Focus your mind on the task.
A mind trick- This is the most interesting thing in the world.
You have a choice: You can work hard when you’re young, or
you can work hard when you’re old.
You’re lucky- you get to do both.
I remind myself of this all the time: You chose it!
Make your decision and respect your decision.
Bad time. Good face.
Doing hard cognitive work in middle age helps prevent cognitive
decline. e.g Alzheimer’s
hard cognitive work- learning a new language, learning to play
chess, learning to play a new musical instrument, learning something physical-
ping pong, sudoka, crossword puzzles
#1 determiner of a healthy aging- rich social life, close
friends who you see regularly in-person
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a sewing bee, a knitting bee bee-social group
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sports
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card group
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music
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etc.
Meetup.com
Running groups- running shoe store- they often have running
groups
Community Centres
Today’s Agenda
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Return Test2
Optional RW for bonus point
·
Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses
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New dialogue- “Interviewing for a Job”
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Job Interview questions that we can prepare for
Tuesday
·
Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses
Quiz Wednesday
Wednesday
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Quiz3- adverb clauses
Thursday/Friday
·
Midterm recommendations- one-one-one chats
Friday
Period 2 (12-2:15) – A few classes will get together and sing
some Christmas carols-
Two-week Xmas break- Winter Break
Test2
Write a paragraph of least 150 words.
Doublespace
Phones away
Grabber
TS
SS
CS
Choose one topic:
1.If you could change an event in the past, what would it
be?
OR
2.How would your life change if you won the lottery?
Optional RW for a bonus point- pass in today or first thing
tomorrow.
EXAMPLES:
I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understand
other people.
PARALLELISM- same types of words in a series
I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understand
other people.
adjectives verb
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
I want to be patient, positive, helpful, and understanding
to/with other people.
I want to be patient, positive, and helpful, and I
want to understand other people. COMPOUND- OK confusing, does not read smoothly
‘, and’ twice
ALTERNATIVES
I want to be patient, positive, and helpful; also, I
want to understand other people. COMPOUND
; also, ; in addition, ; additionally, ; moreover,
; furthermore,
Parallelism- higher-level style
prepositions – all idiomatic, very few rules, authentic usage
– have to learned through taking with people
PHRASAL VERBS verb + preposition
talk to
talk with
talk about
talk for
talk from
I will spend half of the money on myself.
I spend money on my kids.
She doesn’t spend money on herself.
He doesn’t like to spend money on clothes.
We spend a lot of time on reading.
PHRASAL VERBS- the heart of English, help with authentic
expressing your thoughts
collocation – two words that authentically follow, make one
meaning
PHRASAL VERBS- specific collocation- verb+prep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrd0xxk4oc
1000 Phrasal Verbs https://www.docdroid.net/VwG32vM/1000-phrasal-verbs-in-context-pdf
100 Phrasal Verbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9h1t9FNAg
so
too
very
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