Additional Activities from November 9th-27th

1. Click on the Learn English link 

http://www.learnenglish.de/

a. On the upper part of the web page click on the icon GRAMMAR. Then check the information on Present Perfect Simple. After studying the information, click on the back key  to return to the previous page, do the two activities for present perfect by clicking on the √. You may print the activities or write them down in your notebook.

b. On the same page read the information about the coordinating conjunctions and the subordinating ones. After that, find at least three examples for each connector from newspaper articles . Write down the examples and the references in your notebook .


2. Click on BBC Learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/

Find the 6 MINUTE ENGLISH and read "Should we all pay for supermarket plastic bags?" Listen to the podcast and read along the tapescript. Study the vocabulary provided.


3. Watch the You Tube video: Angela Lee Duckworth "Key to Succes: Grit" at least three times.

Then answer the questions:
a. What do people need to achieve their goals?
b. According to Mrs. Duckworth, what is grit?
c. What is growth mindset?

Choose five expressionsor words from the video you would like to learn.