2015-08-14 Core: 5 project and postcards

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: p. 162 practice 1
also write sentences about different problems people can experience while traveling (they don’t have to be realistic)
example: You arrive in the Paris airport and realize that the airport is far from the city, and the train is closed at this time.
(curriculum examples: double booked, lost passport, zombie infestation, etc.)
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p. 162 practice 1
1 I haven’t seen (started in the past and continued until (almost) now
2 Have you been
3 I’ve just gotten back / I just got back
4 were you (he’s not there anymore, so that is finished -> simple past)
5 I spent (present perfect + “how long” = the situation is still true now)
This trip to South America is finished, so any details about it must be simple past.
(If the time for the action is finished, we use simple past.)
6 did you get to (question about the (finished) vacation -> simple past)
7 I went
8 I have heard
9 I didn’t have
10 It was too far
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Sentences about “possible” travel problems:
1 You forgot where you parked your car in a big parking lot. 7
2 The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at another airport due to unknown causes. 4
3 The employee in the car wash left your keys in your car. 5
4 The taxi driver misunderstood you about the route and wants more money than he should get. 4
5 You arrived at the Beijing airport and you don’t speak any Chinese. 5
6 You forgot your passport in a cyber cafe, and when you returned the guy didn’t return your passport but offered to sell you a fake passport. 4
7 You went to a church to improve your English and discovered that everyone was speaking French. 5
8 You discover that a pickpocket stole your wallet and phone. 2
9 You went to a party an hour outside the city but you forgot your passport at your hotel in the city. 1
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Choose the three which are least interesting to you, and write those numbers on your paper.
1 The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at another airport due to unknown causes.
2 The taxi driver misunderstood you about the route and wants more money than he should get.
3 You arrived at the Beijing airport and you don’t speak any Chinese.
4 You forgot your passport in a cyber café, and when you returned the guy didn’t return your passport but offered to sell you a fake passport.
5 You discover that a pickpocket stole your wallet and phone.
6 You went to a party an hour outside the city but you forgot your passport (and other ID) at your hotel in the city.
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With your partner, write solutions to each problem. Check with me for approval of your solution before you start on another problem. The first pair to write solutions for all six problems is the winner.
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Extra Problem: You arrive in Paris and learn that there are zombies attacking people in the city.
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airline = air travel company
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BREAK
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Go to a church immediately.
Find a weapon.
Kill as many zombies as possible.
Produce a zombie mask and clothes and give them to people to be safe from the zombies.
Find an antidote.
Run.
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http://www.maxbrookszombieworld.com/
Max Brooks has written a couple of books about zombies.
Zombie Survival Guide - written like a helpful guidebook for how to deal with zombies
World War Z - written like a collection of people’s stories and memories of the zombie war
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Grammar handout - do part 3 with your partner
1 Have you called (“yet” = from the past up to the present)
2 sent (“earlier” is a finished time)
3 ‘s already bought (“already” = before now, but we don’t know when)
4 went (“first thing this morning” is a finished time)
5 promised (“last night” is a finished time)
6 gone (If he’s on his way now, he’s still “there”, so we use “gone” instead of “been”.)
7 ‘ve packed
8 haven’t called
9 ‘ve already booked (“just” = very recently, but “last night” is not very recently)
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If the period of time is finished (e.g. “last night”), we must use simple past.
	I drank too much last night.
If the period of time is not finished (e.g. “today”), simple past and present perfect can be correct.
	I didn’t eat breakfast today. (the time for breakfast is finished -> simple past)
	= I won’t have breakfast today. The next time I eat will be lunch.
	I have had one cup of coffee today. (the time for coffee is not finished -> present perfect)
	= I may have more coffee in the future.
	I have read this book. (the time for this action is my whole life, which is not finished)
If the action is not finished, use present perfect or present perfect continuous.
	I have lived in Boston since 2008. = I have been living in Boston since 2008.
	I have been reading this book for three days.
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p. 65 in the textbook - writing a postcard
Do you write postcards? Why or why not?
Read the postcard at the top of the page. What is it about?
part 1 - answer the questions about the postcard

part 2a - find an example of each feature of informal writing in the postcard
abbreviations: bc=because, ps=P.S.=post script, pics=pictures
parenthetical comments: (fell off every time!), (wow!)
contractions: haven’t
exclamation marks: parenthetical notes, “for the summer!”, “in Bangkok!!!”
informal expressions: Down Under, out of this world
listing items: been surfing, seen the opera house, been on a boat trip
leaving out words: (I) Finally made it to Sydney after (an) 18-hour delay in Bangkok.
	(The) Weather here (is) glorious, (the) beaches (here are) out of this world.
(leaving out words is very informal, I personally don’t do it in postcards)
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Homework: write a postcard as if you are in a place you have visited (p. 65 part 3, 4, 5), you can include one or more of the travel problems you talked about earlier today