AM ESOL Online 1-30-24 Agenda Unit: Money - Banking News & Housekeeping Reading Conversation Practice 1 Conversation Practice 2 Journal Writing ======================= Class Introduction Readers: Larissa Ana child wild Look out for the wild animal. wild w i ld whiii ehld child ch i ld chiii ehld while wh i le whiii ehl arrive ar rive verb ahr riiiv When we know the root word it helps usually to know how to pronounce the word in different forms. arrival ar ri val ahr riii vahl ------------- 10 am 10 o clock ----------- New screen layout option in Zoom ---------------------- Language Apps Review (slide) Practice speaking English 20 minutes every day. If you practice speaking English 20 minutes every day, your English will improve. We only meet 3 times per week and not all students get to speak every time. Using a language app will help you. New Students What app do you use? Vilma Duolingo slowly - learning English slowly but it's very good Satyendra Duolingo Do you like duolingo? Yes. Woodlyne Duolingo Yes, it's a good app. Others students? Eliane Mango Why do you like it? Because I can practice speaking. More than Duolingo? Yes. [I get] feedback. Can you see the feedback for your speaking. Yes? Is it free? The app is at the Worcester Public Library. You borrow it from the Library for free. 'Free' for people in Worcester / but 'not' free at another place. Sometimes, I use Youtube and watch videos with subtitles in English. Here are the links. Also posted in zoom chat. Mango https://mangolanguages.com/ Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/ ------------------------ Calendar ------------------------ Testing Have you scheduled your test? Ana - test on Wed Valerie - test on Thurs ======================== Conversation Practice - Introduction 1. Who is in the photo? 2. When was this photo taken? 3. Where is the person in the photo? 4. What title would you give this photo? 5. Why? Vocabulary Wh-Questions Predict /s /-ed /-ing (verb) Prediction /s (noun) Evidence Wh-Questions Who What When Where Why (How) evidence = facts and information Synonyms for 'evidence' proof. testimony. documentation. testament. witness. testimonial. confirmation. validation. predict = say or estimate something will happen in the future Synonyms for 'predict' forecast foretell foresee prophesy anticipate see say tell in advance project speculate envision envisage imagine picture estimate guess prediction (noun) a thing someone predicted a forecast The weather man made a prediction that it will snow tomorrow. ----------------------- Students (individual responses) Who is in the photo? a customer When was this photo taken? gas Where is the person in the photo? gas station man What title would you give this photo? Gas Station Why? This man purchase the gas at the gas station. This is a gas station. What else do you see happening in this photo? He is trying to add gas into the car. pump (noun) pump (verb) pump gas What else is happening in this picture? This is the safe place to practice speaking English. The young man is very happy because .... gas in this station and say to the sky oh god there's a gas and say thank you In Venezuela there are no gas. So we say ohmygod thank you for the gas. I am happy I have gas for this station. ------- I think different than ... I say the man is angry, because they don't have the gas. ------------------ This is man is happy because the gas price is low. ------------------- He looks ... He's not happy. -------------------- Teacher, I think he's happy, mygod, there's gas/in Venezuela. --------------------- Students: 1/2 of you are correct and 1/2 of you are incorrect. ????!!!!!! ====================== BREAK 10:01 - 10:21 ====================== Review Evidence facts information What is the evidence? face hands expression gas station gas pump car Wh-Questions help us look for the evidence. Predict Tell what the picture is about. Tell what the title of the picture is. Can we predict what the title of the photo is? The sunglasses on the man may not be helpful. ---------------------- Here is the actual title of the picture: High Gas Price Frustration Man Refueling (stock photo) Here is the description of the picture: Man at the gasoline pump exasperated with the cost of a fill up screaming for some relief. ---------------------- We can expand our English vocabulary by looking for synonyms. Synonyms are different words to use for the same thing. not happy Vocabulary angry frustrated exasperated screaming upset happy Vocabulary 'very' happy 'so' happy excited overjoyed elated thrilled joyful joyous jubilant pleased angry 'very' angry 'so' angry irate annoyed cross vexed irritated exasperated indignant irked displeased galled resentful We can add 'very' or 'so' to emphasize the emotion. ======================= Conversation Practice - Gas Prices Reading and Question responses (Individual) Vocabulary “went up” “just paid” “run errands” many, much “about how much …” "went up" the price increased went up (past) goes up (present) is going up (present continuous) "just paid" 'right now' I gave the money / I purchase the gas. (present) every week each week "run errands" spend time (walking, driving, rushing to do something when there is a lot to do) errands tasks chores (example: pick up the children at school, go to the store to buy food for dinner, stop by the post office to mail something, walk the dog) "run errands" to do a lot of necessary things in a short amount of time Read the question and respond. Vilma How? 1. He feels angry, frustrated, exasperated, etc.) Why? 2. the price is going up Valerie How? 1. he feels angry Why? 2. Why? because the gas price went up Larissa How many? 3. He uses two tanks of gas each week. How 'many times' a week does he fill his gas tank? two times a week two times per week every tank means one time and it's two times Stephane "About how much" asks you to estimate money (or time). 4. About how much money will Marco spend in gas this week? $68 He uses two tanks of gas each week... $68 + $68 = $136 36 thirty-six one-hundred and thirty-six dollars Ana List C. It's necessary to use the car. no go to another thing no party maybe day off condition of the car don't to extra things / errand with the car don't party take good care of the condition of the car fix the car Other ideas? Students Other ideas? All of us have Marco's problem. What do you do to save money on gas? (Whole class responses) maybe sometimes when he needs to do errand he can run/or he can walk and not use his car your children the school [have the children walk to school /or take the bus] [combine errands so that you travel less distance in a week/Do everything in one day.] don't use the car to keep drinking a coffee [Stop the trips to Dunkin Donuts/Starbucks.] ======================== Journal Writing - Introduction Gas Prices 2 Write a short story about the picture 'or' think of a time you were unhappy about the cost of something. Use your imagination to make up details. Readers: Satyendra Diturie -------------------- Journal Writing 5 minutes plus 2 minutes chat remind text take a photo -------------------- Share our writing Woodlyne Stephane Satyendra more time Students: more time? Okay I like stories. Save your sentences for tomorrow. Send me your sentences chat remind text email --------------------- Eliana Once I was looking for a pillow that was comfortable and asked for it and because it was special they charged me $200.00. This pillow I don't really use, my husband use. I use My husband/ He uses (it) ---------------------- Diturie (text) Time. Class is over. Tomorrow we will share our stories. End Class ========================