Library Volunteers, Please!

To my NI1 students on Tuesdays and Thursdays,

Our EOI is looking for volunteers to work in the school library from 6:45 to 7:00 on Tuesday or Thursday evenings.

Thank you and best wishes

David

NI and NA photo essay competition

Here are the rules for the photo essay competition.

Title 

What does summer mean to you? 

Guidelines.

Proposed structure:

Paragraph One (Introduction): define what summer means to you.

Paragraph Two: how you usually spend your summer and who you spend it with.

Paragraph Three: what you did this summer.

Paragraph Four: the negative aspects of summer.

Paragraph Five: Conclusion

Proposed word length:

NI1 NI2– 150 words maximum.

NA1 & NA2 – 200 words maximum.

Proposed deadline for the texts to be corrected and posted (anonymously) on our noticeboards:

Thursday 15^th October 2015.

NA 2 lexical items for Unit One (15/9/15)

NA2 students, 

Word class abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in the word list: (n) = noun, (v) = verb, (adv) = adverb, (adj) = adjective and (phr v) = phrasal verb.

Unit 1 lessons for life

Page 9

ashamed (adj)

come to blows (v)

detail (n)

frustrated (adj)

informal (adj)

react (v)

stead (n)

valuable (adj)

Pages 10–11

dizzying (adj)

harmony (n)

heed (v)

ideological (adj)

misinterpret (v)

motive (n)

reconciliation (n)

respect (n)

selfish (adj)

stability (n)

strive (v)

unite (v)

Pages 12–13

astronomy (n)

campaigner (n)

carpentry (n)

criterion (n)

doer (n)

dreamer (n)

drifter (n)

factor (n)

joker (n)

outlook (n)

self-centred (adj)

settle down (phr v)

technical (adj)

value (n)

vulnerable (adj)

worrier (n)

Pages 14–15

albeit (conj)

coin (n)

dramatist (n)

foregone conclusion (n)

insight (n)

jealousy (n)

light-hearted (adj)

relevance (n)

sanctimonious (adj)

scholar (n)

stray (v)

succinctly (adv)

Pages 16–17

approach (n)

firm (adj)

Page 19

advisor (n)

ancestor (n)

converse (v)

disproportionate (adj)

elders (n)

healthcare (n)

implement (v)

infant mortality (n)

orally (adv)

pass down (phr v)

pass on (phr v)

self-esteem (n)

verbal (adj)

Welcome Back!

To all my students and former students

I would like to welcome you to my EOI Santa Brigida blog space for academic year 2015 /16. 

On this page visitors will find documents which may be of interest to the NI1 and NA2 students. You may find examples of your own work or news concerning upcoming assignments. 

I also post certain information about the progress of our classes. If a class is ever cancelled, you will find that information here, as soon as possible. 

I also publish items for our class. 

So, welcome to EOI Sta B and good luck for this new term! 

Best wishes 

David Shea 
davidsshea@gmail.com

My teaching responsibilities: 

NI1 A/B/C

NA 2 one group