December 17, 18, 19

December 18, 19

It's A Wonderful Life

7 Enduring Lessons 

1. Your life has purpose
2. Keeping up with the Joneses is for saps
3. Bad guys don't always get punished
4. Don't hire someone just because they are family
5. Appreciate how blessed you already are
6. How to deliver a good toast
7. Marry the right person     

 https://theweek.com/articles/454845/7-enduring-lessons-from-wonderful-life

PHRASE MATCH

1.	It was based	a.	for five Oscars
2	guardian	b.	flop
3.	all the lives	c.	inspirational
4.	nominated	d.	production costs
5.	the most	e.	angel
6.	initially considered a box office	f.	for human beings
7.	high	g.	on the short story
8.	stiff	h.	significant
9.	affection	i.	he has touched
10.	aesthetically	j.	competition

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December 10, 11, 12

December 10
Activity:  Everyday English phrases    p. 24
ATL - Information literacy skills:  Use memory techniques to develop long-term memory

When we learn new words with no context it is difficult to keep them n our long term memory, and we somethimes do not understand how to use the work.

Let's discuss:
   How do you feel about learning new words?
  What strategies do you use to help you learn new words?
  If you want to find the meaning of a new word, what do you do?

Task 1 - The best way to learn new words is by using them . . .   p. 24
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak

December 11
1.  5 minute warm-up:   On my winter break I will . . .
2.  Appropriate register, p. 25  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDBY2-Wmis

3.  ACTIVITY: Recognizing formal and informal language features   p. 27
      ATL - Communication skills: Make inferences a nd draw conclusions

      In pairs, read the follwing sentences, and decide if each one is informal or formal .

December 12
1.  5 minute warm-up:   How difficult is it to use slang in a foreign language?
2.  How does slang both shape and reflect culture?  p. 28

Chaucer - Canterbury Tales
Middle English
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/CT/1:1.3?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

Contemporary English  
http://www.lone-star.net/mall/literature/miller.htm

Interlinear
https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/milt-par.htm