12 Kasım 2015 Perşembe

WEEK 8

Dear All!
We have started UNIT 3- It's Not Easy Being Green.
As for one of the reading skills, we will be focusing on previewing and predicting. Pay attention to the last sentence of the first paragraph to find the main idea.
Let's have a look at the vocabulary in Chapter 5


allow
charge
customer
delivery
double
environment
fuel
material
Require-requirement
wasteful
Advertise- advertisement
Doubt-doubtful
Invest-investment
Improve- improvement
Success- successful
Treat-treatment

You will see more words in Chapter 6

generation
luggage
passenger
benefit
pollution
excited
weight
Be made up of
contain
Environmentally friendly
satisfied
Expert
biofuel
regular
plant
corn
sugarcane
Oil-based fuel
complain
Look like
shape
Flying saucer



Have a look at Fluency Practice 1 on page 45. You need to improve your reading speed, so time yourself as you read.

Answer Key: Check your answers on page 231

Read Aquatic Exercise and Michael Phelps: Keys to Success and answer the questions.

Answer Key: Check your answers on page 231



10 Kasım 2015 Salı

WEEKS 6 & 7

The Good Guys in Sports

In Chapters 3&4, we focused on some vocabulary:

Afford
Improve
Attract
Post
Argue
Quit
Contract
Stand out
Athlete
Reach
Fan

Award
Salary
Focus

Doubt
Treat
Investment

Hero
Advertising
Mind


We went over some skills to understand sequence and make inferences.

Common sequence words:
a few years later                       over time
at first                                      soon
at the time                                then
for weeks                                when