2016-11-05 Saturday: 1 Color

Greg Malivuk
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“2016-11-05 Saturday: 1 Color”
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Homework: 11-12 Test
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What colors do you see when you look at the famous picture of “The Dress”?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress
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Many color names are a combination of a basic color word and an object that has a particular shade of that color: steel gray, lime green, olive green, sky blue, cobalt blue, etc.
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p. 9 part 2 - With your partners, talk about what emotions you associate with each of these colors. Then answer the questions in part 3.
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p. 12 part 2 - With your partner, choose the correct noun for each definition, and then share whether you associate a color with that thing. (Also make sure you know what the other words in each pair mean.)
1 prosperity / prosperous
2 luck / lucky
3 courage / courageous
4 wisdom / wise
5 knowledge / knowledgeable
6 sadness / sad
7 mourning / mournful
8 envy / envious
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What adjectives are related to each of these nouns?
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https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/colour-culture-similarities-differences/ - Image and article about the meanings of different colors in different cultures.
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p. 10 - Read the article about “Life in Color”. What three ways do we use color, according to the article?
With your partner, list a few additional examples of how we use color in each way.
Identity: black and white for weddings, rainbow colors for LGBT community, sports team colors, national flag colors
Decoration: green and red for Christmas, orange and black for Halloween, pink and red for Valentine’s Day, red white and blue for Independence Day, blue for an aquarium, green for a park
Messages: labcoat and scrub colors in a hospital, traffic signs and lights, trash and recycling container colors, red for warnings and alerts, train lines, red exit signs, blue for handicapped signs
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Grammar: present tenses
What tense is used in the paragraph about identity?
- simple present, because it’s about habits, typical routines, and things that are always true
What tense is mostly used in the paragraph about decoration?
- present continuous, because it’s about something happening in “this” moment (in the moment the picture was taken)
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Simple present form:
+	I live in Boston. She lives in Boston. (-s for he/she/it)
- 	I don’t live in New York. She doesn’t live in New York. (do/does + base form)
? y/n	Do you live in Boston? Does she live in Boston?
	Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
  info	Where do you live? / Where does she live?
	(subject question: Who lives in Boston?)
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Present continuous form:
+	I am living in Boston. She is living in Boston. They are living in Boston.
-	I’m not living in NYC. She isn’t living in NYC. They aren’t living in NYC.
? y/n	Am I living in Boston? Is she living in Boston? Are they living in Boston.
	Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t. Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t. Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
  info	Where am I living? Where is she living? Where are they living?
	(subject question: Who is living in Boston?)
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Can we make every main verb present continuous? - no
Stative verbs (non-action verbs) like “need” cannot be continuous.
These are verbs that don’t take any time and can’t be interrupted.


Right now, I have 100 books. I know 100 people. I need 2 liters of water a day. - stative/non-action
Right now, I am reading 100 books. - no, because I don’t have time to be in the middle of 100 books
Right now, I am calling 100 people. - no, because I don’t have time.
Right now, I am drinking 2 liters of water. - probably no, because I don’t drink it all at once
Action verbs are also called dynamic verbs.
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p. 11 part 6 - Put the stative verbs into the correct categories. Can you add more?
thoughts / mental processes: believe, know, suppose, understand, mean, think (if it means “believe”), trust
the senses: hear, sound, taste, smell, see (more information below)
emotions: want, love, need, like, dislike, hate, admire, adore, regret
possession: have, belong, contain, possess, own, owe
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Sense words for the action you do when you pay attention:
look/watch (I’m looking at a picture. She’s watching a movie.)
listen (They’re listening to music.)
feel/touch (He’s feeling in his pocket for loose change.)
smell (The dog is smelling the tree.)
taste (She’s tasting the soup to check if it’s ready.)

