Kompetenzerweiterung I (Tuesday/Thursday Group), Homework for December 8th

 **Please don't forget to register for the exam on PSSO by December 7th!!!** 

Announcement: there will be no Zoom meetings for our class on Thursday, December 10th. 

For homework, please prepare the following:

- check your answers for the "verbs commonly used with the passive" sheet below:

3) d, f, i, a, h, e, g, c, j, b

4) 1. we've been swamped with/by, 2. was completely taken aback by, 3. was disconcerted by, 4. is handed down from generation, 5. was scaled down following, 6. being talked down, 7. was couched in extremely formal 

- read the sheet entitled "not using the passive" in the Grammar for CAE and CPE folder and complete the exercises on the "not using the passive exercises" sheet

- complete exercises G-J on pp. 58-59. Self-check your answers and bring any questions to class. 

- learn the Unit 8 topic vocab and word formation words on pp. 60-61 of Destination and complete exercises A-D on pp. 62-64 and L-O on pg. 67. Self-check your answers and bring any questions with you to class.

- read three articles posted on this page and decide which of the three essays is the best in the following categories (there can be different essays that "win" in the different categories, just make sure that you have concrete reason for your decision): 1) word choice, 2) sentence construction/syntax, 3) paragraph organization, 4) thesis/main message What I'm really thinking | Lifeandstyle | The Guardian

- the notes from December 3rd appear on Ilias Inhalt and I have updated the December 1st file to include your contributions (it now appears as "real notes from December 1st" on Ilias). 

Optional essay of 250-300 words in response to one of the following prompts (due to me via email by Sunday, December 13th at 5 pm): 

1. Write your own "What I'm really thinking" text (you still need a thesis for this essay; notice that all of the good ones on the Guardian website have a clear message that they wish to communicate to the reader)

2. Is the holiday season overrated?