Spring Conversation, Week 11

Fallacies are like mental illusions.

Hour 1 Monday-Tuesday

Make a plan (5)

Book Report #2. Read a new book and write a 2-page report. The due date is the last class of week 12. (10%)

Survey Work (15)

Simple questions with complex answers.

Part 1

Talk to 3 different people. Listen to their answers. Make notes. If you don’t get a good answer, asking more probing questions. Demand precise answers. Don’t think about right or wrong. Think are about logical.

Student A

  • What is your definition of happiness?
  • Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?
  • Have we become less happy in this age of technology?

Student B

  • Who do you think is the greatest person in history?
  • Is there justice in the world?
  • Do more laws, or stricter laws, make a better society?

Part 2 Come back to your seat.

Talk to your partner. Summarize what you heard.

You want to summarize 2 things:

  • the answers
  • the criteria

Intro to fallacies (10)

Look at the slide show.

Part 2 Pair work (15)

Read the paper and learn the fallacies.

Here is the worksheet.

Part 3 Switch (10)

Get a new partner and learn 3 more fallacies.

Practice (20)

Read the questions and find the fallacies.

Hour 2

Media analysis (15)

Watch the video. Say the argument. Name the fallacy.

Video 1 Politicians

Video 2 Obama’s commercial

Video 3 mobile phone service

Video 4 trump

Textbook (20)

Page 57 (5)

Which of things will come true in the future?

Page 58 Life on Earth (15)

Read and then listen

Hour 3

Red and Black game (20)

The purpose of this task is to practice explaining a simple task.

To listen well. To follow instructions.

To win the game.

It’s a card game. Or is it?

Here are the game rules.

Hour 1 Thursday-Friday

Make a plan (5)

  • Book Report #2. Read a new book and write a 2-page report. The due date is the last class of week 12. (10%)
  • Complete a listening exercise. You must finish by Friday of week 12. (10%)

Pair Work Survey (20)

You are A or B. Walk around the room and talk to 5 people. Ask those people your questions listen and make notes. Ask follow up questions.

Student A

  1. Are you superstitious?
  2. What will you be doing 5 years from now?
  3. Are you going to get a job abroad?
  4. Will you go on a trip this summer?

Student B

  1. Do you like to play board games?
  2. Do you like to do yoga?
  3. Have you ever gone to a swimming pool?
  4. Can you tell me 4 sports people play on a court?

Will vs Going to (10)

Watch the slide show.

Play, do or go? (15)

Learn to use these verbs correctly with different sports or activities.

Click here to go to the lesson.

What will happen next? (10)

Watch the video and guess what is going to happen next.

Get the ppt here.

Or here.

Hour 2

Textbook (50)

Page 57 (5)

Which of things will come true in the future?

Page 58 Life on Earth (15)

Read and then listen. Then answer questions C and D

Page 59 #2 Vocabulary (10)

Answer the questions. Use your dictionary

Page 59 #3 Will as a quick decision or promise

Answer the questions. Use your dictionary

Book page 62 space tourism (15)

Read and the read while listening.

Answer questions on C page 62 and D page 63.

Hour 3

Pair Work (10)

  • What’s the difference between will and going to?
  • Say 4 things that people do alone.
  • Say 3 things people play with one partner.
  • Say 3 things people do with the verb GO.
  • What does play pool mean?

Red and Black game (20)

The purpose of this task is to practice explaining a simple task.

Here are the game rules.

Collocations and Symmetry (20)

This video lesson helps builds vocabulary bay understanding how pairs of words are connected.

Symmetry from Daniel Mercadante on Vimeo.

Here is the word list of possible answers


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