Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2b:9] Summary October 22nd

Thanks, Beatriz!

And thanks for the phonetics of the new words. Always remember to learn with a short example too.

See you,

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Hello guys!

Yesterday, we continued +with/on -the Unit 1 +[of the] Student´s Book about Friendships. We did exercises 2a-b-c, 3 and 4 on page 10 and exercise 1a-b on page 11 to learn new vocabulary about relationships and the use of auxiliary verbs to express  for example surprise or emphasis. Some exercises are "listening" +exercises, and you can read these conversations on page 167.

[you should have all the audios  in the CD that comes with the book. That's actually the one I use in class]

In these exercises, new vocabulary has appeared:

- To manage /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ/ : to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult.

-To disclose /dɪˈskləʊz/ : to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden.

-To talk sb out of sth  /tɑːk/  : to persuade someone not to do something.

-To let down /let/ : to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do.

-To cheat on /tʃiːt/ : If you cheat on your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner, you secretly have a sexual relationship with someone else.

Besides, the teacher has reminded us +of the confusion -of +[over/with the] word "Sympathethic"

- Sympathetic  /ˌsɪm.pəˈθet.ɪk/ : describes someone who shows, especially by what they say, that they understand and care about someone's suffering.

Learning it is important and he recommends -us to memorize some examples. [Careful this verb is not used like in Spanish, the pattern changes:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/recommend?q=recommend]

Finally, we have to do +some homework, the exercises Practice1 on pages 131 and Practice2 on page 132.

 See you on Thursday!

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:7] Class summary for October 22nd

Not poor at all, Antonia! And the thanks for the extra links.

Careful with the spelling of "exercise".

See you,

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Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Subject: [eoi-english-2013-ni2a:7] Class summary for October 22nd
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Hi classmates

Let me explain what we did in class yesterday.

We listened +TO an audio tape (for three or four times, until we understood ) about Maz and +her friends and we did some exercices about it. Page 10 of the book.

We learnt about uses of auxiliary verbs.
Examples

- I need holidays. - I do need holidays.	-	- Necesito vacaciones. - Realmente necesito vacaciones.
- I like spicy food. - I do like spicy food.	-	- Me gusta la comida picante. - Me gusta mucho la comida picante.

¡CUIDADO! Cuando enfatizamos en pasado, "do" pasa a ser "did" y el verbo principal se pone en presente:

- I walked the dog this morning. - I did walk the dog this morning.

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- Saqué al perro esta mañana. - Claro que saqué al perro esta mañana.

For questions -tagd +tags I suggest you visit the web shttp://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/questions/questions-tags.php

We did more exercices.(Language focus 2,1 and 2 of page 10)

We did +the practice of page 11 exercice 1a, 1b and 2.

Some vocabulary about relationships

Homework: practice 1 exercices 1 and 2  of page 131-132 and practice 2 exercices 1 to 3 on page 132 too.

I hope I've helped you with my poor summary.

See you tomorrow,

bye

Antonia Martin

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Fwd: [eoi-english-2013-ni2c:2] Class summary for October 21st

Thanks, Olga! Very nice.

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Hello, guys!

I'm Olga. Mr. Moises asked me to write a summary for last monday (and later, also you will make it!). Here you are.

1. We started the class by correcting the exercises on pages 131 and 132.

2. After that, we read the text on pages 8 and 9, and we worked on it:

          -we made exercices 1 to 4 on page 8;

          -we saw some words based on relationships, such as:

          sibling: hermano, -a;

          only child: hijo único;

          rivalry: rivalidad; [careful with pronunciation]

          close: cercano, íntimo;

          boast = brag: presumir, alardear, jactarse: She boasted that she had an Oscar;

          

          -some expressions:

          to resemble = to look alike: parecerse; look like: parecerse a... We look alike (Nos parecemos), I look like my sister

           (Me parezco a mi hermana);

          to take after sombody: "tener" (parecerse) algo de alguien: I take after my father;

          to be close to: estar muy cerca de...: I'm close to my sister;

          on your side: de tu lado: Your mather is on your side;
[also, to side with = to take sides  = ponerse de parte de ...]

          to feel lonely or to be alone: I'm feel lonely, even if I'm not alone;

          -some particular family of words:

          an heir /er/: heredero; an heiress /'eress/; heredera; to inherit: heredar; inheritance: herencia;

          jealous (adj.): celoso; jealousy (n.): celos, envidia;

          loathe (v) /loud/: detestar; loath (adj) /lou0/: detestado, aborrecido;

3. Also, the teacher wanted to remind us the four words starting by +[a mute] h--[ not pronounced]:

          

          heir, hour, honest, honour [Ta!]

And I think -[it is] +that's all!

See you!

Olga

          

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Tense review

Hi guys,

I link below some exercises for further work on tense usage. It seems simple enough, but often times it's not. Browse the exercises and work on them as needed. Answer key is enclosed.

Past tenses review
Simple past vs. present perfect

Enjoy!

Groundhog Day

GROUNDHOG DAY

Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. But the most popular place where they celebrate this day is [in] Punxsutawney, Pensilvania, because [in] this town started to celebrate this holiday in 1887.

In the past, the groundhog was a method of weather prediction that the farmers used. When it´s cloudy, the groundhog goes out of the burrow and if it doesn´t see its shadow, it means the winter will finish soon. But if it´s sunny, the groundhog sees its shadow and comes back to the burrow. It means the winter will continue for six more weeks.

Now, they repeat this ritual and prepare a lot of social events. They make [speech] speeches and show the famous groundhog that it is venerated as a God. Then they eat and drink and there are some entertainments such as sketches, [piece of] theatre and others.

Finally, I want to [remember] remind you there is a famous film called Groundhog Day that [show] shows this celebration very well. But the title of this film was translated into Spanish as Atrapado en el tiempo.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

Beatriz Caballero Román

beatriz.caballero.roman@hotmail.com

Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality in the United States of America. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January celebrating the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.
It is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought. A time to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples. A time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.

 

Boxing Day - Dec 26th

History and news

...eager to grab some bargains

...queued overnight to have prime position

The stores reported brisk business

... their tills would take 1.6 million euros during their busiest hour

The shops themselves are hoping for some relief from the crisis too

...a relatively tough Christmas for retailers up and down the country

Was there anything making it difficult to go to the sales?

How was this difficulty overcome?

What's the opposite of retailer?

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