WEEK 3

Q Skills for Success 4

Last week we…

Learned that Batman is cooler than Ironman

Introduced English CornerLearned vocabulary for heroesLearned how to skim for informationRead, listened and talked

This week we will:

Listen to musicReview what we’ve learned so farStudy some new vocabularyRead a web article about two local heroesLook at restrictive relative clauses

Error Correction / roll call

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

1. They are more young than me and they are both still at the school.2. In my free time, what I like to do is watching Korean teleplay.3. I hope I can move to Europe some day because there is a paradise to me.4. I also wants to learn more things when I was in college.5. Dog is my favorite animal, and winter is my favorite month.

Error Correction / roll call

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

1. They are younger than me and they are both still in school.2. In my free time, what I like to do is watch Korean dramas.3. I hope I can move to Europe some day because it is a paradise to me.4. I also wants to learn more things when I am in college.5. Dogs are my favorite animals, and winter is my favorite season.

Music Time!

Lazlo Bane – I’m no Superman

Listen and fill in the blanks.Check your answers with your classmates when you are finished.

Today’s song is by Lazlo Bane. He wrote this song for an American TV show called Scrubs, which was about a group of young medical students working in a hospital.

Before we get started

Choose the best word for each sentence below.1. My mother _____ all the qualities of a hero.

A. resolves B. embodies C. aspires D. inclines

2. I like this _____ of Spiderman better than the last one.A. aspire B. resolve C. adversity D. version

3. Angela decided to _____ her classmate Susan about all the rumors she had been spreading about her. A. constrain B. aspire C. confront D.

embody

4. Congratulations! You should be proud of your _____. A. adversity B. achievement C. version D. aspire

Before we get started

Choose the best word for each sentence below.1. My mother _____ all the qualities of a hero.

A. resolves B. embodies C. aspires D. inclines

2. I like this _____ of Spiderman better than the last one.A. aspire B. resolve C. adversity D. version

3. Angela decided to _____ her classmate Susan about all the rumors she had been spreading about her. A. constrain B. aspire C. confront D.

embody

4. Congratulations! You should be proud of your _____. A. adversity B. achievement C. version D.

aspire

• Read the title

• Look at any charts, graphs,

pictures, or captions.

• Skim (read quickly) the text for

subheadings. Subheadings

indicate important ideas that will

be developed in the text.

• If you don’t have enough

time, try reading the first and

last sentence of each

paragraph.

Tips for previewing text:

When you preview a text, you look through it quickly to learn general information.

They represent our highest ambitions and help us deal with our worst nightmares.

No. Some have normal abilities that they have developed to a superhuman level.

He believed that good is inherently attractive.

Work together and examine the details from last weeks’ story.

Superhero stories have been popular for so long because they speak to our hopes.

When we face adversity, we are inclined to give up.

Batman can teach us to keep on going even when the going is tough.

Vocabulary for week 3

access (使用權 ) the ability to use something

ultimately (最後 ) in the endvision (憧憬 ) a plan for the futureprimary (主要的 ) mainallocate (分配 ) to assign money or

resources to a projectproceeds (利潤 ) profits from an eventcustomize (客製 ) to make specially for a

particular personventure (冒險 ) to go somewhere new and possibly dangerouscontamination (汙染物 ) a dangerous substanceparticipant (參與者 ) people who take part in an activityconvene (聚集 ) to bring people togethermentality (思想 ) a way of thinking

Remember to use the website to review the vocabulary for both quizzes and midterm and final exams

Vocabulary

Work together and cross out the definition that doesn’t fit.

access: ultimately: vision: primary: allocate: proceeds: customize: venture: contamination: participants: convene: mentality:

Vocabulary

access: too much of somethingultimately: the bestvision: a test of abilityprimary: lowestallocate: to prevent someone from using…proceeds: salary to an employeecustomize: to do something in the usual…venture: to see something from a distancecontamination: a loud noiseparticipants: people who take things apartconvene: to make something easymentality: a type of illness

Work together and cross out the definition that doesn’t fit.

Reading 2

Listen to the story first, and then read the text.

Argentina

children’s librarian

the impact children’s books could make on a child’s

sense of wonder and vision.

a lot of trash outside the school.

