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What do you call someone who…?

Card Game

Syllable StressFrench: final stress

professeur

technicien•French syllables receive more equal stress.•The final syllable of French words can be stressed, sounding longer and louder.

English: penultimate stress

professor

technician•English syllables receive unequal stress.•The syllable before last is usually stressed•Unstressed vowels are reduced to /Ə/

Typical Pronunciation ErrorsFinal stress

mister

teacherLearners often stress the –er at the ends of words.

Penultimate stress

mister

teacherStress the penultimate syllable and reduce the vowel in the final syllable to /Ər/

Practice penultimate stress

-ar/-er/-or • Beggar• Designer• Director• Farmer• Surveyor

-cian• Electrician• Technician• Musician• Pediatrician • Magician

Play “What do you call someone who…?”(20 minutes)

Shuffle the cards and place them in the middle.

Player 1 takes a card and asks the question on the card.

Player 2 and 3 try to guess the answer first. Player 1 gives the card to the first one to guess correctly.

The player to the left takes the next turn.

The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.

What do you call someone who designs

clothes?

A designer.

Grrr!Okay, it is my turn.

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What do you call someone who…?

Vocabulary Review

Find the Errors

Q: do you call someone who jump out of airplanes?

A: A skydiver

[h]s [v]WhatHow ‘s

I’m an architect.

I paint pictures.

I travel and work in

outer space.

I study the stars.

Finish review

I design buildings.

I’m an artist.

I’m an astronaut.

I’m an astronomer.

Shout out the name of the

job.

I bake cakes, bread and

pies.

I serve customers at

a bank.

I cut men’s hair.

I keep honeybees.

Finish review

I’m a baker.

I’m a barber.

I’m a bank teller.

I’m a beekeeper.

I beg.I keep my company’s

books.

I bus tables. I cut meat.

Finish review

I’m a beggar.

I’m a bookkeeper.

I’m a busboy.

I’m a butcher.

I install TV and Internet

services.

I hammer and saw wood.

I add up customers’ purchases.

I create recipes and

cook.

Finish review

I’m a cable repairman.

I’m a cashier.

I’m a carpenter.

I’m a chef.

Finish review

I work with chemicals.

I solve technical problems.

I work on a construction

site.

I dig for valuable minerals

Finish review

I’m a chemist.

I’m a construction

worker.

I’m a computer

technician.

I’m a miner.

Finish review

I climb mountains.

I play musical instruments.

I care for patients.

I treat pregnant women.

Finish review

I’m a mountain climber.

I’m a nurse.

I’m a musician.

I’m an obstetrician.

Finish review

I test eyes and make

eyeglasses.

I treat children.

I fill prescriptions. I do physics.

I’m an optometrist

I’m a pharmacist.

I’m a pediatrician.

I’m physicist.

I create opportunities for people to

learn.

I do surgery.

I weld. I treat sick animals.

I’m a teacher

I’m a welder.

I’m a surgeon.

I’m a dog.

Yes, and

I’m a vet.

End of vocabulary review of What do you call someone who…?

End of vocabulary review of What do you call someone who…?

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A Story

Hi, I’m Biff. I’m always taking my shirt off.

Hi, I’m Steve. I’m always getting

drunk and waking up with

a hangover.

Hi, I’m George. I’m always

eating birthday cakes.

Hi, I’m Mary. I’m always falling in

love.

Hi, I’m Jenny. I’m always

going shopping.

Hi, I’m Louise. I’m always talking

about my travels.

What do all these people have in common?

We all work together in the same

office!

We all work together in the same

office!

We all work together in the same

office!

We all work together in the same

office!

We all work together in the

same office!

We all work together in the same

office!They are

all unusual and…

Our story

This is our story. It begins with a

description of our office

1

2 Then you’ll read a description of each

employee.

Our story

3

4 Then, things started to go terribly wrong.

My greatest desire…

Everyone in the office had a

dream. The

dream revealed a secret.

