english 2 lesson 2 nov. 12th

Amazing Facts!

#1. A gold fish has a three second memory.

Question 1. Answer: True

#2. A python can live for over a year without food.

Question 2. Answer: True

#3. On average around 13 people are killed each year by vending machines accidentally falling on them

Question 3. Answer: True

#4. The Bible is the most commonly-stolen book from bookshops in the United States

Question 4. Answer: True

#5. Bears do not have any taste buds.

Question 5. Answer: False

#6. Birds can’t hear each other sing.

Now we understand True vs. False questions!

Question 6. Answer: FalseComplete exercise 5A Questions p.3. With two questions that are true and three that are false.

Split into groups of 3!• In groups of three complete 5B p.3• 1. Take turns reading your questions to other

members of the group (do not tell them your answers yet).

• 2. Mark down if you think their answers are true or false.• After everyone has finished complete 5C.

Follow the conversation format: A: My major is business

B: I think that’s trueC: I checked false

A: Actually, it’s false

We are going to play a game

• “one truth one lie.”• Another word for something false (when trying

to trick you) is a “lie.”• Everyone write one truth and one lie about

themselves. Make it difficult to guess.

• We will then go around, and when the music stops you will share your questions with a partner. They will guess what is a truth or a lie.

Review• Actor• Computer Programmer• Dentist• Chef• Tour Guide• Pilot• Sales Person• Accountant• Architect• Musician• Teacher• Web designer

Grammar Review: Contractions and Conditionals

Conditionals

• Verb to LikeI would like to be a dentist

I’d like to be a dentist

Using “would” means that action has not happened yet but it may in the future

The verb To Like indicates that it’s something that you want.

To BeI am a dentistHe is a dentist

You are a dentist

• Pay attention to the pronoun and conjugation of the verb “to be.”

• Pay attention to the use of a definite article a before the noun (a job in this case)

• Or the article an when the job starts with a vowel (a, e, I, o, u)

Example: an accountant

Lets Brainstorm “Wh” questions for when we meet people.

• Please write these down in your handouts• How to formally greet people in America: eye

contact, initiation, hand shake, tone of voice• I will play music. When it stops please stop

and greet someone and ask a “Wh” question (refer to Unit 1, 3 for help)

Open your books.

• Complete speaking exercise 6A• Get up and find a partner and ask them what is

going on in each picture. example: What are they doing?

They are going for a walk

Pay attention to pronouns for singular use: (he/she)What is he doing/ what is she doing?And plural usage (for a group): use “they”

Weekly Schedule

• As medical practitioners you will have to understand people’s schedules

• Days of the Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

• And then hours

Hour Divisions in the day

• Day Time - Between sunrise and sunset

• Evening – Day starts to turn into night. After 6PM

Please draw your activities in the weekly schedule handout!

How to ask people about schedules?

Example: What do you do Thursday? (means during the daytime)What do you do Friday? (means during the daytime)----------------------------------------------------What do you do Thursday evening?What do you do Friday evening?

Answering Questions

• Thursday I…… play football.• Thursday evening I…..clean my clock.

How role play should work, example: A: What do you do Thursday?B: Thursday I play football. And Thursdays evening I clean my clock.• Please walk around and ask others about

their schedule (to complete exercise 1. 6B)

Listening Exercise

• Please Listen and number the activities from the dialogue from 1-6

• Complete 7A.

• I will read the dialogue one more time. Please check the best response as you hear it (a vs. b)

• Complete 7B

Lets take a break! Simon Says Game again!

• This time I am going to let you all run the game.

• Remember: basic vocabulary, head, shoulder’s knees and toes.

• I am going to introduce: mouth, chest, back, chin before you begin. Try and include these words if you can.

Lets look at Grammar Box 8A• Verb to be Review:

Are you an actor?

• Verb to be: You are interrogative form we inverse to: Are you?

• Do not answer with just yes/or no. • Follow up with a “to be” statement:

Yes, I am. (positive)No, I’m not. (negative)

Is she a pilot?

• Notice how the interrogative form inverses the present tense conjugation: She Is to Is She?

Follow Up Answers both using the same verb tense To Be:

Yes, she is. (Affirmative)No, she isn’t/ No she is not. (Negative)

Are they musicians?

