Monday 29 January 2018

Viewing schedule for the spring term

Below is your viewing schedule for the next term. For each video, do the following:

1. Watch the video as many times as you need to understand. If necessary, check the words and facts you don't know. Try not to use the 'subtitles' function if possible!
2. In your notebooktake notes about things you have learned from the video and put down key words and interesting expressions. Do this on your own! Don't copy the text from anywhere or ask anyone for extensive help.
3. Get ready to report on the content of the video in class and to discuss the issues raised in the film.
4. After the lesson in which we discuss the video, on your blog, answer the question asked by the teacher. Do it  in one paragraph of 80 - 100 words.



video to watch
to be discussed on
1          
Why is Pluto not a planet? BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIk29MnzZWA
6 Feb
2          
Is Sugar a Drug?
13 Feb
3          
Neil Degrasse Tyson - The scientific method  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvSXI2iBcA
20 Feb
4          
Will plastic bags go out of fashion? BBC News
27 Feb
5          
6 Mar
6          
David Attenborough Tree of Life video HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6IrUUDboZo
David Attenborough on Darwin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7U4k522Pg
13 Mar
7          
Jackson Katz: The Macho Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP7g0Kn7WrY
20 Mar
8          

27 Mar
9          
What If The World Became Vegan? - Earth Unplugged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytFwytWK1Bw
10 Apr
10      
BBC Modern Masters 1of4 -Andy Warhol (59 min)
17 Apr
11      
24 Apr
12      
The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4
10 May

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Would I lie to you

Watch this short clip from the BBC comedy programme "Would I Lie to You".
During the programme people tell embarrassing stories from their life and the opposite team are supposed to guess if they are lying or telling the truth. In this clip they question Bob Mortimer to decide if he really once set his house on fire.
Did Bob Mortimer set his house on fire

Listen to it a few times and try to understand why people are laughing.
Choose three interesting words or phrases as well.