Sense words for the non-action you do when you don’t pay attention:
see
hear
feel
smell
taste

Sense words for the non-action that another thing “does” (to describe things):
look: It looks cold outside.
sound: That movie sounds interesting.
feel: The room feels cold.
smell: The food smells delicious.
taste: The food tastes delicious.
(seem: He seems sad today. - Not really a sense, but similar grammar.)
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Some verbs have both dynamic and stative meanings:


She is seeing a movie with her friends. = She is watching it in the cinema.
I’m having pizza for dinner. = I’m eating pizza for dinner.
I’m loving this movie. (informal) = I’m really enjoying this movie.
I’m thinking about my vacation. = I’m actively imagining it.
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p. 11 part 7 - Complete the sentences with the simple present or present continuous of each verb.
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BREAK
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1 a think (stative - belief or opinion)
  b are thinking (dynamic)
2 a come (stative - origin)
  b are coming (dynamic - movement)
3 a love (stative - emotion)
  b is loving (dynamic - enjoyment) (This use is pretty informal.)
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part 8 - Which expressions usually go with which tense?
simple present: on weekends, every day, never, always, often, usually
present continuous: right now, this month, this week, at the moment, this fall, today


We can use frequency adverbs with present continuous, especially if we’re connecting two actions:
I’m always eating when you call.
He’s always leaving his dirty dishes in the sink. (This is also common with complaints about things that seem to happen all the time.)
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p. 13 “Quiz” - Complete the questions with the correct words (do, does, are, is, can, wh-word)
Blue
1 do (“people” is plural, and “come from” is the verb, so this is simple present)
2 Who
3 is
4 is
Yellow
1 does
2 Which/What
3 do
4 can (“can” because it’s a possibility to see it, but maybe you never have seen it)
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A - go to p. 153
B - go to p. 154
Ask the other group each question. If they answer on the first try, they get 5 points.
If they first answer incorrectly, read the three options. If they choose correctly, they get 1 point.
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p. 13 part 10 - Write one follow-up question (another question to ask for more information, after the person answers the first question) for each of these 8 questions.
1 Which company are you working for? How long have you been an au pair? Do you like it?
2 Where do you live? What’s the name of your town? Do you have to take the train? How long does it take (for you) to come here?
3 How many siblings do you have? How many cousins are in your family?
4 Which languages do you speak? What is your native language? How well can you speak ___?
5 Do you like learning English? What is your English level? Where do you study English?
6 Is the course useful for you? Which activities do you like? Why do/don’t you like it?
7 Which classes do you take? Where do you take them? Why not?
8 What are your hobbies?
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Stand up and ask each question (and follow-up) to different classmates.
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p. 17 - Read the website profile.
part 2a - Which information is correct? How do you know?
1 website (address bar, dots for other pictures)
2 neutral (not formal because it uses “we” and “you”, it’s directly and personally to the reader; not so informal because it uses more formal expressions like “In addition”)
3 potential (testimonials to attract new customers)
4 to promote the company (information is about the whole company, not an individual product)
part 1 - Which of these people or organizations might use the company?
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part 3 - Find this information in the profile
1 fifteen years’ experience, so far, currently, this year
2 In addition, also
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Grammatical differences for additional information:
In addition, we help you find the products. (“in addition” goes at the beginning)
We also help you find the products. (“also” usually goes in the middle, before the main verb)
Our team of experts is also advising medical centers. (“also” goes after the first helping verb)
We help you find the products too. (“too” goes at the end)
We help you find the products, as well. (“as well” goes at the end)
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If you speak a Romance language, “currently” is usually the best translation for what you might think should be “actually”. In English, “actually” means “in fact”, to give somewhat surprising information.


Currently, we are working with…
We are currently working with…
This year, they are promoting fashion week.
They are promoting fashion week this year.
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Homework: Invent an imaginary company and write a website profile for that company. Include “about us”, “current projects”, and “testimonials” sections.
	Also, read the article on p. 27 and do parts 3, 4, 5, 6 on p. 26