Programa de Extensión - Level 9

Session 16 - November  30th 





























Retrieved from  https://ieltsliz.com/sample-answers-for-speaking-topic-charities/  just for educational purposes only

 Why do people give money to charities?
Which charities are the most popular in your country?
Do you have a favorite charity?
Are you satisfied with the work charities do?
Do you think the government should do more to help charities?
How often do you give money to charities?
Have you ever received charity from others?
Would you like to work for a charity?
Do you worry about where the money you donate to the charity goes?
Do you think that one day there will be no need for charities?
Do you agree with the expression “charity begins at home”?
How much suffering would disappear if more people donated money to charity?
Do you think charities should only help people and not animals, buildings, etc.?
What do you think of people who stand outside stores or railway stations holding charity donation boxes?
What is the largest amount of money you have donated?
Do you think we should all donate some of our salary to charity?
What was the last cause you donated money to?
Do you ever buy used goods from charity shops?
What do you think of Bill Gates’ charity?
Do you think the people you know are very charitable?
Do you think it is immoral for people to spend lots of money on themselves when people are starving and dying?
Do you take part in fundraising events for charity?

Wish / If only

Use:
Wish and If only can be used:
a) To wish for an ability now or in the future.
I wish I could play the guitar!       
If only I could dance like that!    

I wish I could go to your wedding next week, but I can’t.
If only I could see my grandmother more often, but I can’t.
b) To wish that something could be true at the moment.
I wish I had long hair!       If only I were taller!
c) To wish that something was happening at the moment.
I wish I was lying on the beach right now!            If only I was lying on the beach right now!
d) To wish that something kept happening again and again, or to wish it could stop happening.
I wish you wouldn’t shout so loudly.        If only he wouldn’t shout so loudly.
e) To wish that something in the past had happened in a different way.
I wish I had studied for my exam!              If only I hadn’t argued with him!

Form:
  • To wish for an ability now or in the future.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + could + infinitive verb
  I wish that I could sing.
  If only I could come to Australia too!
  • To wish that something could be true at the moment.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + past simple
I wish I had a pony.
I wish I was rich.
When using the verb ‘be’, you can use ‘were’ for all persons.
I wish I were rich.             If only I were rich.
  • To wish that something was happening at the moment.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + past continuous
I wish that this traffic was moving.
If only this traffic was/were moving!
  • To wish that something kept happening again and again, or to wish it could stop happening.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + would + infinitive
I wish you would tidy up more often.
Often:   I wish (that) / If only + subject + would stop + verb-ing
I wish he would stop shouting.
I wish (that) / If only + subject + wouldn’t keep + verb-ing
I wish you wouldn’t keep hitting me.
  • To wish that something in the past had happened in a different way.
I wish (that) / If only + past perfect        
I wish I had studied for my exam!             
If only I hadn’t argued with him!

Quiz
https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/wish_if_only.htm

Grammar: So, such, too, enough

Too
Use:
Too means there is a lot of something. It shows a negative opinion.
It’s too hot = It is very hot and I don’t like it.
Form:
You can use too before an adjective.
It’s too cold. My trousers are too small.
You can also use it before an adverb,
You walk too fast. James speaks too quietly.
Before a noun, use too much (uncountable nouns) or many (countable nouns).
I ate too much food.
I ate too many sandwiches.
You can also use too much after a verb.
I ate too much.
Paul drinks too much.
Enough
Use:
Enough means you have what you need.
We have enough food for everyone = everyone has some food.
We don’t have enough chairs for everyone = some people don’t have chairs.
Form:
Write enough before a noun.
We have enough chairs.
But write it after an adjective or verb.
Are you warm enough?  He’s qualified enough. She isn’t tall enough to be a model.

You don’t work hard enough. Are you sleeping enough?
Sentences with enough are sometimes followed by to + verb infinitive.
I’m not tall enough to reach the book.
I haven’t got enough money to buy that coat.
So
Use:
So means very.
It’s so hot!

Form:
So is generally used before an adjective or an adverb.
He’s so funny! He plays the piano so well!
However, in modern English, it is increasingly being used before nouns and verbs.
That dress is so last year! (= That dress is last year’s fashion)
I’m so going to shout at him when I see him! (so = really)
So can be used with a that clause, to show a result of the first clause.
I was so hot that I couldn’t sleep.


