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Transcript

Today's Lesson

Task

Questioning

Vocabulary

transformation, install, imagine, negotiate

Grammar

Infinitives and Gerunds
Newspaper Article

Reading

Level 7 Unit 9 Lesson 5

PersuasiveProposals

Get Thinking!

How can you get money to solve the problems in your city?
any port in a stormDo you remember what this idiom means?"I can't believe she is going out with him, he's so mean.""Well, you know. Any port in a storm."

Idioms

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Reading

What kind of food would you like to eat today?

Prereading

Reading

transformation
The high school has been the scene of an amazing culinary transformation this school year. The school cafeteria will be offering a salad bar, a deli counter, a roast meat station and taco stand. Student Council President Erik Robbick made all of this possible along with local merchants and prize money from city hall.

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Reading

installing
“Erik submitted a project in our grant competition that was too good to pass up,” says Mayor Burgeon. “The prize was 10,000 dollars, which he used to negotiate with the local butcher, deli and bakery to bring fresh products to the school every morning.” Erick also asked the metalworks class to consider creating the counters and shelves necessary for the new food. He was able to use existing refrigerators and the carpentry class finished installing the counters and shelves in a week.

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Reading

imagine
“I am so excited for the salad bar,” says student Sean. “I don’t think I have ever eaten a vegetable in this cafeteria.” “I can’t wait for the fresh bread,” says senior Vero. “I always went to Graham’s Bakery in the morning anyway, and now I just imagine eating my morning toast here at school and getting some studying done at the same time.”

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Reading

negotiating
The brand new cafeteria will open on Monday morning, and many students admit feeling very excited. The best part of the new cafeteria is that Erik was able to use the prize money and some excellent negotiating skills to lower the prices of all of the items in the cafeteria. “Students will actually be able to get better food for less money than they spent last year,” he says.

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When will the cafeteria open?

Comprehension

Who helped Erik set up the new cafeteria?
How did Erik get the money for this project?
What new food does the cafeteria have?

Choose

Check

Tick thecorrect sentence.

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The word transformation means to make.The word transformation means a changeThe word installing means setting something up.The word installing means destroying something.The word imagine means to make a mental picture.The word imagine means to eliminate an idea.The word negotiate means to demand something.The word negotiate means to discuss something you want.

Collect the Gems

facets
installing
distributed
transformation
imagine
strewn
negotiate

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Erik was able to use the prize money and some excellent negotiating skills
Erick also asked the metalworks class to consider creating the counters
Erik submitted a project in our grant competition

Character

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Grammar

I am going to start running.I am going to start to run tomorrow.

I really prefer eating at home.I prefer to eat in a restaurant.

continue, begin, start, hate, like, love, prefer

Infinitive versus Gerund!

Are you kidding? I love to go shopping!

Do you hate going to the mall?

continue, begin, start, hate, like, love, prefer

Grammar

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Practice

or
or
I wonder how someone becomes president
Maybe . . .

Questioning

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What are the reasons student B can't volunteer?

Listening

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Listen to the podcast3:30Be prepared to tell what the first challenge is.

Extension

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Why do we need to stop and rethink things?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!