Our story

5

6

Then, someone was laid off.

All the employees had a performance review

interview with the boss.

After the lay-off, someone got punched and someone

was kissed.

We need someone to write our story for us.

There is a lot of drama.

There are unusual characters.

There is only one problem.

Good story, right?

Wiki Writing Project

A story about co-workers

The Wiki Writing Project

1. You will work in groups of 5-6 students

2. Each group will create an original office related to a field of study. A variety of workplaces are possible.

We all work together at the same

resort hotel.

Copyright © 2003 David Monniaux

We all work together at the same hospital.

We all work

together at the same

theatre.

We all work together at the same real estate

development company.

We all work together at city hall.

The Wiki Writing Project

1. You will work in groups of 5-6 students

2. Each group will create an original office related to a field of study.

3. Each student will create an original character in that office

4. Each week in class, group members will talk about 1 section of the story

5. Each week in the lab and at home, group members will write 1 section of the story on the wiki

What is a wiki?

1. A wiki is a multi-page electronic document that multiple authors can create together.

2. A famous example is Wikipedia.

3. The word wiki comes from the Hawaian word wiki-wiki, which means “fast”.

Find your project on Labodanglais.com

Click the link

What does the wiki look like?

Select your group

What will our group page look like?

Description of your office

List of group

members

Links to character

pages

Click Edit page.

What will our group page look like?

Click Edit page.

How does the project work?

Each group has its own group

page

How does the project work?Character pages are linked to the

group page

What will my character page

look like?

Section 1: Description

Section 2: Dream

Section 3: Bad day

Section 4: Interview

Section 5: Lay-off

All the instructions for writing the project are on your character page AND on pages 339-352 of your book.

Each group member must create a character

1. Your character must be unusual.– Ordinary characters will ruin the game for everyone

2. Your character must be different– Your character cannot resemble you.

3. Your character must interact– Can I play by myself? No.

4. Your character must suffer– Good writers are cruel to their characters.

How do we get started?

Step 1• Get into groups of 5-

6 people in related programs

• Each group is given an office number

Step 3Transfer the information to the wiki on Labodanglais.com

Step 2• Take turns asking, “Would you like to

ask the next discussion question?”• Ask and answer the discussion

questions on p. 340.

End of the first hour

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What am I doing?

Card Game

Repeat

WaWa-wa

TamTam-tam

EyeEye-eyeTam-eye

Wa-tam-eye

What am I doing?

Play “What am I doing?”(20 minutes)

Shuffle the cards and place them in the middle.

Player 1 takes a card and asks the question on the card.

Player 2 and 3 try to guess the answer first. Player 1 gives the card to the first one to guess correctly.

The player to the left takes the next turn.

The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.

What am I doing? Boo-

hoo-hoo.

You are crying!

Grrr!Okay, it is my turn.

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What am I doing?

Review

Find the errors

A: What you are doing?B: I’m lock the door.A: What you are doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What you are doing?B: I’m lock the door.A: What you are doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m lock the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m lock the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m lock the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m locking the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m locking the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m locking the door.A: What are you doing?B: We have meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m locking the door.A: What are you doing?B: We are having a meeting.

Find the errors

A: What are you doing?B: I’m locking the door.A: What are you doing?B: We are having a meeting.

Great!

I’m answering the phone.

I’m clapping.

I’m arriving late.

I’m clasping my hands.

Finish review

I’m closing my desk drawer

I’m crossing my arms.

I’m closing the door

I’m emptying the garbage

can.

Finish review

I’m fetching coffee.

I’m folding paper.

I’m filing documents.

I’m giving directions.

Finish review

I’m gossiping.

I’m locking the door.

I’m having a meeting.

I’m measuring.

Finish review

Finish review

I’m offering

someone a chair.

I’m opening a door.

I’m opening my desk drawer.

I’m pacing back and

forth.

Finish review

I’m plugging in a lamp.

I’m putting my feet up.

