Keeping up with the Joneses

1. Keeping up with the Joneses Youngsoo and Jasmine CEP I1 7-9pm March 24, 2014

2. Group work • Three people work together to find out the differences between you and your partners • List them on the your notebook • Describe the differences between you and your partner/ your two partners using comparison. • Share your findings with the class! Example: Young is taller than Jasmine. His computer skill is better than mine. He usually talks more than Jasmine on Tuesday’s class.

3. The origin of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ • Arthur • 1913 • 125 dollars/week • Long island

4. Do you like to ‘keep up with the Joneses’? • Do people in your culture like to ‘keep up with the Joneses’? • What (e.g., money, fashion, cars, clothes) do you like to compare with people in your culture?(group work: three people) • Do you like to keep up with the Joneses?(Individual)

5. A Chinese version

6. The most expensive real estate sold in NYC

7. Guess the price • 42 million dollars18 Gramercy Park

8. Activity (1) • I am going to tell you something about two different things. • Now, tell the class one or two things about the two things I’ve just described. Try to use comparatives (e.g., he is taller than her) in your answer.

9. Activity (2) • Try Exercise 1 in the handout. • Did you notice any rules or patterns? • How come some words have “-er” and some don’t? • How come some words have another consonant added to the word (e.g. big bigger)? • Words with 1 syllable usually have “–er” • Words with 2 or more syllables usually have “more/less” before the word. • Words that ends with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) usually has an additional consonant (e.g. bigger) added.

10. Activity (3) • Try Exercise 2 in the handout • Did you notice any rules or patterns? • How come some words have “-est” and some don’t? • Words that end with ‘y’ usually have ‘y’ removed and replaced with ‘-iest’ (e.g. angry  angriest) • 1 syllable words usually have “-est” • 2 or more syllable words usually have “most” added to the word • *This is a common error: it’s not grammatically correct to say “he is more taller” or “he is most smartest” (no double comparatives or superlatives!!!)

11. Activity (4) • Complete “comparatives and superlatives” exercise sheet (both sides) with a partner or partners. • If you have any questions, ask your partner(s). • If you still don’t know, then ask Young or Jasmine.

12. Read the passage on page 21 • Three pairs read the three dialogues aloud. • Find vocabularies you don’t know and guess (infer)the meaning under the context. • Finish work 4 on page 23 in the textbook. • Work out the problems on page 22 and discuss them one by one.

13. Homework • First think about your country– the culture, people, language, music, food, and more. • Second, think about New York City– the culture, people, language, music, food, and more. • Write a short paragraph (6-8 sentences) about New York City and your home country and how they are similar or different. Please use comparatives (e.g., Food in Dominican Republic is cheaper than New York City) and try your best to use superlatives (e.g., Japan has the most beautiful mountain in the world).