Week 15 ; 11th-15th January 2021

CLASS 1 : - 12th January 

LITERATURE- ABOUT A BOY- NICK HORNBY 

Objective : reading comprehension 

Page 1 from :

https://www.pearson.ch/download/media/9780582779624_FS.pdf

commitment = angajament/ responsabilitate

otherwise = pe de alta parte 

shallow = superficial

to attempt suicide = a incerca sa se sinucida 

to commit suicide =  a se sinucide

T/ F ? 

Will is a responsible adult . F

Marcus is a popular child . F

The film made after the book is a close replica of the book . DK

If you have nobody to take care of , you feel as being worthless. T

Marcus has to get into the culture of his own age group . T

Page 106 

Listen to the excerpt and answer : 

How does Marcus feel about his relationship with his mum ? 

 CLASS 2 : - 13th January 

LITERATURE- ABOUT A BOY- NICK HORNBY 

Objective : reading comprehension 

Page 107 

 3 .Read the extract again. Find the part of the text which tells us that Marcus ...

• is 12 years old~ I've been your mum for twelve years 
• and his mother are not walking home~Marcus looked out of the bus window 
• thinks that both he and his mother have problems~ that neither of them were doing all right, whichever way you looked at it.
• begins to see his mother differently~ Marcus had never thought of his mother in that way before
• doesn’t think very highly of some of the kids at his school~loads of kids at school, he reckoned, kids who stole and swore too much and bullied other kids,
• is happy that he has met Will ~ Marcus thought he was lucky to have found him.

4.Match the highlighted words in the extract with the definitions.

• 
  
• up-to-date with modern fashion =trendy 
• do it in a really bad way= mess it up
• knows nothing at all= doesn’t know the first thing
• simple; not complicated =  straightforward,
• give advice for free= I can tell you that for nothing
• used bad words (words that people think are rude) = swore 
• crazy= off her head
• no matter how= whichever way

FUNCTIONS

Emphasising

• Add so, such, do or did to the sentences to make them more emphatic and make any other necessary changes.
• He’s a good father.  He is such a good father ! 
• 
  
• She gets on well with children. She gets on so well with children ! 
• She’s patient. She's so patient ! 
• My dad tried his best. My dad did try his best ! 
• My parents made some mistakes. My parents did make some mistakes!
• She’s soft on her children. She's so soft with her children ! 
• He’s a strict father. He's such a strict father ! 
• Parents get it wrong sometimes. Parents do get it wrong sometimes!
• 
  

So/ such 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/so-and-such-exercise-1.html

Last English class in 2020

 Pages 49, 50, 51

3/ 49 

• I got to my friends’ house at 3 pm. They HAD already BEEN PLAYING  football for hours. (play)
• Before the match started, it HAD RAINED  for a long time. (rain)
• I looked at my laptop and saw that somebody HAD BROKEN  it. (break)
• She HAD BEEN STUDYING  Spanish for years when she went to university. (study)
• My dad got home late. He told me that there HAD BEEN  an accident on the motorway. (be)

Week 14 ; 14th-18th December

     CLASS 1- 15th December 

KEEP HEALTHY

Objectives : - time linkers 

                   - listening comprehension 

when = cand 

as soon as= de indata ce 

then =apoi 

until = pana cand 

while = in timp ce  ( past continuous )

Ex 1/ 46 

1 then 

2 when

3 while

4 until

5 as soon as 

ex 2/ 46 

ex 3/ 46 

• While I was walking to school this morning ... I saw a dangerous dog / I met his father  / I tripped over a stone . 
• The first thing I did when I arrived at home yesterday ... I did my homework/ I had dinner / was to talk to my parents.
• I had never eaten any ...soup  until...you arrived / you cooked for me . 
• As soon as I learnt how to  play the guitar I played for my mum / I joined an orchestra.
• I heard my favourite singer for the first time in ... my life in a live concert . Then ...I was over the moon / in the seventh heaven . 

Listen and complete the notes : 

1/ 47 

Sam's talk :

What everybody knows : exercise is good for :

-strengthening muscles 

-controlling YOUR WEIGHT 

4 things everybody might know about exercise :

1. helps with mental health 

reason : there is a link between lack of ..MOVEMENT ..and depression 

2.strengthens your immune ...SYSTEM

helps you fight colds and other ...INFECTIONS 

3. it is good for your ...MEMORY

4. reduces the risk of dying from a .HEART...attack 

   CLASS 2- 16th December 

KEEP HEALTHY

Objective : - reading / listening comprehension 

therefore= din acest motiv/ in consecinta 

to draw a conclusion = a ajunge la o concluzie 

steep = abrupt

slope = pista/ partie 

ex 1 and  2  from 47

Reading / 48 

cautiously = rezervat / de un optimism moderat 

Past perfect continuous 

The past perfect continuous tense (also known as the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past:

 Ex : He had been drinking milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.

He had been throwing rocks at her window for five minutes before she finally came out on the balcony and said, “Hey, Romeo.”

• The past perfect tense emphasizes the result of an activity in the past; In contrast, the past perfect continuous tense emphasizes the duration of an activity in the past.

Page 49 

ex 2/ 49

1. I arrived late . They had been waiting for 2 hours . 

2. They had been walking for half an hour when they realised they had left their picnic at the hotel. 

3. Our teacher got angry with T because he hadn't been paying attention at all that day  . 

4. We had been trying to get tickets all the afternoon , but the match was sold out by noon . 

5. They looked exhausted when they got to the top. How long have they been climbing ? 

Week 13 ; 7th-11th December

 CLASS 1 - 8th December 

KEEP  HEALTHY 

Objective :- speaking / listening 

Do you think is this information better than reading about bird watching ? 

Your choice : no, we want to read about birds 

to go off = a pleca in calatorie 

to carry on = to go on = a continua 

to go away = a pleca/ a se indeparta 

to spot (ed ) = a zari 

CHAMPION'S TASK : 

Watch , then discuss about : 

to affect = a influenta 

innate= natural/ innascut 

to ward off = a para / a inlatura 

1. Is the mortality rate higher in the case of COVID 9 infection ?

2. What can  cause a more severe manifestation of the infection ? 

3. Is the virus spread only by touching ? 

4. What can we do to improve our immune system ?

5. How can a hot bath help us fight the virus ?

CLASS 2 - 9th December 2020

KEEP HEALTHY 

Objective : past perfect vs past simple 

Think about Phoebe's story and complete :

She decided (2)   to spend the rest of her life bird-watching after she had found out (1) that she had cancer. 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-3.html

After solving this exercise we can conclude that :

Past Perfect is used to talk about an event that had happened before another past action .  In Romanian that would be  " mmcp " .

 TASK  ex 2/ 46 to be done as a blog comment until the 13th December , at noon . 

• Before Mr O’Brian was our teacher, I didn’t like science much.
  I didn't like science before Mr O’Brian became our teacher.
• I hadn't liked science before Mr O'Brian became our teacher .
• 
  

CHAMPION'S TASK : 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html

Page 43 to do again !