2017.01.11 - Class 11

Happy New Year and Welcome back!

Today you wrote to each other about your holidays and the contact you had with English.

We then looked ahead to what's coming up this term. In the next few weeks, we'll be doing another practice exam. We'll do part of it in the next class (Class 12, 18 January) and then the rest on a date that works best for the majority, keeping in mind retreats, exams, trips, etc. It will be one of the following.

• 25 January
• 1 February
• 8 February

Photographs

We did an activity based on this photo listening to what the photographer said about it in this audio. Some vocabulary that came up form this was:

• van (furgoneta)
• suitcase (rhymes with 'fruit', not 'sweet')
• human statue

We then looked at six photographs from Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Photos:

A Man on the Moon (1969)

1. A Man on the Moon (1969)
2. The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen (1895)
3. The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
4. The Burning Monk (1963)
5. Oscars Selfie (2014)
6. Alan Kurdi (2015)

We talked about why each one could be considered influential and then you wrote short texts explaining which of the six you think is the most influential. You also commented on your classmates' choices in writing.

Textbook

After the break, we did a quick review of Unit 2 and corrected it.

Homework

You have a choice - choose only 1 or 2 (don't do both).

1. Choose one of the images from Time Magazine's 10 Best Photos of 2016. Which one would say is the most important or influential? Why? Explain why and what you think about the photograph in 75-150 words. You don't need to describe it - explain why it is significant.
2. What image of yours from 2016 is the most meaningful for you? Why? Explain the story behind it and what it means to you. Print a copy of your picture with a 75-150 word text explaining it.