2016-05-06 Core: 6 project and formal letter

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 76 part 7 - choose three foods from your country that other students might not know, and try to explain the flavor and texture
p. 164 practice 2
Look up real diet and exercise plans to see the kinds of advice they usually give.
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p. 164 practice 2
2 recommend, will buy
3 comes, will feel
4 will get, eat
5 won’t eat, lose
6 get, will do
7 won’t change, see
8 will do, do
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In pairs, explain the dishes that you wrote about for p. 76 part 7.
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In your group, design an unhealthy 2-week diet and exercise plan, like a parody of get-in-shape plans.
Give your plan a name, and tell people what they have to do during the 2 weeks to become unhealthy quickly.
Explain/promote your diet plan to the class.
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Go to Hell Together
Jumping Body Weight
Pass Away in Two Weeks
Mike’s Diet
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http://web.archive.org/web/20010413103123/http://www.thespark.com/science/fat/ - In October of 2000, two people tried to gain 30 pounds in 30 days (since many weight-loss programs advertise losing that much weight). It was actually pretty difficult to do.
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http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html - how many calories do you need?
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p. 77 - Read this formal letter. What is its purpose (part 1)? - c - to object to a proposal
part 2 - Answer these questions about each paragraph.
1 The proposal is to close the staff restaurant.
2 Employees will have to travel for lunch, so they could lose time and be late for work.
3 Employees might eat unhealthy snacks and this could hurt health and productivity.
4 How will the change affect the policy of not being allowed to eat at their workstations?
	(= Will they be able to eat at their workstations?)
  Will there be a kitchen or food area?
5 He wants a meeting to discuss the issues.
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part 3a - What exactly are the causes and consequences linked by these expressions?
part 3b - Which words from the box can complete these sentences?
1 Therefore / Thus / Consequently (these three can start a new sentence followed by a comma)
2 result in / lead to (“will” + base form of a verb, so these are the only two options)
3 Therefore / Thus / Consequently
4 means (we need a verb in simple present)
5 lead to / result in (“could” + base form of a verb)
6 consequently / thus / so (“so” is okay in the middle of a sentence, “therefore” must be at the beginning of a complete clause)
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Homework: Write a formal letter to Aaron to object to this proposal:
	“Due to complaints from cleaning staff, we will no longer allow students to have any food or drink other than water within the Stafford House Boston school. - Aaron Sisson”