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Daniel Rooke

Roberto arrived 10 minutes late to class. We discussed his time in Houston, completed the daily Wordle and then began a philosophical discussion on Part 1 of the train problem. We will continue this in tomorrow's lesson.

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Daniel Rooke

Roberto was 20 minutes late to class. We did the daily Wordle and then continued with the previous vocabulary activity. We look at other subject-specific words including subsistence, abide, weigh and bandwidth and then Roberto had to integrate these into given sentences - he scored 7 of 8.

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Daniel Rooke

Roberto was 13 minutes late to class. We started with the daily Wordle and then began working through discussion questions around the concept of 'Greenwashing'. We also started looking at some subject specific vocabulary including devious, hoodwink, profess and deceptive. We will continue with this in the next lesson.

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Daniel Rooke

Roberto was 12 minutes late to class. We completed the Daily Wordle and then kept working through the listening test. We managed to finish the remaining questions after deconstructing them. Roberto scored 33 out of 40 for his benchmark test. He previously scored 23 of 40 back in August 2024.

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Hazel Pelling

We read this article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70821201ego and discussed wider meaning and potential implications around the Peace Prize along with the expectations of Trump. glimmer of light = very small amount of light =signal or sign of hope pay attention to to run for a position living in hiding/ living underground/ lying low /going into reclusion Meaning of and us of spark sparked competition sparked protests a spark between two people illegitimate, thermometer and threatened pronunciation erased

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Lauren Faulk

We continued the information and discussion about the video fo the Zombie drug taking over the United States currently and the PDF worksheet of the same

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Lauren Faulk

We discussed possible destinations for his upcoming vacation during Thanksgiving week.

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Lauren Faulk

We discussed the price differences of prices in weddings in the US and Spain and the upcoming family plans

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Lauren Faulk

We discussed the connection of bounties on the heads of ICE immigration officers sent by the organized crime units of Mexico in the news.

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Lauren Faulk

We finished the last part of the generation article from The Guardian about generation Z affecting the workplace and changing their mentality in comparison to previous generations

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Lauren Faulk

We talked about the current government shutdown and its status and Trump´s reaction to a number of proposals recently in government. We also discussed the employees and jobs being affected by the current shutdown./ Vocabulary: coming along/ twilight zone/ holding versus sustaining

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Lauren Faulk

We discussed the details of the reasons behind the current government shutdown and the difficulty for the shutdown to end quickly.

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Lauren Faulk

We talked about the upcoming opportunities of travel for him within the next month and what each city offers. He discussed his upcoming visit to the art museum and expo in Houston and plans for dining in Chicago.