Saturday 9th January 2015
Discussion
Mind over matter and coping with the January Blues
Reading
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jan/18/top-10-tips-for-beating-the-january-blues-nicola-morgan
See also http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/08/false-hope-syndrome-why-we-quit-new-years-resolutions-this-weekend
Vocabulary
to attain = achieve, reach, accomplish
to drag (someone/something) down = depress
to throw ideas around = brainstorm/discuss
to go through something (usually bad) = experience/endure
Language Work (adapted from Gold pp. 130 -131)
- Open Cloze
- Word Transformation
- Sentence Transformation
- Expressions and multi-word verbs with come
come up with, come across/over as, come around/round to (an idea, proposal), come down with (an illness), come out in (a rash, spots, hives), come down to, come in for (criticism), come up against, come up for, come out with, come of age, come to life, come to terms, come clean, come to hand, come to rest/to a stop, come to nothing/naught.
Grammar Check
as or like? http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/like-versus-as?page=all
number or amount?http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/amount-versus-number
Homework
Choose 8 of the above expressions with come that were new for you and do some vocabulary work on them - i.e. find a synonym and write an example sentence so use can remember their meaning and use.
Extras
Reading http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/29/legal-highlights-the-law-stories-you-may-have-missed-in-2015
Video
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler spoof the pious behind the scenes documentaries that accompanied the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens while promoting their new film Sisters. They also demonstrate how to use an English accent to disguise the fact that you are drunk.
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