• Inverse of They are Are they?

In the same way as before…..Answers follow with the same verb tense “to be”

Yes, they are. (affirmative)No, they are not. (negative)

Other ways to ask questions:Verb: To Do

I doyou do

he doeswe doyou dothey do

Questions?Notice the inverse when constructing questions.

Does HeDo we

Do you work in Singapore?

• You do Do you? (interrogative form)

Following in the same verb tense, with “to do”Answers:

Yes, I do. (affirmative)No, I don’t. (negative)

Does he work in a gym?

• He does does he? (interrogative)

Following the same verb tense, in present tense form:

Answers:Yes, he does. (affirmative) No, he doesn’t. (negative)

Do they work at home?

• They do Inversed to Do They (interrogative)

Following in the same verb form, present tense.Answers:

Yes, they doNo, they don’t

Learning is about realizing patters.

Inverse of subject pronoun and verb tense leads to a question.

Please write four questions

• 2 with the verb form To Be• 2 with the verb form To Do

After everyone writes their questions we will circulate and practice asking them to each other. To complete (8B)

5 Minute Break

We will act out role play 9A

• I will model this role play with two other people first

• Split into groups of 3. Practice role play for 2 minutes in each role and then switch so everyone is A, B and C one time.

9B: Rewrite the Dialogue First step is underline personal details.

A: Sam, this is Niran. He’s from Thailand. B: Nice to meet you, Niran. Are you here on vacation?

C:No, I’m not. I’m a student here. B: Oh, do you go to City University, too?

C: Yes, I do. Holly and I are in the same class. B: Oh, is your major art history, too?

C: No, it isn’t. My major is film. But I’m really interested in art history.

B: Me, too.

Insert personal details, and edit so conversation makes sense.

• A: Bob, this is Kit. He’s from America. • B: Nice to meet you, Kit. Are you here on vacation?

• C:No, I’m not. I’m a teacher here. • B: Oh, do you work at Sirindhorn College, too?• C: Yes, I do. Pam and I are in the same class. • B: Oh, is your subject dentistry, too?

• C: No, it isn’t. I teach English. But I’m really interested in dentistry. • B: Me, too.

Rewrite you dialogue in groups of 3 by including your personal details.

• Please practice your dialogue. Exercise 9B.

• Then I will ask some of the groups to perform for the rest of the class.

Exercise 10We will read through the boxes. Put a check above the boxes that are true for you.

Musical Instrument

Contact Lenses

Left Handed

Classical Music

A Pet

Subway

• Change to Bus in the Bingo box

To Cycle

Apartment

A Cook

Stay up late

Relatives in another country

Bingo Game

• 10 BGo around the class and use the idea’s in the squares to ask your classmates questions.

If they answer yes to the question then write their name in the box.

If you get five in a row yell BINGO!

5 Minute Break

Listening Exercise

Ke$ha

Pop Music = A type of music which a lot of people likeWrite down the following words, translate them in pairs when we are finished.

“Cracked door”

VIP

Very Important Person

Kool-Aid

“Kill the Lights”

“DJ”

Glitter

Bored

“Loose you’re mind”

“Don’t Mess Around”

Insane

Hanes

“Blow”

Song Name: “Blow”• Cracked• VIP• Kool-Aid

• “kill the lights”• DJ• Glitter• Bored• Pretty

• “Loose your mind”• “don’t mess around”

• “insane”• Hanes

What do you think the song is about?

1. Lets listen to the song?

• At the end I will ask you what the song is about.

• You do not need to write or take notes.

2. Listen again

• This time fill in the blanks with the words that you hear

• After you finish listening to the song compare your answers with a partner

**Don’t worry we will listen to the song one more time after this**

3. Final Listening

• Fill in the blanks again and compare with a partner

• After I will hand out a full text of the song so you can check your answers.

• Finally, I will answer any questions about vocabulary, meaning, phrases you do not know about……..

Final Questions

• What does the song mean to you?• When do you feel like you are going to “blow.”

• Do you like dancing? Why or why not?

Summary

• True/False review• “Wh” questions• Weekly Schedule

• Finished Unit 1 exercises• Bingo facts

• Listening Exercise: Ke$ha