Week 11 - Describing Things

We will do a 'describing things' guessing activity (June 28). You will have time to prepare, then speak in front of the class.

One or two students who were absent on presentation day may present their topics (for reduced points).

Oral Quiz #2 will be July 19 (in 3 weeks). On July 12, I will show you the quiz questions.

Xreading Homework (Homework #4a) is due soon; July 26. You are supposed to read four books on Xreading and pass the quizzes.

Week 10 - Presentations Today

BTW ... TOEIC IP sign-up deadline is June 22 (tomorrow)!

June 21 is Presentation day. Everyone be ready to present. I will use the spinner to find who goes first.

• Try to have a conversational style; don't just read. 
• You need intonation and emphasis on important points.
• Check the pronunciation of words in advance (use 'define: ___' in Google to get the definition with audio)
• Check your spelling if you make a slideshow.
• Only put keywords on the slideshow, not long sentences.
• Send the slideshow to me in advance.

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If time, we'll also do some conversation practice with partners.

See you in class!

Week 9 - Pet Peeves

Presentations are next week. Make your slideshow and send it to Kevin.

The following person hasn't sent me any writing:  Sho

Do you know the meaning of Pet Peeve? It's always a popular topic on YouTube.

A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.

YouTube video: 100 People Tell Us Their Pet Peeves

What are your pet peeves?
a. What is your pet peeve related to home or family?
b. What is your pet peeve related to work or school?
c. What is your pet peeve related to shopping, driving or public transportation?
d. What is your pet peeve related to Covid-19?

Start your answer like this:

My pet peeve is when ...

I really get annoyed when ...

I really hate it when ...

I can't stand it when ...

Presentations are next week: June 21
I will use a spinner to determine who speaks. You must be ready. 

We will have another speaking quiz on July 19 (in 5 weeks). Pet Peeves will be one of the topics.

To Do List
1) Do the Pet Peeves Listening & Online Exercise (in class)
2) Do the Pet Peeves Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle. Do this anytime before Quiz #2 (July 19)
3) Prepare to give your presentation next week; June 21.

Week 8 - Phrasal Verbs

back up break into break up call back call off call up catch up check in (check out) cheer up clean up come apart do over drop by drop out eat out fall apart fall down figure out fill out fill up

find out get along with get away get over get together get up give away give back give up go out with grow back grow up hand in hand out hang out hold onto keep up let (someone) in log in (log out) look after

look for mix up pass out pay back pick out put off run into run away send back set up take apart take off tear up throw away turn on turn off try on wake up warm up work out

Example sentences:

• back up - Your car is too close to my car. Please back up a little.
• fill up - He filled the tank up with gasoline.
• find out - I don't know when the assignment is due. I'll have to find out from another student.
• look after - My sister went out of town and wants me to look after her cat.
• look for - She is looking for an apartment near Tsurumi.

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Activity

1) Look at the list of phrasal verbs above. If you don't know some, look them up.

2) Use the spinner to choose 2 phrasal verbs at random. (You can spin again if you want to.)

3) Make a conversation with your partner using the phrases.

4) Perform the conversation in front of the class.

5) You should finish this during class time!

* If you finish early, study the phrasal verbs you don't know well.

Gambatte!

Example:

I used the spinner and hit "call up" and "come apart".

Person A: Oh no! My gaming console came apart!

Person B: Tomohiro will know how to fix it. Let's call him up.

If you need to make more sentences, no problem.

Example with 3 sentences:

I used the spinner and hit "figure out" and "run away".

Person A: I can't figure out how to do this homework.

Person B: Well, I'm not going to help you. Bye!

Person A: Hey, don't run away like that! I need your help!

Online Phrasal Verbs Practice (optional)

Common Phrasal Verbs 1-10 at Agendaweb.org
Common Phrasal Verbs 11-20 at Agendaweb.org
Common Phrasal Verbs 21-30 at Agendaweb.org
Phrasal Verbs (Elementary) at English Grammar

QuizIzz Game

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Presentation writing is due today. This is not the slideshow! This is the words you will speak in your presentation. Send it to me by email if you haven't done so yet.

Presentations are June 21 (in two weeks).