Such
Use:
Such also means very. Such is used before an adjective and noun.
They are such nice children. 

Form:
A / an, if necessary, go after such, not before.
That’s a such pretty dress. => That’s such a pretty dress!
Like So, Such can be used with a that clause, to show a result of the first clause.
I was such a nice day that we decided to go to the park.

Common mistakes
1) Some students use too with a positive meaning. But use so or very here
It’s too hot! I love the summer! => It’s so hot! I love the summer!
2) Some students write enough in the wrong place.
Do we have sugar enough? => Do we have enough sugar?

3) Some students use so / such…that incorrectly.
It was so hot that the sun was shining.
This sentence is not correct because ‘the sun was shining’ is not a direct result of ‘It was so hot’. The hot day did not cause the sun to shine.
Session 15 - November  23rd 

Online session:  

 What are euthanasia and assisted suicide?

 Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide refer to deliberate action taken with the intention of ending a life, in order to relieve persistent suffering.

 In most countries, euthanasia is against the law and it may carry a jail sentence. In the United States, the law varies between states.

 Euthanasia has long been a controversial and emotive topic.

 What do you know about related-laws in Colombia?
Write about it in your personal link

 These are some important questions about it:
What is euthanasia?
Who would do the killing?
Why euthanasia has been rejected:
Can euthanasia be controlled?
What about my 'right to die'?
Why should I have to suffer?
Shouldn't I be allowed to 'die with dignity'?

But don't life support systems stop people dying a natural death?

 Prepare the answers about this activity:
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1402/140216-euthanasia.html


 SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS, CONDITIONS

 Can use conditional subordinate clauses with a range of conjunctions ('so long as', 'on
condition that', 'in the event that') with past, present or future reference.|
Corrected Learner Examples
As a matter of fact, education is free and as a result, they can attend whichever university they
desire so long as they have the proper qualifications, of course.
I was allowed to bring my friends home and go out with them on the condition that my parents

knew where I was and when I was going to return.


 Session 14 - November  16th 
Project presentations

Speaking activity:

Use your excerpts and write about your position beyond the topic.
Write it in your personal link


Session 13 - November  9th 
Fill in this file  name it with your full name and course (Ex: HelenaPerezGroup5E)and save it in the drive (Third moment of commitments.)


Phrasal Verbs
What is so special about phrasal verbs? Actually not much. Phrasal verbs are just like any other lexical items in English; that said, there are some good reasons why learners find them such a pain:

 They are verbs and as such, they are less concrete and ‘free-standing’ than most nouns (a hammer is a hammer, but what is ‘look up’?);
Many phrasal verbs tend to have more than one meaning (e.g. make up [an excuse] / make up [as in ‘kiss and make up’]);
The verb often has no direct connection with the meaning (e.g. ‘What have you been getting up to?’);
The fact that there are many, unrelated phrasal verbs with a similar form which means totally different things (e.g. make up/make up for/make for, etc.).

How to approach phrasal verbs: Here is the main idea: just because phrasal verbs can be difficult for our learners that does not mean that we have to come up with new ways of presenting or practicing these lexical items.

Phrasal Verbs

Grammar


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L​ist


Song
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRkIdcuXZQg
Speaking activity

How do you help out your friends and family?
What time do you usually get up? Do you wish you could get up earlier or later?
Have you ever been picked up by a crazy taxi driver?
Can you set up a computer?
Do you talk to your friends about doing bad things?
Is there anything you turned down but now regret it?
What is the best or worst thing your friends talked you into?
What do you leave out when you talk to your parents about your life?
How often do you borrow money? Do you always pay it back?
Have any of your friends borrowed money and not paid you back?
How often do you get together with your high school or elementary school friends?
Have you ever blown anything up? What was it and how did it happen?
Have you ever had to take care of someone or something (sibling, pet, babysitting, etc.)? Did you enjoy it?
What is your favorite place to eat out at?
Do you know anyone who dropped out of high school or university?
Is there anyone you don’t get along with? Who and why?
How do you pick out the clothes you are going to buy?  How about the clothes you are going to wear for the day?
Is there anything you need to cut down on?
What is something that you always put off until another day?
Have you ever run into a celebrity?
When do you usually wake up?  When would you prefer to wake up?
If you could do something over in your life, what would you do over?
What do you leave out when you talk to your parents about your life?
How often do you borrow money? Do you always pay it back?
Have any of your friends borrowed money and not paid you back?
How often do you get together with your high school or elementary school friends?
How do you help out your friends and family?
What time do you usually get up? Do you wish you could get up earlier or later?
Retrieved from https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/phrasal-verbs/  just for educational purposes only

