T7 (Friday Class) Xmas Homework

1. Look at pages 38 and 39 of your coursebook. Work through the activities 1 - 7. You'll have to be both student A and B for some of the activities(!), but this will give you good practice in thinking about both sides of an argument. Then, write either the essay in activity 6, or this essay: 'Christmas has lost its original meaning and is nowadays nothing more than an excuse for eating, drinking, and presents.' Discuss.
To be emailed to me or given to me by Monday January 9. This is the Monday after our first lesson, which means that you can do it over the holiday, and get ahead with the work, but if you want to check anything from pages 38-39 of the coursebook with me before you do the composition, then you have the weekend after our first class to write it.

2. We agreed as a class to read 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah next term. You should get this book as soon as possible to make sure you don't get behind with the reading! You can get it on Amazon.co.uk here: http://amzn.to/vkApoB or on the Book depository here: http://amzn.to/vkApoB - you'll need to ask your parents to order it using a credit card or MBnet. New it is currently £4.47 on Amazon, though you can get used copies for just 1 penny!

Ordering locally usually takes a much longer time unless the book is actually in stock in the shop, and will probably cost more. I asked my proficiency students about selling their copies, but nobody wanted to - they must have enjoyed reading it a lot! :)