Level 6

Week 10: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Warm-Up: Exercise 2

• Match a word from 1-7 with something that is done

by that person or in that place.

• While you’re working on that, I want to check your

who’s the boss dialogue or sentences.

• After, make sentences using all the information and

the verb in brackets. You may have to change the

words or add new ones.

Exercise 2

1. Tomorrow I’m going to the hairdresser’s to get my

hair cut.

2. Yesterday I went to the optician’s to have my eyes

tested.

3. This afternoon I’m going to the dentist’s to have a

tooth taken out.

4. Last week I went to the doctor’s to get my blood

pressure taken.

Exercise 2

5. Next Saturday I’m going to the vet’s to have my

dogs vaccinated.

6. The day before yesterday I went to the garage to get

my car serviced.

7. Last year I saw an architect to have my new house

designed.

8. Next week I’m going to/talking to my accountant

to have my annual accounts done.

Announcements

• Grammar Quiz #3: Thursday, May 9

• Direct and Indirect Speech

• Passive Voice

• Homework:

• Unit 14 Packets: Due Tuesday, May 7

Agenda

• Unit 15: The Passive to Describe Situations and

Report Opinions

• Review Session: Unit 11 Packet

Exercise 7: Listening pg. 245

A. A hit and run accident occurred this evening

2. The boy was struck by a Toyota Camry.

3. The boy was crossing the intersection alone.

4. The car disappeared immediately.

5. The boy sustained massive injuries.

Exercise 7

6. The boy was taken to Downtown Medical Center.

7. The boy is being cared for in the ICU.

8. His condition is described as critical.

9. Anyone with information is asked to call 444-6968.

10. A reward is being offered

Discuss pg. 250

1. What does the illustration on pg. 251 show?

2. What is an aspect of your culture that might be

hard for people of other cultures to understand?

How would you explain it?

1. Taking care of family

Reading pg. 250-251

• Read the story and then I will play the recording for

you.

Vocabulary pg. 252

1. Every Nacirema house has a special shrine room dedicated to this purpose.

1. C. Worship

2. Inside the box is a collection of potions, medicines, and creams.

1. D. magical creams or liquids

3. Below the box is a small font.

1. A. water source

4. Several rituals in Nacirema culture are performed by one sex or the other.

1. D. ceremonial acts

Vocabulary

5. A Nacirema man scrapes and sometimes even lacerates his face daily.

1. B. Cuts

6. Then a supernatural substance is placed in each hole.

6. A. Having magical powers

7. The daily ritual involves a practice that would be considered repulsive in some cultures.

6. D. disgusting

8. Naciremans believe that parents often bewitch their own children.

6. C. Magically control

Shrine

• Worship place, considered holy

Potions

• Magical creams or liquids

• “Love potion number 9”

• What’s the magic potion for youth?

Font

• Water source

Rituals

• Ceremonial acts

Lacerates

• To cut

Supernatural

• Having magical powers

• Superhero = supernatural powers

Repulsive

• Disgusting

• Recently, this was described as “repulsive”

• Kevin Ware Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USgvo7UrHSU

Bewitch

• Magically control (figuratively and literally

• Figuratively bewitch = magically control with nose twitch

• Literally = “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love

you.”

Have you heard this before?

• Auld Lang Syne

• Passive voice emphasizes the receiver of the action not the performer

• That’s why the object becomes the subject of the passive sentence

• The song is called Auld Lang Syne.

• It was written a long time ago.

• Here in the U.S., it’s usually sung on New Year’s Eve.

Stative Passive

• The stative passive is a special kind of passive

construction

• Remember stative verbs? They’re also known as non-

action verbs.

• Stative verbs describe a state of being or a condition

• The form is the same as the regular passive:

• Be + past participle

Stative Passive

• The song is associated with New Year’s Eve.

• Robert Burns is known as the author of the lyrics.

• There is no action going on here.

• Instead the past participle is helping us describe the

subject.

• Associated describes the song

• Known describes Robert Burns

Stative Passive

• The song is associated with New Year’s Eve.

• Robert Burns is known as the author of the lyrics.

• Here the past participle functions more as an

adjective than a verb

• Since you’re not naming an action, there is no

possibility for a performer (by agent).

• Instead we have be + past participle + preposition

Stative Passive

• More examples of past participle + preposition

• Dressed in

• Annoyed with

• Excited about

• Acquainted with

• Associated with

• Composed of

• Filled with

• Known for

• Made of / from

• Tired of

• Prepared for

For more, check page A-

6 in your books

Compare

• He wrote only some of the words.

• Active or passive? Emphasis?

• Only some of the words were written by Burns.

• Active or passive? Emphasis?

• In both sentences we’re still expressing an action.

• Burns was devoted to saving Scottish culture.

• Active or passive?

• Describing Burns = was devoted

Practice

• Identify the statement that uses the stative passive

A. The musician composed his masterpiece over the

course of two years.

B. That opera was composed by Mozart.

C. Music is composed of notes.

Answer: C

Stative Passive?

A. The holiday meal was prepared by the entire family.

B. The restaurant is prepared for up to 200 guests on

New Year’s Eve.

C. The president prepared a speech for the New Year’s

celebration.

Answer: B – past participle + preposition

Stative Passive?

A. Robert Burns is remembered for his poetry.

B. Robert Burns is remembered by many, not just the

Scottish people.

C. I fondly remember New Year’s celebrations with my

grandparents.

Answer: A