Rules for punctuation
GR 20 Prime Time 4
Activity: WB3 - Prime Time 4

Interesting question:  Why Do We Capitalize The Pronoun “I”?

Let´s talk about funny things we did at school  (with our teachers, partners or family)
Let´s listen to this video first

ESL Video - Permission is permission
Session 12 - November  2nd 

Finish your project -  Send your files using the links we have already shared.

The topic: Plastic surgery
(1) What do you think of cosmetic surgery?
(2) Do you think there’s a difference between cosmetic and plastic surgery?
(3) Would you consider having cosmetic surgery?
(4) Do you think cosmetic surgery is more popular with women or men?
(5) What do you think are the dangers of cosmetic surgery?
(6) What parts of your face / body would you like to change?
(7) Would you like to be a cosmetic surgeon?
(8) Why is cosmetic surgery so popular in some countries but not at all in others?
(9) What do you think of people who have cosmetic surgery?
(10) Do you think there should be an age limit for people to have cosmetic surgery?
(11) Would you have cosmetic surgery if it was free?
(12) What would you think if one of your parents came home with a new face / body?
(13) Do you think cosmetic surgery should be banned for children?
(14) Who would you like to look like?
(15) Do you think people who have cosmetic surgery are always happy with the results?
(16) What advice would you give to a friend who wants cosmetic surgery?
(17) Does cosmetic surgery always make people look better?
(18) Is cosmetic surgery playing with the way God made us?
(19) Do you know anyone who has had cosmetic surgery?
(20) Do you think a cosmetic surgeon is happy in their job?

More bout the topic: 

Now, we are going to be presenters on BBC News.... let´s prepare.
More ideas: Getting a new face:

Grammar corner

Relative clauses

Meaning and use

Relative clauses are used to give additional information about a noun, such as a person, place or thing. Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. They include who for people, that and which for things, when for time, and whose to show possession.
 Relative clauses belong to one of two categories: defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses.
1. Defining relative clauses add essential information to a sentence.
The woman who found my wallet handed it in the reception.
The student whose dog has run away has gone to look for it.
I remember the day when we first met.
These are the earrings that my mother gave me.
These clauses give essential information about the subject of the sentence. They define the person, time or thing that we are talking about. If we remove the clause, the sentence does not make sense.
2. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information to a noun or noun phrase.
My friend’s birthday, which was last weekend, was great fun.
My current girlfriend, who I love very much, calls me every night.
This extra information is not essential. If we remove the clause, the sentence still makes sense.. This type of clause is more common in written English.

Form

Defining relative clauses are made with noun + relative pronoun + rest of clause.
A kangaroo is an animal that lives in Australia.
The man who came for lunch was my uncle.
Winter is a time when it sometimes snows.
Non-defining relative clauses are made in the same way. An important difference, however, between both types of clause is the use of punctuation. With non-defining relative clauses, we separate the clause with commas. We cannot use that in this type of clause.
My favorite food, which used to be Italian, is now Japanese.
Rachel, who we met yesterday, lives in this neighborhood.
My car, which I bought seven years ago, needs replacing.
This shirt, which I bought last weekend, cost £50.
My best friend, who I met at university, is coming for dinner.

Take note: replacing the relative pronoun

In informal communication, relative pronouns, such as who and when, are commonly replaced with that in defining relative clauses.
The woman that called last night was very polite.
Do you remember the time that you first met?

Take note: leaving out the relative pronoun

When using defining relative clauses in informal speech and writing, the relative pronoun can be left out completely if it refers to the object of the relative clause.
This is the shirt that I bought.
This is the shirt I bought.
 The girl who I like isn’t here yet.
The girl I like isn’t here yet.
 In non-defining relative clauses, the relative pronoun cannot be left out.

