Fun and English

  Watch the video and answer the questions.

 

 Can you join two parts of a quote together? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- beginnings: It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. In comedy laughter Comedy is acting out The world is a tragedy to those who feel, Jazz is hitting the notes that no one else would hit, Comedy is simply a funny way endings: optimism. but a comedy to those who think. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. settles all arguments. of being serious. and comedy is saying words that no one else would say. -------------------------------------------------------------------

 Here attached you can find a pdf and powerpoint versions of a lesson. Level: advanced Teaching skills:  Speaking: What appeals to you and What winds you up  Listening: Room 101, Suddenly Monday  Reading: Hearing colours  Wordspot: sound, feel, look  Grammar: I wish Powerpoint PDF Videos: Room 101 Suddenly Monday

 Which picture corresponds to which paragraph? True or false? Pale skin was more popular than tanned skin until the 20th century. In the 17th century it was fashionable to have insects for pets. Paduang women with short necks couldn't marry. Dinka women from Sudan think that thin men are ugly. Find the opposites: handsome thin long tanned brave blond cowardly dark-haired fair-skinned fat short ugly

 

 

This lesson is about: giving compliments and small talk clothes plural and singular nouns the expression 'a pair of' 

           

Look at this painting. Can you guess who painted it? In what way is this painting connected to dreams? What is a dream? 💭💭💭

👷👷👷👷👷👷💁💁💁💁💁💁 👫👫👫👫👫👪👪👪👪👪👭👭👭👭👬👬👬👬 I grow every day, but I cannot be farmed. I am important to humanity, but have only recently been studied. I increase where there is poverty, and decrease where there is plenty. Some people think I should be controlled, but no one knows how. What am I?

What is going on in the picture? What is the police officer doing? Why do you think this happened? How is this related to the coronavirus lockdown situation? https://youtu.be/78EvLw2hs2U Watch the video and say how the behaviour of the animals has changed since the start of the lockdown. Read the article and choose the best title: Animals invade cities Lockdown experiences Unexpected threat Learning new lessons Cottontail rabbits in the gardens of Milan, dolphins in the port of Cagliari, fish swimming in the canals of Venice. While humans are locked inside their homes, nature quickly conquers new urban spaces. What does this teach us? It only took a few weeks of Coronavirus lockdown for animals to crawl out of their dens and finally start imposing their presence in the streets, gardens and squares of the large Italian cities that are now unusually quiet after people have been locked inside their homes to better deal with the health emergency. While half the planet has now become sort o

What's the difference between the two pictures? What do these people look like? How do they make you feel? Do you often take a selfie? Do you use many social networks? What social networks do you use and what kind of pictures do you usually post? Do you try to look better in your pictures? Why? Why not? Do you ever edit your selfies?

Where was this picture taken? What can you see in it?

Look at this painting. When was it painted, you think? What season is it? What country is it? What can you see in it? ❅❅❅❅❅❅❅❅ What do you know about Ice Age? What is the Little Ice Age? Have you heard about Mount Tambora? How can volcanoes influence the climate, you think? Look at two parts of phrases and match the beginnings to the endings: A B freeze year come global volcanic spew block out to death the sun eruption gas and ash without summer cooling and go Watch the video and answer the questions.

Have you ever been to a foreign country? How did you feel? What differences did you notice? Give adjectives for the following nouns: propriety gentleness notoriety sobriety modesty ignorance Which are positive qualities, and which are negative aspects of personality? Listen to the program, and say what British people are like. Загрузка…

What is the most difficult problem to tackle in a city like London? crime traffic jams water pollution air pollution poverty trash/litter Meet the Londoners making our city a better place Look at the pictures and try to guess what projects these people set up. What problems did they try to solve, in your opinion?

What makes a story interesting to you? Characters: well-developed characters with interesting personalities. Story structure: well-developed arc with an exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, character dilemma, and resolution Creativity : a story line that is not boring or cliche. Mystery: knowing the answers to everything is boring. A story that leaves questions throughout and the audience wondering is intriguing. Problem: a challenging problem that seems impossible and is getting in the way of something important to the main character. Ending: "give the audience an ending that is wanted but not expected. Literature quiz: An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play is called audition dialogue soliloquy A division or contrast between two things that are opposed or entirely different is called dichotomy hyperbole cliche A phrase or opinion that is overused and betra

Discussion. Why do people write poetry? What do they try to express with it? What stylistic devices are used? What types of poetry do you know? What's the difference between a haiku, a ballad and a sonnet? What is a limerick? Who is a bard? Do you have a favourite poem?

Weather quiz - choose the right answer: 💨💨💨💨💨💨 1 A thermometer is a device used to measure what? speed of wind temperature pressure 2 What country experiences the most tornadoes? New Zealand India the USA 3 Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what? wind volcano eruption ocean waves 4 Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked to human activity is known as global _______? heating cooling warming 5 Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known as what? hail frost drizzle 6 An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______? snow ice soil 7 Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______? fortune-telling guessing forecasting 8 True or false? You

Restorative Theology: The Avett Brothers' narrative doctrine of Love (an... : While in sunny Florida this past spring, my friend and I - together with our wives and together without our children - crashed a small hotel...

Here is a lesson plan about dance and music art. Lead-in. What   do   music   and   dance   mean   to   you ?  What   art   forms   do   you   know   that   use   music   and   dance ?   Choose   three   adjectives   that   describe   how   you   feel   when   you   dance .   stylish   attractive   awkward   stupid   free   excited   happy   relaxed   embarrassed sincere   emotional   confident nervous Do   you   think   ballet   is   still  a  popular   activity   with   teens ?