Living English 2

Title
Introductory Paragraph	Hook	Surprise the reader with a true statement. The Action Opening: Start the novel with the hero in some sort of physical or emotional jeopardy
Introductory Paragraph	Atmosphere	Setting Natural Elements Time
Temptation		give a character something worth fighting for, his motives.

Gratification		Show the hero being selfless

Problems begin		introduce uncertainty—is a friend really a friend? will the next action lead to the one that will bring about the desired goal, or is a character on the wrong track? Confrontation with somebody for a common interest
	Verbs implying change	Become: Get Turn: Grow Go: Remain Stay: Keep Rest:
Nightmare problems		Embarrass your character make characters face their fears The global resolution of the story is when the criminal is brought to justice

Disaster	Unanticipation	“What would a reader expect to happen next?” Create a list of at least three directions the story might take.
	Feelings	why he was ______________, or how ___________ he is. how would I know he’s ___________? what is he doing? what’s the expression in his face?
Ending		Circular ending Use the same idea that you have used in the beginning.

Option B

What are prisons for? Do they make us safer? Do they help rehabilitate criminals?

Related project
Newspaper article
BBC article

Vocabulay

Familias de vocabulario.
Texto sobre
Vocabulario relacionado con el deporte.

Reading

Comprensión de un texto sobre la
Estrategia: Identifica la idea principal del párrafo.

Grammar

Verbos modales y modales perfectos.

Exercices on the old blog

Film in English speculating

Writing

For and against argumentative text

What is it?

Argumentative text Layout

ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT

TITLE
INTRODUCTION	INTRODUCE THE TOPIC	- Start your sentence with an –ing word. - Define an idea that relates to your subject. - Make statements in positive form.
	MAKE THE TOPIC SPECIFIC	specific topic + debatable view + significance to the audience
	PROVIDE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT
FOR
AGAINST
CONCLUSION

Introductory paragraph

A. General Statement

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Listening

Comprensión oral de distintos registros y formatos: descripción de los deportes, una entrevista.
El lenguaje figurativo.

Vocabulary

Collocations.
Vocabulario relacionado con el trabajo y el mundo laboral.

You can use this link.
This is a video.
Jobs vocabulary
Applying for a job

Reading

- Expositive Text on working conditions.

Distinguish between fact and opinion.

Grammar

Utilizar la voz pasiva y las estructuras causativas correctamente.

Practicar la transformación de la voz activa a pasiva y viceversa.

Passive voice

Have something done

Writing

Análisis y comprensión de la estructura de una carta formal.

Lenguaje formal e informal.

Writing blog

Advantages and Disadvantages of working abroad

Link with ideas

Listening

Comprensión oral de distintos registros y formatos: Un programa de deportes y un programa radiofónico.

Vocabulary

Compound adjectives.
Science Fiction

Cloze Text

Reading

Predecir el contenido del texto a partir del título y de las fotografías que lo acompañan.
Comprensión de un texto sobre la
Estrategia: escanear para encontrar información.

Grammar

Temporal Clauses

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

TIME LINKERS

1. To begin with ...

=>	at first	=>	back then
=>	in the beginning	=>	one time
=>		=>	the other day
=>	one morning	=>	one day
=>	one evening	=>	back in the day

2. Action in the middle

=>	then	=>	meanwhile
=>	next	=>
=>	afterwards	=>	soon/shortly (thereafter)
=>		=>	as a result
=>	suddenly	=>
=>		=>	later on
=>	beforehand	=>	at that moment
=>	up until then	=>	still
=>	in the meantime	=>	meanwhile
=>	now

3.Concluding adverbs

		eventually, in the end				at last, last
		in the end				since then
		at the end Conditional Clauses

- Expresión del deseo.

Writing

Realización de un resumen.

Parafrasear.

Listening

Comprensión oral de distintos registros y formatos: una entrevista radiofónica.

Vocabulary

Sufixes for nouns and adjectives
Text on a travel blog. Understand the key vocabulary in the text.

Reading

Predict the contnet of a text from its title and the pictures that go with it.
Understant a travel blog in order to understand the traveller's aim.

Strategy: Understant the author's intention.

News reading

Grammar

Expresión de acciones pasadas con distintas referencias temporales a través de los tiempos perfectos. Present Perfect Continuous y el Past Perfect Simple. Uso y formación. Expresiones temporales.

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Timeline

Perfect tenses are used whenever we are talking about a point in time before another point in time. Perfect tenses timeline

Past Perfect
Use for an action that happened in the past before another action.

e.g. - I had already eaten breakfast when my brother arrived.

Present Perfect
Use for an action that happened in the past before the present moment.

e.g. - I have already eaten breakfast.

Future Perfect
Use for an action that will happen in the future before another action.

e.g. - I will have already eaten breakfast by the time my brothers arrives.