Friday 25 November 2011

Wednesday & Thursday Lesson Notes GP EC & SP


Wednesday 23rd November 2011, 11:30am
GPI GROUP 11 MODULE B2+1
Lesson 7
CLASS
Overview of modal auxiliary verbs.
p.21, p. 137
HOMEWORK
Find an article from a newspaper, magazine or the internet, print it off and highlight all the modal auxiliaries. What are their meanings?
Check My Language Lab for work assigned.
Read the notes on modals on the link above and on My Language Lab
Wednesday 23rd November 2011, 3pm
ECII GROUP 10 MODULE B2.1
Lesson 9
CLASS
Sport: Vocabulary, Reading & Idioms p. 26 - 27, 139
Listening & Quantifiers p.28 - 29, 138 - 139
HOMEWORK
Do some research on the internet and prepare a short (3 - 4 minute) presentation on a sportsperson. Use the article on p. 27 to help you with structure and what things to include. The person could be famous or inspiring or someone, like New Zealand runner Sylvia Potts, who overcame disappointment and defeat and dedicated their lives to the sport they loved. 


For a brief biography of Sylvia Potts see: School of Physical Education  
Thursday 24th November 2011, 11:30am
GPII GROUP 8 MODULE B2.3
Lesson 9
CLASS
Presentations
  1. In the future no one will read newspapers. 
  2. The internet is destroying the music business.
  3. Italy can not survive without Europe.
If you missed today’s lesson please be prepared to give a presentation on one of the above topics in the final lesson on 15th December.
HOME
  1. Write a paragraph in your self study blog/notebook about today’s presentation. Did it go well? Why/Why not? Were you surprised by the timing? What do you need to work when you give a presentation in the future? 
  2. Next week is the progress test so you need to do some revision on all the grammar and vocabulary we have covered in units 5a, 5b, 5c and 6a. There will also be reading and listening questions and you will have to write 2 paragraphs about the legal principles we talked about in class this term. 
Remember that all the preparation you do for the progress test also counts towards your self study grade. 
Thursday 24th November 2011, 2:30pm
SPIII GROUP 7 MODULE C1.1
Lesson 9
CLASS
Presentations
Speaking Assessment
If you missed today’s lesson please be prepared to give a presentation in the final lesson on 15th December.
HOME
  1. Write a paragraph in your self study blog/notebook about today’s presentation. Did it go well? Why/Why not? Were you surprised by the timing? What do you need to work when you give a presentation in the future? 
  2. Next week is the progress test so you need to do some revision on all the grammar and vocabulary we have covered e.g. tenses and conditionals. there will also be an error correction exercise as well as two CAE type tasks - an Open Cloze and a Key Word Transformation task. For extra practice go to CAE Practice Tests for examples (http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/pt1index.htm ). There will also be a question on describing graphs similar to the IELTS task we completed in class. 
Remember that all the preparation you do for the progress test also counts towards your self study grade. 

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