Mark Stepner

Welcome to my class!

There will be information about course (class) assignments here, as well as some other links.

 

G.S.  = Grammar Sense 4

P.4   = Pathways 4:  Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking

 

Group Project—A Global Problem

You will be working in a group on a project about a global problem.  Each group will have four members, and the group members will divide the work so that two will focus on the global problem, and the other two will focus on solutions to the problem.

Schedule:                                                                                    Due Date:

A) Choose a project topic                                                        October 24

 

B) Hand in some notes, a research question                      October 31

and an interview question.   You can do this

as a group if you wish.  Each group member

should include the items listed in B.

 

C) Submit a paragraph description of the group               November 5

project with a clear division of tasks among

the four project members, and a designated

technology tool for presentation.

 

D) Hand in a general outline of the presentation,            November 14

with group members designated as presenters.

 

E) Submit a photocopy of slides for the presentation.     November 17

 

F) Give the group project presentation.                              November 19

Each presenter:   2-5 minutes in length

Time for Q & A after each group presentation.

 

G) Hand in the questions and answers from                     November 21

the first group interview of an American about

your group project topic.

 

H) Turn in the poster for your group project.                   November 24

 

I)  Submit the questions and answers from the                December 3

second interview of an American about your

group project topic.

 

Ask your teacher if you have any questions about the group project.

Read pp. 211-218 in Pathways 4:  Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking about presentations.

 

Class Assignments:

 

For Fri., Dec. 12:

1) Schedule of student-teacher conferences in EOP 279 on Friday.

Huiyan (Jessica)     9:00 AM

Shuhang                    9:15 AM

Maho                          9:30 AM

Chia-Chen (Rube)   9:45 AM

Yuko                         10.00 AM

Ammar                    10:15 AM

Yi-Chan                  10:30 AM

Abdumoneim        10:45 AM

Zhenghao               11:00 AM

David                      11:15 AM

Alessanda              11:30 AM

Sultan                     11:45 AM

Mohammad          12:00 PM

Nawaf                     12:15 PM

Waleeed                 12:30 PM

Abdallah                12:45 PM

2) No new homework    🙁  🙂

3) Be sure that you take care of the following:

A) Send a thank-you email from your group project members to the CELOP staff members–teachers, administrators, or student workers–whom you interviewed as part of the group project.   The group leader or another group member can do this.    Please send me a copy of the email.  This is an important final part of the project!

B) Write about at least one significant inventor, discoverer, or explorer from your country, culture, or religion, on one of the posters, in a sentence using the passive.  If you’d like, research a Native American, African-American or other immigrant to this country who made a famous invention, discovery, or exploration (example–George Washington Carver).

For Wed., Dec. 10:

1) Bring Pathways 4:  Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking  to class.

P. 192:  Read and think about “Before Viewing:  A and B.

2) Group Project Leaders:

Write a thank-you email message to both interviewees–Interview #1 and #2–and send me a copy.  If you wish me to check the messages before you sent them, that is OK but optional.

3) Bring an edible or potable (drinkable–non-alcoholic) item to class.  This will be a potluck.

Check with your classmates to make sure that you are not all bringing the same thing!

4) Leave G.S. 4 at home.  🙂

 

For Mon., Dec. 8:

 

1) Study for a test on Unit 10 of P. 4  (pp. 181-188;  pp. 194-198) and Chapter 9 in G. S. 4 (pp. 149-165; A19-21–Verbs with gerunds, verbs with infinitivtes, and verbs with infinitives or gerunds (sometimes with a change of meeting)

Items to focus on:

Gerunds and infinitives (with verbs)

Causative verbs (let, make, get, help)

Vocabulary — P. $:  pp. 184-186, 194-195

Language functions–confirming understanding; giving recommendations

 

Listening comprehension (a new passage)

 

2) Have a great weekend!

 

For Fri., Dec. 5:

A) In P. 4 do these activities:

1) Ex. A on p. 188.

2) The vocabulary exercise on p. 194.

3) Ex, A on p. 198,

Continue doing the online exercises for Unit 10:

myelt.heinle.com

 

B) Group Project:

Hand in your questions and answers for Interview #2–either individually or all together, including your names and the name of the interviewee.

 

C) In  G.S. 4 do these activities:

1) Ex. C1, Listening–p. 160.

2) Ex. C3 on p. 162.

3) Study A20-22 (in the back of the book).