Take note: spoken English 

The relative pronoun who is used when referring to people. However, in formal written and spoken English, if the pronoun refers to the object of the clause, we use whom instead.
My German teacher, whom I really admired, retired last year.
The woman whom I called this morning was my secretary.


Session 11 - October 26th 

Midterm



Halloween Conversation!

What is the scariest thing you have ever seen?

 What is one of the best costumes you have ever seen?

 Share about one of your fears.

 Do you believe in spirits? Why or why not?

 What is your favorite monster (vampire, werewolf, Frankenstein) and why?

 Are you afraid of the dark?

 Do you believe in the Lochness monster?

 Do you know of any fun ghost stories? If so, tell one.

 Have you ever encountered a ghost or spirit? If so, tell us about it.

 If you know of one, explain about a Halloween-like custom from a culture other then the United States.

 Do you believe in witches? Why or why not?

 Make up a story on the fly (by yourself or with others around you) that is Halloween themed.

 Do you know how the Jack-O-Lantern got its name? If not, look it up and share.

 What do you think about haunted spaces? Are they really haunted, or not?

 In England, people lock up their cats on Halloween to protect them from elves. Do you know of any other Halloween customs from other cultures?

 What’s your favorite classic horror and/ or monster movie and why? (Nosferatu, Frankenstein’s Monster, Addams Family, Evil Dead, etc.)

 Look around. Which costume do you like most in the room right now? Why?

 If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?
If you could be any monster or villain, who would you be and why?


 Song:

 This is Halloween Video

This is Halloween Lyrics

Session 10 - October 19th 

Topic presentations (Students)

Speaking  Task:  Quiz (Abortion)

 Listening Test:  Brain - Cellphone

Create a new Brand:   Your company started an advertising campaign for the new brand.  Sell your product to your partners.  Be creative. - Do your presentations - (Groups of three)

Session 09 - October 12th 
https://esldiscussions.com/a/abortion.html 
(Speaking evaluation)
Prepare your test answering these questions in your personal link
If your ?year-old daughter became pregnant, what advice would you give her?
Why allow an unwanted baby to be born?
What would you want to tell the unborn child?
Does the mother have the right to control her own body?
Is abortion a social problem in your country?
Is abortion dangerous?
Do you sympathize with the pro-life argument?
Do you sympathize with the “right to choose” argument?
If a woman wants an abortion, what rights does the father have?
Is having an abortion a selfish choice?
Do you think abortions should be encouraged for girls?
When is the fertilized egg a human being?
What do you think of back-street abortionists?

International Test:  
Paste your results in your personal Link





Session 08 - October 5th 


Presentations about grammar (Students)


COLOMBIA

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE DEATH PENALTY:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

SITUATION:
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910. The last execution took place in 1909.
The 1886 Constitution does not provide for the death penalty neither does the revised Constitution introduced in 1991 that states at Art. 11: "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty."
Colombia is still dealing with the decades-long civil conflict that began in the 1960s with a left-wing insurgency against the state. It pits the state against two leading Marxist rebel groups - the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and National Liberation Army (ELN) – and the paramilitaries, mainly the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), formed in 1997 by drug-traffickers and landowners to combat rebel kidnappings and extortion, and now considered the most brutal of the factions involved in the conflict. Both paramilitaries and guerrillas are involved in drug-smuggling and Colombia is also the world’s kidnap capital. Elements in the army and police back the paramilitaries and the state armed forces have been accused of execution-style killings in their war on the guerrillas. The violence has claimed over 35,000 lives since 1995, and millions of Colombians have been forced to flee their homes.  President Alvaro Uribe, who came to power in May 2002, has cracked down on both rebels and paramilitaries and the drug trade, but with little success so far.
On December 19, 2016, Colombia co-sponsored and voted again in favor of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.

 English Discussion on Capital Punishment
  1. Do you agree with capital punishment?
  2. What is the history of capital punishment in Colombia?
  3. Is the death penalty a deterrent to violent crime?
  4. What different methods are there of applying the death penalty?
  5. What do you think of the argument “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”?
  6. Do you think victims’ families get a sense of closure knowing a killer has been executed?
  7. Should the death penalty be applied to mentally disabled people?
  8. What do you think the executioner feels?
  9. Do you think capital punishment is murder?
  10. Which is worse, life imprisonment or the death penalty?
  11. What do you think is the most humane way to put someone to death?
  12. Do you think the victim’s family should be able to choose the method of execution?
  13. If execution is unacceptable, what is the alternative?
  14. Should the general public be allowed to look at executions?
  15. In Britain, you can receive the death penalty for killing the Queen but not your neighbor. What do you think?
  16. Do you think the death penalty can be applied to thieves?

