ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING!!

Hi class!
I would like you to solve these activities based on the listening activity on EMPATHY.
Do everything on the blog.

1- Choose three expressions you feel you would like to incorporate in your everyday language. Learn them!
2- Write a short response to the recording (about 100 words).
3- Desing an activiy to be solved by your classmates.
4- Choose an activity designed by one of your classmates and solve it!
5- Select two or three lines from the recording and rehearse them to reproduce in class. You mut sound as close to the model as possible!!! (To be done in class after the Winter recess).
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GREAT TIME!

CLASSY LANGUAGE!!

Enjoy it! (No comments required!! unless you feel like making one)

When Insults Had Class (no 4-letter words !!)
These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." - Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" - Ernest Hemingway (about
William Faulkner)

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." -
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx

LISTENING!!! HAVE A GO AT IT

Hi girls AND boy!
Our blog will also be used for your listening practice, so I've posted (previouly) something from Youtube. It's an interview on empathy which I think is very interesting.
Task: I want you to write the transcript. I know it's hard job but developing your understanding of the spoken language is worth the effort. We will check it in class, so no need to post it. Don't worry if you can't get all the words. However, I expect you to work really hard at it.
Deadline: June 28 (plenty of time but... don't leave it till the day before!)
Kindly,
Your teacher!

Teaching Empathy

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING.... final analysis

Hi class!!! I hope you liked watching the movie as much as I did!

Read this interesting info about the movie, taken from:
http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/new/greekwedding.html

"Originally written and performed as a one-woman show by Nia Vardalos, it probably never would have been made into a movie had it not been for one particular Greek woman in the audience, Rita Wilson, who just happens to be married to a guy with some clout in the industry, Tom Hanks. Rita and Tom liked the stage show and thought it ought to be made into a movie. They not only had the good sense to make it into a movie (using Hanks' own production company), but they kept Vardalos as the lead actress. Smart move. Vardalos is a gifted actress, adept at both drama and physical comedy. She is also pretty, although not the usual Hollywood leading lady type."

Now, here's a few aspects of the movie for you to think about. We'll talk about them in class next week (Tuesday 14)
1- Theme/s the movie deals with.
2- Character analysis.
3- Personal comments about the movie.

Go online and look for a review of the movie. Publish it (giving the source) and comment on why you agree or disagree with it. Deadline: Tuesday 14.

My Family and Other Animals (1st 10min)

"MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS" by Gerald Durrell

I hope you've enjoyed watching the trailer of the first 10' of a BBC film based on the book My Family and Other Animals, from which Conversations is taken from.

Now, work on these questions. Do not post the answers as we'll discuss them in class.
1- Where's the family in the first scene?
2- What's wrong with: Margo, Leslie, Gerald?
3- Time of the year: .............
4- Where does Larry get the idea of moving to Corfu from?
5- Mother's comments about moving to Corfu: ............
6- Comment on the customs scene.
7- What's the dog's name?
8- What's the customs officer's excuse for not giving mother the suitcase?
9- Why does Margo get upset at the table?
10- What explanation does Larry give for the taxi drivers behaving in such a crazy way?
11- Why does Spiro speak English? Characterize his driving. What's his attitude once he gets to know the family?
12- Why do they move to another villa?
13- What do Larry and Leslie think of mother?
14- How old is mother?
15- Find at least 5 phrasal verbs used by the characters.