Continue working on the online exercises for Chapter 9:

grammarsensepractice.com

 

 

 For Wed., Dec. 3 (revised):

A) In G.S. 4:

Do these exercises:

1) Ex. B1, Listening, A and B–p. 155.

2) Ex. C4–p. 163.

3) Study A18-19 (in the back of the book).

B) In P. 4:

Do these activities:

1) Brainstorming and Ex. A on p. 186.

2) Ex. A on p. 190.

3) Ex. B on p. 197.

C) Research on the Internet at least one past or present-day inventor or discoverer/explorer from your native country.  If there are two or more students from your homeland in our class, contact the other(s) so that you look up different inventors and/or discoverers/explorers.  Write down a sentence for each one that you  read about, but do not just copy sentences.

Examples:

Thomas Edison, who was an American from Ohio with more than 1,000 U.S. patents, invented the motion picture camera, the phonograph, and the incandescent light bulb.

Neil Armstrong, who was an American astronaut from Ohio, was the first person to walk on the moon.

Sylvia Earle, who is an American oceanographer and marine biologist from New Jersey and is the National Geographic explorer-in-residence,  established a record for solo diving at a depth of 1,000 meters.

Amelia Earhart, who was an American aviator from Kansas, was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic.

 

We will be making posters about inventors and explorers/discoverers from the countries represented in our class.

 

 

For Mon., Dec. 1:

1) G.S. 4:

Chapter 9–Gerunds and Infinitives

Online exercises:

Go to this website:  grammarsensepractice.com.

Do Activities 2-7 (for Chapter 9).

PowerPoint presentations on gerunds and infinitives:

a) http://www.slideshare.net/rannyrolinda/ppt-gerunds-and-infinitives

b) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEAQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.zirve.edu.tr%2Fusers%2Ftugba.bozkurt%2Fweblog%2Fdaa2c%2Fattachments%2Fa5391%2FGerunds%2520and%2520Infinitives.ppt&ei=GL9zVNSxKMbksATn2YCACw&usg=AFQjCNHcEbqbRpeVkz0PpuSvL9E27FY92w&sig2=7FeK3Hr2wVFlNNllNmMYeg&bvm=bv.80185997,d.cWc

2) P. 4:

Unit 10:  Causative Verbs and the Subjunctive

Listening for Main Ideas: P. 196:

Read p. 196, and do the listening exercise (Ex. A).

Read p. 216.

 

PowerPoint presentations on causative verbs:

a)  http://www.slideshare.net/imadhawamdeh/causative-verbs-13658464

b)  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDMQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstudyingenglishonline.pbworks.com%2Fw%2Ffile%2Ffetch%2F56571612%2F-%2520causatives.ppt&ei=SrhzVMKLL82IsQSLi4DgBA&usg=AFQjCNE8syGWkKMHMMqOBX1LJ9soe254AQ&sig2=RLu4JPt0D0iMrngxtxONSw&bvm=bv.80185997,d.cWc

Online exercises:

myelt.heinle..com:

(Unit 10)

Do the Vocabulary, Listening, and Language Function exercises.

 

3) Have an enjoyable long holiday weekend!

 

 

For Mon., Nov. 24:

1) G.S. 4:

Read the explanations on pp. 157, 159-160.

Do Ex. B2–pp. 155-156.

Do Ex. C2A–p. 161.

2) P. 4:

Do Ex. B on p. 184 and Ex. A on p. 185.

Do the brainstorming ex. and the listening ex.–Ex. A– on p. 186.

3) Enjoy the weekend!

 

For Fri., Nov. 21:

1) Group Project–Submit the questions and answers from your first interview of a native speaker of English at CELOP

Please indicate who asked each; question and the name of the interviewee.

 

2) P. 4:  “Unit 10–Food Concerns”

A) Read pp. 181-184.

B) Read the explanations about critical thinking, expressing opinions, confirming understanding, causative verbs (grammar):

Pp. 185, 188, 189 (in the boxes)

3) G.S. 4:  Gerunds and Infinitives

Read “Overwork in America: When the Way We Work becomes Too Much”–pp. 150-151, including A3.

Read the grammar explanations on pp. 152-154.

Do Ex. B2:  p. 154.

Grammar reference:

In the back of G.S. 4 are appendices with grammar information.

Check A-18 to A-21 (#19-22) to see which verbs or adjectives are followed by a gerund,  by an infinitive, or  by either a gerund or an infinitive.

