2019-06-01 Saturday: 2 Performance

Greg Malivuk
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2019-06-01 Saturday: 2 Performance
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Homework: Invent a company of your own and write a website profile like on p. 17. (Include  “about us”, “current projects” and “testimonials” sections.)
	Also: read p. 15 and do parts 4, 5, and 6 on p. 14
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p. 14
part 4
1 Russell Hill and Robert Barton are anthropologists.
2 Joanna Setchell studies African monkeys called mandrils.
3 Jonathan Blount is a biologist.
A zoologist studies animals.
A botanist studies plants.
part 5
1 d
2 a
3 b
4 c
part 6 - b
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p. 14 part 7 - Do you understand all of the words in the box?
mentor = someone with more experience who gives advice and helps someone “new”
competitor = someone who is trying to get the same (limited) goal; someone in a competition
contestant = someone who is trying to win a game or contest
opponent = someone who works against someone or something else
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Vocabulary
p. 21 part 2 - Which word doesn’t fit with the others, and why?
1 dance - the others are people
2 play - the others are people
3 dancer - the others are performance events
4 act - the others are people
5 singer - the others are groups
6 clown - the others are kinds of performance
7 drummer - the others are kinds of music
8 hiking - the others are ways of performing
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choreography, choir, chorus, choral, character, orchestra - the ‘ch’ in all of these words sounds like /k/
(other roots where ‘ch’=/k/ include: chem, mech, tech, chron, psych)
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Take 60 seconds to write as many different types of music as you can think of.
Compare your lists with your group and talk about some of those styles of music with the expressions in part 1. How similar or different are your musical tastes?
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genre = kind of music, movie, TV show, or book
subgenre = more specific type, within a larger genre
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part 2 - Where are these genres from?
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 g
5 f
6 e
7 a
8 h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4DDkye8FU (blues)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lhxvpmldek (bossa nova)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwS8-lb1xo (charanga)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on9lKHZc5jA (fado)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqxJMCQxb_Q (flamenco)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOkDI3RFvM (hoomii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g (reggae)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HL5wYqAbU (taiko drumming)
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Vocabulary: describing music

part 3 - With your partner, think of a song or artist that you can describe with each of these words. (Use a dictionary if you don’t know one of the words.)
http://learnersdictionary.com/ is good for simple explanations of words
moving = emotionally powerful
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part 5 - Listen and fix the factual errors in these sentences.
1 Manu Chao has not been successful in the English-speaking world.
2 World fusion has become better-known since the release of Paul Simon’s album Graceland.
3 Peter Gabriel has been part of WOMAD since it began.
4 Zap Mama has had several hits internationally.
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In American English, if the name of a group or company is singular, it takes a singular verb (even though the usual pronoun to use is “they”).
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Grammar: Present Perfect
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form = have/has + past participle
meaning = something that started in the past and continues now (and could happen more)
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p. 23 part 9 - Complete the paragraph with the correct present perfect forms.
1 has grown
2 have taken over
3 has become
4 has also gotten
5 have started
6 have found
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BREAK
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p. 23 part 10 - Do these expressions go with “for” or with “since”?
for: a couple of days, a while, a few months, ages, centuries, some time, years
since: 1986, I was a child, July, last Monday, my last vacation, lunchtime, the day before yesterday
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part 11 - Complete the sentences and share with your partner. Use the correct present perfect form of the verb and information that is true about you.
1 I have lived here for ten months.
2 I have been at my current job since April.
3 I have known my best friend since 2001.
4 I haven’t listened to classical music for ages.
5 I have always wanted to go to Machu Picchu.
6 I have never had a cat.
7 I have studied English since 2001.
8 I have been in this class for three hours.
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already / yet / just

I have already eaten lunch. / I have eaten lunch already.
	= I ate lunch and it was sooner than (someone) expected.
I haven’t yet eaten lunch. / I haven’t eaten lunch yet.
	= I haven’t eaten lunch but I expect to soon.
I’ve just eaten lunch.
	= I’m finishing now or I finished very recently.
	(In American English, “just” is much more common with simple past than present perfect.)
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Take 2 minutes to write every type of dance you can think of.
What are some reasons why people dance?
People dance…
for fun / to have fun
to exercise
for competitions
for work / to make money
for rituals
to celebrate
to feel better, calmer, and healthier
to fill the time
to meet people
to have a social life
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To express purpose, use
to + verb (base form)
	or
for + noun
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Grammar: infinitives and gerunds

gerund = verb+ing form, used like a noun
	subject of a sentence: Dancing is fun.
	object of a preposition: It’s a way of meeting people. I look forward to watching that.
infinitive = to + base form
	for purpose: I dance to have fun.
	after an adjective or adverb: It’s fun to dance. I’m happy to see you. It’s too cold to go out.

Both gerunds and infinitives can come after certain verbs.
- some verbs go only with gerunds
- some verbs go only with infinitives
- some verbs go with both and don’t change meaning
- some verbs go with both and do change meaning
	I stopped eating fast food. = Now I don’t eat any fast food any more. I quit.
	I stopped to eat fast food. = I stopped something else in order to eat fast food.
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part 8 - Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb, then discuss whether it’s true for you and why.
1 doing (“enjoy” + gerund)
2 Painting (subject = gerund)
3 to be (adjective + infinitive)
4 changing (“imagine” + gerund)
5 to learn (adjective + infinitive)
6 to play (“learn” + infinitive)
7 trying (preposition + gerund)
8 to find (“seem” + infinitive)
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Note: If possible, we usually avoid two -ing verbs next to each other.
	It started to rain. = It started raining. (Both sound totally fine.)
	It is starting to rain. (This sounds fine.)
	*It is starting raining. (This sounds strange.)
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p. 30-31 - Taiko Drumming
part 4 - Watch the video and answer these questions.
1 An ancient type of drumming
2 Japan
3 The movement of the body
4 Sound, body, and mind
5 They feel free, like they’re outside of their bodies.
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part 5 - Watch again and make notes about the history of taiko.
2000 years ago: drumming caused fear in enemies; used drum sounds for daily tasks and to mark village boundaries
early 1900s: taiko was very popular in Japanese-American communities
mid-1900s: people were losing interest
1968: Saichi Tanaka arrived and brought a new style of drumming
Now: there are 800 groups across the US and Canada
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part 6 - Try to complete the paragraph from memory and based on what words make sense. Then watch again to check.
1 boat
2 the US
3 drums/taiko
4 800
5 Canada
6 body
7 drumstick
“fresh off the boat” = recent immigrant, especially from Asia
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Homework: units 1 and 2 test