martes, 28 de marzo de 2017

LINKS for the debate


VIDEOS:

1. A thirteen-year-old talks about homeschooling - TED X



2.  A short documentary




3.    Learning through unschooling - TED TALKS





READ:


1. The history of homeschooling



2. Academic statistics in the USA



3. Facts on homeschooling



4.  Homeschooling 101





Unit 11, Vocabulary

Vocabulary --- Pages 96 and 97

EDUCATION

To play truant (phr) – A collocation which means to miss school without permission or
without a good reason
To appoint someone (v) – To put someone in charge of smth, to assign to a position
To achieve smth (v) – To obtain a certain recognition or a goal, to accomplish smth
Modesty (n) – The opposite of greed; adj --- modest
Outsider (n) – Someone who does not belong to a group
Staff (n) – All the teachers that work in a school
To attend (v) – To be present at an event
Issue (n) – Problem, doubt, question, point
To support (v) – To express the same opinion, to back someone’s statement;    synonym: to uphold
Pride (n) – Pleasure or satisfaction taken in doing smth., a high opinion of one’s merit, the feeling of being proud (adj)
To get in trouble (phr) – To do smth wrong and get caught, to be punished
To enforce (v) – To obtain obedience by force, to impose
Compulsory (adj) – It has to be done, mandatory
To sum up (phr v) – To add up
Mood (n) – The state or temper: in a good mood / in a bad mood (moody –adj)
To dread (v) – To fear, to be scared of smth
To owe (v) – To be in debt to someone
To succeed (v) – To have a desired result, to do smth successfully
Pottery (n) – The art of making ceramic pots and vases
To face (v) – To tackle, to confront directly, to deal with smth
To get away (phr v) – To do smth wrong and not get discovered or punished


Vocabulary --- Page 99, ex. 1

EDUCATION

Qualifications (n) – one has passed their exams and got certificates and diplomas
To be bullied (phr) – to be made fun of
Lesson (n) – a 50 - minute period
Subject (n) – smth that you study in school, such as Maths, English…
To break up (ph v) – to separate, to start a school holiday
To suspend (v) – not to be allowed to come to school for a day or two
To expel (v) – not to be allowed to ever come back to that school
Prefect (n) – the representative of each class who is given extra responsibility



Vocabulary --- Page 99, ex. 3

PHRASAL VERBS WITH OVER
Run over --- to knock down by moving and possibly pass over the body
Get over --- to recover physically or emotionally, overcome
Take over --- to assume the control or management, to continue where someone stopped
Come over --- to visit
Bring over ---to cause somebody to give his support, to win over
Look over --- to examine  smth /sb closely                          
Turn over --- move to the next page, turn upside down
Pass over --- to disregard; to review smth
Put one over on --- to get sb to accept a story or a statement which is not true




Vocabulary --- Page 101, ex. 2

PREPOSITIONS

Fond of                                                                              Keen on    
 Aware of                                                                           Keen for someone to do smth
  Intrested in                                                                     Concentrate on

Complain about smth
Complain to someone