2015-07-24 Core: 2 charity project

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: make a list of charity causes your event could donate money to, and make a list of what kinds of events you could use to raise money for a charity
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Charities: African-American National Urban League, AIDS charities, American Indians, animal protections / animal rights, blind and visually impaired people, child protection, civil rights and advocacy, consumer protection and legal aid, cultural understanding, children with cancer, Red Cross, poverty, UNICEF, environmentalism, hunger (e.g. Project Bread), educational scholarships, freeganism, women’s rights, diversity, human rights, labor unions / workers’ rights, UN peacekeepers, endangered species protection

Charity (Public) Fundraising Events: comedy show, musical concert, yard sale, freestyle show, raffle, magic show, toy and clothing drive, movie marathon, fundraising walk or run, ice bucket challenge, sports games, (celebrity) game show
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In your groups, choose a charity cause or organization, choose a type of event, and then plan the event and draw the advertising poster for the event.
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BREAK
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Share your events with the class.
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p. 29 part 2 - read the profile of Baz Luhrmann - what information is in the profile?(a, b, c, or d?)
part 4 - do you understand these words?
biased: unbalanced (strongly in favor of one side and against the other), especially if it comes from the author’s own life or experience
objective (adj): with facts, not personal feelings or opinions (opposite is “subjective”)
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part 5 - which highlighted words from the text can replace the words in the box?
in spite of, despite
even though, while, although
in contrast, but, however, on the other hand, nevertheless
(^ = contrast, v = cause)
because of this, for that reason, so, therefore, as a result
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Although he is best known as a film director, he has also directed opera.
Despite being best known as a film director, he has also directed opera. (“despite” and “of” are prepositions, so “despite” and “in spite of” are followed by gerunds)
He is best known as a film director. However, he has also directed opera.
He is best known as a film director, but he has also directed opera.

(blah blah blah). Because of this, he is very famous.
(blah blah blah). For that reason, he is very famous.
(blah blah blah). Therefore, he is very famous.
(blah blah blah). As a result, he is very famous.
(blah blah blah), so he is very famous. (this is a conjunction; it goes within the same sentence after a comma, like “but”)
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p. 29 part 5c - Rewrite the sentences with the connectors in parentheses.
1 They have had box office success even though they are unusual movies.
  Even though they are unusual movies, they have had box office success.
2 I enjoyed Romeo + Juliet, but I didn’t understand all the dialogue.
3 I love epic movies. Nevertheless, I didn’t enjoy this one.
4 In spite of praising Luhrmann’s earlier movies, the critics did not like Australia.
5 I’ve seen all of the movies. However, I haven’t seen any of his operas.
6 His last movie was absolutely superb, so I’m looking forward to seeing the next one.
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Homework: Choose an artist or entertainer whose work you know and enjoy. Write a profile of this artist similar to the one on p. 29 (use parts 6 and 7 to prepare and check your profile).