Week 19: February 6th, 2019- Plastic waste

New York Times

- We revised the pronunciation of animal vocabulary.
- We exchanged some classmates' exercises on the video I had given you. Explained them and saw the video together to try to answer your classmates' questions.
- You were given some mid-year feedback and an anonymous questionnaire about the course.
- We saw another example of ellipsis and did an exercise on that.
- We talked about people's eating options.
- I gave you a card and some instructions to prepare a recorded presentation making hypothesis and deductions using modals. This is homework we are not doing yet because we didn't have the time to see a couple of examples I wanted to see with you.
Vocabulary appendix: the Spanish word to talk about bottom feeder animals was: bentónico.
The English word for altas capacidades (antes superdotados) is talented/gifted/with high learning potential. (these are words that we didn't clarify in class, so that I don't forget to tell you).
Homework:
- As we are dealing with the environment/animals/pollution/the climate crisis, I would like you to try to look for a piece of news on this topic (environment/ animal kingdom/ pollution/climate crisis) that's actually positive so that we can feel a bit optimistic. Read about it, take some notes and be prepared to explain what it is about to your classmates at the beginning of next day's class.
A few years ago some of my students and I did a virtual wall with good news, you may find ideas there if you want to have a look.