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Today's Lesson

Vocabulary

Reading

transformation, install, imagine, negotiate

Newspaper Article

Task

Grammar

Infinitives and Gerunds

Questioning

Persuasive Proposals

Level 7 Unit 9 Lesson 5

Get Thinking!

How can you get money to solve the problems in your city?

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Idioms

any port in a storm Do 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."

Reading

Prereading

What kind of food would you like to eat today?

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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.” Erik 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.

Comprehension

Who helped Erik set up the new cafeteria?

What new food does the cafeteria have?

How did Erik get the money for this project?

When will the cafeteria open?

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Choose

Tick the correct sentence.

The word transformation means to make. The word transformation means a change The 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.

Check

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Collect the Gems

negotiate

facets

transformation

imagine

installing

distributed

strewn

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Character

Erik also asked the metalworks class to consider creating the counters

Erik was able to use the prize money and some excellent negotiating skills

Erik submitted a project in our grant competition

Grammar

Infinitive versus Gerund!

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

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

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

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Grammar

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

Are you kidding? I love to go shopping!

Do you hate going to the mall?

Practice

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Questioning

I wonder how someone becomes president

Maybe . . .

or

or

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Listening

What are the reasons student B can't volunteer?

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Extension

Listen to the podcast 3:30 Be prepared to tell what the first challenge is.

Exit Interview

Why do we need to stop and rethink things?

Goodbye!

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