 

For Wed., Nov. 19:

Be prepared to give your group project presentations, with the aid of a technological tool like PowerPoint or Prezi.

Practice giving it within your individual 5-minute time limit, and within the group time limit of 20 minutes, not counting the Q & A afterwards.

Be ready to look around the audience while you occasionally check notes.  Do not just read from the screen or from a sheet of paper.

 

Good luck!

 

 

For Mon., Nov. 17:

Keep working on your group project.

Bring in a printed copy or photocopy of slides for your presentation (for example, for PowerPoint or Prezi), with multiple slides per page (for example, 6 per page).

Be sure that you have submitted a general outline of your presentation (with the names of presenters) by Monday at the latest.

Group presentations:  8-20 min. long

Each presenter:   2-5 minutes in length

Time for Q & A after each group presentation.

 

For Fri., Nov. 14:

1) Hand in a general outline of the group project presentation, with the group members as designated presenters of specific topics.

Check p. 217 in P. 4 as one model for the outline.

2) Be ready for a test on these areas:

a) Conditionals–G.S. 4:    Chapter 13, pp. 237-258;  all of the online practice for Chapter 13

b) Past modals–P. 4:   Unit 5, pp. 88, 90, 99

The online grammar and listening practice for Unit 5.

c) Listening comprehension (a new passage).

Be sure that you have done the listening practice in P. 4:  Unit 5, pp. 86-88, 96, and 98.

d) Language functions–P. 4:   pp. 55 and 98

Online practice for P. 4, Unit 5–Language functions

e) Wolf Hollow field trip:

1. Homework questions

2. Website homework reading

3. Some key information from the tour

 

For Wed., Nov. 12:

1) Group Project:

Read pp. 211-218 in P. 4–about presentations.

2) In G.S. 4:

Read the grammar explanation on p. 257.

Do Ex. D2 on p. 258.

Continue the online grammar practice.

3) In P. 4:

Do Ex. A and B on p. 96.

 

For Mon., Nov. 10:

1) Answer the questions about Wolf Hollow on the photocopied handout.

2) Continue working on the online exercises for Chapter 13 in Grammar Sense 4.

3) Keep working on your group project.

Check the list of deadlines above (and in last Thursday’s email).

4) P. 4:

Do Ex. A on p. 95.

5) Enjoy the non-rainy weather this weekend!

For Monday

For Friday, Nov. 7:

1) Read all of the attachments sent to you in an email on Thursday, Nov. 6, including three about Wolf Hollow and one about the group project.

2) Keep working on your group project.  Check the list of deadlines (found as an attachment in an email to the core class on Thursday),

 

 

For Wed., Nov. 5:

 

1) Bring in a written general description of your group project in a paragraph (one paragraph for the whole group), to include the following:

a) the aspects of the global problem that each group member is focusing on (Be specific about who will present about what.);

b) the technological tool(s) that you will use and need for your presentation (like PowerPoint or Prezi);

 

2) G.S. 4:

a) Read the “Editing” explanation on p. 256, and do Ex. D1 on pp. 256-257.

b) Keep working on the online grammar practice for G.S. 4–Chapter 13.

3) P. 4–Read p. 94–A and B.

4) Read about Wolf Hollow, the main destination of our Nov. 7 field trip:

http://www.wolfhollowipswich.org/

Check out the website, and read about “The Foundation” and “The Wolves.”

 

 

For Monday, Nov. 3:

1) Group Project:

In P. 4:  Read “Doing Group Projects” on p. 211 and about “Classroom Presentation Skills” on pp. 212-213.

Think about possible roles within your group.

Your group/team should have at least a leader and a manager.

Keep working on your group project, doing research and taking notes.

2) P. 4:

Read the “Language Function” box on p. 88, and the grammar explanations on pp. 90 and 99.

3) G.S. 4:

a) Review the grammar explanations about conditionals on pp. 240-243 (real conditionals), pp. 248-251 (unreal conditionals and as if and as though)

b) Do Ex. C7 on pp. 254-255.

c) Begin the online practice for Unit 13 of G.S. 4.

(with your access code)

 

4) Have a fabulous weekend!

(See you next month… in November! [ : )  ])

For Friday, Oct. 31:

1) Group Project:

If you did not submit 1/2-1 page of notes on your research for your group project on Wednesday, hand it in on Friday.

