Unit 4 Lesson 1

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Unit 4

Mind and body

4A: Perfect people

Reading comprehension

Read the text Gattaca and do exercise 2 (p. 43)

Verbs and nouns with the same form 

Do exercise 4  (p. 42)

Noun suffixes -ness, -ity, -ion

Do exercises 5 + 6 (p. 44)

3D: Frankenstein

Think about the qualities that make us human. 

Look at the list from exercise 1 and choose the 3 most important ones. Give reasons for your choices. Then read extracts A and B and decide which qualities Dr Frankenstein has. 

Frankenstein

Read the extract "Volume 1 - Chapter 4" on p. 49 and watch the clip. Would you like to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? Give reasons.

https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/602110b92377494240e073e0/watch

4D Frankenstein

Reading comprehension

Do exercise 2 (p.  48)

Word analysis

Do exercise 3 (p. 48)

This is homework for Thursday. Upload your answers to Classroom (before the start of the lesson).

Creative writing - Option 1

Write a  short scary story (a paragraph). Finish the sentence from Frankenstein:

It was on a dreary night in .... when ....

The rain fell dismally against the window panes, when by the failing light, I saw....

Creative writing - Option 2

Write the extract from Frankenstein from the monster's perspective. Hoes does he describe his creator? How does he feel? What does he decide to do? Use the vocabulary we've discussed.

Activity

An idiom is a group of words which form an expression. The meaning is different from the literal meanings of the individual words. Which ones are about happiness and which about sadness?

on cloud nine

down in the dumps

feel blue

over the moon

feel on top of the world

feel down in the mouth

3C: Face value

Phrases with body parts

Do exercise 4 (p.46)

Idioms

exercise (p. 46)

Choose one of the two activities:

Option 1:

Choose two phrases. Write two sentences using these idioms. Upload them to Padlet (write your name!):

https://padlet.com/tma17/bhi2x41p6errgkpn

Option 2: 

Write a short WhatsApp dialogue between two friends using at least 3 idioms. Upload to Classroom.

Idioms in films!

Watch the clip. Choose two idioms from the video and write them down. Look up the meaning of the idiom.