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Junior 1 - June 16th

June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there,
So, I hope you’ve been practising your pronunciation after what we talked about yesterday. Remember and practise the UPS and DOWNS of the language. The rhythm of English is very different from the rhythm of Portuguese, and this makes a big difference in terms of understanding and speaking clearly.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t our picture in [...]

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Youngster 1 - June 16th

June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

Dear students,
The final tests are coming. We have two more classes before the final written test, so, please, make sure you study hard, OK?
Today we had an activity on the board recycling PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE - affirmative, interrogative and negative form -, ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom/hardly ever, never), SUBJECT and OBJECT [...]

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Junior 1 - June 11th

June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there,
Just a quick post to inform you of your homework.
- Grammar Booster - Unit 5 - Lesson 2
- Workbook - Unit 5 - Lesson 2
Make sure you also recycle the usage of articles, ok?
Cheers,
Rick

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Junior 1 - June 11th

June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there guys,
So, what happened to the boys in this group? I had only the girls today. Come on guys, you have to show up!
Today we recycled some vocabulary from unit 5. I know you have to study for Sigma tests, but I still expect you to study English, OK?
Make sure you remember the vocabulary [...]

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Youngster 1 - June 9th

June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there students,
Today we finally started Unit 5 and we studied OBJECT PRONOUNS. Just so you remember, they come in the position of the object of your sentence (after the verb) and can substitute nouns just like subject pronouns. Can you still remember all subject and object pronouns? Here you go:
SUBJECT PRONOUNS - I, you, [...]

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Valentine’s Day is drawing nearer

June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Have a look at this article which tks about love. I found it quite intriguing. What’s your take on it?
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008
Crazy Love
By Steven Pinker
 
Why do fools fall in love? And when we do fall, why do our faculties of reason–and decency and self-respect and even right and wrong–sometimes not come along? For that [...]

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Typo…

June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Typo on diplomas embarrasses Ohio principal
Fri Jun 6, 3:55 AM ET
A Cleveland-area principal says he’s embarrassed his students got proof of their “educaiton” on their high school diplomas.
Westlake High School officials misspelled “education” on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It’s been the subject of mockery on local radio.
Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent [...]

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Junior 1 - June 2nd

June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello everybody,
So, today we started talking about food. What a nice topic, huh?! Just make sure you don’t come hungry to class.
Today we covered the TOPIC PREVIEW for unit 5 and we also had a song - BUBBLY. I hope you enjoyed it.
HOMEWORK
- Workbook - Unit 5 Topic Preview (exercises 1 and 2 only)
And here [...]

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Youngster 1 - June 2nd

June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there,
I hope our talk today was profitable and I expect to see some changes starting next class, ok? Can I count on you guys?
Don’t forget to do the GRAMMAR REVIEW for unit 4. And don’t forget there is a QUIZ - UNIT 4, next class.
See you Wednesday,
Rick