'How the West was Won'

Wednesday 10^th December,

Hello again, Isabel.

In our class last week, we corrected homework.

We had been reviewing verbs of probability in the present and in the past.

We remembered how to deduce and express certainty and possibility.

We listened to a telephone conversation between two people. We only heard a part and we deduced who she may have been talking to, what the relationship between them could have been, what may be happening.

·         She could be talking to her ex-husband.

·         She could be the ex-husband’s mother in law because she seems to be defending her daughter.

·         I don’t agree, I think she may be the ex-wife.

·         They can’t have got divorced in good terms because she sounds really angry.

·         The kids can’t be happy because they’re going to the zoo because they hated it the last time they went there.

·         The kids might not be looking forward to spending the weekend with their father.

Then we changed the subject. We started reading about ‘How the west was won’.

We read about the migration which began in 1843. The pioneers, the first settlers had to cross mountains, deserts and huge treeless plains. They used to start in late April or early May so as to avoid blizzards and the bad weather conditions in the winter. The journey was harsh and one in 25 of the immigrants failed to make their destination.

The first contact with Native Americans was that of a friendly relation and commerce and trading. But this changed because of the gold fever conflict.  This brought about the virtual extinction of Native Americans by the mid-1880s.

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See you tomorrow!!!!

Ötzi the Iceman

Wednesday 26^th November, 2014

Hello again, Isabel!

We are a bit lost because we only had two lessons last month!

We started the lesson with…Phrasal Verbs!!!!

Come up with a solution to a problem	Scientists will have to come up with new methods of increasing the world’s food supply.
Break into a house or a flat to steal sth	The thieves broke into the warehouse and stole goods worth £20,000
Break off a relationship, an engagement	Charles is miserable. Penelope broke off their engagement last week.
Tell off a naughty child	She told Tom off because he hit her older sister.
Bring up children to be honest and hard working	My parents brought me up to finish all the food on my plate.
Count on your best friend to help you	I’m running for president. I hope I can count on your support.
Deal witha problem, a complaint, a difficult customer	You have a problem with your order, madam? I’ll just get someone to deal with it for you.
Drop out of a university course after one year.	Why did you drop out of university after just one term?
Fit in with the other people in the group	I had a new student today. He seems very nice. I’m sure he’ll fit in with the rest of the class just fine.

Then we started talking about ‘Ötzi the iceman’

We reviewed modal verbs for deduction and possibility. These were our conclusions.

·         We could have been a shepherd.

·         He might have got lost in the mountains.

·         He must have lived in a cave.

·         He must have worn animal furs.

·         He may have fallen asleep and died of starvation.

·         He shouldn’t have gone to the mountains on his own.

·         He can’t have eaten fish because it’s very improbable there was a river in the mountains that wasn’t frozen.

And, that was it! See you tomorrow