Contemp Tops 1 Unit 6

Contemporary Topics 1

May 12, 2009

Vocabulary Unit 5 Review 1) act - something you do 2) assess - to think about a situation, to measure pros and cons. 3) average - to be like most 4) character - a person in a story 5) estimate- to guess a number of something 6) focus - to pay attention to something

Vocabulary Unit 5 Review 7) immediate - to begin right now 8) impact - an effect 9) link - a connection between things 10) long-term- over a long period of time.

New Vocabulary Unit 6 1) accent = the way people talk when they are from a certain area. 2) adolescents = people between childhood and adulthood. 13-18 (15-20) years old 3) critical = very important 4) evidence = proof 5) conclude = to make a decision by reasoning.

New Vocabulary Unit 6 6) theory = to make a prediction and try to support it with evidence 7) native = from somewhere by birth 8) period = an amount of time 9) remove = to take away 10) skill = a special ability

Questions Due Friday  Have

you ever tried to learn something when you were older?  Was it easier or more difficult? Explain how.  Did you study anything when you were young that you can easily do now?

Homework  Review

vocabulary and notes Unit 6  Answer questions and bring in Friday  Go to blog to see class notes www.livingenglishonline3.blogspot.com  Use English 1 hour every day;) a) Newspaper, Movies, Books, etc.