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Friday, March 23, 2012
I�ll be there for you - Friends theme song, by Lucka20
Find this and other songs exercises in English Exercises .org
Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech.
a) My mother warned me, “Expect bad days.”[ My mother warned me _____________________ bad days.
b) My father told me, “Don’t expect life to be a bed of roses.” [ My father told me ______________ life to be a bed of roses.
c) Fortunately, my friend promised, “I’ll be there for you.”
[ My friend promised me (that) __________________________________________________________.
[ My friend promised to ____________________________________________________________.
d) When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me, “Did you oversleep again?” [ When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me ____________________________________________________ again.
e) I replied, “Of course I didn’t oversleep.” [ I denied _____________________.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Money
The expressions are:
1. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
2. Money makes the world go around.
3. Money is the root of all evil.
4. Money is power.
5. Money can’t buy you happiness.
6. The money’s burning a hole in his pocket.
7. That’s money down the drain.
8. She spends money like water.
9. She’s rolling in money.
10. She’s made of money.
Source http://film-english.com/2011/06/03/lesson-plan-on-money-and-greed/
Word as Image
They should write down the words they understand
Students are going to read a story which includes some of the words which they have seen in the film. They should read the story and then in pairs complete the missing words using words from the film. Tell them that some of the words are repeated. Get feedback and then show them the complete story on the second page of the Scribd document.
Moon Story
Source http://film-english.com/2011/11/11/word-as-image/
Week 10-2 Friday, Thursday
How is the photographer different from a normal school photographer?
School Portrait (2011) from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.
Step 1 Arrange the cut outs with the photographer's lines in the correct order.
Step 2 Watch the presentation and discuss the quotes.
Now watch this video and make notes about research which shows that smiling has a positive effect on our lives. :
Source http://film-english.com/2012/01/02/smile/