2019-02-02 Saturday: 11 Connections

Greg Malivuk
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2019-02-02 Saturday: 11 Connections
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Homework: 9-10 test (Sorry, Stafford House email hasn’t worked since yesterday, so I can’t yet send your scores if you did it online.)
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p. 129 - Why are there quotation marks around “discovered”.
	In 1492, Columbus “discovered” the Americas.
	Taco Bell sells “Mexican” food.
Where in the world might you find “undiscovered” languages?
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part 2 - With your partner, try to complete the sentences in ways that are true for you.
1 I get the headlines on my cell phone, so I always know the news.
	so it’s easier for me to read them.
2 I don’t read the paper. It’s too boring.
	It’s too much to read.
	It’s too much paper. / It’s too inconvenient to hold.
3 I don’t believe everything I read because people lie.
	because seeing is believing.
	because it could be false.
4 I turn straight to the sports pages even though they are not interesting.
	even though lots of interesting news is on the other pages.
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p. 130 part 1 - Answer the questions.
part 2 - With your partner, scan the article to find out what each of these organizations did in the story.
1 Funai released the photos.
2 Survival International said the photos were genuine.
3 The government of Peru said the photos were part of a strategy opposed to development
	and that they would work with Brazilian authorities to stop illegal logging.
4 The BBC made a documentary with footage of the tribe.
footage = video (film used to be sold and packaged by the foot in the US)
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Grammar: Reported/Indirect Speech
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Quoted/Direct: Greg said, “Because of the holiday, we’re not gonna have any class on February 16.”
Reported/Indirect: Greg said (that) we would not have class on February 16.
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What changes do we usually make for reported speech?
	(“usually”, because usually we report something that was said in the past to someone else)
pronouns: change based on who was in the original conversation and who you’re reporting it to now
verb tenses: mostly “backshifted” to be more in the past
words that “point” to a specific time or place: “now” becomes “then”, “yesterday” becomes “the day before”, etc.
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Backshifting Verbs:
present (simple, continuous, perfect) -> past (simple, continuous, perfect)
past (simple, continuous) -> past perfect (simple, continuous)
will/can/may -> would/could/might
past perfect -> past perfect
would/could/might -> would/could/might
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Look at examples of reported speech in the article. What were the exact words?
Funai said that the tribe was under threat because of the logging.
= Funai said, “The tribe is under threat because of the logging.”
Some people asked if the tribe was truly ‘uncontacted’.
= Some people asked, “Is the tribe truly ‘uncontacted’?”
Survival International said that they were confident that the photos were genuine.
= Survival International said, “We are confident that the photos are genuine.”
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Tom said, “I live here.” -> Tom said that he lived there.
Tom asked, “Do you live here?” -> Tom asked if/whether you lived there.
Tom asked, “Where do you live?” -> Tom asked where you lived.
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p. 131 part 8 - Choose who you think said each thing, and then write sentences with reported speech.
1 Funai said that they had taken the photos to show that those people existed.
2 An anonymous poster asked how many tribes like that there were.
3 A language expert said that the term ‘uncontacted’ was more of a media word than a scientific term.
4 An anonymous poster asked if unseen tribes existed.
5 A Peruvian government official said that there was no evidence they existed.
6 A Funai spokesperson said that if they didn’t save those tribes, that would happen to all of us.
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BREAK
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If they don’t pay me, I won’t teach. - future real
If they didn’t pay me, I wouldn’t teach. - present unreal
- In reported speech, both of these sentences are the same:
Greg said that if they didn’t pay him, he wouldn’t teach.
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Vocabulary: communications technology
p. 132 part 1 - With your partner, complete the questions with the correct words from the box. Then ask and answer the questions.
1 Twitter
2 texting
3 Flickr/Twitter
4 broadband
5 Skype/texting/Twitter
6 blog/(an) ebook/tweet
WiFi = a wireless connection between your device and a nearby router
broadband = a high-speed connection to the Internet
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Listen to the conversations.
p. 132 - Listen again and choose the correct answers.
1 The journalist asks her Twitter followers to suggest things to do.
2 The blog reminds readers not to use telescopes.
3 The company told people not to show up for work.
4 The politician has invited aliens to meet him.
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statements - “that” (give information)
questions (y/n) - “if”/“whether” (request information)
questions (info) - [same wh- word] (request information)
imperatives (instructions, commands, suggestions, requests, etc.) - infinitive (request/suggest action)
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Greg asked her to close the door.
She asked to close the door.
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p. 133 part 11 - Use ask/tell/remind/invite/promise/offer and the infinitive to report these sentences.
1 Marta reminded Amy to turn off her cell phone.
2 Jose asked Marta to set up his email.
3 Amy invited Jose to (come and) watch the movie on their new TV.
4 Marta told Amy to plug in the battery charger first.
5 Jose offered to upload those photos to the computer for Marta.
6 Amy promised to turn it off when she was done.
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Amy promised Jose that she would turn it off when she was done.
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Amy said to Jose, “Let’s go to a movie!”
-> Amy suggested going to a movie. / Amy suggested that they go to a movie.
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With your group, write (the beginning of) a conversation between 1-2 humans and 1-2 aliens meeting for the first time.
Example:
Human 1: Where did you come from?
Alien 1: We came in a space ship from Mars.
Human 2: How long did it take to get here?
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Homework: finish the conversation if you didn’t in class. Then write about it with reported speech.
    Also: read p. 147 and do parts 4 and 5 on p. 146

Example:
The first human asked the aliens where they had come from. The first alien said they had come in a space ship from Mars. The other human asked how long it had taken to get here. …