1. Unit 2A: Wildlife Year 2 English UIC, 2011

2. Aggressive Cold-blooded Cute Docile Ferocious Inquisitive Lovely Obedient Playful Tame Vicious Decide whether each group of words has a positive or negative connotation.

3. Vocabulary: Adjectives Positive meanings: Cuddly Cute Docile Inquisitive Lovely Obedient Playful tame Negative meanings: Aggressive Cold-blooded Ferocious Vicious **Do exercise 2 on page 16 of your textbook.

4. Adjectives Aggressive : To be violent or forceful Cold-blooded : A creature that is cruel and doesn’t care if it hurts others Cuddly : soft, gentle, and nice to be around Cute : attractive, usually small, and easy to like Docile: Easily controlled, or managed Ferocious: Extremely fierce or violent Inquisitive: To be curious or interested Lovely : very attractive or beautiful Obedient: doing what a person or rule tells you to do Playful : lively and full of fun Tame: trained not to attack Vicious: To be very nasty, cruel or violent

5. Cold-Blooded Killers? 1.What adjectives would you use to describe the dolphin on page 17? 2.Read the article in the blue box. How does it describe dolphins?

6. Cold-Blooded Killers? Do you think that people should be stopped from swimming with dolphins? Why or why not? Do you agree with the letter-writer that animals have a right to privacy? Why or why not?

7. Unit 2B: Animal Rights In your group, make a list of controversial issues about animal rights. How many can you think of?

8. Verb idioms If things don’t add up, they seem to be wrong or incorrect and don’t fit with other information. E.g.. I’m sorry, no matter how many times you explain it to me, it just doesn’t add up.

9. Verb idioms When you butt in to a discussion, you join in without being asked to, sometimes rudely. E.g. I wish you would stop butting in on the conversation!

10. Verb idioms When you clear up something, you give an explanation which answers the problems and uncertainties that people had. E.g. There seems to be one or two things here that need clearing up before we go any further.

11. Verb idioms When you draw a line, you set a limit or reasonably put a stop to something. E.g. I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends.

12. Verb idioms When you face something, you accept the uncomfortable truth or a situation and try to find a way to deal with it. E.g. Look, you’re just going to have to face it. They’re not going to give you that job.

13. Verb idioms If you miss the point, you don’t understand something important. E.g. I think you’ve missed the point. It’s not the amount of money that’s the problem, it’s how you want to spend it.

14. Replaced Phrases 1. Clear up 2. Miss the point 3. Face 4. Butt in 5. Add up 6. Draw a line

15. Completed Sentences 1. Face 2. Butting in 3. Add up 4. Draw the line 5. Misses the point 6. Clear up

16. Functional Language: expressing opinions As far as I’m concerned.. Frankly, I may be wrong, but… If you ask me… Personally,… To be perfectly honest,… We are absolutely convinced (that)… I don’t believe for a minute (that)… I really don’t think (that)…

17. Do you Agree or Disagree with the following? Use the expressions you just learned to express your opinions. 1.Testing cosmetics and cleaning products on live animals. 2.Testing new drugs, vaccines and surgical techniques on live animals. 3.Using intensive farming techniques to obtain cheaper meat products. 4.Using animals to make fur coats. What about leather? 5.Transporting live animals thousands of miles before slaughtering them. 6.Selling exotic animal parts. 7.Selling exotic animals as pets? 8.Animals for entertainment- e.g circuses, bull fighting 9.Keeping animals in zoos.

24. Unit 2C: Companions Vocabulary: strong reactions Look at the things some pet owners do. Would you do any of these thing? Do you think they're normal?

25. Look at the meanings of mad on page 147 As with many words that have more than one meaning, it is usually our knowledge of the context that tells us which meaning is the right one. He’s mad could mean angry or crazy depending on the circumstances. You can be mad, feel mad, go mad, or get mad.

26. What does the word mad mean in the examples below? He was really mad when he found out what the dog had done to his garden. He was completely mad. He was convinced he was a horse and would eat nothing but hay

27. Angry or Crazy? 1) She got really worked up. 2) She's round the bend 3) She needs her head examined. 4) She really blew her top. 5) She was absolutely livid. 6) She's a complete lunatic. 7) She lost her temper. 8) She's totally insane. A--- C--- A--- C--- A--- C---

28. Vocabulary: strong reactions Anger: Blow (your) top Livid Lose (your) temper Worked up *With a partner, create a dialogue in which you act out one of these reactions Craziness: Insane Lunatic Need (your) head examined Round the bend

29. Vocabulary: collocations with get Get is one of the most interesting words in the English language. It has an extraordinarily wide range of meanings and uses. It has some basic meanings (receive or obtain, become, travel or movement) It can also be used without any precise meaning (get along, get on with it, get in touch)

30. Get involved- become involved Getting- receive/obtain Get along- have a good relationship Get around- move/arrive Get on with it- to move forward or continue on with something Get in touch with- contact Vocabulary: collocations with get Vocab Act 1

31. Finish these sentences 1.I get along best with ____________. 2.Usually I get around UIC by _________. 3.I can never get in touch with __________ when I need to. 4.This year, I would like to get involved in _________. 5.I wish I could get on with __________.

32. Vocabulary: collocations with get Vocab Act 2 1) Received 2) Became 3) Received 4) Went/moved around (without her) 5) Had a good relationship (is) becoming, (has) become Arrive at Receives Become