for 7th form

a tablet

a clipboard computer

for  7th form


to wave and pay

a system of paying for goods or services by moving a credit card or mobile phone in front of a special machine which automatically reads the information

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.29 (translate the phrasal verbs and write them down into your voc-ry copybooks);

WB: ex.1-5 - p.18-19, ex.1,2 - p.20

WOD sentence (wave&pay)

for 7th form


a Walk Blocker


a person who walks in the street and then suddenly stops making the people who walk behind them stop too

H/W for 7th form

SB: Preparation for Unit Test 2.

WOD sentence (Blocker)

Halloween Listening Task for 7th Form

Happy Halloween! :)

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.27 (write all the words with transcription and translation into vocabulary copybooks), Countable and Uncountable Nouns - p.176 (rules by heart), ex.1 - p.28 (learn the words);
WOD sentence (love at first profile photo)

for the 7th form


love at first profile photo

love at first sight that happens when you see a profile of an unknown person in a social network

for the 7th form


a selfie

a photo of yourself that you make holding the camera with a stretched hand (usually you post this photo as a profile photo in a social network)

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.19 (dictation), dialogue - p.168 (Unit 2);
WOD sentence (a selfie)

H/W for 7th form

SB: "Use Your English" - p. 21

H/W for 8th form

SB: Composition (Informal Email) - p.113
WOD sentence

for 8th form


an illegal Gymigrant

a person who goes to a gym without any payment

for 8th form


to green-wash

to show that you care about the environment when you actually don't

for 7th form


a half-birthday

a day six months before or after the real anniversary of a person's birth

H/W for 8th form

WB: ex. 1-5 - p.77-78, Listening ex. - p.81, ex. 1-2 - p.79;
WOD sentence

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.19 (translate);
WB: ex. 1-4 -p.11-12;
WOD sentence

for 7th form


once in a blue moon

very rarely; never

for 8th form


afk

away from keyboard

for the 8th form


a slow city

a city which promotes a high quality environment and healthy eating

H/W for 8th form

WOD sentence

PS: Don't forget about the previous homework.

H/W for 7th form

SB: Past Simple and Past Continuous (rules by heart), 10 grammar sentences
WOD sentence

for 7th form


just out of the blue

suddenly, from nowhere

for 7th form


lappy

a laptop computer

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.17 (don't forget to write down all words in the gaps with transcription and translation into your vocabulary copybooks);
WB: ex.1-3 - p.11;
WOD sentence (lappy)

H/W for 7th form

SB: text - 16-17 (read and translate);

WB: Reading ex. - p.10;

WOD sentence

for 8th form


ASAP

As Soon As Possible

for 7th form


tiger mother

mother who does not allow her children to use the Internet, hang out with friends or spend their free time in any other way they want if they have bad marks at school

H/W for 8th form

SB: Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous (rules by heart) + 17 grammar sentences;
PS: Don't forget about h/w that was given on 25.09.12.
WOD sentence

H/W for 8th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.107;
WB: Reading ex. - p.76;
WOD sentence

for 8th form


IMO

In My Opinion

H/W for 8th form

SB: ex. 1 - p.106, the text "Cyber-English" (read and translate);
WOD sentence

for 8th form

E-Glish

English language that you use when chatting on the Internet or typing an SMS

for the 7th form


swishing

the activity of swapping clothes, shoes or other fashion items with other people, usually at an organised event

Music in the Blog

From now on you can listen to English music right here in the blog.

I have added 3 songs by a young British-Irish boy band "One Direction". The full info about the band is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Direction Enjoy listening to their songs!;)

H/W for the 7th form

SB: p.15 (translate the informal letter)

for the 7th form


to practise irish goodbye

to very often leave a place (a bar, a nightclub) without saying goodbye to anyone

H/W for 8th form

SB: Unit 11 essay; Unit 11 test (preparation)

H/W for 7th form

SB: ex.1,2 - p.14;
WB: ex.1-3 - p.9;
WOD sentence

for the 8th form


number four year

a year which number can be divided by four

for the 7th form


"What's your 20?"

Where are you? What is your location?

