Friday, 25 June 2021

Mindset 1

Resources:

  • LEVEL TEST. In order to find out your current level of English click here, go to Englishjet and take level tests B2 and C1. Once finished, write down your scores and report it to your teacher.
  •  Go to your end-of-book Irregular verbs appendix. Divide it into blocks of 10. Study 1 block a day (3 forms, spelling, translation and pronunciation). We'll set an exam date. This exam has to be perfect.
  • CONNECTORS DIAGRAM AND PPT. Here you have all connectors, nevertheless, we'll work on them step by step.  
  • List of most frequent mistakes.

UNIT 1. Great expectations.

LISTENING. Hope for the homeless.

READING

GRAMMAR. Tenses review. 

PrPerfS/Cont  

Present Perfect/Simple Past 

Time connections in the Past

Future tenses 

VOCABULARY. Education.

WRITING. Informal email. Adverbs.

SPEAKING

UNIT 2. Into the future.

LISTENING. JohnSilver Demos Adjustable Liquid-Filled Eyeglasses.

READING

GRAMMAR. FPerfS/FCont Future tenses

VOCABULARY. Technology.

WRITING. Opinion essay. Connectors of cause and result.

21 March is the World Down Syndrome Day.
Write an opinion essay using also expressions from the prezi on the debate.
Watch this video and read this news item/watch the video included to ellaborate your opinion essay.
You can find further information on this link. I suggest you go through all this information to fully ellaborate your opinion on the subject.

 

 SPEAKING

UNIT 3. Making choices.

LISTENING. Addicted to Money.

READING

GRAMMAR. Relatives.

VOCABULARY. Consumerism.

WRITING. For and against essay (discussion). Connectors of addition and contrast. 

You can also use expressions for the debate from unit 2.

Write a composition on buying local versus buying internationally. You can read this article for inspiration and vocabulary.

SPEAKING

UNIT 4. Time out.

LISTENING. How to Make Money In theMusic Business.

READING

GRAMMAR. Modals Simple and Perfect.

VOCABULARY. Entertainment.

WRITING. Film review. References (cohesion).

SPEAKING

UNIT 5. Take a stand!

LISTENING. India faces ever-growing e-waste challenge.

READING

GRAMMAR. Conditionals. Time clauses.

VOCABULARY. Social issues.

WRITING. Formal letter or email. Complaint. Connectors of purpose.

SPEAKING. Debate. To prepare the Debate, watch this Prezi carefully and take an UNCOMMON expression from each section. Select 10 expressions and get ready to use them. Topic from Unit 2 (World Down Syndrome day).

You can also use expressions for the debate from unit 2.

UNIT 6. Extreme nature.

LISTENING. Man vs. Wild – Snake Bit.

READING

GRAMMAR. Passive voice.

VOCABULARY. The natural world.

WRITING. Description of a place. Order of adjectives.

SPEAKING

UNIT 7. Risk-takers.

LISTENING. Live and learn. Limits.

READING

GRAMMAR. Reported speech.

VOCABULARY. Dangerous situations. Time and sequence connectors.

WRITING. Narrative, a story.

SPEAKING

UNIT 8. Mind games.

LISTENING. The Vanishing Hitchhiker.

READING

GRAMMAR. Infinitive/Gerund use. Take notes on this ppt and do the exercises suggested on the link. There're three sections, with three tutorials. Do some practice on each section.

VOCABULARY. Tricks and illusions

WRITING. Report an event.

SPEAKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

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