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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- http://www.projectbread.org/walk - Sunday, May 1, walk to raise money for hungry people in Boston and Massachusetts (I’ll be at Park Street Station at about 8:30 am).
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- Homework: Look for information about good places to visit in the United States, where you could plan a one-week vacation with your group tomorrow. (You should choose at least one state or region of the US with some specific things you can do there.)
- Also: p. 163 practice 2
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- I live near Fenway. = I live close to Fenway.
- I live next to Fenway.
- I live far (away) from Fenway.
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- How long have you been here?
- I have been here for three months.
- How much longer will you be here?
- I will be here for nine more months.
- How long will you be here in total?
- I will be here for one year total.
- When you finish, how long will you have been here?
- I will have been here for one year.
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- p. 163 practice 2
- 2 has raised ($10,000 is finished)
- has been walking (walking is not finished)
- 3 have been coming
- has increased / has been increasing
- 4 hasn’t been traveling
- has seen (each sight is finished)
- 5 have completed
- have you been training
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- In your group, plan a one-week trip within the US. What will you do each day? Where will you go? Why?
- If you finish before other groups, figure out how much your plan will cost.
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- BREAK
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- Explain your trips to the rest of the class. Which one would you go on?
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- p. 65 - Read the postcard.
- Down Under = Australia
- part 1 - answer the questions
- 2 friend - “text from my uncle” suggests the reader wouldn’t know this person by name
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- part 2a - Find each of these informal things in the postcard.
- abbreviations: bc (because), ps (post script)
- parenthetical comments: (fell off every time!), (wow!)
- contractions: haven’t
- exclamation marks: Hi!, Under!, Bangkok!!!, time!, wow!, summer!
- informal expressions: Hi, Down Under, wow, out of this world, pics
- listing items: “So far have: been surfing, seen the Opera House, been on a boat trip around the bay.”
- leaving out words:
- part 2c: (I) finally made it, after (an) 18-hour delay, (The) weather here (is) glorious, (the) beaches (are) out of this world, “So far (I) have: been surfing, seen the Opera House, (and) been on a boat trip around the bay.”, (I) fell off every time, (There have been) no kangaroos or koalas yet bc (I) haven’t been out of (the) city, (I received a) text from my uncle -- (he) has found me a job, new pics (are) up on Flickr
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- part 2d - With a partner, rewrite these sentences in a more informal way.
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- Homework: Write a postcard from the middle of the vacation you planned in class.
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