We will get started
at 12:00
The happiest day is
Friday.
Today’s agenda
·
Grabbers from homework
·
Plagiarism
·
Pronunciation of the Day
· Song lyrics- listen to a song, listen for
the lyrics
I will give you a Cloze exercise. You have to fill in
the missing words, the blanks.
· Test#1 Pass-in writing- paragraph (last
60m)
·
HW Read “What Happened During the Ice
Storm” for Monday.
Make notes on the back for the Thought
Questions. This will ensure you are prepared for group discussion.
Monday
· Begin “What Happened During the Ice Storm”
There is a saying in Japanese: ‘Even monkeys fall from trees.’
It means everyone makes mistakes. It’s important to keep going after you did
something wrong.
IDIOM The apple doesn’t fall far from the
tree. (English)
Christmas cake. (Japanese)
Playing piano/violin
(music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Pearls before swine.
(English) -showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
In
one ear and out the other. – a person won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
EASIEST
6. quotation
7. idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation more lively and engaging.
PRO ADVICE: When writing a paragraph or
essay, write the grabber last. You can mull it over (think about it, roll it
around in your mind) as you are writing the rough draft. A good grabber might
jump out at you. If not, if you can’t think of anything for a grabber, just ask
a question. The question is the easiest way to do a grabber.
ACTION:
Think of a good grabber that you put on top of the gold paragraph.
Decide on what kind of grabber would work best. Email it to me by
7PM tonight.
7 ways to do grabbers
1.
Over the entire
history of mankind, approximately 197.6 thousand tons of gold have been mined
(data for 2019). If you collect all the mined gold in one place, you will
get a solid square of 21.7 cubic meters. In other words, this gold could
fill three Olympic swimming pools.
2.
Everyone likes gold
because gold is very important and expensive. It gives people a lot of
hopes and dreams. It also gives people lives of beauty using jewelry
decorations.
3.
People often like to show off their riches. gold?
4.
Many people in the
world love gold jewelry, including men and women. Gold is the most special metal in the world with its high and consistent value. Do you have
any gold jewelry?
5.
Why are people
using gold as jewelry in China, rather than silver?
6.
My daughter tells
me all the time to make gold jewelry.
7.
All Koreans
collected gold when our government borrowed money from the IMF.
8.
My mother gave me a
pair of bracelets on my wedding day. They were precious to me.
9.
Have you heard that "Time is golden"?
10.
As we all know,
there are many kinds of metal can be used as currency. However, gold must be
the most popular material around the world.
11.
Gold is a special
metal that shines like the sun and feels heavy in your hand. Why are people so
obsessed with gold?
12.
Nowadays, people
are using various kinds of metal in their life such as copper, iron and silver. TS Gold, a precious metal, ..."
13.
When I was a child,
one of my neighbors was a palace maid for Qing Dynasty, she had several gold
jewelries granted by the emperor.
anecdote- personal story
antidote-
14.
Gold’s shiny and
precious nature can serve as an example for beauty and value .Anyone like
it,is truly? RW
15.
In lots of countries around the world, gold plays an important role in folk
tales.
16.
Gold is precious but also dangerous.
17.
People says that if
someone has a golden heart, they are the most beautiful
and valuable person.
18.
Gold, a symbol of
wealth and stability, has fascinated investors for centuries.
19.
Do you know gold is
one of the precious metals in the world?
20.
As the saying goes,
silence is golden. But in the world of economics, gold holds value.
21.
Do you believe that
gold is solely about wealth and beauty?
22.
True gold does not
fear the test of fire.
23.
One of the metals
that people have valued most since ancient times is gold.Gold, which is the
most favorite jewelry of women today, comes in two colors: yellow and
white.Yellow gold is a natural metal, while white gold is obtained by mixing it
with silver and similar metals.Since white gold is more difficult and
challenging to make, it has a higher price than yellow gold.
Really interesting ideas for grabbers.
You've Got a Friend in Me, Randy
Newman
You've got a ______ in __
You've got a ______ in __
When the ____ looks _____ ahead
And you're _____ and _____
From your nice ____ ___
You are miles and miles from your nice warm bed.
Famous poem- Miles to go before I sleep
You just ________ what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a ______ in __
Yeah, you've got a ______ in __
You got ________, I've ___ ____ too
There isn't anything I wouldn’t do for you
We _____ ________ and see it _______
IDIOM I will see it through.- having a bad time, keep going,
don’t quit
He helped his friend get through a rough time.
Did he see it though?
None of them will ever love you like your mother.
You’re going to see it’s our destiny.
Some people believe in fate. They are fatalistic.(adj)
fatalistic- believe your life is already planned and cannot
be changed
You’ve got a friend in me.
You got a friend in me. casual talking
'Cause you've got a ______ in __
You've got a ______ in __
Some other _____ might be
A ______ ___ _______ than I am
______ and ________ too
Maybe
But ____ of them will ____ ____ you
The ___ I __
It's __ and ___, boy
And as the _____ go by
Our __________ will _____ ___
You're _____ __ see it's our _______
You've got a ______ in __
Test#1
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on the following topic.
Choose one of the PLOS.
Write the number on your paper, e.g. A1 B3 C4
Write a paragraph about how you are already good at that skill
or how you would plan to improve on that skill.
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