15 Aralık 2015 Salı

WEEK 13

Dear All,

As you may know, we have already started Unit 7, which is about The Movie Business. 
We have just revised the figurative language, which has a special meaning like the word star.
In Chapter 13, we have read Famous Flops. We have had the chance to revise the following vocabulary.

screen
Break even
career
comedy
interact
Audience
set
Out of business
script
review
cautious
western
animation
director



We haven't started Chapter 14 yet. However, we will identify key details as a reading strategy in this chapter, and the following vocabulary will be helpful to understand the text Sleeper Hits.


campus
factor
genius
hit
Low-budget
marketing
release
Set out
state
Take by surprise
trust










1- You need to complete the handout you will be given.
2- Complete the Vocabulary Practice 7 on page 224.

3-Complete the quizlet here.


WEEK 12

Dear All!

Unit 6 is about music....Here in Chapter 11, we focused on examples. The following words/ohrarses are a great help of understanding the text All About Music.

In contrast
resemble
note
beat
pattern
content
appropriate
complex
Left over
Tend to


Chapter 12  offers a text about 'amusic type of people'. It is called Can't Name a Tune? Check the following words/phrases:

appreciate
avoid
concert
condition
distinguish
embarrassed
instrument
lack
Turn on
wish
uncommon
amusic
Color blind



We also revised adjective forms of verbs; -ing & -ed
eg: confuse- confused-confusing
     satisfy- satisfied- satisfying ......




1- You need to check Fluency Practice 2 on pages 102-106. Read the texts and time yourself. You can find the answers on page 230.

2- Complete the handout that I gave you. The answers are already given.

3- Complete the Vocabulary Practice 6 on page 236.

4- Answer the quizlet here.

8 Aralık 2015 Salı

WEEK 11

Dear All,

This week we completed Unit 5

Here are some words in What is American food?

serve
dish
Taste-tasty
sauce
associate
profit
critic
exotic
spicy
immigration
reflect
define
flavor
salty
mess

We also revised suffix -y
eg: salt- salty, spice-spicy, scare-scary ....

In the following chapter (Chapter 10), we read some examples to understand causes and effects. In this chapter we read Why Chillies are Hot. The key words are given below:

pain
pleasure
respond
relief
variety
pack
Sold out
Poison-poisonous
bitter



Click here for the vocabulary quiz.

Please complete Vocabulary Practices on 218-222

Best

1 Aralık 2015 Salı

WEEKS 9-10


Dear All!

This week, we had some revision to remember some skills in reading.
In this new unit, we saw some interesting hotels:

Rr2 unit4 the-strangest_hotels from hacersivil

We also found the topic and main ideas together with examples and details.
As for some vocabulary practice, answer  the questions here.
If you want to do more practice here are the link for the previous units:
Unıt 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Below are your extra reading and vocabulary tasks: