2017-06-03 Saturday: 1 Color

Greg Malivuk
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“2017-06-03 Saturday: 1 Colors”
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Color Idioms (handout) - With your partner, try to guess the meanings of the idioms on p. 143 part A.
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 a
5 b
6 b
7 a
Then guess the correct idioms to complete the sentences in B.
1 blacked out (= lost consciousness)
2 paint the town read (= celebrate)
3 in the black (= making more money than we spend)
4 green with envy (= envious)
5 the pot calling the kettle black (= criticizing someone for a characteristic you also have)
6 a bolt from the blue (= something very unexpected)
7 in the pink (= healthy)
8 out of the blue (= very unexpectedly)
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p. 142 - Read the definitions, especially for “a bolt from the blue”, “through rose-colored glasses”, “roll out the red carpet”, and “green with envy”.
p. 145 “Now write” - Describe an example of each of these things to your group. (First, introduce yourselves to your partners. I will ask some of you afterwards.)
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textbook p. 10 - Read the article “Life in Color”
In pairs, try to think of a few other ways we use color for each purpose
identity: job uniforms, tour group color, royal colors
decoration: white for weddings, black for funerals, red and pink for Valentine’s Day, red green and white for Christmas, orange and black for Halloween, national colors for independence day
messages: traffic signs and lights, white flag for surrender/peace/ceasefire
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Grammar: present simple and continuous
What tense is the paragraph about identity? - simple present
Why? - It’s about general truths and things that happen repeatedly.
What tense is most of the paragraph about decoration? - present continuous
Why? - It’s about things happening right now (we often use present continuous to talk about photographs, even if it was taken in the past).
“This fall, women are wearing shades of purple.” = The sentence was written in the fall.
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I don’t drink coffee. = I never drink it.
I’m not drinking coffee. = I’m not drinking it in the moment. / I have temporarily quit drinking it.
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Form
simple present:
+ 	I teach English. / She teaches English.
- 	I don’t speak Portuguese. / She doesn’t speak Portuguese.
? y/n	Do you eat rice? / Does he eat rice?
	Yes, I do. No, I don’t. / Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
  info	Where do you live? / Where does she live?
  (subject question: Who lives here?)
present continuous:
+	I am teaching English. / She is teaching English. / They are teaching English.
- 	I’m not speaking Portuguese. / She isn’t speaking… / They aren’t speaking…
? y/n 	Am I falling in love with you? / Is she falling in love with me? / Are you falling in love with her?
  info	What am I doing? / What is she doing? / What are you doing?
  (subject question: Who is falling in love with her?)
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p. 11 part 5 - Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.
1 dress
2 is wearing
3 says
4 gets
5 are trying
6 get
7 don’t eat
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BREAK
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There are some verbs we can’t use with continuous tenses:
need, want, know, believe
- These are non-action or stative verbs. They don’t describe actions that take time.
Some verbs can have both action (dynamic) and non-action meanings:
I have one sister. - non-action
I’m having a sandwich for lunch. - action (have=eat)
I think English is interesting. - non-action (think=believe)
I am thinking about my plans for the weekend. - action
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Continuous means the verb takes some time. It can start, stop, and be interrupted by other actions.
She looks out the window. - action
She looks like her sister. - non-action
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Vocabulary: feelings and personal states
p. 12 part 2 - Choose the correct word for each definition. Then discuss whether you associate a color with that thing. (Use a dictionary if you don’t know what the words mean. NOT a translator.)
  noun (adjective)
1 prosperity (prosperous)
2 luck (lucky)
3 courage (courageous)
4 wisdom (wise)
5 knowledge (knowing, knowledgeable)
6 sadness (sad)
7 mourning (mournful)
8 envy (envious)
passion (passionate)
love (loving)
anger (angry)
happiness (happy)
sorrow (sorry, sorrowful)
power (powerful)
joy (joyful, joyous)
pride (prideful, proud)
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p. 13 color quiz - Complete the questions with the correct verbs or question words
do/does, is/are, who/what/which, can
1 do -
2 Who
3 is
4 is
1 does
2 What/Which
3 do
4 can
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Go to p. 153 and 154 and ask your partners the quiz questions.
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p. 17 - Read about the Color It! consulting company.
part 1 - Who do you think would be interested in Color It’s services? (choose 2)
part 2a and 2b - Choose the correct option and identify why you chose this.
1 website - url in the address bar, circles under the picture to choose other pictures
2 neutral - some informal things (talks personally to the reader: “We help you”), some formal things (no contractions, some more formal expressions like “In addition”)
3 potential clients - testimonials are to attract new clients; not necessary to explain their services to current clients
4 to promote the company - more information about what the company does than about specific products
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part 3 - Find examples of these things in the text.
1 fifteen years, currently, this year, so far
2 In addition, also
3 consulting (this is a gerund in the text), offer advice, help you find, also advising, redecorating
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in addition - beginning of a sentence: In addition, we help you find the products.
also - middle of a sentence: We also help you find the products.
as well / too - end of a sentence: We help you find the products as well.

currently: Currently, we are working with an airline. / We are currently working with an airline.
this year: This year, we’re promoting fashion week. / We’re promoting fashion week this year.
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Homework: make up a company and write a website profile of it, like the one on p. 17 (it should have the same three sections: “about us”, “current projects”, and “testimonials”)
	Also: read the article on p. 27 and do p. 26 parts 3, 4, 5