Hi everyone,

Here is the link to the video we watched in class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmmZR6erBFY

Enjoy your afternoon!

Want to improve your vocabulary?

Like "Vocabulary.com" on Facebook to receive their word of the day. Also,  check out their website and try their vocabulary quizzes.

http://www.vocabulary.com/

FCE Online Practice Tests

Want to do some FCE practice online?

Check out these websites

1) http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/index.htm

2) http://www.examenglish.com/

3) http://www.oxfordenglishtesting.com/browse_tests.aspx?userType=1&menuId=2   (try the samples on the right hand side)

4) http://exams.richmondelt.com/index.php?practice_tests_fce_en (slow to load but gives you two FCE practice test choices)

Hello everyone,

I hope your evening is going well.  Just a reminder if you want answers to the homework tonight so that you can rest easy and dilly dally into school tomorrow, you can e-mail me and I will respond later this evening. Just indicate which practise test you have by the unit number at the top of the page.


Here is another article by Grammar Girl. I appreciate her humour in the first paragraph!
Do you know any words that can be two words or one? Here are some examples. Do you know the difference?

a while   awhile
a lot       allot
a hold    ahold
a part     apart

Check out the explanations on the website below:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/one-word-or-two.aspx

November 24

On Friday you received two FCE practice tests for homework. If you were absent, you can come a few minutes early to collect the homework and start it if you'd like.

On Monday, we will continue presentations so please come prepared.

Check out Grammar Girl's blog. There are a lot of great tips that cover several confusing grammatical topics, such as beginning sentences with "there is".

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/starting-a-sentence-with-there-is.aspx


Have a wonderful weekend!

Contemporary Issues Assignment

Below is the contemporary issues assignment (Please note that in the copying / pasting process, the format was changed). Tonight your homework is to complete the rough drafts for questions 1-3. You will have some time in class on Wednesday and Thursday to work on this assignment.

Contemporary Issues

Presentation

Work individually or with a partner. Choose an issue that interests you and complete research on the issue to present to your class in a five-minute presentation.

You may choose any issue that is approved by your teacher, to help you brainstorm issues, here are some examples: poverty, obesity, environment, global warming, pollution, water shortages, water pollution, education, bullying, healthcare, food shortages, globalization, etc..

Consider the following questions to help you organize and develop a thorough presentation:

·      What is the issue?

·      Is it a prominent issue in a specific country or a global issue?

·      What is the history of this issue? Has it been an issue in the past or is it relatively new?

·      What’s currently happening with this issue right now?

·      Does this issue have a lot of support from the public? What kinds of people support this issue?

·      Why is it an important issue?

·      Why is it a problem?

·      What can people do to help prevent this from becoming a larger issue?

·      What will happen if people don’t do anything about this issue?

·      What are your predictions regarding this issue for the future?

Checklist

I…

·      Chose an issue that interests me                                                       ____

·      Explain the issue                                                                                  ____

·      Determine its prominence in the world                                             ____

·      Explain the history of the issue                                                               ____

·      Explain recent events with this issue                                                      ____

·      Explain the issue’s support                                                               ____

·      Explain its importance                                                                        ____

·      Explain why it’s a problem                                                               ____

·      Preventative measures (what can people do to prevent the issue from becoming worse?)                                                                                 ____

·      Explain the consequences of this issue                                             ____

·      Voice predictions about this issue                                                      ____

Research Notes	Resource (book, website, magazine,)

1.    What is the issue? Explain the issue. Why did you choose it?

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2.    Is it a prominent issue in a specific country or a global issue? List the countries this issue is most common in.

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3.    What is the history of this issue? Has it been an issue in the past or is it relatively new?

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4.    What’s currently happening with this issue right now?

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5.    Does this issue have a lot of support from the public? What kinds of people support this issue?

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6.    Why is it an important issue?

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7.    Why is it a problem?

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8.    What can people do to help prevent this from becoming a larger issue?

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9.    What will happen if people don’t do anything about this issue?

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10.What are your predictions regarding this issue for the future?

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Welcome!

Welcome to our class' new blog! Here you will find information about classwork and homework. You will also find tips and websites that will help you improve your English. If you have a G-mail account you can add comments to any of the posts and provide your classmates with your own tips and websites as well.