Are you looking for your homework? Look no further! Here it is!
Watch the video and then answer the following questions:
( Intermediate level)
1. When and why was John Galliano sacked?
2. Where did it happen?
3. What adjectives does Michelle Kessler ,from New Tork Times, use to refer to Galliano’s behaviour?
4. Why is Natalie Portman so angry?
5. What adjectives does she use to express how she feels?
(answers here)
I have to admit, it’s more like a confession though, that very often I post about some sites that, I am fairly certain, are not very useful to my students. The reason behind these posts is that by having them published and organised into categories in my blog I make sure they are always handy and never lost to me.
Today’s post is not for you, dear learners(forgive my selfishness), but for us, English teachers.
This site lessonstream.org, is a great site for ready-made lessons. I’ve been following Jamie Keddie ‘s blog http://www.jamiekeddie.com/ for while and knew that he was planning to create a new site with new and old- edited material. And Wow! The site is just great and very creative. I love it!
So far there are 44 ready-made lesson you can browse by Language Level, Learner Type, Time, Main Activity ( Dictation: Running Dictation, Dictogloss, Picture Dictation, Speaking, Gap-filling, Collocations, writing…), Language Aims ( adjectives, tenses, passive…)Topic ( Money, school, jokes, love, food..) and Materials
I would like ,once more, to thank Beth Reddish for agreeing 
to guest post in this blog and let us have a glimpse of what she knows so well. I’m quite sure that by the time you finish reading her article you’d wish to be holidaying in Cape Cod.
MAY “beginning of tourist season”
Memorial Day is a US federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May, and is the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, known on-cape as tourist season. Memorial Day honors the memory of the many Americans who died fighting in wars for their country, and because of this, many people visit cemeteries and memorials on this day. Since it is a three-day weekend, or long weekend, many people travel or have parties.
-JUNE-
School usually ends during the third week in June. On the Cape, kids and young adults spend their summer working odd jobs at restaurants, ice cream shops, in retail, as beach guards or lifeguards, on fishing boats, and more. They spend their free time at the swimming, surfing, skimboarding, or sunbathing at the beach, having barbecues or “cook-outs,” going to bonfires, at summer camp, at sports camp, and hanging out with friends. While tourist season starts in May, most people start coming to the Cape in June. Cape Cod’s economy is based highly on tourism and fishing, so the summer months are very important.
– JULY- “high-season”
Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, is a very important holiday in the United States. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, declaring US independence from Great Britain. On July 4th and the weekends that surround it, people celebrate with fireworks displays, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches and ceremonies. Many people choose to wear red, white, and blue.
♥ Over an estimated 150 million hot dogs will be consumed on the 4th of July.
Fourth of July fireworks, Northside Marina, Dennis, MA
– AUGUST –
August is the month when the tourists start to pack up and leave for their homes. The people that stay through September are generally rich couples without children, as the children have to start preparing to return to school.
– SEPTEMBER -“end of season”
Labor Day is a holiday that is celebrated on the first Monday in September. Labor Day is considered “the end of summer” by most people, who use the long weekend to enjoy their last days of summer. People have picnics, barbecues, set off fireworks, and play water sports.
♥In high-society, Labor Day is considered the last day of the year when it is fashionable for women to wear white.
♥Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, MA always starts on the Thursday after Labor Day, as do many schools.
Here some guidelines to help you write an opnion essay
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A nice online dictionary where you can find over 5000 idioms and phrases clearly explained .
You can enter a word or a phrase or you can browse the dictionary by letters.
Do you know the meaning of ..
you don’t ? Well, I guess now, you know where to look them up!