2016-06-24 Core: 1 project and website profile

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: workbook p. 6 (handout)
part 1
1 green
2 men
3 three
4 lead
part 3
1 10%
2 She can’t tell if her DVD player is on or off.
3 blue
4 red, green, and blue
5 police officer and airplane pilot
part 4
1 e
2 f
3 c
4 a
5 d
6 b
7 g
- the sense of vision
- understanding
- visiting or meeting someone
part 5
1 A: As I see it, I can’t help you.
  B: I see. Well, thanks anyway.
2 B: You need to see a doctor.
3 A: Do you see how easy it is?
  B: I see. Thanks.
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blind - adjective
blindness - noun
deaf/deafness
happy/happiness
sad/sadness
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In your group of 3, choose a brand to redesign (different colors, logo, slogan, etc.) to make it uglier.
Draw the new logo with the new colors.
While one person is drawing, the other two people can come up with promotional reasons why the company should choose your new design.
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xenophobia = fear of foreigners and foreignness
scapegoat = someone who gets blamed for problems, even if they didn’t cause the problems
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BREAK
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Present your redesigns to the rest of the class.
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Even though we are the best in the whole world, we will change our logo.
= We are the best in the world, but we will change our logo.

Even if we are the best in the world, we will change our logo.
= We plan to change it, and if we become the best in the future, we will still change it.

Even though it’s raining, I will go outside. = It’s raining and I’m going to go outside.
Even if it’s raining, I will go outside. = I don’t know if it will rain, but I will go outside anyway.
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any-words - most common in questions and negative sentences
any, anywhere, anyone, anything, ever, yet

some-words - most common in affirmative sentences (or questions if I expect “yes”)
some, somewhere, someone, something, sometimes, already/still

no-words - for negative sentences (not + any = no)
no, nowhere, no one, nothing, never, -
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?	Do you want anything to drink? Do you ever watch basketball?
-	I don’t want anything to drink. I don’t ever watch basketball.
= I want nothing to drink. I never watch basketball.
+	I would like something to drink. I sometimes watch basketball.
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p. 17 - Read the website for Color It!
testimonial = someone’s personal opinion and experience with something (especially a company or product)
part 2a - Choose the correct option, and decide how you know.
1 website - it’s in a browser window, there’s an address bar, links to other pictures
2 neutral - There are formal and informal features.
	formal: layout, “currently”, “In addition”, no contractions
	informal: handwriting font, “We help you” - directly to the reader
3 potential clients - It’s about what they can do (for new customers), testimonials are for new customers.
4 to promote the company - They explain the whole company and don’t give a lot of details about any products.
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part 3 - Find examples of each of these things on the website:
1 (four examples) currently, so far, This year, fifteen years’
2 (two examples) also, In addition
3 (four examples) offer advice, help you find, working, advising, redecorating
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Position of these expressions:

(Currently,) we are (currently) working with a national airline.
(This year,) we are working with a national airline (this year).

(So far,) we are extremely pleased with the results (so far).

[other sentence]. In addition, we help you find the products.
[other sentence]. We also help you find the products. (it can also go at the beginning informally)
[other sentence]. We help you find the products, too.
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part 4 - Complete the sentences with time expressions or expressions for additional information.
1 currently, In addition
2 This year, also
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Homework: Write a company profile website (like the one on p. 17) for either
	1) The “new version” of the company whose brand you redesigned.
or	2) The graphic design company that redesigned the brand.