Question: A man lives on the 100th floor of an apartment building. On rainy days he rides the elevator all the way up. However, on sunny days, he goes halfway and takes the stairs the rest of the way. Why?  Answer:  The man is short and can only reach the button for the 50th floor on the elevator. On rainy days, he uses his umbrella handle.

Question: A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said, “I cannot operate because that is my son!” How was this possible?  Answer: The emergency room the surgeon was his mother.

Question: There are three important rooms in a house. The first one is filled with money. The second one is filled with important papers. The third one is filled with jewelry. One day all of these rooms burst into fire. Which room did the policemen put out the fire in first?  Answer:  None of them, because policemen do not put out fires; firemen do.

Question: A man has a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. He must cross a river but cannot carry all of them at once. If he leaves the fox with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken. However, if he leaves the chicken with the grain, the chicken will eat the grain. How can he get all three across safely?  Answer:   He can take the chicken over first. Then he can go back and bring the grain next carrying the chicken for this trip. He leaves the chicken and takes the fox to wait with the grain. Then he goes back to the other side and retrieves the chicken.
Question: What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper can be folded in half by hand?  Answer:  Only once, because after that you will be folding it into quarters, eighths, etc.


Question: Complete this series of numbers:
9 = 4,
21 = 9,
22 = 9,
24 = 10,
8 = 5,
7 = 5,
99 = 10,
100 = 7,
16 =?,
17 =?
Answer:  16 = 7 and 17 = 9 [(Each number equal the number of letters in their spelling, i.e. 16 (sixteen) is 7 and 17 (seventeen) is 9.]
Vocabulary activity

Unscramble these words: Motion - Review - Thriller - fiction - Character
Motion (it - to - on -not - too -moon - toon) - Review (we - eve - view - ever - were - viewer) Thriller (he - hi - it - het - hit - ill - rite - tire -liter) Fiction (if - it - on - in - to - of - no - not - icon -info - font - tonic - confit) Character (he - act- tea-are - art - cat - hare - hate - chart - earth - rachet - cratch...)

Mini-debate

Put your arguments on the table:
Yes or not... Capital Punishment
What would you think if you were in that situation?

Fill in this file name it with your full name and course (Ex: HelenaPerezGroup5E)and save it in the drive (Second moment of commitments.)


Session 07 - September 28th 

You tell me
Activity took from
 https://teflhandbook.com/efl-esl-lesson-plans/c1/  
For education purposes only


A speaking activity.

You have to speculate on your partner's thinking style, as well as your own.

Work in pairs and use the vocabulary from the board, select three adjectives that best describe how you think and three for your partner. You will be asked to explain each choice. When finished, share your picks (yours) with the whole group, before hearing what your partners have to say about you. After listening to your partner's thoughts, comment on them. 
Do they agree? 
Are they surprised by any of them?

Thinking Test

Let´s work in pairs to complete a couple of online tests that attempt to tell you what type of thinker you are. When you have finished, discuss your findings as a group.

1. Types of Thinking Test: Concrete, Analytical, Abstract, Logical, Imaginative, Creative

2. Which Of The 6 Types Of Thinkers Are You?

Group talk

In groups of two or three, discuss the following statements:

1. Are there differences in the way that women and men think? If so, what are these? If not, explain.

2. If scientists could put a chip in your head that would make you twice as intelligent, would you have the surgery done?

Check this video



Mini-debate

"Can we measure intelligence?"

You have 5 minutes to prepare your arguments.


Game

I will give you an abstract concept related to the mind. You must represent it on the board using only images and symbols. Your teammates earn a point when they guess it correctly.

1. Genius,    2. Memory,    3. The soul,    4. Talent,   5. Knowledge,   6. Consciousness
Grammar tips:  http://www.lawebdelingles.com/gramatica-nivel-b2-ingles/
Choose three aspects that maybe your partners need to clarify.
Prepare a 15min. grammar activity for them.