Also, each student in your group should have at least one question to ask an American about your team project topic:

Ex.:  How serious do you consider the problem of the possible extinction of endangered species like certain types of whales?

2) P.4:

A) Be ready to participate in the debate about the pros and cons of zoos.  All students are expected to be present.

Check p. 38 (Language Function)  and p. 40: A, C, and D.

Also, be sure to do Ex. A on p. 38 (Textbook Audio).

 

B) Unit 5:

P. 86–Do Ex. A.

P. 87–Do Ex. B.

Read p. 206 (on note-taking skills), and pp. 214-216 (graphic organizers).

C) G. S. 4:

Do C5–P. 252.

 

For Wed., Oct. 29:

1) Continue researching and taking notes for your group project.

Bring in notes from your reading, in your own words if possible–1/2 – 1 page.

Write 4 questions to ask an American native speaker of English about your topic.  You can do this in your group.

2) P. 4:

Do Ex. A and B on p. 84, and Ex. A on p. 85.

3) G.S. 4:

Read the grammar explanations on pp. 248-251.

Do Ex. C1: B on p. 250.  (On Textbook Audio)

For Monday, Oct. 27:

1) Be mostly ready to do a debate about the pros and cons of zoos, in assigned groups of four.

Refer to Ex., A, C, and D on p. 40 in P. 4.

Also, check the box at the top of p. 38–“Language Function” expressions for “Responding to and Refuting an Argument.” 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You will have some time in class to practice with your debate team.

2) G.S. 4:

Do Ex. B2A on p. 244.

Complete Ex. B4 on pp. 245-246.

Do Ex. B5 on pp. 248.

Check the grammar explanations on pp. 240-243 for reference if you need to.

3) Find two news items (stories), and be ready to tell the class about either one of them.

You will have 1-3 minutes.  Also, you can use the Internet, TV, radio, newspapers, or magazines as sources of news.

Be sure to speak loudly and clearly.

4) Also, please enjoy Boston!

 

For Friday, Oct. 24:

A) Study for a test on Friday:

1) P. 4:  Unit 2–pp. 21-40 (Relative clauses; vocabulary; language function–introducing examples; responding to and refuting an argument)

2) G.S. 4:    Chapter 10–pp. 170-180  (relative clauses)

3) Online practice:

a) Pathways 4:    Unit 2 exercises

Vocabulary, listening, grammar, language function, speaking

myelt.heinle.com

(You will need a user name and password.  Click “All Activities” and find Unit 2.)

b) Grammar Sense 4:  Unit 10

(Use the access code that you found by scratching the boxed surface on the inside back cover.)

grammarsensepractice.com

 

B) G.S. 4:  Read the grammar explanations:  pp. 242-243 — conditionals.

 

C) Email me four questions for your Group Project team: one for each group member.

Each group member should have a question that shows the focus of your research.

Ex.:  What are the major adverse effects of water pollution?

 

 

For Wed., Oct. 22:

A) Group Project:

Bring in your question about your project topic.  (See the assignment for Mon., Oct. 20.)

Continue reading about your project topic, and taking notes on important points and details.

 

B) In P. 4:

1) Unit 2:  P. 36:  Read the “Before Listening” questions, and do Ex. A and B.

(Textbook Audio)  http://www.bu.edu/celop/dev/audio/index.html

2) Unit 5 (Migration):   Read pp. 81-84.

 

C) In G.S. 4:  Chapter 13 (Conditionals)

1) Read pp. 238-239:  A1 – A3.

2) Read pp. 240-241 (mostly grammar explanations).

3) Do the short exercise on p. 240.

 

D) Begin studying for a test for Friday, Oct. 24:

1) P.4:  Unit 2–pp. 21-40 (Relative clauses; vocabulary; language function–introducing examples; responding to and refuting an argument)

Do some online practice.

2) G.S. 4:    Chapter 10–pp. 170-180  (relative clauses)

Do some online practice.

 

There will listening comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary/reading items on the test.

 

 

For Mon., Oct. 20:

 

A) In P. 4:

1) P. 40:  Ex. A

2) P. 37:  Ex. A and B

(Use Textbook Audio for Ex. B.)

 

3) P. 39:  Ex. A

 

B) G.S. 4

1) Ex. B8:  P. 179

2) Ex. B10-A:  p. 180.

 

C) Group Project:

1) Write down a question that expresses what you are researching for the group project.

