My Teacher Miriam 4: September 2016

Sunday 25 September 2016

Creative Writing

Pick one and continue the story...

`and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

Stative Verbs

List of Stative Verbs

agree
appear (seem)
appreciate
be (exist)
believe
belong to
concern
consist of
contain
cost
deny
depend on
deserve
detest
disagree
dislike
doubt
equal
feel
hate
have (possession)
hear
imagine
include
involve
know
lack
like
look (seem)
love
matter
mean
measure
mind
need
owe
own
possess
promise
realize
recognize
remember
resemble
satisfy
see
seem
smell
sound
suppose
surprise
taste
think (opinion)
understand
want
weigh
wish

Stative Verb Exercises

Complete each sentence using the stative verb from the parenthesis:

Do you _________ the answer? (depend on, know, include)
Jim _________ dessert every day. (has, eats, possesses)
I _________ good about the race’s outcome. (am, were, feel)
She _________ her mother. (imagines, resembles, walks with)
Do you _________ they will win? (think, involve, promise)
They really _________ everything you did for them. (include, appreciate, dislike)
I think the teacher was _________ with my speech. (involved, measured, satisfied)
Can you _________ the coffee brewing? (feel, smell, dislike)
I still _________ a lot of money on my student loans. (deserve, owe, involve)
You _________ more shoes than anyone else I know! (dislike, suppose, have)

Answers: 1 – know, 2 – has, 3 – feel, 4 – resembles, 5 – think, 6 – appreciate, 7 – satisfied, 8 –smell, 9 – owe, 10 – have

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Present Perfect U2 : Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhi6nNYNOxQ

Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For by U2

I have climbed the highest mountains
I 1 (to run) through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you.

I have run, I 2 (to crawl)
I 3 (to scale) these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

I (to kiss) honey lips
Felt the healing in her finger tips
It burned like fire
A burning desire.

I 5 (to speak) with the tongue of angels
I (to hold) the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running.

You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross of my shame
Oh my shame, you know I believe it.

1) What does the picture suggest about the song?
2) Listen to song.What emotions does it evoke? Describe the tune. What is the genre?
3) What words do you not know?
) Fill in the blanks in the correct tense. Justify your answer.
5) What images do you hear or in the song?
)what metaphors exist in the song? Symbols?
7) Do any of the images match the feelings listed above?
8)What is the theme of the song?
9) Suggest a new title for the song.
10) Read the passage below and the explanation given from crossexamined.org. Do you agree with the analysis. Why or why not?

The song touches on a truth that is embedded in all people – a deep sense of longing and desire for something that this present world cannot fully satisfy. Here is the second refrain. He is lamenting that no matter what he tries or what he does, ultimate satisfaction isn’t found in this world. His satisfaction must come from somewhere else. He was made for something else, for somewhere else, or perhaps for someone else. He is a pilgrim and a sojourner on this earth, “just a passing through.”
cross examined blog

Present Simple, Progressive and Perfect Adele- Rolling in The Deep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

There's a fire starting in my heart

1 ( to reach) a fever pitch, it 2 (to bring) me out the dark

Finally I can 3 (to see) you crystal clear

Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bar

See how I leave with every piece of you

Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart

Reaching a fever pitch

And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love (to remind) me of us

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

The scars of your love, they 5 (to leave) me breathless

I can't help feeling

We could have had it all

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

Rolling in the deep

Tears are gonna fall, (to roll) in the deep

You had my heart inside of your hand

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

And you played it, to the beat

(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told

But 7 (to hear) one on you

And I'm gonna make your head 8 (to burn)

Think of me in the depths of your despair

Make a home down there

As mine sure won't be shared

(You're gonna wish you never 9 (to meet) me)

The scars of your love 10 (to remind) me of us

(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

The scars of your love, they 11 (to leave) me breathless

(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

I can't help feeling

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Sound of Silence and an Appreciation for Literature

"The Sound

Silence"

(originally by Simon & Garfunkel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed

By the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs

That voices never share

And no one dare

Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know

Silence, like a cancer, grows.

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you."

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon God they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

And the words that it was forming

And the sign said,

"The words of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls."

And whispered in the sound of silence

1) Listen to the song and describe the feelings it evokes.

2) What words do you not know?

2) What symbols are presented in the music video.

3) Find as many metaphors and similes as possible in the lyrics and try to explain them.

) Claim the song with description words

5) Match description words or ideas to symbols.

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Saturday 10 September 2016

Present Simple and Present Progressive

	affirmative	negative	question
I/you/we/they	I play.	I do not play.	Do I play?
he/she/it	He plays.	He does not play.	Does he play?

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-present/form

Excersizes are at the bottom of the page of the link above.

affirmitive                                    negative                                 questions

I                 am playing                  I         am not playing                      Am I playing?
You            are playing                You   are not playing                Are you playing?
He/She/it    is playing              He/she/it   is not playing             Is he/she/it playing?
We              are playing               We        are not playing                   Are we playing?

Wednesday 7 September 2016

PRICE TAG and Present Simple Positive and Negative (little progressive)

Price Tag by Jessie J – Present Simple, progressive and Future

Seems like everybody's got a price

I 1 (wonder) how they 2 (sleep) at night

When the sale comes first and the truth 3 (come) second

Just stop for a minute and smile

Why is everybody so serious?

They 4 (act) so damn mysterious

Got your shades on your eyes and your heels so high

That you 5 (can-negative) even have a good time

Everybody look to their left yah

Everybody look to their right

Can you feel that? Yeah

we 6 (pay) with love tonight

It's not about the money, money, money

We 7 (need-negative) your money, money, money

We just wanna make the world dance

Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching about the yah

Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling

Wanna make the world dance

Forget about the price tag

We need to take it back in time

When music made us all unite

And it wasn't low blows and video hoes

Am I the only one gettin' tired?

Why is everybody so obsessed?

Money 8 (can buy- negative) us happiness

Can we all slow down and enjoy right now

Guarantee 9 (feel-future) alright

Everybody look to their left

Everybody look to their right

Can you feel that? Yeah

10 (pay) them with love tonight

It's not about the money, money, money
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We don't need your money, money, money

We just wanna make the world dance

Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching

Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling

Wanna make the world dance

Forget about the price tag

Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag and take the cash back

Just give me six strings and a half stack

And you can 11 (keep) the cars, leave me the garage

And all I, yes, all I need are keys and guitars

And guess what, in 30 seconds          12             (leave) to Mars

Yes, we           13         (leave) across these undefeatable odds

It's like this man, you can't 0put a price on life

We do this for the love, so we fight and          14        (sacrifice) every night

So we ain't going to stumble and fall, never

Waiting to see, a sign of defeat, uh uh

So we 15 (go) keep everyone moving their feet

So bring back the beat and then everybody sing, it's not about

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
yah pricetag

1) Hear song

2) What words don’t you know?

3) Fill in grammar blanks

4) Re-write positive to negative tense

5) Find three adjectives and translate

6) Pick your favorite verse other then the chorus and explain why you picked it.

7) Any metaphors? Irony?

8) Rename the title

Present Simple Negative and Positive

The present simple is used to talk about things done regularly, habits, routines and facts.
Often used with the following expressions; every day, week, month, year, once a day, week, month, year, in the winter, morning, afternoon, on Monday, at noon, night, always, usually, generally, often, somtimes, rarely, seldom, never.

Positive

I walk                                We walk
You walk                          You walk
He/she/it walk(s)               They walk

Negative

I do not walk                                     We do not walk
you do not walk                                You do not walk
he/she/it does not walk                     They do not walk