Re: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:88] Class summary for February 4st

Thanks, David, very thorough!

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM, David Vera  wrote:

Hi classmates!!

Last Tuesday we started the class by correcting the homework: practice on pages 140-141, and “Comunication activities” of Unit 4 on page 126. With these exercises we reviewed passive sentences, which were explained in the previous class. The teacher referred to the table on page 140 where it is explained the use and non-use of passive.

After that, we practiced word stress with a game. In pairs or threesomes, we had to group several words depending on the stressed syllable.

Then, we opened the book on pages 38 and 39 and we did exercises 1, 2 and 3. Working in pairs, we discussed about what we understood by the phrase "nature or nurture"; we read the article “What shapes our personality?; and we chose -that +which picture illustrated each paragraph (picture A-paragraphs 1; picture B-paragraphs 2; picture C-paragraphs 3: picture D-paragraphs 7). Afterwards, we did exercise 3 answering the questions according to the text we had read minutes before.

Later, Jose Luis told us that we had +[to be] careful with the pronunciation of the following words because these words have the same pronunciation:

                              /st/                                                                /st/

Passed  -   past                                            Missed   -   mist

Finally, we learnt some vocabulary and new expressions:

Ordeal: Odisea

Teller: Cajero (la persona que atiende en ventanilla, no la máquina)

Fortune-teller: Adivinador del futuro

Curse: Menstruación/Maldición

Course: Curso

Nature: Naturaleza

Nurture: Nutrir, acrecentar, alimentar

Personality traits: Rasgos de personalidad

Bile: Bilis

Blood: Sangre

Play truant: Hacer novillos

Black slates: Pizarras en blanco

Nature or nuture: Se nace o se hace

Let the bygones by bygones: Lo pasado, pasado está (“pelillos a la mar”)

In days gone by: En los días pasados

This is all for you. We don't have to do any homework.

See you in the afternoon!

David Vera

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