Peer pressure - key

1 whom / 2 as / 3 how / 4 grain / 5 in / 6 which / 7 down / 8 likely / 9 lead / 10 target / 11 pick / 12 Unfortunately / 13 so / 14 being / 15 uncomfortable

Lay & lie - key

1 laid / 2 lain / 3 lied / 4 been lying / 5 lied / 6 laid / 7 laid / 8 been lying / 9 lied / 10 laid / 11 laid / 12 been lying / 13 lied / 14 laid

Rise & raise - key

1 rise / 2 raised / 3 rise / 4 risen / 5 rises / 6 raised / 7 risen / 8 raise / 9 raised / 10 raise / 11 raise / 12 raise / 13 rose / 14 rise / 15 rose / 16 rose / 17 risen / 18 rose / 19 raised / 20 raised

Food for thought

Following yesterday's discussion in class, here are a couple of articles and a video you may want to read and watch:

How much food do we waste?
The global food waste scandal
Congestion Charge, T-Charge and Low Emissions Zones. Learn what they are and how much you have to pay if you want to drive in London.

The life cycle of a plastic bottle

Learn what happens to the plastic you throw away

Christmas Party 2018

Come to school on Thursday 20th!
We are planning our Christmas Party again, but it will only make sense if you take part.
This is the Programme.

And here are the rules for the contests:
Mini Sagas (now open) Deadline extension: 12 December
Cooking
Advent Calendar 
Speed Painting
Christmas Cards 

Read Mosaic, the school magazine, and see what other students did in previous contests:
Special Edition Christmas 2016
Special Edition Christmas 2017

Find all the issues of Mosaic here

Leave your books behind and enjoy the school in a different way!

Review 2 p.41 - Key

ex 1
1 the  /2 fewer / 3 so / 4 have / 5 to / 6 such / 7 spend / 8 so

ex 2
1 you should use / you should try using / 2 to remove stains from / 3 made such a mess / 4 the more jobs there / 5 should have invested so / 6 practise, the better you

ex 3
To be done in class

ex 4
To be done in class

ex 5
1c / 2d / 3b / 4e / 5g / 6f / 7a / 8j / 9h / 10i

ex 6
1 recession / 2 struggling / 3 ripped / 4 needle / 5 fallen / 6 apart / 7 ladder / 8 drill / 9 donate / 10 scratched / 11 missing / 12 launching

ex 7
1 obsessed / 2 optimistic / 3 collector / 4 intentions / 5 cautious / 6 embarrassment / 7 investigation / 8 successfully

Five Ws and one H

Learn how to write a good news story.

Passives p. 152, ex 9

2 I was promised a / 3 It was stated on / 4 was told to / 5 I was only offered a / 6 was asked to arrive / 7 It was advertised as

How does fracking work?

Do you know what fracking is? Learn about this controversial technology here.

Secrets of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A new research project at the Mauritshuis in The Hague hopes to unlock some of the mysteries that surround Vermeer's masterpiece... but not all of them!
Here is the video.

Review 1 p23 - Key

ex 1
1 used / 2 who / 3 would / 4 then/ again / 5 on / 6 Sadly/Unfortunately / 7 have / 8 I / 9 time / 10 will/would / 11 which / 12 to / 13 of / 14 likely / 15 which

ex 2
1 a few of whom / 2 he might be / 3 has changed gradually/has gradually changed / 4 are bound to change / 5 As a rule, I stay

ex 3
1 I'll / 2 Apparently / 3 painted / 4 strangely, umcomfortable / 5 weird / 6 by which time / 7 I might / 8 whose

ex 5
1f / 2e / 3g / 4h / 5a / 6d / 7c / 8i / 9b / 10j

ex 6
a song: catchy, uplifting
a film: disturbing, gripping, uplifting
a building: grand, high-rise
an area: residential, up-and-coming

ex 7
1 deprived / 2 renovated / 3 soared / 4 parade / 5 costumes / 6 floats / 7 shape / 8 set

ex 8
1 poverty / 2 dramatic / 3 interpretation / 4 upsetting / 5 amusement / 6 proposal / 7 transformation / 8 fattening

Gentrification

What is gentrification? A good explanation of the process

The one-in-six rule: can Montreal fight gentrification by banning resturants?

Gentrified world. A series of interesting articles on the effects of gentrification around the world and what some cities are doing about it.

Feeling like an outsider in your own neighbourhood. A teenager explains what the changes in her area have meant to her. Listening and reading.

The real news stories

Woman goes driving in her sleep

Tractor driver destroys six speed cameras

Woman held over “replacement husband plot”

Wild elephant attacks a bus

Man walks tightrope 200 feet up in the air from Eiffel Tower

“Escape” artist fails to escape

Flight attendant still working at 81 - Video

Man fined for painting own road signs
Police find "WW2 bomb" was big courgette

Fancy dress funerals?

Listen to this 6-Minute English programme about fancy dress funerals.

5 Life-Changing Events That Can Shake Us To Our Core

Read the article and watch the video

To Future Women

'Women of 2037 - this is what I want you to know'
Hundreds of letters are being written to the women of 2037 as part of a global time capsule. You can read about it here.
This is the project: To Future Women
Why don't you write your own?

International Women's Day: Spain's feminist strike

'Millions' join Spain strike. BBC
What's happening in Spain?
What is International Women's Day?
What is the gender pay gap?
And more.
The Guardian: More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say
El País in English: Spanish unions say 5.3 million observed morning strike on Women's Day
The Independent: Hundreds of trains cancelled as Spanish women walk out in first 'feminist strike' 

International Women's Day 2018: #PressforProgress

International Women's Day 2018: protests across the world as women press for progress

100 Women. The BBC on International Women's Day with videos and articles about the fights and achievements of women around the world.

Six women explain how they achieved the unimaginable.

The gender pay gap explained

Gender pay gap. The date women stop being paid in Europe.

The Guardian. Laura Bates on everyday sexism.

European Institute for Gender Equality. Forms of gender-based violence.

News

The news bulletin padlet is open for edition until 22nd February. Have you already recorded your news?

33 ways to speak better English

 33 things you can do to speak better English besides taking classes...