I’m punching holes in a piece of paper.

I’m raising my hand.

Finish review

I’m sharpening a

pencil.

I’m stacking boxes.

I’m shredding a

piece of paper.

I’m stapling paper.

Finish review

I’m taking a message.

I’m sitting down.

I’m turning on the lights.

I’m flirting with a co-worker.

End of review of What am I doing…?

End of vocabulary review of What do you call someone who…?

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Comparisons

Find the errors

• When the accountant arrived at work, she looked more beautiful then a fashion model.

Find the errors

• When the accountant arrived at work, she looked more beautiful then a fashion model.

Find the errors

• When the accountant arrived at work, she looked more beautiful than a fashion model.

Find the errors

• The boss is as lazy than a dog.

Find the errors

• The boss is as lazy than a dog.

Find the errors

• The boss is as lazy as a dog.

Find the errors

• My desk was messy and dirty yesterday. Today, my desk is more messy and more dirty.

Find the errors

• My desk was messy and dirty yesterday. Today, my desk is more messy and more dirty.

Find the errors

• My desk was messy and dirty yesterday. Today, my desk is messier and dirtier.

Two comparative forms

Adjective + -erBig Bigger

Small SmallerFast Faster

Slow SlowerMessy Messier

Dirty DirtierCrazy Crazier

More + adjectiveBeautiful More beautiful

Intelligent More intelligentComprehensible More comprehensible

Interesting More interestingDeveloped More developed

Notice how y becomes I when you add –er.

One or two syllable

adjectives use –er.

Three or more syllable

adjectives use more.

Participles use more.

Find the errors

• The receptionist is more smarter than the boss.

Find the errors

• The receptionist is more smarter than the boss.

Find the errors

• The receptionist is smarter than the boss.

1 2 3 4 5 6  

People in this class 1

FamousWomen 2

FamousMen 3

People in the News 4

Animals 5

Everyday Things 6

Roll Twice and Compare (p. 98)

1 2 3 4 5 6  

People in this class 1

FamousWomen

Angelina Jolie 2

FamousMen

Brad Pitt 3

People in the News

Stephen Harper 4

Animals Pig 5

Everyday Things

Toaster 6

Fill in the grid, roll twice, and comparePut the names of

classmates in this row. Put the names

of famous women in this

row.Put the names of famous men

in this row.Put the names of politicians or

others currently in the

spotlight.

Put a variety of animals in this row.

Put a variety of ordinary objects in this row.

1 2 3 4 5 6  

People in this class 1

FamousWomen

Celine Dion

Angelina Jolie

Megan Fox

Scarlet Johansson

Miley Cyrus

GinetteReno 2

FamousMen

Justin Bieber

Tom Cruise

Brad Pitt

George Clooney

Jim Carey

Chris Rock 3

People in the News

Barak Obama

Hillary Clinton

Pauline Marois

Stephen Harper

Jean Charest

Mayor Applebau

m4

Animals Dog Cat Horse Chicken Pig Worm 5

Everyday Things

Knife Fork Car Laptop Feather Toaster 6

Fill in the grid, roll twice, and compare

How to play • Fill in the grid completely• Take turns rolling the dice twice and comparing two

items

• For example: – Brad Pitt is more interesting than a pig.– Brad Pitt is not as powerful as Barak Obama.– Brad Pitt makes more money than Stephen Harper.– Angelina Jolie is taller than a toaster.

• The goal of the game is to make your partner laugh

Be respectful when making comparisons involving classmates.

Some comparative adjectives

-er• Faster/slower• Smarter/dumber• Hotter/colder• Cooler/warmer• Crazier/saner• Funnier/dryer• Prettier/plainer• Stronger/weaker

More/less• More amazing• More intelligent• More energetic• More frustrating• Less crazy• Less fun• Less beautiful• Less powerful

Share your comparisons with the class

• This your chance to receive corrective feedback from your teacher.

• If you have questions, now is your chance to ask them.

End of the second hour

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