2016-04-15 Core: 3 project and blog

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Reminder: There is NO CLASS NEXT MONDAY, April 18.
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Homework: Make a list of the most serious problems an underwater city would have to solve, and think of some possible solutions. (Your solutions can use technology that doesn’t exist, but don’t use anything “magical” or too crazy.)
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Problems and solutions:
- getting air into the city
	tubes to the surface, produce air in the city (with plants or biocoils, etc.)
- getting/producing light
	electric lights (full-spectrum, like the sun),
- getting/producing electricity
	solar panels on the surface, tidal energy, nuclear power plant, geothermal
- dealing with high water pressure
	shape of the buildings, airlocks, double layered walls, strong material
- getting food (especially if you don’t like fish and seaweed)
	fish catch birds, farms in your city
- animals crashing into the buildings (?)
	strong materials, colors they don’t like, electrical defense, sounds they don’t like
- getting wifi and 4G
	undersea cables (these already exist)
- transportation within the city and to other parts of the world
	elevator to the surface, tunnels, submarines
- removing garbage and waste (including sewage)
	tubes to the surface, recycle everything, use sewage for the farms
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In your group, design an underwater city. Think of solutions to a couple of the problems above. Also decide where in the world it is and what it is called.
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BREAK
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Explain your cities to the rest of the class.
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p. 41 - Writing a blog post
Read the blog post about James’s weekend.
part 2 - Answer the questions as a class
part 3 - With your partner, put the events into the correct order.
1 c
2 d (The ship had lost its cargo in Saturday’s storm.)
3 b - “came out”
4 f - “grabbed”
5 e - “jumped”
6 g - “headed down”
7 a - “rushed (down)”
Then find the words James uses instead of the verbs in bold. Why does he use those words?
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part 4b - What words does he use instead of these verbs and adjectives? (with the same partner)
raining - pouring (raining very hard)
arrived - got there (no difference)
full of people - packed (crowded very close together)
looking - staring (looking with a lot of focus or fixation)
holding - clutching (holding very tightly)
Is there any difference in meaning between the words?
- The words he uses are more specific and detailed.
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part 4c - complete the sentences with words from the box below
1 raced (ran fast; did something else fast)
2 exhausted (very tired)
3 boiling (very hot)
4 scrambled (went quickly and without much organization)
5 wandered (walked slowly and without a specific destination)
6 collapsed (fell down)

I wonder… = I ask in my mind.
I wander. = I walk without purpose.
“I wonder as I wander.”
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Homework: Write a blog entry about spending a weekend in the city you designed. (Try to use grammar and vocabulary from this unit.)