i) READ - Death on the Nile

ii) PODCAST - "Dead Man Running"

16/4/24:

i) READ - Death on the Nile

ii) Grammar: "articles"

iii) PODCAST - Commodore 64

8/4/24:

i) READ - Death on the Nile

ii) Grammar: "articles"

iii) PODCAST - Commodore 64

5/4/24:

i) READ - Death on the Nile

ii) Prepositions? more?

iii) PODCAST - tbc

19/3/24:

i) READ

ii) Prepositions - time, place. Exercises

iii) PODCAST: TBC

13/3/24:

i) VOCAB: Weather - WB, p. 20, Ex 1-2 

ii) READ: Death on the Nile

iii) PODCAST: "Dying of the Ice"

iv) GRAMMAR: Articles exercises

5/3/24:

i) VOCAB: Weather - WB, p. Ex 1-2 

ii) READ: Death on the Nile

iii) PODCAST: AI Doctor

iv) GRAMMAR: Articles

27/2/24:

i) READ: Hercule P

ii) Small talk

20/2/24:

i) PODCAST (4) - Swiftonomics

ii) WB, p. 18, ex 1-3 Future plans 

iii) READING: Hercule P.

13/2/24

i) Read: Death on the Nile 

ii) PODCAST (3): Man no fear

iii) Grammar Ref: Unit 3 

iv) Review vocab notes.

v) Other self study - note new vocab 

8/2/24:

i) BOOK: read

ii) Future plans - SB, p. 29, ex 7, Grammar Reference p. 168 Ex 1-2

iii) PODCAST: "The Man with no fear"

30/1/24:

i) Read: Continue "Death on the Nile"

ii) PODCAST - TBC

iii) Continue watching TV / Netflix & note vocab

23/1/24:

i) Read: Continue "Death on the Nile"

ii) VIDEO: Find a video to watch / talk about next class. 

iii) Article: TBC

16/1/24:

i) Read: Chp 1 "DotN" chp 1

ii) Watch 20 mins of "Father Cadfael"

9/1/24:

i) Check answers for Ex 9, p. 27 . Listen to audio track again and read transcript. 

ii) ARTICLE / PODCAST - TBC

iii) BOOK - "Death on the Nile"

19/12/23:

i) Watch 1 xmas movie (or something in English)

ii) Read the article - "Prehistoric world"

iii) WB, p. 16 - ex 1-2 "Vocab + Developing conversations"

12/12/23:

i) Find a video on negotiation / etiquette to watch

ii) ARTICLE - TBC

iii) SB / WB - TBC

iv) Links for Eng Exercises

5/12/23:

i) Mistress of Spices Chp 15.

ii) Podcast (1) : "Cold Therapy"

iii) WB, Ex 1-2, p. 22

iv) SB, p. 26, ex 3 , ex 6 (prepare presentation)

28/11/23:

i) Mistress of Spices Chp 15.

ii) Grammar ex. Test English

iii) Read article - “Lost City of Atlantic” 

iv) Daily Motion "Living in the City" Grand Designs

21/11/23:

i) Mistress of Spices 

ii) Grammar - tbc

iii) Article “Lost City of Atlantic” 

iv) Video - work related. Anna to find. 

To upend

Startling

To thrive

To probe

Resilient

A trading hub

A thriving node

Amenities

To meet its demise

ii) Podcast - "Cold Therapy"

The temperature drops in the room

Towards morning, the temp increases

To get out of bed

You can feel different depending on the ...

Makes you feel "like" going to sleep

I always wondered why ... air conditioner

I didn't expect that.. I would keep on doing it when it is winter

I kept telling myself ...

it is "luke warm" - a little bit warm

to adjust

to become adjusted to the cold / to be used to

Class notes:

Ballads

Stadium songs

abandonment (noun)

to abandon (verb)

an honest person

everyone (all people)

to put everything in order

her readiness / willingness

She was ready to be punished by ...

Something was going on that was bad...