Reading comprehension
Session 06 - September 21st 


Activity: 
unscramble these dialogues

Love at First Sight

Maria talks about if it is possible to love someone with just one look!

Long Distance Love

Alex and Maria discuss if it is possible to maintain a loving relationship while living far apart.


Speaking activity

Copies about globalization


Session 05 - September 14th 


Class dismissed because the university was closed in order to prepare the classrooms for the admission exam


Session 04 - September 7th 

Speaking about poverty  (Use questions cards)
Which of the following factors do you think are most effective in the fight against poverty? 
Why/why not?

Debt relief
Development aid
Economic growth
Empowering women
Fairtrade
Good governance
Import substitution and export industries
Land redistribution
Microloans

Linking words

 Choose the linking words in this text
A canon with linking words

Good list... but be careful ... avoid clicking on adds

 List1 - to print

 List2 - to print

 Quiz 1

 Quiz 2
In a text


Game:  

 Wordshake






Session 03 

Challenge yourself with word games:

http://en.bab.la/games/hangman

 Project - First task
Project - First task


In groups of three, assign each person a role.

Person A: Candidate: a candidate is a person nominated for a public office (the president of a country, the city mayor or the class president).
Person B: Campaign manager: a campaign manager coordinates the campaign's operations. Apart from a candidate, they are often a campaign's most visible leader. 
Person C: Political Consultant: a political consultant advises campaigns on virtually all of their activities, from research to field strategy. Consultants conduct candidate research, voter research, and opposition research for their clients. 
Person D (The whole team) : Activist(s): activists are the "foot soldiers" loyal to the cause, the true believers who will carry the run by volunteer activists. Such volunteers and interns may take part in activities such as canvassing door-to-door and making phone calls on behalf of the campaign.

A.       Choose 3 to 4 major issues that you want to change as the director of your NGO.
B.       Discuss these issues with your organization campaign, think of possible solutions to these issues and prepare a speech to convince voters to elect you as a director.

Start writing a speech

These are tips to do it... explain them with your own words (word map)

Pick Your Main Ideas

Write Like You Talk

Use short sentences. 

Don't use big words that you wouldn't use when talking to someone.

You don't have to follow all the rules of written English grammar.

Always read your speech aloud while you're writing it.

Use Concrete Words and Examples

Get Your Facts Together

Persuade With a Classic Structure

Simplify


Speaking about gold
Activity retrieved from http://film-english.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gold-lesson-instructions-.pdf  for educational purposes only.

Read the following words and expressions:

• to have a heart of gold
• to be golden-hearted
• to be as good as gold
• to be worth its weight in gold
• to go for gold
• a golden rule
• a golden opportunity
• a golden girl
• a golden boy
• a golden handshake
• a gold digger
• fool’s gold
In pairs try and work out the meaning of each expression or idiom.

Choose 6 expressions or idioms you like, and write 6 true sentences that illustrate the meaning of them, such as: “My sister Sheila has a heart of gold - she’d do anything for anybody.” “Going to the conference in Uruguay to do a plenary session was a golden opportunity I couldn’t turn down.”

Try to come up with as many pieces of jewelry that are made of gold.
a gold ring, a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, a gold watch, a gold chain, a gold brooch, gold earrings, gold cuff links.

What symbolism gold has in our culture?:   Luxury, wealth, prestige, and glamour.

You are going to watch a short video titled “Gold costs more than money”.  
What do you think the video will be about.

As you watch you should answer the following questions:
• What’s the message of the video?
• Who made the video?
Show the film twice until 01:27 when you see the caption “Gold costs more than lives”.

Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNf7pQEX-r8

Captions to speak about
1.  “Thousands of people are enslaved and exploited in gold mining in conflict zones. International Labor Organization (ILO”
2. “Approximately 25 million people dig gold by hand, mostly in poor remote areas. International Labor Organization (ILO)”
3. “An estimated one million children work in mines throughout the world including gold mines. International Labor Organization (ILO)”
3. “The backstory to gold and electronics and jewelry can include:
• extreme environmental destruction
• mercury poisoning
• cyanide poisoning
• violence, sexual abuse, rape
• life-long injury
• fatal illness
• death by drowning
• death by suffocation
• exploitation of workers
• slavery”

Taken from http://film-english.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gold-lesson-instructions-.pdf

The NO project


 Session 02 

Test Your Awareness: Whodunnit?

