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Negotiate

Present Perfect Continuous

century, supplies, tarp, pelted

Learning Objectives

Task

Grammar

Vocabulary

NarrativePredict

Reading

Very, Very Frightening

Level 8 Unit 8 Lesson 3

Which natural disaster scares you the most?

Interview

by a large margin

when the land moves quickly downward

landslide

landslide

Very Punny

What two things should you not do during the storm?

Listening

Grammar

have/has + been + ing formI have been running for three hours.

I started running at 4:00.I am still running now.I have been running since 4:00.

I started running three hours ago.I am still running now.I have been running for three hours.

Used to tell something that you started doing in the past and are still doing now.

Present Perfect Continuous

We have been jumping like this for ten years.

We have been jumping like this since 2013!

sinceto tell a specific moment in timeI have been reading since 1984.

forto tell an amount of timeI have been teaching for 35 years.

What things are you doing now?

For and Since

We have been speaking "Giraffe" since 2009.

Longer than You

I have been learning karate for 9 years.

Reading

What would you do if there was a hole in your house?

Prereading

had made it through a blizzard, countless floodings and a tornado a few years ago. But, the wind from this storm was too much for it and it toppled over, right on top of the house.

century

Catherine stood at the top of the staircase and looked at the massive trunk of a tree that blocked the doorway and filled the hall. The tree was a gigantic oak that had been sitting in front of their house for over a century. The one hundred-year-old tree

Fright

Catherine began to break off branches from the tree and throw them away from the doorway. While her grandfather looked for supplies.

supplies

“Grandpa!!” Catherine yelled. We’re trapped down here. And the house is filling up with rain.” Her grandfather came to the bottom of the stairs and looked up. “We have to try to block the hole. Or at least collect the water. Otherwise the house will be ruined.”

and a staple gun and then began to climb out himself. He unfolded the tarp and looked up at the hole in the ceiling. “I think it should be big enough,” he said and stretched it out over the tree. “Can you climb on the chair and hold it up to the ceiling?”

tarp

Once Catherine had removed enough branches, she could climb over the trunk and get out the basement. Her arms and legs were full of scratches by the time she was out. Her grandfather passed her a large plastic tarp

that was blowing in the wind, while the rain pelted her in the eyes and face. She finally finished attaching the tarp, when another gust of wind blew a shoe in through the window behind her.

pelted

Catherine carefully climbed on the kitchen stool and her grandfather gave her the corner of the tarp. “Now see if you can staple it to the ceiling,” he instructed. Catherine had a difficult job, trying to staple the plastic tarp

Which paragraph talks about things blowing into the house?

Which paragraph talks about the problems that might occur if they don’t stop the water?

Which paragraph talks about the supplies they need to fix the hole?

Which paragraph talks about the history of the oak tree?

“Grandpa!” Catherine yelled. We’re trapped down here. And the house is filling up with rain.” Her grandfather came to the bottom of the stairs and looked up. “We have to try to block the hole. Or at least collect the water. Otherwise the house will be ruined.”Catherine began to break off branches from the tree and throw them away from the doorway. While her grandfather looked for supplies.

Catherine stood at the top of the staircase and looked at the massive trunk of a tree that blocked the doorway and filled the hall. The tree was a gigantic oak that had been sitting in front of their house for over a century. The one hundred-year-old tree had made it through a blizzard, countless floodings and a tornado a few years ago. But, the wind from this hurricane was too much for it and it toppled over, right on top of the house.

Identify

Which paragraph talks about things blowing into the house?

Which paragraph talks about the problems that might occur if they don’t stop the water?

Which paragraph talks about the supplies they need to fix the hole?

Which paragraph talks about the history of the oak tree?

Catherine carefully climbed on the kitchen stool and her father gave her the corner of the tarp. “Now see if you can staple it to the ceiling,” he instructed. Catherine had a difficult job, trying to staple the plastic tarp that was blowing in the wind, while the rain pelted her in the eyes and face. She finally finished attaching the tarp, when another gust of wind blew a shoe in through the window.

Once Catherine had removed enough branches, she could climb over the trunk and get out the basement. Her arms and legs were full of scratches by the time she was out. Her grandfather passed her a large plastic tarp and a staple gun and then began to climb out himself. He unfolded the tarp and looked up at the hole in the ceiling.“I think it should be big enough,” he said and stretched it out over the tree. “Can you climb on the chair and hold it up to the ceiling?”

Identify

Predict

What could happen to Catherine?

What is the situation in the house right now?

Picture

Vocabulary

100 years

a large piece of plastic

the things you need

hit repeatedly

Matching

pelted

supplies

tarp

century

A snake might make you cringe.You cringe when you are happy.Hail could pelt you on the head.The wind could pelt a lake.A tarp could protect a bicycle from rainYou can ride a tarp to work.

Tick

Check

Parents never worry about their children.If someone is lost, you might worry.It is helpful to reassure your friends.Reassuring yourself will make you worry.A dark forest might look ominous.A sunny day always looks ominous.

A whisper is deafening.

A straight stick is bent.

You need supplies to do tasks.

True or False

False

False

False

False

False

False

True

True

True

True

True

True

If you are still sick, you have recovered.

A drought is having too much water.

A century is 100 years.

Practice

Negotiate

Maybe

But

Or

He might

We should stay here.

We have to try to find him!

Listen to the podcast5:24 -6:38

Extension

Exit Interview

Is there anything you think you could do for a century?

Goodbye!

Thank You!