She lost consciousness

She woke up

... on the back seat of Raven's car.

The EQ started at that moment

Even as an ordinary women, she could help.

She got a new name

Ballet

Swimming training

Maybe because i had been training very hard / intensely

I feel stiff , achy

Ballet clothes

Ballet clothing

A cloth is for cleaning

Every view is excellent

I live on hth 6th floor

At my height....

Vocab:

The cruelty of the British press

He talked about his body was

"A closing down sale"

to close down / The shop is closing down

to bring her beauty back for one night

to take over / to take her place as mother of mistresses

She might / could potentially die

a little bit / a touch cheesy

knowledge, research, advice - only single

to do make up

It is recommend for women to ...

There is more trust in the connection

ii) Go collocations - L3.6 to go all out

to go above and beyond

to go down badly / well

to go along with it / something

to go against the grain

to go out of your way to + infinitive 

to go back along way

to go to the trouble of + ING verb 

to go out on a limb

iii) SB (B1 Outcomes) - Unit 3, p . 25 -26 ; learn 10-20 related to "places of interest" ; practice using them to talk about interesting places you have visited 

You have to look the part

ii) SB- Unit 3 "Time off" . p . 25 -26 . ex 1-6 

Vocab

Class notes:

Ratio between

to slouch

**

I would like to demonstrate to you 

Which person you prefer to connect with

Two people want to contact with you / make contact with you

When we see a stranger 

Who looks like us 

It is "a trick of the brain"  

It (usually) takes 3 or 5 seconds until people make their choice  (how long does it take?")

It works every time 

These two photos are about 

They make a different impression 

Class notes:

to be on time

He was known for his long sentence

If they finish their work before planned, they could ...

The Titantic broke into 2 pieces

Life boats

The ropes of the boats

to launch a life boat

an original ticket for Titanic

floating in the water

She stayed "on board" (the Titanic)

I am interested in ...

A motion picture - a film

A movie

The movie will be in cinemas soon

Ex 10-11 “Speaking” Learn how to “give and respond to suggestions” 

"It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen or, really, like anything any scientist has ever seen."

In the profoundly remote Argentina desert, at over 12,000 feet high, and in a place where no roads go, scientists found an exotic world new to science.

Useful vocab:

Profoundly remote

To harbour (harbouring)

A mound

Primitive

Elusive

A lagoon

To traverse

Task:

Write 3 questions that you can ask someone about the article.

p. 27, Ex 8-9 "Listening - talking about Krakow

She was planning to visit Auswitz later in the week

Maybe she is a history fan

She asked a lot of Qs

She put a question to him / to put a question to someone

The tour goes / leaves / starts every 2 hours

The tour lasts (for) 90 minutes

I wonder if you can help me

I am thinking of going sightseeing today

You can / could / might like to try

It depends on what you like

I am going on a tour of "+ a specific place"

Class notes:

The hood (of the car)

the ignition (of the car)

car battery

to pay the fine

I wasn't able to call for a taxi

ii) "Death on the Nile"

Pre reading Chp 1.

Grammar focus:

Missing articles

Prepositions after verbs "caused by"

He proposed "to" him

They had a lot of questions "for" him

They paid them "to" destroy the bread

Class notes:

Gruesome

"he tried to keep it a secret"

"he was gaining weight"

"he decided to sell the recipe for the bread"

"No one knew how to stop it from going"

"In the 1930s"

"I was born on the 3rd of Dec"

"He died in nineteen-forty two (1942)"

"in the 19th century"

"They were prolific (writers)

"we have an image that the pyramids"

"descendents"

"From the 5th to 12th century"

Gengis Khan

Belgian / Belgium

The Middle East

12th

1100s

The eleven hundreds

To abdicate in favour of her son.

i) Be able to talk about holidays and what is important when making holiday plans 

ii) Be able to listen to 3 conversations about holiday plans and answers Qs about them. 

