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SCLA - week 2. Class Rules & Information +. 1. Which floor of this building is my office on? 2. Coming to my office is the best way to contact me. What is the 2 nd best way? 3. What percentage of your final grade is participation? 4. What percentage is the Final Exam?.
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Class Rules & Information + 1. Which floor of this building is my office on? 2. Coming to my office is the best way to contact me. What is the 2nd best way? 3. What percentage of your final grade is participation? 4. What percentage is the Final Exam?
5. What should you check EClass for each week after class? 6. What is the one thing you can use your cell phone for during class? 7. Name at least 3 of the 4 things you should bring to class every day. 8. What week is our first quiz (probably)? 9. What week is the Midterm Exam?
Special Question 10. *Write down any personal information you remember about Tim from Q&A last week.
Class Information • How many units will we study from the textbook this semester? • What percentage of your grade is attendance? • How many exams can you miss and still pass the class? • How many quizzes will we (probably) have this term? • What kinds of absences are excused? • What are the other ways to contact me outside of class?
Grammar Review Conversation Level A
The Simple Past We use the simple past to talk about completed actions in the past: Affirmative: I / you / we / he / she / they... …visited a museum yesterday. 2. Negative I / you / we / he / she / they... …didn’t go to a concert 2 days ago.
The Simple Past Regular verbs in the past end in -ed: Work worked Play played arrive arrived Irregular verbs do not end in –ed take took go went make made
Speaking Activity • In your groups ask each other questions about your hobbies. Make sure to use Follow-Up Questions and Responses. • What’s your favorite hobby? • When did you start it? • Why do you like it? • Does it cost a lot of money? • When was the last time you …? • How do you feel when you are finished? These are examples only -- listen to your partner and make your own questions.
The Past Continuous was/were + verb + ing We use the past continuous to talk about: Actions in progress in the past. He was talking about the weather for hours. 2. Longer actions interrupted by shorter actions. I was watching TV when the phone rang.
The Past Continuous Look at the following slides and tell the story behind each picture. There can be many different answers! Use your imagination.
More Practice - Use the Worksheet
Name • Major • Age - birthday • Hometown • Family information • Hobbies and Interests • Travel experiences • Daily schedule • ETC... Getting to Know You Questions
You’ll talk to 3-4 different people. • introduce the topic with a “starter” question • then follow-up with 3 more logical questions on the same subject • Write down the complete questions you ask your partner. You don’t need to write down your partner’s answers. Worksheet - Follow-up Questions
Name • Major • Age - birthday • Hometown • Family information • Hobbies and Interests • Travel experiences • Daily schedule • ETC... Getting to Know You Questions
Unit 9 Feelings & Opinions
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion disgusting disgusted
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion disappointing disappointed
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion fascinated fascinating
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion surprising surprised
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion amusing amused
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion embarrassing embarrassed
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion terrifying terrified
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion exhausting exhausted
Vocabulary: Adjectives of Emotion frustrating frustrated
Using Verbs as Adjectives • “-ed” and “-ing” are often used to change certain verbs to their corresponding descriptiveadjective form • these adjective almost always describe feelings or the cause of feelings • '-ed' adjectives - how people feel“He was surprised to find that he had been upgraded to first class.“I was confused by the findings of the report.”“She felt tired after working hard all day.” • '-ing' adjectives - what causes the feelings Compare these example sentences to the ones above:“Being upgraded to first class is surprising.”“The findings of this report are confusing.”“Working hard all day is tiring.‘”
For next week • No homework for next class • Bring all the regular materials for class • Always check EClass again on the weekend before the next week