1. CHAPTER 7: TEARS PAGE 77

2. Look at the picture. Do you think these statements are TRUE or FALSE. Write your answers down. Tears are important for keeping out eyes healthy. Tears are important for our ability to see. There are 2 different kinds of tears. We have emotional tears in our eyes all the time. People generally have the same ideas about when it is ok to cry. Some people think it can be good for you to cry.

3. Fast Reading: 4 minutes When you are finished you will have to be able to answer these questions: 1.What is the topic? 2.What is the main idea?

4. Topic? A.Eyes B.Tears C.Being sad D.Depression

5. Main Idea? A.The social rules about when crying is ok depends on family, culture, and religion. B.There are 3 different kinds of tears. C.Tears are normal and healthy.

6. Check Your Predictions Tears are important for keeping out eyes healthy. – TRUE Tears are important for our ability to see. – TRUE There are 2 different kinds of tears. – FALSE We have emotional tears in our eyes all the time. – FALSE People generally have the same ideas about when it is ok to cry. – FALSE Some people think it can be good for you to cry. – TRUE

7. Vocabulary

8. VOCABULARY BINGO!!!! Look at page v at the beginning of your book Fill in your BINGO card with the chapter vocabulary words When you see a word on the screen, find it on your board and write a sentence using that word When you have 4 words/sentences in a row, YELL BINGO!

9. Blink (verb) The normal activity of quickly closing and opening the eye My photo didn’t turn out well because I blinked.

10. Blow (verb) To move air When a wind blows cold air into your eyes, they fill with reflex tears.

11. Chemical (noun) Something that causes changes in your body or brain There are strong chemicals in some cleaning products.

12. Differ (verb) To be different from American English differs from British English in vocabulary, spelling, grammar and accent.

13. Emotional (adjective) Having to do with emotions You can depend on your friends for emotional support in difficult times.

14. Fill In (phrasal verb) To make not empty…To put something in a hole I filled in my bottle with water.

15. Flow (verb) To move continuously When you are sad, tears may start to flow like water moving in a river.

16. Go Ahead (phrasal verb) Used to give permission or to say it is OK to do something Go ahead and take the last piece of pizza.

17. Liquid (noun) A thing that isn’t solid and can flow or be poured. Ex. Water, juice, soda, coffee, tea, etc. Tears are like water. They are a liquid (not a solid or a gas).

18. Material (noun) The stuff that makes up larger things Tears help wash away dust, sand or any other materials that might get into your eyes.

19. Mental (adjective) Having to do with the mind / brain I have a mental block against maths. I don’t understand it or enjoy it, and I never will.

20. Normal (adjective ) Typical, usual, ordinary, expected It’s normal to feel nervous during a job interview. Everyone does.

21. Surface ( noun ) The top or outer layer of something The surface of the roads in Gaziantep is very rocky.

22. Throughout (adverb) During a period of time People in every culture, at every point throughout history, have cried.

23. View ( noun ) Opinion, the way you think about something Whom did you vote for? What are your political views?

24. Quoting and Paraphrasing Quoting: –S–Saying what someone else said in the same words. –U–Use quotation marks “ “ –“–“Emotional tears increase the amount of endorphin that gets to the brain.” Paraphrasing: –S–Saying what someone else said in YOUR OWN WORDS. –C–Change the words and the order these words comes in –W–When we cry because we are sad, happy, or hurt, our brain receives more endorphins.

25. Which is a good paraphrase of the quote from the reading? 1.It has not been proven, but tears may be good not only for your eyes but for your emotional health as well. a.No one knows if tears are actually good for your eyes or for your emotions. b.Tears are good for our eyes and may be good fro our emotional health, too. b

26. Which is a good paraphrase of the quote from the reading? 1.Emotional tears are tears we think of when we use the word cry. a.The word cry refers to one kind of tears, emotional tears. b.We cry emotional tears when we think of the word cry. a

27. Which is a good paraphrase of the quote from the reading? 1.Most people are aware of the social rules about when, where, and why it is acceptable to cry. a.Sometimes it is ok to cry, and sometimes it is not, and you have to learn the difference. b.Each culture has its rules for when crying is ok, and most members of a culture know its rules. b

28. Practice Time! You will see a question on the screen. Work with a partner to answer the question using a quote from the read…this means use the words from the reading and quotation marks. Then, paraphrase the quotation…this means write the answer in your own words.

29. #1 What would happen if we did not have tears in our eyes? Quote? Paraphrase?

30. #2 How do tears help us see clearly? Quote? Paraphrase?

31. #3 What are the different types of tears? Quote? Paraphrase?

32. #4 Social rules about crying differ for children versus adults and often for men versus women. What else affects the rules? Quote? Paraphrase?

33. #5 What is a possible effect of the painkiller endorphin? Quote? Paraphrase?

34. Summarizing Work with a friend to write a summary of “Tears.” You can use quotations and paraphrases in your summary. Make sure you answer these questions in your summary: 1.What are tears good for? 2.Which kind of tears protect our eyes? 3.Which kind of tears do we produce when we cry? 4.What do social rules about crying tell us? 5.What do some people believe about crying?

35. THINK ABOUT IT… In Turkish culture, when is it ok to cry? Are the rules different for men and women? – In what situations is it ok for men to cry? – Women? – Both? If you’re having trouble think about: at the movies, saying goodbye, at a funeral, getting hurt, etc.

36. When is it OK to cry? MENWOMENBOTH