2021 U01 S01 : PEOPLE

 FOCUS IS DESCRIPTIONS & COMPARISONS

VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY - THIS UNIT TESTS THIS!!! YOU NEED TO LOOK AT RUSSIAN-ENGLISH AND LATVIAN - ENGLISH DICTIONARIES TO HELP YOU.
MEANWHILE . . .

ARGUABLY AN ANTHEM TO EQUALITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF DIVERSITY  . . . 
AND LOOKING TO OUR EMOTIONAL SIDE . . . 

FROM 500 YEARS AGO A POEM BY JOHN DONNE

'No Man is an Island'

No man is an island entire of itself; every man 
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; 
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe 
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as 
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine 
own were; any man's death diminishes me, 
because I am involved in mankind. 
And therefore never send to know for whom 
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. 

AND, 531.3 YEARS LATER . . . . 

FOR THE LYRIC CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PDF

NOW FOR SOME COMEDY . . . 



THE CLASSIC PSYCHOLOGICAL GOOD COP - BAD COP GAME PLAYED IN INTERROGATIONS [APOCRYPHAL? MAYBE].





video for task 05



TASK 01

USING 5 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADJECTIVE TRY TO DESCRIBE YOUR SELF ON THE PAPER PROVIDED. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME!!!. NOW PUT YOUR PAPER ON THE GREEN BOARD.

[TEACHER MOVES THEM AROUND A BIT]

STUDENTS TRY TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY WHO THE SUBJECT OF THE DESCRIPTION IS . . .  SO DON'T MAKE IT TOO OBVIOUS.

TASK 02

INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND WITHOUT MAKING IT OBVIOUS SELECT A FELLOW STUDENT AND USE 5 ADJECTIVE TYPES TO DESCRIBE THAT PERSON AND PUT ON THE SECOND PIECE OF PAPER. DO NOT PUT THE STUDENT'S NAME OR YOUR NAME!!!. NOW PUT YOUR PAPER ON THE GREEN BOARD.

[TEACHER MOVES THEM AROUND A BIT]

STUDENTS TRY TO FIND THEMSELVES FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS [DO NOT USE UNIQUE FEATURES AS THIS MAKES IT TOO EASY].

TO HELP YOU GET STARTED - HERE IS A LIST OF ADJECTIVE TYPES