october 17 -22. present continuous

Grammar 1IECP

Fall 2013

Nikki Mattson

Would you rather…

• Share your home with six 90-year old men and six 90 year old women

• OR

• Share your home with two ostriches?

Agenda

• 1B = Adjective clauses and imperatives

• 1A = present progressive/continuous

1B

Practice• Complete handout (again)

Editing Practice – Adjective Clauses

• 1. I have a friend who have three cats.• 2. My father is a man which likes traveling.• 3. I like shoes that has many colors.• 4. A friend a person who you can trust.• 5. You can trust a friend which never lies.• 6. Is a person who teaches something.• 7. There is a car who have four wheels.• 8. I have a computer has that a big screen.

Underline the adjective clauses.

I like to go grocery shopping at Wegmans. I like to buy fruit that is fresh. I also like to spices that are fragrant. When I go to the cash register, I like to have an attendant who is friendly. I don’t like to have an unfriendly person check me out. Sometimes my husband buys donuts that have sugar and frosting on them. My daughter likes to hold my husband’s wallet, which is black. After I finish shopping, I drive home and put the food that I bought away.

Imperatives

• Pg. 238 – read + B + C

What is an imperative?

• A command• When do we use commands…• in the classroom?• At work?• With our families?• With directions?• In social situations?• To warn people about danger

Practice

• Pg. 242, ex. A + B (pairs)• Pgs. 243-244, ex. A + B + C (pairs)

Handout

• Write 10 rules for your situation/context.• We will pass our rules to two more groups for

feedback on grammar and content and then share the results with the group.

Always and Never

• Listen – pg . 246• Blog

Editing Race

• Don’t late for class.• No stand up when the teacher arrives.• Donot use the teacher’s first name.• No forget to write the date.• Don’t forgets your HW assignment.• Do’nt copy another student’s paper.• Don’t bought or download essays on the internet.

1A

What is the present continuous/progressive?

• Form?

• Function?

Video

• Video

Progressive for long-term action or trends

Present Progressive in Reading

• Pg. 278 (read) + 279 B+C

• Pg. 280 – review spelling rules (individually)

Spelling the Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Spelling

• two-syllable words• When words have two or more syllables

ending in CVC, you must double the last consonant if the last syllable is stressed. When the last syllable is not stressed, just add -ing.

• The last syllable is stressed:commit becomes committing

• The last syllable is not stressed:whisper becomes whispering

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Game

Practice Game

• Read the list of verbs.

• Choose 1 word and describe it with – just one sentence using the present simple – and one sentence using the preset

continuous.

• For example, if the word is “breathe” :– I do this many times every day.– People who are under water are not doing

this.

Game Words

Win Push Sleep Eat

Smile Take Yawn Understand

Write Watch Sneeze Teach

Read Sink Paint Grow

Rain Step Sing hide

Stand Mix Give Ask

Pg. 282

• Ex. 2.2

Practice

• Discuss what is happening in class

Pg. 283

• Ex. 2.3 (discuss directions together)

Tom’s Diner Lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCeJnw9WbQ

Tom's Diner Lyrics Artist: Suzanne Vega Album: Tom's Diner

I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner I am waiting At the counter For the man To pour the coffee And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue He is looking Out the window At somebody Coming in "It is always Nice to see you" Says the man Behind the counter To the woman Who has come in She is shaking Her umbrella And I look The other way As they are kissing

Their hellos I'm pretending Not to see them And Instead I pour the milk I open Up the paper There's a story Of an actor Who had died While he was drinking He was no one I had heard of And I'm turning To the horoscope And looking For the funnies When I'm feeling Someone watching me And so I raise my head There's a woman On the outside Looking inside Does she see me? No she does not

Really see me Cause she sees Her own reflection And I'm trying Not to notice That she's hitching Up her skirt And while she's Straightening her stockings Her hair Is getting wet Oh, this rain It will continue Through the morning As I'm listening To the bells Of the cathedral I am thinking Of your voice... And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began... I finish up my coffee It's time to catch

Tom’s Diner Questions

Why is the simple present used for “ It is always nice to see you?”

Why is the simple present used for “There’s a woman”?

Simple vs. Progressive

• Handout

Letter-writing assignment

• Handout

HW

• 1B = Unit 5 and adjective clause test = Tuesday

• 1A =

• WB pgs. 154-156

• finish letter assignment (optional)