1. Today We Will… Review homework on past perfect/past perfect progressive tense Understand the use of topic sentences in paragraphs (Mozart reading) Identify cause and result relationships in listening and reading tasks Practice using intonation to ask yes/no questions Practice confirming understanding in conversation

2. Reminders… Wednesday is the final exam. Thursday is the last class (Village Pour House). Please fill out online course evaluations. Grammar homework… volunteer to go to the doc cam?

3. Understanding Topic Sentences Directions: Copy and Define the following terms: –Topic sentence –Supporting sentences –Concluding sentences Look on page 39 for help

4. Understanding Topic Sentences Directions: Read the article on page 40. Complete Exercise 2 and Exercise 3 on page 41 Review your answers with a partner Complete Exercise 4 with a partner

5. Intonation in Yes/No Questions Conversation A: Judy: That wasn’t his first time in New York. Mark: Really? Had he gone before? Which has RISING intonation, the sentence or the question? Which has RISING-FALLING intonation?

6. Intonation in Yes/No Questions Conversation B: Judy: That wasn’t his first time in New York. Mark: You mean he’d gone before? A yes/no question is asked by using rising intonation with normal sentence word order We use this form of question when we want to show surprise or to confirm something we think we already know. We usually use RISING intonation with yes/no questions and RISING- FALLING intonation with information questions.

7. Yes/No Questions Textbook, page 38 Read “Pronunciation” explanation Practice reading the conversation with a partner. Predict the intonation patterns. Listen to the conversation and check your predications. Exercise 5 Exercise 5 Complete Workbook, page 30, Practice 10, Part APractice 10

8. Confirming Understanding Directions: Read the strategy on page 39. Complete the worksheet with more examples. Compare with a partner.

9. Putting It All Together Directions: With a partner, write a dialogue using the situation on the index card. Your dialogue must include: –Past perfect tense –Past perfect progressive tense –Questions asking for understanding –Sentence indicating understanding –Sentence indicating lack of understanding You will read your dialogue to the class!

10. Peer Review of Dialogue Directions: Listen to your classmates’ dialogue. Complete the peer review sheet with what you hear. They will perform the dialogue twice!

11. Writing: Coherence Directions: Look at the underlined words. How are they important to the paragraph? By the time Shirley Temple was six years old, she had already won an award. However, she remained popular for only about six years. After that, her films lost popularity.

12. Logical Connectors Logical connectors can show: –Contrast: but, in contrast, on the other hand –Sequence: then, next, later –Examples: for instance, for example –Result: so, therefore, as a result –Reason: because of this, as one can see Logical connectors can be used within paragraphs and between paragraphs Can you think of others?

13. Logical Connectors Directions: Read “Write: Coherence” at the bottom of page 41. With a partner, read and complete Exercise 7 and Exercise 8 on page 42 Writing exercise: –You are interested in attending a conference at Columbia University on language learning strategies. Write a letter asking for information. –Follow the format of a formal letter (page 30, Unit 3) –Include logical connectors when necessary.

14. Wrap-up Tomorrow: –We will review for the final tomorrow Homework: –Grammar Review Worksheet