or reveal what she knows to help someone who is suffering.

5ºC - Thursday 16 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Writing: Clarifications of grammar --- alternatives to a lot, owing to/due to, and despite/in spite of

- Review: things going wrong

- Vocabulary and speaking: Complaining and returning an item

- Writing: A letter of complaint

Homework:


Write a letter of complaint

NA2. Grammar: In spite of, despite, and although

Click here to practise the use of these words:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

- Activity 3

Language Snippets - Due to and Owing to

Now click on the following links for some practice:

Activity 1

5ºB - Thursday 16 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Writing: Clarifications. Alternatives to 'a lot', owing to/due to, and despite/in spite of

- Vocabulary: Things going wrong

- Speaking: Complaining and returning an item

- Listening: Review

Language Snippets - Prevent vs Avoid

Click here to do some practice.

5ºA - Wednesday 15 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Purpose


- Speaking: Crazy Inventions

- Vocabulary: Things that go wrong

Homework:

Complete activities 3 and 4 on page 28

Language Snippets - Really and Actually

5ºC - Tuesday 14 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Purpose

- Speaking: Crazy Inventions

- Vocabulary Things that go wrong

- Listening: Consumer rights

Book Recommendation - Kate Morton

Kate Morton is one of my favourite authors. Even though she is Australian, she normally writes about the recent history in Britain. Her books include some kind of mystery, combining present and past, and there is always a good twist at the end of each novel. All of her novels are captivating and wonderful. This is the novels she has written so far:

Name of the book: The Secret Keeper 
Author: Kate Morton
Number of Pages: 484


If I have to choose one of her books, then my choice is "The Secret Keeper". The beginning of the book is quite puzzling. In 1961 during a birthday party Laurel, who is sixteen, spots a stranger walking towards her house where her family are enjoying the afternoon in the garden. Before she knows what is happening, she witnesses a terrible crime. Then the book moves forward in time, and it is 2001. Laurel is still haunted by the crime she witnessed fifty years ago, so she returns to her family home and tries to makes sense of what she saw that day. The novel alternates between the present time and the past, especially events happening during the Second World War. It is a great read that you will remember forever.

5ºB - Tuesday 14 November 2017

Summary of the class:

- Monologues: Mass Tourism and Leisure activities

- Grammar: Purpose

- Speaking: Unconventional Inventions

- Vocabulary: Things that go wrong