Unit 3, p. 28, Ex 1-5 

anti-war movement

Is Vietnam a safe country to travel in?

the entrance of the metro.... was open and closed

READING:  Be able to retell the story of Chapter 1 

Class notes:

i learned to distinguish between the sound of .

thousands of people

tens of thousands of people

we meet the "main" characters

The story "takes place" in Egypt

She is new to the city

Then "some man remarks"

"all the main characters"

"I couldn't remember what level i had"

"You have to live up to the honour / description

"To live up to something"

'I will have to live up to it"

to envy

to be envious of

He is from a good family

Class note:

I was on time everywhere

a good session in the pool

a letter from / by

to express our gratitude

everyone who to continues

A lot of people wrote to them

Good fellow travellers, but bad unuseful advisors

If i watch a movie or a film in English...

"60% was easy to understand"

"It used to annoy me"

"It would have annoyed if i could not understand"

"Locke & Key"

To come around to something

"He will come around"

"He will come around to it"

"He will come around to the idea that he has to live abroad"

"That’s as far as it goes"

"fair enough" - ok

"It's - no big deal" -

There are a lot of twists in the plot

ii) GRAMMAR: Be able to make “future plans” using difference constructions 

SB, Unit 3, p. 29, Ex 6-8 

iii) WB, p. 16 - done. Check.

Class notes:

He came up with an idea

To be there for someone

to be good at something

the best you can

ultimately

incredible

exodus

The costs ran away - increasing, out of control

obviously

Hard to spell

Easy for him

Sizeable - large

"We received a sizeable donation from Mr Chapman"

We would appreciate your quick response (noun)

We would appreciate if you would respond quickly (verb)

To adore

adorable

I haven't received a refusal yet

Late in the evening, they texted me for an interview

Yesterday i had the interview

I tried to not think about it

They will get back to me

I hope they will get back to me

to get back to someone

They didn't respond to me

The course is by selection / by application

The organisation is very competitive

Socrates

A socratic dialogue

proven experience / track record in business

anyone who has made an impact

Twice a year / every 6 months

people representative of different backgrounds

people who represent different parts of society , and who have had an impact

They are / were prejudiced against etiquette

Prejudice (noun) against

Due to it's specific shape as a building and location

A lighthouse

Leadership is shown in small ordinary actions

to be on time

we respect people's time / abuse someone's time

They do their morning exercise

i) GRAMMAR: Check Unit 3 Gram Ref. Future plans 

Be able to talk about future plans correctly using the different constructions 

Unit 3, Grammar Ref, ex 1-2 

ii) VOCAB:  Be able to talk about the weather forecast 

SB, p. 29, ex 9-10

iii) WRITING: 

Be able to write an email with advice 

WB, p. 17, ex 1-3 

Class notes:

It took her 3 days

It has been nominated for an Oscar

She decided to attempt "it" again

She failed

Each year she was getting older and older

My assumption that ...

After one = after 1pm (time)

It reminds "of" the advert for the Beckhams

This advert ...

All of these adverts

See TG notes

Class notes:

To be based somewhere (to live / work in a place)

To work "on" something

The HQ / headquarter - main office

Where is your office?

to attend / go to - conferences

I want to introduce you to...

To hail / to be hailed as 

To mimic 

To harness 

To occur 

At scale 

In real time 

Under control 

Grid-scale adoption 

Corrective action 

Without + ing verb 

A milestone towards + ING verb 

Capable of + ING verb 

By + ING verb… rather than + ING verb 

Prepositions

TOPICS:

Small talk phrases

STUDIED:

Articles

Conversation class - competitiveness, childhood, the Titanic

Class Notes:

Two "people" in the session

The trainer sees "this"

Me and "the" trainer

He likes "to" play

Is it possible "for" you to long for success still?

Instead of being competitive, they will be more co-operative.

"It is the results of research"

In "the" Soviet Union

To "do" an experiment

"In the" shortest / quickest possible time.

