2011 Fall semester; Saturday morning class 1st class Mooncake day September 12, 2011 Housekeeping: It’s our first class, a special Mid-autumn day class We will meet Saturday mornings from next week until around Christmas Nice to meet you, my name is Latifa Start out- Please introduce yourselves to me and your classmates What is your name? What year in school are you? Where you go to school (you may say the name of your school in Chinese if you not know the English)? When you are not in class, what you like to do? What is your favorite subject in school? What is your least favorite subject? Start out: What did you this past summer? I will talk to the class a little: A In this class I will concentrate on teaching you to make long sentences I will show you this this morning B A few class guidelines: a This class is 100% English No Chinese during class b Please ask a question when you not understand something c If you make a mistake, I will correct you- don’t worry everyone makes mistakes d Open your mouth and speak! e You may bring English homework from school and any other English classes that you have I will help you with it, but I will not it for you f You may ask that I play songs with English lyrics that you like g Class plan; Start out question- this is ‘free talk’ time, I try to have you discuss something Vocabulary building; I will try to help you build a large a vocabulary Using new grammar to make sentences, describe a picture, and discuss things Vocabulary corner Assignment; Practice grammar, then tell a story with it Song time "Let’s Call the Whole Thing off" Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Vocabulary Corner: I want everyone to go to thesaurus.com and find the synonyms and antonyms to an English word Synonym 同义义 Big and Large Antonym 反义义 low and high Pictures and Dice gameFirst drill style with Dice around the table Then an individual story- with the die determining the order of the tenses A Simple Past: I watched television yesterday (or Yesterday I watched television) Present: I am playing volleyball right now (or Right now I am watching television) Future: I will watch television tomorrow (or Tomorrow, I will watch television) B Like Past: I liked (enjoyed) reading a(my) book yesterday (or Yesterday I liked (enjoyed) reading my book) Present: I am enjoying reading this book, I enjoy reading this book & remember 3rd person She likes, She wants, & She thinks Future: I will like (enjoy) reading this book tomorrow (or Tomorrow, I will like (enjoy) reading this book) C Want: Past: I wanted to swing on the swing yesterday Yesterday, I wanted to swing on the swing) Present: I want to swing on the swing (Right now!) She (or he) wants to swing on the swing Future: I will want to swing on the swing tomorrow D Think (thinking, thought, think) Past: I thought studying math yesterday was boring (Yesterday, I thought studying math was boring) Present: I think I should study math (Right now!) Future: I think I had better study math tonight (or tonight I think I had better study math) E Continuous: (what you on Saturdays? What does she in the evening?) Everyday, on Sundays, in the morning, at night, every weekend I study Chinese every day, except Saturday I play volleyball on Saturdays, On Saturdays I play volleyball F With an AdverbThese questions will begin with How Q How did you play basketball yesterday? A I played poorly, I could not shoot the basketball well Quickly/slowly happily/unhappily well/poorly I am going to put pictures in front of everyone instead of have you look at writing Here are the activities I used last week Practice the tenses and forms with these activities Eat a hamburger Go to sleep Hang glide Ride a rollercoaster Slam dunk 10 Play Wii Swing on a vine Play checkers 11 Sail a boat White water raft Parachute 12 Skateboard B Now let's repeat- this time changing the person- First person, Second person, Third Person Song and Song lyrics: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Lyrics (歌词) Things have come to a pretty pass Our romance is growing flat, For you like this and the other While I go for this and that, Goodness knows what the end will be Oh I don't know where I'm at It looks as if we two will never be one Something must be done: Chorus - You say either and I say either, You say neither and I say neither Either, either Neither, neither, Let's call the whole thing off You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off But oh, if we call the whole thing off Then we must part And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas, I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmas For we know we need each other so we , Better call the whole off off Let's call the whole thing off Chorus - You say laughter and I say larfter, You say after and I say arfter Laughter, larfter after arfter, Let's call the whole thing off, You like vanilla and I like vanella, You saspiralla, and I saspirella Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry, Let's call the whole thing off But oh if we call the whole thing of then we must part And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart So if you go for oysters and I go for ersters, I'll order oysters and cancel the ersters For we know we need each other so we, Better call the calling off off, Let's call the whole thing off Chorus - I say father, and you say pater, I saw mother and you say mater Pater, mater Uncle, auntie, let's call the whole thing off I like bananas and you like banahnahs, I say Havana and I get Havahnah Bananas, banahnahs Havana, Havahnah, Go your way, I'll go mine So if I go for scallops and you go for lobsters, So all right no contest we'll order lobseter For we know we need each other so we, Better call the calling off off, Let's call the whole thing off