TRENDS 2 UNITS 5 AND 6

Vocabulary: Unit 5: Animalia Vocab,,  Adjectives and Prepositions; Unit 6: Work and Qualifications Vocab.
Grammar: Unit 5: B2 Passive Voice exercises, Causative B2 exercises; Unit 6: Relative Cluases. B2 exercises.
Reading: B2 Looking for a new job
Listening: B2. Green is Great.
Writing: How to write a formal email

The cuckoo finch, a cheeky cheater.

TRENDS 2, UNITS 3 and 4 plus REVISION PERFECT TENSES.

Vocabulary: Unit 3: Travel,  Noun Collocations; Unit 4: Environment
Grammar: Unit 3: Modal Perfects, Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous,  Past Perfect Simple vs Past Perfect Continuous, Real English-Present Perfect.; Unit 4: Zero, first, second and third conditinal exercises, "I wish-if only" exercises.
Reading: Leaving Home
Listening: High-Achieving Teenagers.
Writing:How to write a summary.

How world's first test-tube burger was grown

Fancy an artifictial hamburger?

The Family Behind 'Lion': Saroo Brierley's Incredible Story

TRENDS 2, UNIT 2.

Vocabulary:  Social Issues, Social Problems, Verb Collocations.
Grammar: Indirect Speech Rules,
Reading: Cyberbullying to teachers, B2 text.
Speaking: War Films: Expressing Opinions & Responding
Writing: How to Write an Opinion Essay, Connectors showing cause and result.
Listening: Express your opinion in English

The bystander effect. Is this footage  a bit biased or this is actually our reaction? What do you think?

Original footage from the incredible Milgram Experiment 

SPECTRUM 3, UNIT 4

Vocabulary: Unit 4: -ed / -ing adjectives,  Technology vocabulary,
Grammar:  Unit 4: Present perfect vs past simple, Subject-Object Questions;
Reading: B1 Phone Chat.
Listening: B2. The Maasai and the Lions..
Writing: How to write a informal email

How to pronounce regular pasts and participles.

SPECTRUM 4, UNIT 3

Vocabulary: Unit 3: Energy Vocabulary Word List,  Noun Formation, 

Grammar: Unit 3: Passive: Present, Past and Future.

Reading: B2 Solar Farm

Listening: B2. New Inventions.

Writing: B1. How to write a for and against essay

                               Renewable Energy Explained in 2 1/2 Minutes

SPECTRUM 3: STARTER UNIT and UNITS 1 and 2

Vocabulary: Starter Unit: Feelings Vocab,  Holidays Vocab (British Council teens), Food (LEO); Unit 1: Behaviour, Personal Qualities, Growing up, Noun Suffixes.  Unit 2: Describing Films,
Grammar: Starter Unit: Past Simple (British Council), Present Simple vs Present Continuous, Comparatives and Superlatives (British Council). Unit 1: MODALS Abilty, Permission, Requests, Advice, Prohibition, Obligation, No Obligation. Unit 2: too much, too many, too and enough, Past Simple vs Past Continuous, Verbs with -ing or to a (A2 B1, British Council teens).
Reading: Films and Entertainment (A2 British Council)
Listening: My Favourite Film (B1 British Council Teens).
Writing: A Film Review (A2 British Council Teens)
Speaking: Giving your opinion about films (A2 British Council Teens).

I wouldn't mind experiencing this Walkabout Down Under

Our Antipodes is not a bad destiny either.  Let's go to New Zealand!

TRENDS 2. STARTER UNIT AND UNIT 1.

Vocabulary: Unit 1: Growing Up Vocabulary,  Education, English Suffixes
Grammar: Starter Unit: Table of English Tenses. Unit 1: Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous,  Past Perfect Simple vs Past Perfect Continuous, Real English-Present Perfect, Perfect Continuous plus Revision of Tenses
Reading: Leaving Home B2
Listening: High-Achieving Teenagers. B2
Writing: A For and Against Essay about Internet. B2

I'm so happy I didn't have a Tiger Mother.