Class materials

Lesson 1- Introductions

Asking questions-Web of me
Warm up- Fun Questions
Grammar correction
Game - Grammar game
Review Game- game 1, game 2

• Why do you want to learn English?
• When did you last learn English?
• When did you last speak English?
• Where was the last place you visited where people spoke English?
• What are your goals?
• How often did you have English lessons at school?
• What would you like to focus on during these lessons?

Speaking:  Cultural differences

Listening: Listen to the start of this audio UK Culture: Manners

What do older people say about the younger generation?
What do the media focus on regarding young people?
What kinds of people does Mark interview on the street?
Why does he interview so many different people?
Explain in your own words what each person says

Do you agree with the last woman who says that manners are culture-specific? Can you think of any examples?

Video: cultural faux pas

cultural differences

national stereotypes

Verbs as adjectives

Adjective order

adjective order explanation
adjective order exercise


Class 3

Reading:  Bonuses for Botox 

listening cosmetic surgery

Speaking: 1. What are your feelings about a job that would force you to consider cosmetic surgery?

2. Should  older people step aside for the next generation to take control? Why/not?

Prepositions:

preposition exercises

adjectives and prepositions

Phrasal verbs

A Strange Noise in the Night ...

It was late (at / in) night when I heard the noise. I got (out of / outside) bed and decided to investigate. First, I went (into / in) the living room and kitchen. Everything seemed to be OK in those rooms. Then I heard the noise (again / over). It was coming from (out / outside), so I put (on / off) my jacket, opened the door and went (into / out of) the backyard. Unfortunately, I had forgotten to (pick up / in) a flashlight on my way (inside / out) the door. It was a dark night and there was a light rain falling. I couldn't see much, so I kept stepping (into / onto) things in the yard. The sound continued to repeat and was coming (over / from) the area (on / in) the other side (to / of) the house. I slowly walked (through / around) the house to see what was making the noise. There was a small table (in / on) the porch which was (next / near) to the wall. (On / To) top of this table was a bowl with some rocks (into / inside). A small mouse was trying to get (out / above) and was moving the rocks (around / through) the bowl making the noise. It was very strange, but now I could go back (in / to) sleep!

Grammar: Prepositions at the end of a sentence  click here

beauty

29/4/2014

What games did you play as a child?

What was your favourite food when you were a child?

What were you like as a child?

To answer these questions we can also use the phrase 'used to'

Used to do

We can use used to to talk about things: 1. we did regularly in the past that we don't do now She used to smoke 20 a day but gave up cigarettes almost 10 years ago. He used to eat lots of meat but now he's a vegetarian so he doesn't eat chicken, lamb or beef any more. 2. that were true in the past but which aren't true now You and John just don't seem as close as you used to be. Have you two fallen out? There used to be loads of shops in our village but now there are only four.

Form:

The positive, negative and question forms of 'use to' stay the same no matter what pronouns you use: 

Positive:
This is made up of used to + base verb
Tim used to work in a newsagent's but now he works in a department store.
You used to like me. Why aren't we friends anymore?

Negative:
This is made up of Didn't use to + base verb 
There didn't use to be a cinema here.
She didn't use to like wine but now she drinks a glass of it every evening.

Question:
This is made up of Did + pronoun + use to + base verb
Did you use to play sport?
Did she use to be scared of spiders?

Note it's unusual to use this form when asking questions about the past. We're much more likely to ask:
Did you play sport when you were at school?
Are you scared of spiders?/Were you scared of spiders when you were young?

Used to refers to the past. We can't use 'used to' to talk about the present or future.

To talk about your daily habits you can't say 'Every day I use to go to work by bike' you need to use the present simple - 'I go to work by bike'

To talk about future habits you can't say 'When I live in New York next year, I'll use to take the subway everywhere', you need to use will + base verb - 'I'll take the subway'

Activity

Speaking: You are going to compile a mini questionnaire to find out how your classmates have changed over the years.

Write ten questions using the expression 'used to' 

Your questions could relate to : Organised  // mischievous  // messy  // naughty  // rebellious  // 

Interview three different people in the class.

Present your findings back to the class and present one of your classmates to everyone else.

Writing: Write a paragraph about what you were like as a child

Reading:

People used to believe that the world was flat.

What else did people use to believe?

Why have we stopped believing these ideas?

Suffering for science  click here

Science vocab  click here

Speaking:  click here

7/05/14

Reading: My Life Without Money

Put you money where your mouth is Listening

Language Fill in the blanks

Phrasal Verbs with Get: Click here

14/05/14

Exercise 2 - Free Practice

• If I had more money….
• If I had more time……
• If I were an alien……..
• If I were you…….
• If I lived in the country…….
• If you were me,………..?