 

Ex.:   What are some current or potential solutions to the global problem of the possible extinction of endangered species?

 

2) Continue doing research online or offline on your group project topic.

 

 

D) Enjoy the weekend!

Check out the Head of the Charles Regatta–Oct. 18-19.

http://www.hocr.org/the-regatta/schedule/

hocr.org

 

 

 

For Friday, Oct. 17:

1) In P. 4:

P. 34:  Ex. A and B

P. 35:  Ex. A

Read the explanations in the boxes on pp. 36, 38, and 39.

2) In G.S. 4:

Read the Usage Note on p. 180.

 

3) Start researching your group project topic.

Be sure that you have your fellow group members’ email addresses.

 

For Wednesday, October 15:

1) Talk with other students and choose three other students to make a group of four (4)  for the group project about a global problem and possible solutions.

Email me the names of your group members before class.

2) In P. 4:

A) Developing Listening Skills–Pp. 26-27

Study “Note-Taking.”

P. 26:  Ex. A (Discuss the questions with 1 or 2 classmates.) and Ex. B

P. 27:   Complete “Note-Taking”  and “After Listening.  (Use Textbook Audio.)

B) Building Vocabulary:

Pp. 34-35:     Do Ex. A and B on p. 34, and Ex. A on p. 35.

C) Online practice:  Do at least one online exercise for Unit 2 of Pathways 4.

D) Read the explanations in the boxes on these pages:

P. 36–Critical Thinking Focus:  Evaluating Arguments in a Debate

P. 38–Responding to and Refuting an Argument

P. 39–Non-Restrictive Adjective Clauses

 

 

3) In G.S. 4

A) Read “Usage Note” on p. 180.

B) Do Ex. A and B on p. 180.

C) Do at least one online exercise for Grammar Sense 4 about relative clauses.

 

4) Be ready to tell the class one interesting thing you did over the 3-day weekend.

(15-60 seconds per student)

 

5) Enjoy the long holiday weekend!

 

No CELOP classes on Monday, October 13–Columbus Day

 

 

For Friday, October 10

A) In Pathways 4:  Unit 2–Protecting Our Planet

1) Read pp. 24-25.   Do these exercises:  Ex. B on p  24; Ex. A and B on  p. 25.

2) P. 28:  Study “Introducing Examples.”

Do Ex. A, using Textbook Audio on the CELOP website.

 

B) In G.S. 4:   Unit 10 (restrictive and non-restrictive clauses)

1) Study the grammar explanations about relative clauses on pp. 174-175.

2) Do Ex. B3, on pp. 176-177  (combining sentences).

3) Do Ex. B6 A on p. 178.

 

For Wednesday, October 8:

1) In P. 4: Unit 2

a) Read pp. 21-25.

b) Read the explanations in the boxes on these pages:

Pp. 26, 28, 30, and 31.

 

2) In G.S. 4:  Unit 10

a) Read pp. 170-171.

Ex. A3:  Think about the questions.

Study the grammar explanations on pp. 172-173.

P. 172:  “Think Critically about Meaning and Use”:  Do that exercise.

 

3) Group Projects:  Brainstorming Ideas

Make a list of 3 or 4 global problems that you would like to learn more about, including exploring possible solutions– for a group project.

For example:    air pollution and how to address/solve that problem

disappearing species of animals– helping save endangered species

 

4) Register for online practice using the access codes for Pathways 4 and Grammar Sense 4.

 

 

For Monday, October 6:

1) Study for a test:

The test may include  passive voice (and active versus passive voice), vocabulary items from P. 4,

language functions from P. 4,, material from the CELOP Student Handbook (as announced in an email to you), and a listening section.

It will have approximately 30-50 items (questions).

What to focus on to prepare (underlined material below):

a) Unit 5 in G.S. 4:    The Passive — pp. 73-88

Grammar explanations — pp. 76-78, 80, 82, 85.

