2019-09-28 Saturday: 1 Color

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes.
2019-09-28 Saturday: 1 Colors
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With your partner, choose a company logo to redesign badly. However, after you redesign it, you will have to promote it to the company, to convince us to accept your new design. (In other words, even though it’s supposed to be ugly, you’ll have to tell us why it’s actually good.)
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Vocabulary: feelings and personal states
p. 12 part 2 - With your partner, choose the word that fits each definition, and make sure you also understand the other word. (Use a dictionary, not a translator, if you and your partner don’t know.)
Then talk about whether you associate a color with the words.
1 prosperity / prosperous
2 luck / lucky
3 courage / courageous
4 wisdom / wise
5 knowledge / knowledgeable
6 sadness / sad
7 mourning / mournful
8 envy / envious
What are the related adjectives for each noun?
passion / passionate
love / loving
anger / angry
happiness / happy
sorrow / sorrowful
power / powerful
joy / joyful
pride / proud or prideful
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Today we are studying confusing spelling. (verb adjective noun)
She is making interesting clothing. (verb adjective noun)
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p. 10 - Read “Life in Color”
What are some other examples of using colors for each purpose?
identity: school colors, flag colors, uniforms, passport
decoration: red/white/greed for Christmas, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s Day, seasonal colors, other holidays, wedding colors
messages: traffic lights, accept/decline buttons, status lights (on many different things), white flag
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Grammar: present simple and continuous

What tense is used in the “Identity” paragraph? Why?
- simple present, because it’s about general truths or routine or repeated actions
What tense is (mostly) used in the “Decoration” paragraph? Why?
- present continuous, because it’s about things that are happening in the moment (or a photograph)
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Simple Present Form
+		I live in Boston. / He lives in Boston.
-		I don’t live in NYC. / He doesn’t live in NYC.
? (y/n)	Do you live in Boston? / Does he live in Boston?
  short ans.	Yes, I do./No, I don’t. / Yes, he does./No, he doesn’t.
? (info/Wh-)	Where do you live? / Where does he live?
? (subject)	How many people live here? / Who lives here? (the question word is the subject)
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Present Continuous Form
+		I am teaching. / You are learning. / She is studying.
-		I’m not reading. / You’re not eating. / She’s not dancing.
? (y/n)	Am I teaching? / Are you learning? / Is she studying?
  short ans.	Yes, I am./No, I’m not. / Yes, you are./No, you’re not. /
? (info)	What am I doing? / What are you doing? / What is she doing?
? (subject)	--------------- / How many people are studying? / Who is studying?
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Stative / Non-action verbs
- These are verbs that don’t take time or effort. They don’t occupy you at all. Any number of non-action verbs can be true at one time.
- Stative verbs cannot be continuous.

Dynamic / Action verbs
- These verbs take some time and occupy you. There’s a limit to how many can be true at once.
- Dynamic verbs can be continuous.
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Some verbs can have both types of meaning.
I have 200 books at home. (non-action)
I’m having a good time at this party. (action)
I love Chinese food. (opinion - non-action)
I’m loving this food. (enjoyment - action [informal])
I think English is difficult. (opinion - non-action)
I’m thinking about what I’ll do this afternoon. (consideration - action)
My surname comes from Serbia. (origin - non-action)
I’m coming to your house. (travel - action)
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p. 11 exercise 7 - Use the correct form to complete each sentence. (one is dynamic, one is stative)
1 a think
  b are thinking
2 a come
  b are coming
3 a love
  b is loving (informal)
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exercise 8 - Which tense can be used with each time expression
simple present: on weekends, every day, never, always, often, usually
present continuous: right now, this month, this week, at the moment, this fall, today, these day
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Grammar: question forms
- Where can you study English? = I want to know (all of) my options. You may or may not study yourself.
- Where do you study English? = You study. I want to know where.
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p. 13 “Quiz” (top right of the page) - Complete the questions with the correct words.
1 do (The main verb is “come”.)
2 Who
3 is
4 is
1 does (The festival is the subject, and “celebrate” is the verb.)
2 Which/What
3 do
4 can
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In pairs, ask the other pair the questions (p. 153 or 154)
If they get the correct answer on their first guess, give 5 points.
If they don’t guess correctly, read the answer choices. If they pick that correctly, give 1 point.
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p. 17 part 1 - Who would most likely work with this company?
part 2a - Which options are correct? How do you know?
1 website - address bar and circles on the picture
2 neutral - not formal (first and second person pronouns), not especially informal (no contractions, “currently” and “in addition”)
3 potential clients - trying to sell themselves; current clients already know about them
4 to promote the company - no specific products are mentioned, but the company’s services are
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What tenses should each section use?
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part 3 - What expressions are used?
1 to express the time: current, currently, this year, fifteen years’, so far
2 to signal additional information: In addition, also, and
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You can say
	We have fifteen years’ experience.
OR: 	We have fifteen years of experience.
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Word order for additional information:
	In addition, we help you find products.
	We also help you find products. (Don’t start (formal) sentences with “also”.)
	(continuous: We are also advising medical centers.)
	We help you find products, as well.
	We help you find products(,) too.

Word order for time expressions:
	(Currently,) we are (currently) working with an airline.
	(This year,) we are working with an airline (this year).
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Homework: Write a company profile for a company you invent. Include “about us”, “current projects” and “testimonials” like on p. 17.
	Also: read p. 27 and do p. 26 parts 3, 4, 5