Day 23

 

OBJECTIVES

*To continue studying the paragraph in English

*To begin the study of the pronunciation of English vowels

*To review the Past Perfect Tense

WRITING: Writing Effective English Paragraphs

1. How does a paragraph look like?}

2. What is a paragraph?

3. What are the parts of a paragraph?

SPEAKING: Talk about your journey learning English

a. Prepare a short presentation (a maximum of 2 minutes)

b. Make sure you include a general opinion of this journey (Learning English has been ... /  The journey of learning English has been...) Then support that idea with facts, examples, reasons, etc.

c. Finish with a concluding thought about the experience of learning English.

VOCABULARY: Phrasal Verbs 

get up, get down, get away, get over, get off, get on, get in

1.Show your manners. Get ____ your elbows ____ the table now!

2. She was very much in love, I don´t think she will _________ him easily.

3.  Don´t say you won´t fall. Say you will ________ every time you fall.

4. Don´t be nervous. ______ the horse and have fun.

5.  She yelled at the child to _______ from the wall. 

6.  Even novices can _______ on the fun of cookie exchange.

7.   To keep your piece of mind,___________ from toxic people.

8.  He _____________ rice.

           grow / grow up

9.  It is a wonderful place to _____________.

                                              grow / grow up

PRONUNCIATION: English Vowels

An introduction

GRAMMAR: Reviewing the Past Perfect Tense

Video 1

Mechanical Exercises

LISTENING AND READING COMPREHENSION:

 Listen to Steve Job´s Stanford Commencement Address

Try to understand the three stories he tells:

1. Connecting the dots

2. Love and Loss

3. Death

Text of Speech