Types of discrimination

In Victoria, it is against the law for someone to discriminate against you because of a characteristic that you have, or that someone assumes you have. These personal characteristics include:
It is also against the law to sexually harass or victimize someone, or to vilify someone because of their race or religion.
Where can discrimination occur?
Discrimination is against the law when it occurs in an area of public life such as clubs, schools, and shops, or in the workplace.

 Find out more about public places of discrimination.

Speaking activity

Passive voice

Quiz 1:  http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-passive-voice-exercise2.html#

Quiz 2:  http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-passive-voice-exercise3.html#



Reported speech
Reported speech1  -  Reported speech -  Reported speech3 - Reported speech4
Document about reported speech 


 Session 01 

Ice breaker:  improving your learning skills

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Interesting links

Read:  Instructions

Read:  Timeline for activities 

Read: English Program -Level 9

Word Game:  Mother - May - Many - Monkey...

A grammar corner

Quantifiers


Much, many, a lot of, lots of
In English Grammar Today

We use the quantifiers much, many, a lot of, lots of to talk about quantities, amounts, and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun).

Much, many with a noun
We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many with plural nouns:
[talking about money]
Hermen hasn’t got much change. He’s only got a ten euro note.
Are there any cats near you?

Questions and negatives
We usually use much and many with questions (?) and negatives (−):
Is there much unemployment in Colombia?
How many eggs are in this cake?
Do you think many people will come?
It was pouring with rain but there wasn’t much wind.
There aren’t many women in your career.

Affirmatives
In affirmative clauses we sometimes use much and many in more formal styles:
There is much concern about drug addiction in Medellin.
Lucas had heard many stories about Camila and he knew she was in trouble.

Much of, many of
When we use much or many before articles (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your) or pronouns (him, them), we need to use of:
How much of this book is fact and how much is fiction?
Claude, the seventeenth-century French painter, spent much of his life in Italy.
Unfortunately, not many of the photographers were there.
How many of them can dance, sing and act?
This much, that much
For educational purposes only

When you go shopping, what do you usually buy?
Talk about the quantity of each thing you buy.
Can you ever have too much money?
What is something you have too much of?
How much free time do you have?
How many planets do you think have life on them?
What is something that your government spends too much money on?
Do you know a few ways to save a lot of money?
How much money do you spend on clothes?
How many friends is too many?
How much time do you spend on a computer?
What is something that you can never have too much of?

The earth song - Michael Jackson

 Lyrics training

 Debate 
Biodiversity 
By Anup Shah

The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity is commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests, and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth. Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach. Almost all cultures have in some way or form recognized the importance that nature and its biological diversity have had upon them and the need to maintain it. Yet, power, greed, and politics have affected the precarious balance.

 1.  Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions.
2.  Nature and Animal Conservation.
3.  Climate Change Affects Biodiversity.
4.  Coral Reefs

 Useful vocabulary
Catalyst: something that precipitates a process or an event.
Community: an integrated group of species inhabiting a given area that influences one another's distribution, abundance, and evolution
Culture: (to culture) to cultivate the growth of microorganisms
Decompose: to separate or break apart into component parts
Ecosystem: the living members of a particular habitat interacting together along with the non-living physical environment such as soil, rocks, water, heat, and light
Evolve: to change physically or behaviorally through successive generations until a new species develops
Fossils: remnants or traces of organisms from a past geologic age
Metabolism: chemical reactions that occur within cells and organisms
Niche: the functional position of an organism in its environment
Organism: a living body made up of separate parts which work together to carry on the various processes of life
Photosynthesis: production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water by using light energy captured by chlorophyll and other pigments
Protozoans: free-living, single-celled microorganisms that are not plants or animals

Vocabulary quiz
Vocabulary – Flashcards

Homework


Read about our project.  Review steps and look for information about it.
Fill in this file name it with your full name and course (Ex: HelenaPerezGroup5E)and save it in the drive (First moment of commitments.)

Optional Activity
Click on this link, listen to the video and answer the questions: How to believe in yourself

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