Silly Mammo

the first

bilingual Amharic-Englishchildren’s book.

with a government

program

waste in the area.

Ethiopia Reads

in 1988

Esperanza de Vida

in 1997

children’s

libraries to Ethiopia

in “making

our streets and our

environment cleaner”

the

Shola Children’s Libraryin Addis Ababa. about 60 bags of trash

forrecycling.

He thinks the books that students read outside of school are the “spices of education.”

He wrote Silly Mammo because he was unable to find any Ethiopian books.

When the Shola Children’s Library opened, young readers overwhelmed his home.

He believes that literacy and education will free his impoverished land.

The Jujuy province is an area known for its rich culture and spectacular vistas.

Her organization’s efforts have expanded beyond the immediate area.

On Saturdays, the group hikes into the mountains, where they work for hours.

The local government helps to transport the recyclables to the drop-off center.

Restrictive relative clauses

Restrictive relative clauses describe or identify nouns.

Usually, the follow nouns, noun phrases, or indefinite pronouns such as something, everyone, someone, etc.

A great student is someone who loves to learn English.

Successful people share qualities that allow them to stand out.

Most relative clauses being with a relative pronoun.If you’re talking about people, use:

who or thatIf you’re talking about things, use:

which or that

People or things?

Even though that can be used for both things and people, you should also remember to use:

who for people

and

which for things

Comic books that/which tell stories about superheroes are very popular.

Superheroes do things which we would like to be able to do.

My father is someone who has faced a lot of adversity in his life.

The iPhone 6 is something which I would really like to have.

Coffee is a drink which I need to have every day.

My friends are people who I really enjoy being with.

What’s a relative clause?

A sentence with a relative clause is like two sentences talking about the same thing.

There are two kinds of relative clause sentences:subject relative clauseobject relative clauseSubject relative clauses have the relative pronoun (who/that/which) for the subject of the clause, followed by a verb.

My father is someone. He works hard for his family.--------

My father is someone who* works hard for his family.--------

*The who in this sentence stands for the subject (My father).

What’s a relative clause?

A sentence with a relative clause is like two sentences talking about the same thing.

There are two kinds of relative clause sentences:subject relative clauseobject relative clauseObject relative clauses use the pronoun (who/that/which) for the object of the clause.

Dormitories are places. We will move out of dormitories some day.--------

Dormitories are places which we will move out of * some day.--------

*The which we will move out of in this sentence refers to the object (places).

Special case:

You can skip the relative pronoun in object relative clauses.

Just remember, this is for

object relative pronouns

only.

You don’t always need to use the pronoun (who/which/that) inobject relative pronouns.

We each know ordinary people. Ordinary people can be heroes.

Ordinary people that we each know can be heroes.---Ordinary people we each know can be heroes.

Let’s try these together

Work together and see if you can do these.

Mike has a son. His son plays too many computer games.

I took a quiz. The quiz was really hard.

She has a boyfriend. Her boyfriend is rich, but ugly.

We went to the winery. The teacher told us not to visit it.

The police arrested a boy. I knew him.

Exercising regularly is something. We can all do it.

Let’s try these together

Work together and see if you can do these.

Mike has a son who plays too many computer games.

I took a quiz which was really hard.

She has a boyfriend who is rich, but ugly.

We went to the winery which The teacher told us not to visit.

The police arrested a boy who I knew.

Exercising regularly is something which we can all do.

You tryLook at page 23 in your book, parts A and B.

Part A: Underline the relative clause in each sentence.Then circle the noun (or phrase) it is talking about.

Ex: Not every character that has superpowers is necessarily a superhero.

See if you can do page 23 on your own, and then compare your answers with a partner. Please use only who and which (not that) for your answers.

Homework

Assignment 2: Unit 1 Quiz Prep

The assignment should be finished before class next week (Week 4).

We have a quiz next week!

Minimal Pairs

wet [wɛt]

choose [tʃuz]

snack [snæk]

clean [klin]

quiet [kw'ɑɪət]

wait [wet]

choice [tʃɔɪs]

snake [snek]

clear [klɪr]

quite [kw'ɑɪt]

A B

Still got some time?

A proper cup of coffee in aproper copper coffee pot.

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Long legged ladies live longer.