Review any exercises that we did in class especially if there were any errors.

b) Unit 1 in P. 4:  pp. 1-19

Grammar–Passive voice:  pp. 9, 19 (explanations)

Vocabulary–pp. 4 (Ex. B), 5 (Ex. B), 14 (Ex. A)

Language Function–p.8 (Introducing a topic); p. 18 (Agreeing and disagreeing)

c) CELOP Student Handbook:

P. 36:  Questions #1-5:

c) Optional:   Online practice with material from Unit 5 in  G.S. 4, and/ or Unit 1 in P. 4 –using your access code

(access code–from the inside of the back cover of G.S. 4;

in a separate pack for P.4)

 

2) Do something relaxing or fun over the weekend.  🙂

 

3) Don’t stay up studying all night on Sunday.  🙁

 

 

For Friday, October 3: 

1) In G.S 4:

a) P. 79–Ex. B3

b) P. 84–Ex. B9

c) P. 85–Read “Editing.”http://www.bu.edu/celop/dev/audio/index.html

Do Ex. C1

2) In P. 4:

a) Pp. 18-19: Read about “language function” and “using an agent in passive voice sentences.”

b) Textbook Audio:

http://www.bu.edu/celop/dev/audio/index.html

P. 18–Ex. A  (agreeing or disagreeing)

 

 

For Wed., Oct. 1:

1) In P. 4: 

P. 8:  Activity A — Do A and B.

Use Textbook Audio to access the MP3’s online:

bu.edu/celop>Current Students>ESL Resources>Audio and Video Resources>Textbooks alphabetically arranged, Pathways 4

Track 1-5

 

2) In G.S. 4

Read p. 85, and do  Ex. C1. (p. 85).

 

3) CELOP Student Handbook:  P. 36

Answer Questions 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

The answers are in your brain.

Bring the CELOP Student Handbook to class.

 

4) Watch your assigned video at the blue link below, based on the list of video segments.

Tips for BU’s newest international students from current international students

Answer these questions, and be prepared to present your answers to the class briefly.

A) What is the student’s name?

 

B) Where is he/she from?

 

C) What challenges does he/she face?

 

D) How does he/she overcome the challenges?

 

Senegal–Alessandra, Mohammed

Zimbabwe–Ammar

Ghana–Abdallah

Italy–David

Thailand–Shuhang

Mainland China–Huiyan

India–Adbulmoneim,  Chia-Chen

The Philippines–Sultan

Panama–Waleed

Saudi Arabia–Maho

England–Zhenghao, Yuki

Pakistan–Yi-Chan

Kazakhstan–Nawaf

 

If you want to listen to more than one of these videos, click “Close video” after you listen to one, and the options will be “refreshed.”

 

For Mon., Sept. 29:

1) P.4:  p. 7–Ex. D:  Listening for Details

Use Textbook Audio on the CELOP website:

bu.edu/celop> Current Students>ESL Resources>Audio and Video Sources> Textbook Audio

Find Pathways 4 ( 2nd edition)  in the alphabetical listing of textbooks and listen to Ex. D, p. 7.

2) G.S. 4:

Do Ex. B3 on p. 79 and Ex. B5, p. 81.

3) Be ready to tell the class briefly (1/2 – 1 minute) about a current news story that interests you.

 

For Friday, Sept. 26

1) In G.S. 4:

Read pp. 74-75.

Do the Ex. on p. 76 (top).

Read the Usage Note on p. 81.

2) In P. 4:

Read pp. 4-5.

3) Bring the CELOP Student Handbook.

In the handbook, on p. 36:

Answer Questions #1-5.

You can find answers on pp. 5, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, or 30.

For Wed., Sept. 24:

1) Buy these three textbooks and any other necessary learning materials like folders and a notebook.

Bring Pathways 4 and Grammar Sense 4 to class.

Pathways 4:  Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking

Grammar Sense 4

For Your Information 4

 

2) Write 5-10 true passive sentences about your country (about the past, present, or future).   (Be sure not to copy them.)    This homework will be collected (by the teacher).

Examples:

Computers are exported by/from the U.S.   Bananas are imported by/to the U.S.

 

3) Movie Exercise–#6 (gold):  Make the 8 sentences passive.

4) In Pathways 4 (P 4):

Read pp.  4-5 and the explanations about language function and grammar on pp. 8-9.

5) In Grammar Sense 4 (GS 4):

Read the grammar explanations on pp. 76-78, and 82.

Do Ex. B8, Ex. A on pp. 82-83.

 

6) Watch one or two of these trailers and write 3 passive sentences about each one:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=trailer+hunger+games+catching+fire

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=captain+philips+trailer

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2340006169/

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=12+years+as+a+slave+trailer

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=skyfall

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=frozen–trailer

 

Example:

In the movie Toy Story 3 the toys are not treated well by children.

They are rescued by some very brave toys.

This movie was made by Pixar and Disney.