H/W for 8th form

WB: ex.1,2 - p.75;
WOD sentence

H/W for 7th form

SB: Use your English - p.13, monologue (for those who haven't answered), dialogue;
WOD sentence

for 8th form


to feel party pressure

to feel obligated to go to a party

for 7th form


rdc

really don't care

for 7th form


SMTA

Sick Minds Think Alike

H/W for 8th form

SB: Use your English - p.103
WOD sentence

for the 8th form


grammatically challenged (adj.)

someone who uses terrible punctuation and cannot spell correctly

Ex.: "my inglish teecher sez dat im inprooving" (incorrect)

       My English teacher says that I'm improving. (correct)

H/W for 8th form

dialogue (Unit 11): vocabulary of the Unit, Dictionary Corners, grammar material (the Passive, the Causative), phrasal verbs, p.174 (clichés);
WOD sentence

for 8th form


to have an Airport Effect


to experience a sudden feeling of self importance for some time

ВНИМАНИЕ УЧАЩИМСЯ 8 "Б" КЛАССА!

Началась регистрация на участие в программе по обмену "FLEX".

Конкурс состоит из 3-х туров. Первый тур будет проходить 29 сентября 2012 года в 13:00 на базе НОУ ВПО "Международный институт рынка" по адресу: г. Самара, ул Желябова, 21.

В кокурсе могут принять участие учащиеся 8-10-х классов которые

H/W for 7th form

WB: ex.1-5 - p.7-8;
WOD sentence

H/W for 7th form

SB: p.176-177 (rules by heart, translate all stative verbs) + 8 sentences with the verbs which have both stative and non-stative meaning;
WOD sentence

7th form

a lightweight reader

someone who gets sleepy shortly after starting to read

H/W for 8th form

WB: dictation (ex.1 - p.73), ex.1-5 - p.73-74;
WOD sentence

H/W for 7th form

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.11 (7 sentences with the words in bold, dictation with definitions of the words);
WOD sentence

8th form

to have a Google tic


to have an uncontrollable wish to check every piece of information in Google

7th form


Practical Friday


the day before the end of the short week

Dear children,

now you can easily find your home task for each day by clicking on the date of the lesson.

Dates ending with /7 are for the students of the 7th form.

Dates ending with /8 are for the students of the 8th form.

I hope this will help you in your studies.

Good luck!;)

H/W for 8th form

SB: Rules - p. 195 (by heart) + 5 grammar sentences, 8 sentences with phrasal verbs from Dictionary Corner - p.101;
WB: Listening ex. - p.75 (do the exercise, listen for specific information), ex.1,2 - p.73;
WOD sentence

H/W for 7th form:

SB: Dictionary Corner - p.11 (write down the words into the vocabulary book with transcription and translation, do exercises 1, 2; spell the words);
WB: Listening ex. - p.9 (do the task and listen for specific information) /the disk is on the back cover of your WB/;
WOD sentence

8th form

a ghost post


a comment in a social network that was removed by the author

7th form

Phone Stack


a game at a meal

8th form

panda eyes


dark circles under your eyes because you didn´t have enough sleep

8th form

"I will pencil you into my Blackberry"

a sarcastic way of accepting a date

7th form

a Facebook (Vkontakte/Twitter) Philosopher


a person who likes to post quotes as statuses in social networks

7th form

an armchair activist

a person who helps by making a topic famous via blogs or social networks

8th form

coffeedence


confidence and creativity that you feel after having a cup of coffee

7th form

a poor man's limo

any means of mass transport (bus, train, subway) when you are the only passenger in it (usually late at night or very early in the morning)

Ghana

For those who asked me where Ghana is.;)

7th form

to Shatner text

to send parts of a sentence in several text messages
Ex.: sms1: what are you doing
       sms2: tomorrow evening? I
       sms3: was thinking maybe
       sms4: we could
       sms5: go to a cafe or
       sms6: some other place...

8th form

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

said when you do not want to give any information of what happened while you were out of town

Survey

Dear students,

please follow the link to answer the question and help me make the blog more comfortable and interesting to you.


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HN92JK7

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