Practice:  Write a paragrah beginning with 'If I lived with no money, I would......"

Elicit form of 2nd conditional
If + past simple, would + infinitive
Students complete the following questionnaire in pairs

____________________________________________
Questionnaire:

What would you do if you saw a rich man drop 100 euros on the street?

1) I would give the money to him
2) I would keep the money
3) I would give the money to a poor person

What would you do if your best friend’s boy/girlfriend was cheating on them?

1) I would tell them
2) I would say nothing
3) I would talk to the person who was doing the cheating

What would you choose if you were forced to choose between being deaf or blind?

1) Deaf
2) Blind
3) Both

What would you do if your mother got a tattoo on her arm and a piercing in her mouth?

1) I would think it was cool
2) I would think she was too old but I wouldn’t say anything
3) I would leave home and never speak to her again


What would you do if you could be sent to prison for speaking Catalan?

1) I would speak it anyway and go to prison
2) I would only speak it in secret
3) I would start speaking Spanish all the time

If you had to share a prison cell with one of the following people, who would you choose:

1) Sarcozy
2) Osama Bin Laden
3) Gerard depardieu

What would you do if your doctor told you that you only had one week to live?

1) I would hold up a bank and enjoy the money
2) I would get scared and stay in bed
3) I would spend my last week with my friends and family

What would you do if you saw your neighbour standing in the street naked?

1) I would call the police
2) I would go out and ask him if he was ok
3) I would laugh

PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE HALVES ON THE BOARD
Students have to write the other half of the sentence


If I was a member of the opposite sex………
If I won the lottery……………
If I had to choose between going to France or to China ……
If I was with a friend in a shop and she started stealing .........

I would sell my favourite possession if........
I would leave Barcelona if...........
I would be angry with my best friend if................
I would give money to a stranger if ...........

Exercise 1: Emergency Procedures

Directions: Underline all conditional structures with either 1 (first conditional) or 2 (second conditional)

If you take a look at the handout, you’ll find all the telephone numbers, addresses and other necessary information. If Tom were here, he'd help me with this presentation. Unfortunately, he couldn't make it today. OK, let's get started: Today’s subject is helping guests with emergency situations. We'd certainly have a worse reputation if we didn't handle these situations well. That's why we like to review these procedures every year.

If a guest looses his passport, call the consulate immediately. If the consulate isn’t nearby, you’ll have to help the guest get to the appropriate consulate. It would be great if we had some more consulates here. However, there are also a few in Boston. Next, if a guest has an accident which is not so serious, you’ll find the first-aid kit under the reception desk. If the accident is serious, call an ambulance.

Sometimes guests need to return home unexpectedly. If this happens, the guest might need your help making travel arrangements, re-scheduling appointments, etc. Do everything you can to make this situation as easy to cope with as possible. If there is a problem, the guest will expect us to be able to handle any situation. It’s our responsibility to make sure ahead of time that we can.

Exercise 2: Check Your Understanding

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct missing half of the sentence

you’ll have to help the guest get to the appropriate consulate
you’ll find all the telephone numbers, addresses and other necessary information
the guest will expect us to be able to handle any situation
if we didn't handle these situations well
If Tom were here
If this happens
If a guest looses his passport
call an ambulance

If you take a look at the handout, _____. _____, he'd help me with this presentation. Unfortunately, he couldn't make it today. OK, let's get started: Today’s subject is helping guests with emergency situations. We'd certainly have a worse reputation _____. That's why we like to review these procedures every year.

_____, call the consulate immediately. If the consulate isn’t nearby, _____. It would be great if we had some more consulates here. However, there are also a few in Boston. Next, if a guest has an accident which is not so serious, you’ll find the first-aid kit under the reception desk. If the accident is serious, _____.

Sometimes guests need to return home unexpectedly. ______, the guest might need your help making travel arrangements, re-scheduling appointments, etc. Do everything you can to make this situation as easy to cope with as possible. If there is a problem, _____. It’s our responsibility to make sure ahead of time that we can.

2nd conditional exercise

Lesson 4

Before viewing: Discuss
1) Do you believe in fate? Are things pre-determined to happen? Or is it all just coincidence?
2) Do you think that we have a specific day to die?
3) Have you ever seen/been in an accident. How could the accident have been prevented?

Clip from a movie 3rd conditional and luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZj1Yeb-tVg

"Had any of these things happened differently, the end of Daisy's afternoon would have been another one."
1. Daisy's shoelace broke.
2. The delivery truck moved moments earlier.
3. The girl broke up with her boyfriend.
4. The man forgot to set the alarm.
5. The woman didn't remember her coat.
6.  The taxi driver stopped for a cup of coffee.

