Sightseeing Tour Around London

Read all the information about the most important sites and monuments in London. Once you have learnt all the information, answer the questions in the following Quiz.

(There are many different quizes, so answer as many as posible. You can be asked any of those questions in the exam.)

vocabulary

Vocabulary Activities

Rihanna (Stay)

Homeless

What's your opinion about the following?

             

Beggars

1-Do you give money to beggars or homeless people? Why or why not?

2-Have you ever thought why people end up begging in the street?

2- What do you do when you walk next to someone who is begging?

2·Would you rather give money to beggars or buskers? (Buskers are people who entertain you on the street for money, e.g. musicians)

3·Do you think your town or city should make a place for beggars and homeless people to go, like a homeless shelter? What if this shelter is next to your house?

4-What do you think of beggars who take children with them? Do these children have a future? What should  local authorities do about this?

5-Should the government give some money to homeless people?

6-Would you like to go through this experience for one day? How do you think people who know you would react? How would you react if you came across an acquaintance or relative who is begging in the street?

Discussion: Dating

1. Do you believe in love at first sight? Can friendship turn into love?

2. What is a perfect relationship to you? What qualities are important to you in a boyfriend / girlfriend?

3.What is most important to you?
-Having a busy love life.
-Having a good school report.
-Having lots of friends.

4. Do you know anybody who has ever been on an internet date? Would you go on a blind date? Why? Why not? Imagine your friend goes on a blind date with someone s/he has met on the internet. What advice would you give him/her?

5. Have your parents ever disapproved of any of your relationships? What reasons may parents have to disapprove of a relationship? Would you obey your parents if they disapproved of your boyfriend/girlfriend?

6. Would you go out with someone who is 10 + years older than you? And if this person was rich?

7. Would you go out with someone who doesn't want you to see your friends or doesn't agree with your clothes?

8. Would you date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend?

9. Do you think a boy and girl can remain friends after they have broken up?

10. Is it possible to have a long relation with someone who lives miles away?

The Great Fire of London



Learn about the Great Fire of London. Click on this link and answer the questions below.




Pink: Burning City

1. When did the Great Fire of London begin?

2. How long did it last?

3. How many people lost their houses?

4. The fire began in ....

a) a bakery      b) a grocery      c) an inn

5. What is the name of the street?

6. Mention four reasons why the fire spread quickly.

7. Who confessed to have started the fire? Was this true?

8. True or False? Most Londoners spent days fighting the fire.

9. How did they try to stop the fire?

10. What helped stop the fire?

11. How many houses and churches were destroted by the fire?

12. What were houses made of at the time?

13. What famous building was destroyed by the fire?

14. How many people died in the fire?

15. What good consequence did the fire have?

Watch the following video on what happened.

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English Movie Contest

Here is the link to Next Generation Contest by Cambridge, in case you want to participate, Some of your classmates are already trying!!!
 
 
Have a look at the movies which won last year. Can't you do it better???
 
 
The prize? A trip to New York foe four people! You can't miss it!!

Adoptions

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. BE READY TO DISCUSS THESE IN CLASS.

GIVING OPINION: ADOPTION 

·                  How do you feel about adopting a child?

·                  Do you think it is preferable to adopt or to use artificial reproduction technology?

·                  Would you foster a child if you couldn´t have a baby or adopt one? Why?/Why not?

·                  Do you know anyone who was adopted as a child?

·                  Do you know anyone who has adopted a child?

·                  What happens to children that are not adopted?

·                  Where do children available for adoption normally come from? Is it easy o adopt a child?

·                  Should a gay or lesbian couple be allowed to adopt a child?

·                  Should there be an age restriction for the adoptive parents?

·                  Should a single man or woman be able to adopt a child?

·                  Would you tell the child that he or she was adopted? If so at what age?   Or when?

·                  Would you help your adopted children find and keep in touch with their             biological parents?

·                  How would you feel if a child you had adopted wanted to search for his or her birth parents?

·                  How would you feel if you found out you were adopted but your parents have never told you? What would you do?

·                  What would you do if you knew that someone has been adopted illegally, that s/he is a stolen baby?

Writing a formal letter

Writing a letter: Applying for a job.

Write a letter applying to one of the following seasonal jobs:

• au-pair.

Employer's address
Human Resources Manager
Cambridge Au-pair Services
St John's Lane
Cambridge CB14 4SF 

• shop-assistant at a video game shop.

Employer's address
Ms Angela Thomsom
ToyShop LTD
Forthom St
Manchester WR3 6TY


Use expressions from Student's book, p. 44  (Useful language) and the letter as a model.

-Use exercises 6 and 7 from p. 45 as a guide.

Writing a Formal Letter

 Click on the following link and complete exercise 1.

Fill in the gaps

Complete with the correct prepositions


Mode 1 Teacher's Resource Pack