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Do you know the following CULTURAL EXCHANGES? Which are they? What are they about? What do they have in common? What makes them different?
TASTES AND PREFERENCES
Content Objective:YW state your opinion about different cultural tastes and preferences
Language objectives:YWBAT identify bases of comparison YWBAT compare and contrast cultural tastes and preferencesYWBAT use different structures to show similarities and differences
Strategies Objectives:YWBAT use the problem solving strategy Applying Patterns to identify and apply grammar rules
Bases Of ComparisonFind TOPICS that have strong and interesting basis of comparison. That is, even if the two things you are comparing are very different, they should have something in common.
Examples:
Race Car Driver and The Mayor Of A City ----------- Fame
The Mayor Of A City and The President Of A Company-----------------------------Run Large Organizations
Obligations DutiesDangers of the positionDifferences between running a city and a company
Practice identifying Bases of Comparison
Exerc. 2 p. 139 (in the purple table)
Bases Of Comparison
Now, read the essay on pgs. 142-143 and answer the questions on pg. 143
1. Does the essay focus more on similarities or differences?
2. What are the bases of comparison that the author has chosen?
3. In the second paragraph, what do you notice about the order the author chose to write about the bases of comparison?
4. Find the words and expressions below in the essay. Which ones does the writer use to show similarities? Which ones show differences?
Both in contrast less on the other hand
Bases Of Comparison
Find/Apply Patterns
Apply a rule.Make a rule.
Recognize and apply letter/sound, grammar, discourse, or register rules. Chamot, A. U., Barnhardt, S. El – Dinary, P. B., & Robbins, J. (1999). The learning strategies handbook. White Plains, NY: Addison – Wesley Longman.
BOTH Show Similarities1. Before NounsBoth living situations are safe
2. As a pronounBoth are safe
3. With verbsThey are both safeThey both have advantagesThey have both given me an advantageThey can both help you
Compare the cultural exchanges by using BOTH
NEITHER Show Negative Similarities
1. With NORNeither living in a dorm nor sharing an apartment is ideal
2. Before a singular nounNeither situation is ideal
3. As a pronounNeither is ideal
Show Similarities
• Writing sentences with BOTH and NEITHER
Exerc. 1 pg. 146
Compare the cultural exchanges by using NEITHER
As _____ as Show Similarities
As clean asAs beautiful as
Living in a dorm is as convenient as sharing an apartment
Compare the cultural exchanges by using As ______ as
Showing Differences
Comparatives…er than cleaner thanMore ________ than more beautiful than
SuperlativesThe … est the cleanestThe most __________ the most beautiful
Check Examples pg. 147
Complete the sentences with Comparative or SuperlativeExerc. 3 pgs. 147-148
Showing Differences
Compare the cultural exchanges by using the COMPARATIVE, SUPERLATIVE AND EQUATIVE
TOEFL SESSIONLanguage Objective: YWBAT use different structures to show similarities and differences
Strategies Objectives:YWBAT use the problem solving strategy Applying Patterns to identify and apply grammar rules
Find/Apply Patterns
Apply a rule.Make a rule.
Recognize and apply letter/sound, grammar, discourse, or register rules. Chamot, A. U., Barnhardt, S. El – Dinary, P. B., & Robbins, J. (1999). The learning strategies handbook. White Plains, NY: Addison – Wesley Longman.
A NOUN refers to the person, the animal, thing or placeNOUNS must be made plural when they are countable and plural in meaning.
NOUNS are often modified by ADJECTIVES.
ADJECTIVES usually come before the noun they modify. ADJECTIVES cannot be made plural
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A bolt of lightning travels twenty thousands miles in one second. A B C D
Some trees grow to be over three hundred foot high A B C D
The paint bright yellow that she chose for her bedroom creates a A B C cheery atmosphere D
MODELS
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Part A: 6. Adjectives and Nouns
1. 6
As _____ as Show Similarities
As clean asAs beautiful as
Living in a dorm is as convenient as sharing an apartment
Showing Differences
Comparatives…er than cleaner thanMore ________ than more beautiful than
SuperlativesThe … est the cleanestThe most __________ the most beautiful
Check Examples pg. 147
Although Tom’s paper was longer than Alice’s, Alice’s A B paper was more insightful that Tom’s C
Professor Clark’s chemistry class is __________ Professor Smith’sA) More than difficultB) To the difficultC) As difficult asD) The most difficult
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Part B & C: 24. Check Equative, Comparative and Superlative Degree
1. 24 A 2. 24 B3. 24 C
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ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS:
Comparative or superlative
(adj.) ? 1
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negatives
Bring it tomorrow
Paired ExpressionsBoth… and
Laura enjoys both books and music Laura both enjoys and plays the celloBoth Angela and her mother are coming to the party
Either … orEither the teacher or the student is comingEither the teacher or students are coming
Paired ExpressionsNot only … but also
Not only he bought her a diamond ring, but he also bought her a gold watch
(inverted subject-verb word order)
Not only did he buy her a diamond ring, but he also bought her a gold watch
Paired ExpressionsNeither … nor
Neither he wrote nor he called
(inverted subject-verb word order)
Neither did he write nor did he call
Incorrect: Neither her mother or her father was hereCorrect: Neither her mother nor her father was here
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Part B & C: 29. Check Paired Expressions
1. 29 A 2. 29 B
Culminating Activity
• First, decide what you are presenting
Cultural Tastes and Preferences
Arts, Technology, Food, Architecture, Traditions, Trends, etc…
• Second, do a research and find images. You just need images in
your PowerPoint presentation (the images must be related to
what you are describing)
What are these Cultural Tastes and Preferences about?
Be detailed and
specific• Third, find the Bases of Comparison or Topics• Finally, write some similarities and differences
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