In the "Armed Forces"

I often saw such "situations"

They are commuting "to" work

I felt that something was wrong "with this type of behaviour"

The same "thing" on the road.

If you "get use to thinking..."

There "is" research done by ... about

changes "in" behaviour of the passengers of the Titanic.

"The higher your social status (is), the more vulnerable you are to other people (doing something bad to you), because of your empathy"

The percentage of saved people...

"These" scientists ...

A torpedo - "Lucitania"

"people's" behaviour

our ability to emphasise

fight to survive

a submersible / to submerse

VOCAB:

"a guess"

"a carriage"

These seats "are taken"

a surplus vs a deficit mindset

in a time of crisis time / in crisis times

in times of crisis

economic behavioural scientists

Nice talking with you

*** missing articles ***

A physician

A clinician

To reassure / to be reassured

To rock up - to arrive (informal, British)

To deconstruct an image

To recur

To be entangled

To detect

Unconscious bias

To caution

To bug me

To be done with something

i) Articles -

ii) Discussion:

The conductor

It would have been better without singers

Naff - worthless, tacky

I managed to get the last ticket

They didn't know how it was before

to ask "for" my money back

The concert has been held "for" the last nine years

a film edit

"this" kind of music can help

Use of "such"

To integrate

To orchestrate - to arrange / organise

To squish

To sniff

To determine the composition of the atmosphere

To embrace

To formulate questions

Grand-scale installations

Motivation biases

A geologist

A doodle - a rough drawing

Majestic

An indicator of global warming

The entirety of an artist’s career

A discourse of fear

The process of embodiment

i) GRAMMAR: Review articles II 

Be able to understand the correct use of articles. 

Padlet 

ii) Death on the Nile -  progress? 

Be able to do summary comprehension activities 

iii) GRAMMAR: Future plans? Check HT

WB, p. 18, ex 1-3 Future plans

iv) VOCAB:  Be able to talk about the weather forecast 

SB, p. 29, ex 9-10, or WB, p. 20, ex 1-2?

Class note:

I liked "it" so much

The older brother

I haven't finished "it" - use of "it"

"Gist" - understanding

to get the gist - To understand the main

It reminded me of "something" / "of when my friends and I"

to look "at" something on instagram

Prepositions: time & place

"In + year / month"

I was born in December

I was born in the month of December

"On + days"

We have lessons on Tuesdays

"On + date"

On the 3rd of December

On the 5th of March

On March (the) 5th

On December (the) 3rd

"At + time"

We have lessons at 10am on Tuesdays

Times of the day

"In the morning / afternoon / evening"

"At night"

"At midnight"

"In the day time / during the day (time)"

"at the same time"

During + time of day

"During the night / day / afternoon

Week

In the week / during the weekend

Next week, this week, the week after next week, last week

Weekend

At weekends / at the weekend

The body is not as forgiving when you are older

https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/direction_prepositions_2.htm

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/prepositions-of-movement/

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/prepositions_place_time.htm

In the Middle Ages / Medieval period

ii) Death on the Nile - catch up?

iii) Discussed "Master and Margarita"

Class Notes:

To stage - They try to stage the novel

To adapt - an adaptation

ii) SB, Present perfect

iii) HP?

iv) Articles III

Class notes:

By Forbes

On the Forbes' website

95% of respondents

face to face meetings

the right steps at the right time (articles)

The first contact can be stressful

I gave a lesson to my son's class

A big show of hands - a lot of hands raised

I kept their attention

They usually can't still

Some are hyperactive

To end up toast - to go bust, gone, failed.

To revel in a product - to really enjoy

To emigrate

To migrate

To get away with murder (idiom)

To kill the golden goose (idiom)

To emulate

heyday - best period of success, fame.

a chunky keyboard

a den

a foothold in the market

a CFO - Chief Financial Officer

Inept (adjective)

Demise (noun & verb)

A replica

Review

Class notes:

Withdrawal Symptoms

I have to stick with it

to re-read / read again

to ban