WEEK 11 Past continuous, Adverbs, Intonation/Emotion

Review For participation points!  Give me 5 sequencing words or phrases  What does it mean to “hit the road”?  Who sang the song “Hit the Road Jack” in 1960?

What were you doing…? 1. When the clock struck 12 o’clock last new years eve? 2. When you were stung by a bee for the first time? 3. When it snowed at Sias last winter? 4. When you heard about the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan? 5. When you last discovered a great song? 6. Yesterday at 10am? 7. The last time you laughed a lot? 8. Right before you came to this class?

was/were + VERBing Past Continuous

How can you make these past continuous?  Happily, I sit with my friends at lunch.  Harry runs around the field excitedly.  Janice faithfully brushes her hair everyday.  They suddenly hear the sound of a train whistle.  She accidentally sleeps through her alarm clock.  Unfortunately, we always get stuck in traffic.  Surprisingly many people walk late at night.  Luckily our dog behaves well around strangers.

was/were + VERBing  Happily, I was sitting with my friends at lunch.  Harry was running around the field excitedly.  Janice was faithfully brushing her hair everyday.  They were suddenly hearing the sound of a train whistle.  She was accidentally sleeping through her alarm clock.  Unfortunately, we were always getting stuck in traffic.  Surprisingly many people were walking late at night.  Luckily our dog was behaving well around strangers.

Adverbs

Adverbs: Words that describe verbs  Finally  Eventually  Suddenly  Unexpectedly  Surprisingly  Unfortunately  Sadly  Tragically  Unfortunately  Happily  Luckily  Fortunately  Faithfully  Excitedly  Accidentally

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day.

Your turn!  Work with your group to tell a story about a university student who had a bad day…  1. How does the day begin?  2. What problems happen?  3. How are the problems resolved?  4. In the end… Use sequencing, adverbs, past tense, and past continuous tense. The funnier, the better!

An Emotional Dialogue Changing Your Intonation Intonation and Emotion

Intonation  How are you?  You look nice today.  The keys are on the table.  Oh really?  Wow, that’s hard to believe.  Practice saying these phrases as if you are talking to: your best friend, a neighbor you dislike, a baby, a boss, a boy or girl you like.

Homework  Prepare for your presentation next week!  After all dramas have been performed, we will have an awards ceremony  Best Director  Best Actor/Actress  Best Supporting Actor/Actress  Best Script  Best Costumes and Props

Pronunciation

Where are the thought groups?  On the way downstairs the elevator door closed on my foot and while we were waiting for my mom to go and get the car Anthony made me fall where it was muddy and then when I started crying because of the mud Nick said I was a crybaby and while I was punching Nick for saying crybaby my mom came back with the car and scolded me for being muddy and fighting.