3B - Social Issues - unit 9 - vocabulary

Practice the vocabulary of Unit 9 in this game.

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Teens 6 - Have you ever heard a digital accordion?

Take a look at these pictures and watch the clip of the song 'Have you ever heard a digital accordion?" bythe group  The Lovely Eggs.

A digital accordion



Books by Richard Brautigan



A deadly scorpion



A Delorean



Beef Bourguignon



The videoclip



Did you like the clip? Click here for the lyrics.

Click on 'Leave a reply'  below, write your opinion and then post your comment. Talk about these questions:

• Have you ever done any of these things?


• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?


• What is the most different musical instrument you have ever heard?


• Who is the best book author you have ever read?

Teens 6 - talking about the future - unit 4

There are different ways to talk about the future. They depend on how certain you are about what is going to happen in the future.

• Use the Present Continuous if you are really sure something is going to happen. It shows your plans for the future.

I am having lunch with my grandparents on Sunday.

Sandra is studying for the test with Tania on Friday afternoon.

Denis and I are presenting at the dance contest tomorrow.

Click here to practice the use of the Present Continuous for future arrangements.

• Use be + going to to express resolutins, plans, intentions. Use it also when there is evidence that something is going to happen soon.

I am going to change my car next month.

My wife and I are going to celebrate our tenth anniversary in Rio in October.

Tina is going to wear a red dress to the graduation party.

Click here to practice the use of be+going to.

• Use will to make predictions about the future. It indicates what you think will happen, but there is not evidence.

In the future more people will use computers to work from home.

Cars will pollute less in the future.

Bill says he will be president of the country one day.

Click here to practice the use of will.

So, to talk about the future, first see how sure you are. Very sure, use Present Continuous. For resolutions and if there is evidence, use Be+going+to. And to make predictions about the future, when there isn't evidence, use will.

There are more links to exercises in the Teens 6 e-folder on Thomas website.

Teens 6 - first conditional - unit 4

Practice conditional sentences.

• UNIT 4 - LESSON 4 - First Conditional 1


• UNIT 4 - LESSON 4 - First conditional 2


• UNIT 4 - LESSON 4 - First Conditional 3

More links in the e-folder.

 

Teens 6 - prepositions - unit 4

Practice prepositions.


These are three links from the e-folder.

• UNIT 4 - LESSON 1 - Prepositions 1


• UNIT 4 - LESSON 1 - Prepostions 2


• UNIT 4 - LESSON 1 - Prepositions 3

Teens 6 - game - phrasal verbs - unit 4

Play this game to practice phrasal verbs.



http://www.what2learn.com/games/embed/72963Play this game on the what2learn site

Teenagers adrift in Pacific for 50 days reach land - CTV News.

Another amazing story of survival.

Teenagers adrift in Pacific for 50 days reach land - CTV News.

 

The Baileys' travels

Learn what happened to the Baileys after 117 days adrift.

BBC - Home Truths - Shipwrecked!

Wikipedia - Maurice and Maralyn Bailey

Weird sports around the world

There are some very weird sports around the world.  Watch this video and take a look at the two lists of strange sports.



The 8 Most Baffling "Sports" From Around The World | Cracked.com.
10 Weird Sports From Around The World.

Did you know any of these sports? Do you know any weird sport that should be added to the lists?

Would you like to try any of these sports? Leave a reply with y0ur comments.

Teens 6 - predictions about the future

Watch this video from the cartoon The Jetsons. What do you think the world will be like in 2050? Will people have robots at home? Leave a comment with your opinion.



People will be lazy.

There will be a robot in every home.

People will be able to walk on the ceiling with space boots.

Tell us your sentences. Write them below.

Teens 6 - homework - March 11

Work on page 97 of the book.

Teens 6 - homework - Mar 02

We saw some of Billy's problems and also his resolutions to solve them.

Think about what you want to change in your life and write 5 resolutions for 2011.



What are you going to do to make your life better or easier?

For example, look at two of my resolutions for 2011:

I am going to save money to buy a new car.

I am going to finish reading the Percy Jackson collection.

Use can also use the comment area to  share your resolutions.

Oscar nominations

This is the video with the Oscar nominations we did not watch in class. Watch it on Youtube.

Oscar Nominations

The ceremony was on February 27th. Do you agree with the results? Would you have chosen any different winner?

Alternative Medicine

In this lesson we talked about health and also about alternative medicine. This is the video we watched.

Have you tried any of these treatments? When? What about the results?

 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRjdzwjDe_A&w=480&h=390]

Leave a comment saying which of these treatments you have tried, and which you would never try. Explain why.