Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Joseph Addison)

Reading list end 2020
Book 6	One moment one morning
Book 7	My sister's keeper

Be stubborn about your goals and flexible about your methods. (Unknown)

Topic 2: Teaching & learning

Reading	Single or mixed sex schools
Listening	A study group
Writing	Substitution & ellipsis
Speaking	Language learning skills

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. (John Dewey)

 Topic 2: Education & work

Reading	Work-life balance
Listening	A job interview - audio
Grammar	Reported speech
Speaking	(Un)employment/retirement

There is no substitue for hard work. (Thomas A. Edison)

 Topic 2: Education & work

Reading	Education
Listening	Education
Vocabulary	Work & jobs
Speaking	Monologue: Work

I am still learning. (Michelangelo)

Topic 2: Back to school

Reading	Education
Listening	An assignment
Grammar	Adverbs of manner
Vocabulary	Classroom language

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. (Alan Watts)

Here is the worksheet for Who moved my cheese? I hope you enjoy the book.

Know yourself to improve yourself. (Auguste Comte)

Topic 1: Knowing me knowing you

Reading	Know yourself quiz
Grammar	Potpourri
Vocabulary	Word formation
Speaking	Character & personality

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. (J.B. Priestley)

Topic 1: Language & communication

Reading	Type of student quiz
Listening	Kind of student
Grammar	Verb patterns
Speaking	Foreign language learning

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. (George Bernard Shaw)

Topic 1: Language & communication

Reading	Learning a language
Listening	Meeting up
Grammar	Verb patterns
Speaking	Language & communication

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. (Anthony J. D'Angelo)

Topic 1:  Back to routine

Reading	My daily routine
Listening	Travel & holidays
Vocabulary	Travel & holidays
Grammar	Questions

There is nothing permanent except change. (Heraclitus)

I propose Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson for our fifth book.

A summary.

Another summary.

The movie.

I believe in routine. (Tom Herman)

Reading: Benefits.
Listening: How to improve.
Writing: How to improve.
Speaking: Simple secrets.

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals. (Clint Eastwood)

Worksheet 1 for the first half of Luke and Jon. 
Worksheet 2 for the second half of Luke and Jon.

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. (Ralph Bunche)

Reading: Exam examples.
Listening: Exam practice.
Writing: 3 tasks.
Speaking: Exam examples.

A warm, dead-to-rights understanding of the human heart, expressed in prose as clear as a glass of water. (Francis Spufford)

I propose Luke and Jon by Robert Williams for our fourth book. When Luke's mother dies unexpectedly in a car accident, he also loses his father who is trying to drown his sorrows in a bottle. They move to a remote town and an even more remote house where they meet Jon, whose own mother died when he was six.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. (Benjamin Disraeli)

Reading: More texts and tasks.
Listening: Practice.
Writing: Practice.
Speaking: Tips and tasks.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. (Benjamin Disraeli)

Reading: Sample texts and tasks.
Listening: Tests.
Writing: Practice.
Speaking: Discussion topics.

The best way out is always through. (Robert Frost)

Reading: Phone chat.
Listening: Lessons in British Justice.
Writing: For and against essay.
Speaking: The oral exam.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Reading: Holidays.
Listening: Holidays.
Writing: My last holiday.
Speaking: Holidays.

Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented. (Gilbert K. Chesterton)

Reading: Summer camps.
Listening: Summer activity course.
Writing: Holiday plans.
Speaking: Dialogue (Planning a trip).

You just need to start. Do it today. (Debora Robertson)

Here are some questions for you.
Worksheets for Chapter 1 & Chapter 2.
Worksheets for Chapter 3 & Chapter 4.
Worksheets for Chapter 5 & Chapter 6.
Worksheets for Chapter 7 & Chapter 8.

The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping. (Iris Apfel)

Reading: Shopping.
Listening: Shopping online.
Writing: Birthday money: e-mail.
Speaking: Consumerism.

Truth and news are not the same thing. (Katherine Graham)

Reading: Fake news.
Listening: The environment.
Writing: News report.
Speaking: The news.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (Joseph P. Kennedy)

Reading: Norovirus.
Listening: Coronavirus.
Writing: Vocabulary related to Coronavirus. 
Speaking: Quarantine.

Easter has been cancelled - they found the body. (Jim Butcher)

Reading: Easter. 
Listening: The history of Easter.
Writing: Easter post.
Speaking: Easter. 

It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road. (Source unknown)

Reading: Driving. 
Listening: Driving.
Writing: Road trip.
Speaking: Dialogue (At the garage).

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. (Mother Theresa)

Reading: International Women's Day.
Listening: A Tale of Two Brains.
Writing: Equality at Work.
Speaking: Gender equality.

The ebb and flow of daily life can lead to wonderful highs, crushing lows and everything in between. (Julie Foudy)

Reading: Tattoos.
Listening: Big city, small world.
Writing: Daily routine.
Speaking: Dialogue: Family matters.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. (Margaret Thatcher)

Reading: A traditional wedding.
Listening: Describing people. 
Writing: A short story.
Speaking: Appearance.

Self-reflection is the first step to decluttering because it's not about the stuff. (Unknown)

The third book we will discuss is this one which is beautifully written. The content is inspiring, and the style immaculate. It's not just what she says, but how she says it. The author infuses her advice with humour and just enough down-to-earth reality to keep you hooked. This book will change your life!     

A house is made of bricks and beams. A home is made of hopes and dreams. (Unknown)

Reading: Home of the future. 
Listening: Homes of the future.
Writing: Informal email.
Speaking: Your dream house.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book. (Jim Rohn)

Here is the book so you can do the exercises and activities at the back. Check out the answers here. You will be asked to summarise the stories in your own words so have a look at this and learn how. You have two weeks. Start practising! 

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. (Ann Landers)

Reading: Free time.
Listening: Chatting about a series.
Writing: Reality TV shows.
Speaking: Television.

I have a hard time with free time. (Shia Labeouf)

Reading: Short texts.
Listening: Shakespeare scene one. 
Writing: Informal letter. 
Speaking: The cinema.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. (B.F. Skinner)

Stranger than Fiction:Urban Myths (Penguin) 
Sunday 19th January
How to be an Alien (Penguin)
Sunday 16th February
Capital (Faber and Faber)
Sunday 15th March
Sunday 19th April
Sunday 24th May

The more colourful the food, the better. I try to add colour to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits. Misty May-Treanor)

Reading: Food and restaurants.
Listening: A new restaurant.
Writing: Diet and health.
Speaking: Food and eating habits. 

There's always someting to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if it's just not being a turkey. (unknown)

Reading: Thanksgiving. 
Listening: The first Thanksgiving.
Writing: Describing a festival.
Speaking: Thanksgiving Webquest.

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. (Denis Waitley)

Reading: Fitness pill.
Listening: Health.
Writing: An opinion.
Speaking: Health and physical care.

A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. (Guy Fawkes)

Reading: Bonfire night.
Listening: Dictation.
Writing: A class forum.
Speaking: Webquest.

Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. (Brit Hume)

Reading: Innovation in business.
Listening: Work-life balance.
Writing: A CV.
Speaking: Job skills.

A foreign language is like a frail, delicate muscle. If you do not use it, it weakens. (Jhumpa Lahiri)

Reading: Foreign exchange emails.
Listening: Good study habits.
Writing: Emails.
Speaking: Studying and learning.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. (E.M. Forster)

Reading: Robot teachers. 
Listening: Listening skills.
Writing: Tips and advice.
Speaking: Learning and training.