Reading Comprehension, ‘Were we happier then?’
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/sites/default/files/cel/were%20we%20happier%20then%20text.pdf
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/sites/default/files/cel/were%20we%20happier%20then%20synonyms.pdf
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/sites/default/files/cel/were%20we%20happier%20then%20questions.pdf
Answers: https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/sites/default/files/cel/Were%20we%20happier%20then%20answers%201.pdf
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/sites/default/files/cel/Were%20we%20happier%20then%20answers%202.pdf
Writing if not done yet Write a letter of advice to a friend in Dublin, James O’Leary, who has done an elementary Italian course and wants to improve his language skills. He has asked you for some tips and advice.
You can use expression to give advice
like: ‘Why don’t you…?’, ‘If I were you, I……’, ‘What about….’, ‘I think you should….’,
‘It might be a good idea to….’, Another useful thing to do would be to….’, ‘I
wouldn’t worry too much about……’ and ‘You could also……’.
Think about the layout,
structure and normative language for this type of informal letter. Work with
your group. You will probably need 2 meetings on a social media platform like
Zoom. Make sure you talk in English all the time.
Someone in the meeting should act as secretary and type the first draft on
their pc as the others produce ideas and sentences. They should send the draft
to everyone. At the second meeting, you should add to it, check it and correct
it. The secretary sends it to me on behalf of the group. Everyone keeps a copy.
No individual letters, please. Take your time. No hurry. Do the exercise
properly.
Student's Book
Page 51, Exercise 3, Pronunciation
and Speaking, sections
A-D using your online listening materials and section E, if not done, with a
classmate or classmates on WhatsApp or another social media platform.
Page 54-55, Practical English,
sections 1-3, using
your online listening materials and working with a classmate or classmates on
WhatsApp or another social media platform.
Writing- Telling a Story (a
narrative), page 118. Think about the structure, verb tenses and normative
language (expressions of time and sequence) for writing a narrative. Work with
your group (or better, a new group!). You will probably need 2 (or 3?) meetings
on a social media platform like Zoom. Make sure you
talk in English all the time. Someone in the meeting should act as
secretary and type the first draft on their pc as the others produce ideas and
sentences. They should send the draft to everyone so you all have the chance to
correct it and think of changes. At the second meeting, you should work
together to enrich the text and to eliminate the errors. The secretary sends it
to me on behalf of the group. Everyone keeps a copy. No individual stories,
please. Take your time. No hurry. Do the exercise properly.
Writing – Describing a friend, using the vocabulary on pages 153 and
158, write a description of one of your best friends (include their physical
appearance and personality) and their relationship with you (you can use the
questions on page 53, exercise 4, section C and the vocabulary in the other
sections to get you started). Work with your group (or better,
a new group!). You will probably need 2 (or 3?) meetings on a social media
platform like Zoom. Make sure you talk in English all the
time. Someone in the meeting should act as secretary. First exchange descriptions
and decide which one you want to work on as a group. Then try to correct and
improve it. You can add to it. It no longer belongs to the parson who wrote it,
so you can add what you want. The secretary should type out the agreed draft
and circulate it. Then have another meeting later to finalize it. No hurry. Do
the exercise properly. Then the secretary sends the final copy to me.
Extra Grammar Practice
page 140, Unit 5A Narrative tenses, Past Simple, Past
Continuous, Past perfect
https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/narrative-tenses/
https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/narrative-tenses/2/
https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/narrative-tenses/3/
https://elt.oup.com/student/result/engupp/a_grammar/unit02/2c?cc=it&selLanguage=it
https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_01.htm
https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_02.htm
https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_04.htm
https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_05.htm
page 141, Unit 5B past and present habits
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/used-to-exercise-1.html
https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-17482.php
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-used-to.html All the pages!
https://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/used-to-be-used-to-get-used-to
and for general revision:
https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/tenses_index.htm
Raymond Murphy, English
Grammar in Use with answers (Intermediate),
Cambridge University Press - any edition – Do and check units 71-75
Set book, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee – download the edition from the link my blog and read, pages 76-80, taking notes on the vocabulary
Workbook, revise pages 172-207, check with answers. Use your online Workbook for Listening sections.
Google Classroom – Go to Lavori di Corso, go to bottom of page and click on ‘Mostra altro’ 3 times until your get back to the first page. Then start doing the exercises at the bottom, ‘Practice Exercises’, ‘Grammar Review’, Where are they now?’, ‘Callas’, ‘Marrakech’, ‘I want to be alone’, ‘Shark Attack’, ‘Save Karyn’, ‘It’s always summer’, ‘School in Korea’, ‘Dave Carter’, ‘Nightmare Jobs’, ‘Three Generations’, ‘Blind Date’, ‘Childhood Vacations’, ‘Sleep’, and ‘Christopher Reeve’.
Then anything that you haven’t done yet. Where possible, always use a dictionary, the online listening/ video materials, answers and tapescripts and work with a classmate, talking in English on your phone on WhatsApp or on any other social media videoconferencing platform that you have access to.
See
you on Thursday. Buona festa!
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