Sunday, 8 March 2015
Find your way in London
For everyone who has signed for the trip to London, find an extra challenge to complete once you are there.
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Describing graphs
Now, give your opinion on why most of the students have passed the subject throughout the years.
Try to explain what you can see in the figure above.
Friday, 6 March 2015
Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
MR. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. I incline to Cains heresy, he used to say quaintly: I let my brother go to the devil in his own way. In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best, and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good-nature. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyers way. His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no doubt the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each other, or what subject they could find in common. It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
Challenge #3: Try to re-write the text using the "plain English" you know. Make a little vocabulary with the words you do not know and we will try to discuss them in our next session.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Describing places
- Imagine you want to invite an English friend to visit your city. Take a look to the mindmap to organize your ideas and then write an e-mail inviting him/her to come to your hometown.
- Once you have written your e-mail, read it to your partner and ask him/her if he/she would like to go to your city. If so, discuss together when he/she woulg go to visit you.
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
The Lord of The Rings
Have you heard of this great trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien?
These are some quotes from it. Keep an eye on this post for new updates!
Monday, 2 March 2015
Timeline
Hey there students! Here is a timeline of the list of books Charlie reads throughout the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
- Have you ever heard about these books?
- Have you read any of them?
- Invent a timeline with the books you are going to read in the following year. Include at least six titles from Charlie's list.
Challenge #4: Try to read one of the books you have chosen before the end of the term.
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Take a look at it!
Some Notes on Jack Kerouac on PhotoPeach
- Now, make an oral presentation in groups of four on one of his books of no more than ten minutes.
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