Mon May 18

Objectives:

- Become familiar with vocabulary to do with "interfering with nature"

- Logical identification of numbers, amounts, years etc.

- Reading comprehension and discussion of plastic surgery

- Conceptualization of present and future hypotheticals

- Discussion and recollection of information on Doctor Who

We did a lot of things today! We started with journal writing on the question "Would you change anything about the way you look if you had the money to do so?" Again, my students surprised me. Normally many people say "No, I might have before, but now I'm happy with the way I am"; but this time a good number of people mentioned something they would like to change - or more than one thing.

We then went to p. 116 to begin Module 11 (Interfering with Nature). This has traditionally been an interesting and thought-provoking module. Much discussion ensued about which concepts were already happening, will happen one day or will never happen.

The next reading on Cindy Jackson was also enhanced by a recent photo I found of her which shows her looking even younger and sexier. During the following discussion I made an effort to ask people who generally don't volunteer information, to give their opinions, which they did, fairly satisfactorily.

We looked at the language analysis and then practiced hypotheticals. For "wishful thinking" I got them to do just questions 4, 5 and 6, which also produced a lot of interesting discussion. Hypotheticals is a fun topic as it is so NOT REAL!

Finally I left some time to discuss Doctor Who. I brought in some pictures which helped those who had done no investigation. I was pleased to see that a good percentage of the students had investigated and brought quite a lot of information. In fact almost all those who had done some research had gotten so interested that they read and therefore knew quite a lot of info. Dedicating this extra time before watching the TV episode on Wednesday I think has been a good investment in order for them to enjoy the programme more.