2015-11-20 Core: 7 unusual house project

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: list locations or materials that would make a house unusual
	AND: p. 165 practice 1 and 2 (grammar)
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practice 1
1 isn’t as big as
2 as fast as
3 the biggest
4 less expensive
5 warmer
6 hotter
7 smaller than
8 quicker
The quicker we get home, the sooner we’ll get some news.
= If we get home quicker, we’ll get some news sooner.

The colder the weather, the more expensive the heating bill.
= When the weather is colder, the heating bill is more expensive.
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practice 2
2 didn’t use to have
3 Did there use to be
4 use to play
5 did your father use to work
6 didn’t use to go
7 used to tell
8 used to eat
4 The boys would often play tennis in the park.
6 She wouldn’t often go to the movies when she was a girl.
7 He would tell me all about his life in Australia.
8 We would eat lunch in a cafe near my grandparents’ house.

He would often work on his car on Sunday afternoons.
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Locations that would make a home unusual:
- cut or carved into a mountain
- built on the side of a cliff
- in a tree
- underground
- over the water
- in a mine
- underwater
- behind a waterfall
- in space
- in a cave
Materials that would make a house unusual:
- gold
- recycled bottles
- glass
- cargo container
- bamboo / logs (unprocessed wood)
- candy
- gingerbread
- resin
- fiberglass
- an old airplane
- a train
- a submarine
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With your group, design and draw an unusual house (using location and materials from above or your own ideas). Be prepared to explain it to the other students, including where it will be located and if it will be for sale.
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BREAK
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Explain your houses to the rest of the class. Which one(s) would you like to live in?
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What can I call it? What should I call you? What do you call yourself? What is the word for ___?
(not “how”)

How should I call you? = What method should I use to call you? (phone? skype? what?)
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Three common ways to answer “how” questions:

How are you? How do I look? How did it taste? - I want to know if something is good or bad.

How do I get to the bank? How do you reinstall Windows? How did you do that?
- I want a list of steps. I want to know the way that you did something.

How tall are you? How old was he? How long is the movie? How fast was he driving?
- I want to know the “intensity” of an adjective or adverb.
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I enjoy New York as a place to visit, but not as a place to live.
= I enjoy New York when it is a place to visit, but not when it is a place to live.

It’s like a small town, but with the conveniences of a large city.
= It is similar to a small town.
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Homework: Write a description of your hometown (in your country), using the ideas and model on p. 89.