UNIT 4:Time for School
Defining &non-defining RElative clauses
What is a defining and a non defining relative clause?
Watch the videos and find out
Indefinite Pronouns
This video might help you understand better when to use which. Watch the video till the end because it will help you with the structures.
EVERY KID NEEDS a champion
Listen to the lecture this experienced teacher gives and then answer the questions of the "Discussion" in your notebook
Before you start , READ the questions!!
Discussion
1. Read the questions below and write your answers in your notebook:
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What is the talk about?
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What did you think of the speaker?
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Was she easy to understand?
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What is her message?
2. Discuss the questions below with a friend and write your answers in your notebook:
A colleague said to me one time:
“They don’t pay me to like the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson. The kids should learn it. I should teach it, they should learn it, Case closed.”
Well, I said to her, “You know, kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.”
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What do you think of the teacher’s quotes? Do you agree?
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Do students have to like their teacher to learn from them?
“One year I came up with a bright idea. I told all my students, “You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students, they put us all together so we could show everybody else how to do it.”
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What do you think of this? Do you think it works?
“Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”
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What do you think of her message?
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Do you have a “champion”? Who is it?
TEDTALK VIDEO:
Looks aren't everything believe me, I'm a model
An inspiring TEDtalk performed by Cameron Russel.
Please enter Edpuzzle by clicking on the following link and answer the questions.
Assignments:
- Answer the questions in the video
- Give in a 50-70 word summary on what you have heard
In the following link, you have the same conference with subtitles in different languages in case you struggle understanding what she says:
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model?language=en
Deadline: XX of October
Extra work for
Fast finishers
The Power of Fashion:
No one thinks twice about a woman wearing blue jeans in New York City -- but when Nobel laureate Malala wears them, it's a political act. Around the globe, individuality can be a crime, and clothing can be a form of protest. In a talk about the power of what we wear, Kaustav Dey examines how fashion gives us a nonverbal language of dissent and encourages us to embrace our authentic selves.