Complaint - the basis of a case against the defendant
Case - a lawsuit filed with the court
Charge - an accusation
Claim - a statement of rights
Damages - injury or losses suffered by the plaintiff
Award Damages - money (sum) awarded by a court as a compensation for claimed losses. (there is also Punitive Damages)
Defendant -person or entity against whom a lawsuit is filed
Evidence - a tangible object offered to provide proof of a fact in a case
Lawsuit - a legal proceeding filed with the court. (File a lawsuit)
Liability - legal responsibility for risks or dangerous condition
Malpractice - or misconduct - unreasonable lack of skill or professional wrongdoing by a professional with the result of injury,loss or damage to the recipient of those services
Mediation - an informal settlement conference
Negligence - careless actions of a person or failure to act, which places them at fault for causing or contributing to someone's injury or death
Personal Injury - injury to an individual
Party - individuals or entities involved in a lawsuit
Plaintiff - Person, people or entity which files a lawsuit
Property damage to a vehicle or other property due to an accident
Settlement - an agreement between the parties without the need of a trial
Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp) - Benefits to which an injured employed is entitled
REVIEW:
Unit 6
Vocabulary Exercise
Who will be a milionare online games
http://www.dressupgirl.net/dressup/691/Who-wants-to-be-a-Millionaire.html
http://www.1888freeonlinegames.com/games_play.php?id=195
Money
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1019_quiznet
Money vocabulary
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/money.htm
Audio "ABC's of Money Matters":http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expenserd1.htm
P.58 - Trivia shows
Take your pick:
British show: the winner that is in the book :)
Who wants to be a millionaire: Short video (less than 3 minutes) with a winner - American version of the show
Another 3 minutes with the most famous American winner
Another from "Millionaire" (2:38) with contestant using a lifeline
Deal or No Deal "samples"
Hilarious 1 vs 100 fail
Just the very first 1:10 minute is plenty to have a good idea of the thrill...
A taste of the most famous "smart" trivia show, Jeopardy!
or
This one is just the final question with Ken Jennings (the longest winning streak ever)
P. 60 - Verb Tenses
19 images
http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/ig/Tenses-Chart/spresent.htm
Good chart!
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_sys-tense-time.htm
P.61 - the compensation culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensation_culture
P. 61 - Inversion with Negative adverbials
Table comparing both ways, with an option to listenhttp://quizlet.com/4897096/inversion-with-negative-adverbials-flash-cards/
P. 62 - Decide on Compensation
Basic Legal Vocab
P.65 - Imprecise Quantities
Just for fun....
http://www.organize.com/smmesp.html
Pinch = 1/16 teaspoon
Dash = 1/8 teaspoon
Smidgen = 1/32 teaspoon
Unit 7 - Living Together
Page 66 - People´s personality traits
http://toknowinfo.hubpages.com/hub/Peoplality-and-the-Personality-Traits-We-Share or
Describing people
http://www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/esl11.html
Good worksheet on used to/would (MyP4)
http://englishdailyworkout.blogspot.com/2011/04/used-to-and-would-exercise-past-habits.html
P. 67 -It might be interesting for describing typical habits
http://www.grammaring.com/tags/grammar-tags/habit
Behavior vocabalary list
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-words-that-describe-behavior.html
Behavior idioms
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/descriptions-people.htm
P. 68 - Infinitive and ing forms
Short and to the point
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds.htm
a quick way to show the differences:
infinitive w/o to
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/infinitive_without_to.htm
infinitive with to
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/infinitiv_to.htm
if students are interested, just as a curiosity for them
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds
P.70/71 - Shipwrecked
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/shipwrecked
Survivor official page
http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/?ttag=tv;survivor
a 25 seconds teaser
http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/video/2186247385/survivor-one-world-teaser
P. 72
about the Bluffer's Guide - cute
http://www.ovalbooks.com/bluff/index.html (illustration)
http://www.ovalbooks.com/bluff/MenandWomen.html (excerpts and review)
P. 75 - Word Spot - Just
as a wraparound after students complete the exercise in the book
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/just
just for fun, idioms with JUST
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/just
Unit 8 - A Question of Taste
P. 76 What's your style?
Just for fun, take a style quiz (at home!)
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34211338/ns/today-style/t/quiz-whats-your-personal-style/#.TxXKbqW85QE
Seventeen magazine quiz
http://www.seventeen.com/fun/quizzes/fashion/celebrity-style-personality-quiz
Home decoration style quiz- from the acclaimed HGTV - super fun!
http://my.hgtv.com/style-finder/stylefinder.esi
Fun for teenagers: youtube home video on grunge fashion
The winner of project runway - Christian Siriano
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=667&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsol&tbnid=hBOEscFD5GYkhM:&imgrefurl=http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2008/07/24/shop-project-runways-christian-sirianos-line-at-blueflycom/&docid=eo-o5PobnKm12M&imgurl=http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/stylewatch/blog/080804/christian_siriano_300x400.jpg&w=300&h=400&ei=zdQVT_OAIaTh0QHUwdWcAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=635&vpy=125&dur=2840&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=116&ty=165&sig=114627250960506741831&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=104&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0
And here is a total of 52 pictures of all kinds of architectural styles, just need to click next
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styles/
P. 79 - Style Icons
The top fashion icons (according to style.com....) - American point of view
http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/090710_Top_Ten_Fashion_Icons/
The British list
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/top-10-style-icons/92503
Video