Friday 11th Decmeber - Class work Term 2 Content

I will check that the following work has been done in our next lesson on Monday 14th December. Please take this work seriously, we have a lot to get through in Term 2.

1) Learn the following 20 phrasal verbs: Phrasal Verbs 1
Write one sentence using each verb - 20 sentences in total

2) CAE Student's book p. 34 Read "The Next Step in Brain Evolution" hightlight and look up on WordReference any new words - add them to your own personal vocab lists. Answer the 6 questions on the text on p. 35

3) CAE Workbook p. 15: WORD BUILDING
Complete Exercise 2 parts 1 - 4 and Exercise 3

Dystopian Literature: Common concepts

1)      The Status of the Individual

·         In a word - low.

·         The individual is of little, if any consequence, the desire being for uniformity within society.

2)      The nature of power

·         The power in a dystopian society can rest with an individual corrupt dictator or a corrupt governmental entity, but the effect is much the same; the individual is crushed and freedom restricted.

3)      Communication

·         Poor, artificial, stilted

·         Communication is just another method of control in the dystopian society