Grammar  Past perfect

The past perfect refers to a particular point of time in the past.
Examples:

Alfred Hitchcock made many films.
(Past simple - he is dead and cannot make any more.)

Leonardo di Caprio has made many films.
(Present perfect - he is alive and will probably make more films.)

Marlon Brando had made many films by the time he was 40.
(Past perfect with a specific point of time as a reference)

Past and Past Perfect:

What’s the difference?

There are times when the use of past perfect is essential to avoid confusion of when something happened. Compare the following two sentences:

• A. The bomb exploded when the police arrived.
• B. The bomb had exploded when the police arrived.

To check students' understanding of the difference, give the following sentences and ask them which sentence it most logically follows: A or B.

• The police looked for evidence. (B)
• The police were too late. (B)
• Two police officers were hurt. (A)
• The police didn’t know there was a bomb there. (A)

You can do similar exercises with the following sentences, or invent your own.

• The plane took off when we arrived
• The place had taken off when we arrived.
• She walked out when I came into the room.
• She had walked out when I came into the room.

Regrets, I’ve had a few …

To practise the use of hypothetical past with the past perfect, a variety of exercises dealing with the function of expressing regret can be used.

Think of some regrets you’ve had in the past and prepare a list of sentences like the following:

• I wish I had learnt how to sing.
• I wish I had taken piano lessons.
• I wish I hadn’t started smoking.
• I wish I hadn’t spent so much money on CDs.

Write on the board the key words for each sentence. In this case, it would look like the following:

• learn how to sing.
• take piano lessons.
• start smoking.
• spend so much money on CDs.

Exercise 1

Exercise 2 - past simple/past perfect

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/adjectives-and-prepositions-exercise-1.html

26/05/14

Alternative Medicine  click here 

Reading pt 2 click here 

Reading pt 1 click here 

Listening: James Randi attempts homeopathic suicide. Watch the video. Take notes and then write up a summary afterwards of James Randi's main arguments and points. 

Speaking: Debate between an alternative medicine practitioner, a conventional doctor, a patient for whom homeopathy did not work, a patient for whom acupuncture did work 

Mishaps and accidents click here 

The United States still executes criminals for particularly serious crimes. It remains one of the few first-world nations to do so. For years and years, advocates have stated that the threat of death serves as an effective restraint and lowers the number of serious crimes committed. Opponents have argued the opposite, and believe that eye-for-an-eye justice doesn't work. They claim it's barbaric too. And what's more, opponents have feared that an innocent person may be put to death. They point to DNA evidence, which has freed more than 200 inmates previously on death row in the US, for example. Sloppy investigation is also a problem. Nevertheless, many states may soon get rid of the controversial death penalty because of the cost.

barbaric too. And what's more, opponents have feared that an innocent person may be put to death. They point to DNA evidence, which has freed more than 200 inmates previously on death row in the US, for example. Sloppy investigation is also a problem. Nevertheless, many states may soon get rid of the controversial death penalty because of the cost.

States have begun to examine all sorts of policies because they want to lower budgets and limit layoffs. Inmates sentenced to death row have and use the opportunity to appeal the decision. This bogs down courts and costs taxpayers money. It can take roughly ten to twenty years before the person is put to death. In some states, it takes a lot longer. That means it costs roughly $4 million per inmate, which is a frighteningly high cost in the current economic situation.

Life in prison without any chance for parole costs ten times less than an execution. That's a lot of money even in more prosperous economic times. But politicians are picking apart budgets and slashing costs to make ends meet. That means finance and not morals may have finally changed the attitude to the death penalty in the US.

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Preview some of the lesson material:

Warm Up: Do you agree or disagree? Why?

1. The death penalty reduces the number of serious crimes.
2. Executions should be shown on TV. This will reduce the number of serious crimes.
3. All criminals should be executed.
4. Only barbaric countries with poor laws have the death penalty.
5. The death penalty costs a lot of money.

Fragments: Remember how the fragments were used, and complete the sentence from today's article.

1. Opponents have argued the opposite, and believe that...
2. Nevertheless, many states may soon get rid of...
3. Inmates sentenced to death row have and...
4. That means it costs roughly $4 million per inmate, which is a...
5. That means finance and not morals may have...

post-Comprehension: Talk about the following questions in pairs/groups. Remember to support your answers!

1. Can you think of three reasons why supporters think the death penalty works?
2. What are your opinions on each of the reasons in the previous question? Please explain.
3. Can you think of three reasons why opponents think the death penalty doesn't work?
4. What are your opinions on each of the reasons in the previous question? Please explain.
5. Does your country have the death penalty? Why/not?

Google Search: Type "death penalty" into Google. Look at the websites, and/or read additional articles on this topic. Discuss or write an essay about your findings.

Listening: NPR Report