11 February 09 - 3ºI

• Courtney - A really heart day...
• Idioms with heart...:-)

1. to have a heart of gold - to be giving, caring
2. to have a big heart - to care about other people
3. to be cold-hearted - lacking in sympathy
4. to wear your heart on your sleeve - to let everyone know how you feel about someone
5. to cross your heart and hope to die (...stick a needle in my eye) - to promise
6. to cry your heart out - to cry a lot and feel really badly about something
7. to eat your heart out - to be jealous of someone
8. from the bottom of your heart - to really mean something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCXMl4Hs2Oo)
9. to have a change of heart - to change your mind
10. to have your heart set on something - to really want something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBDwnhoxzw)
11. to take something to heart - to have your feelings hurt by someone

It's a heartache...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VGQTtENSs

1. Speaking - "word families" - Shifting stress.
   1. history - historian - historical
   2. politics - politician - political
2. Speaking - oral discussion about history and politics...
3. Grammar.
   Excalibur: King Arthur's sword which he is supposed to have pulled out of a stone.
   Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's second wife.
   The Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur's 12 most trusted men, who in many adventures search for the Holy Grail, the cup which in Christian legend was used by Jesus at the Last Supper.
   Lancelot: King Arthur's best and bravest knight.
   Guinevere /ˈgwi-nə-ˌvir/: King Arthur's wife and Sir Lancelot's lover.
   The Pope: The head of the Catholic Church and the man who refused to give Henry VIII a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Henry broke his relations with the Catholic church to get what he wanted, and this led to the Anglican (Protestant) Church becoming the official religion in Britain.
   Thomas More: A Catholic scholar and Henry VIII's chancellor. He disagreed with Henry's decision to break with the Pope in order to divorce his wife and was executed.
   Camelot: King Arthur's castle.
   
4. b. King Henry (H) or King Arthur (A)?
   
5. A
6. A
7. H
8. A
9. H
10. A
11. H
    

• Communication - Two English Kings.
• Pronunciation - Silent letters.

http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/silent.htm - A list of some of the most common silent letters.

http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/72.html - Now, it's your turn...

• HOMEWORK

*Grammar Bank - p.134

*Workbook pp 27-29.

*Reading - pp.46-47 - A rose without a thorn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0JdVzMTIY - thanks Luismi for the link...And the rest of you, if you find anything interesting or funny...hey! please share it with us!!

REMEMBER that you have to read another book for April. The title of the book is In cold feet by Rod Smith.