English 1 Advanced: Class 23
Richard Wilson.
Agenda•Registration•Notices• Idiom•Homework Review•C6 Reading 3: The Discovery of a Miracle Drug
NOTICES
Graded Reader Quiz
Friday 13th June
IDIOM
Out of the Blue
‘Out of the blue’
Something sudden & very unexpected.
‘Out of the blue’
“I hadn’t heard from Nick for years, then last week he called me out
of the blue!”
‘Out of the blue’“It’s been a crazy week
at work, the boss resigned out of the blue on Wednesday – nobody
was expecting it”
HOMEWORK REVIEWPg. 163-167- Vocabulary, Grammar for Reading, Note- Taking, Linking Readings One & Two
Categorising Words
Disease-related• Contagious• Hygienic• Infected• Paralyzed• Precaution
Separation-Related
• Confinement• Isolate• Seclusion
Prefix dis-1. Disability2. Disabled3. Discomfort4. Disassociate5. Disappearance
Word Forms 11. Confine, confined2. Disassociation, disassociate3. Evasion, evade, evasively4. Isolation, isolate5. Malice, maliciously6. Persecution, persecuted7. Trace, traced
Word Forms 21. Isolation2. Is persecuting/ has been persecuting/ has
persecuted3. Malice4. Disassociated5. Traced6. Did not confine7. Evaded
Understanding the Passive Voice
2. In fact, forty-seven illnesses and three deaths were attributed to her. No agent.
3. She was forced to live in relative seclusion on North Brother Island off New York. No agent.
4. Mary Mallon was taken by force and against her will and was held without a trial. No agent.
Understanding the Passive Voice
5. Mallon was taken to the Willard Parker Hospital in New York. No agent.
6. In 1909, after having been isolated for two years on North Brother Island, Mallon sued the health department. No agent.
Understanding the Passive Voice
7. Though commonly known at the time that typhoid could be spread by water or food products, people who are infected by the typhoid bacillus could also pass the disease via unwashed hands. Agents: water and food products, typhoid bacillus
8. If someone changes their jobs frequently, that person is sometimes referred to as a ‘Typhoid Mary. No agent.
Grammar Part 21. C2. B3. B4. D5. A6. C
THE DISCOVERY OF A MIRACLE DRUGPG. 169
READING STRATEGY: DRAWING INFERENCESPG. 168-169
READ IN FULLPG. 169-171: THE DISCOVERY OF A MIRACLE DRUG – MAIN IDEAS & CLOSE READING QUESTIONS
DISCUSSIONPG. 173
Homework
• Pg. 172-173
• Synonyms, Suffix –ful, Understanding content-specific vocabulary.