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North Star Reading and Writing Introductory Level. Presented by Miss Jehan Jahin. Unit 5 Going out of Business. Approaching the Topic Sharing Information. Chain stores: Owned by large companies. Has many stores with the same name. Starbucks is a coffee bar chain in different cities.
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North StarReading and WritingIntroductory Level Presented by Miss Jehan Jahin
Approaching the TopicSharing Information Chain stores: • Owned by large companies. • Has many stores with the same name. • Starbucks is a coffee bar chain in different cities. • Locally/ family owned businesses are: • Small • Owned by people in the community.
Approaching the TopicSharing Information • P. 68 • Positive reasons: • Good ones such as: It has more products. • Negative reasons: • Reasons against such as : It doesn’t have the things I want.
Vocabulary for Comprehension • No. 2 P 70: • 1. I can buy books or magazines at a bookstore. • 2. You can get a haircut at a barbershop. • 3. She gets medicine at a drugstore. • 4. I rent movies at the video store on Main Street. • 5. I buy pens, pencils and paper at an office supply store.
Vocabulary for Comprehension • P 70 No 2: • 6. I want to buy a TV, CD player, or VCR at this electronic store. • 7. You can get materials and tools to build a new house at the hardware store.
Skills for ExpressionGrammar • Use There is to describe something in the present: • There is/are + noun. • There is a bakery. • There is + a singular count noun: • There is a bank. • There are + Plural count nouns • There are lots of students • There is + non-count Noun. • There is a lot of traffic
Use there are/ there were to describe something in the past. • In the negative use the contractions: • There wasn’t, there weren’t. • For questions, put • Is/ are OR was/ were + there • Is there a bookstore nearby?
Skills for ExpressionGrammar • Don’t confuse “There is” and “there are” with there. • There means “ in that location”.
StyleDescribing a place using spatial Order • This means organizing ideas by location or place (from right to left, up or down, or around or across).
*Across (from) • *Around the corner (from) • Between • In front of • Next to • On • On the left/right • To the left (of)* To the right (of)