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Transcript

Teacher Tips
Opinion
Present Perfect Opinion
survey, motioned, drains, motorway

Learning Objectives

Task

Grammar

Vocabulary

NarrativeAnalyze

Reading

Very, Very Frightening

Level 8 Unit 8 Lesson 6
Have you ever felt incredibly relieved about something?

Interview

It was earth-shaking.
Did you hear the news about the earthquake?

Very Punny

How many people got buried by the avalanche?What happened to them?

Listening

Grammar

You should have watched the whole movei before writing the review.
I told you that you shouldn't go to Rome. You shouldn't have gotten on that plane!
should + have + past participleYou should have finished the work before you left.
Used to give someone useless advice.Used to say "I told you so."

Present Perfect Advice

But she might have said no and then you couldn't have gone to the party.
I took five dollars out of my mom's purse, and I know I shouldn't have done that. I should have just asked for some money.

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Well,

Well,

Well,

Reading

What should we do after a natural disaster?

Prereading

were able to go back upstairs and survey the damage. The entire street was filled with felled trees and downed power lines. Three cars that had been parked in the street were now crushed under trees.
survey
Catherine and her grandfather went back to the basement to wait for the storm to end. A few hours later, the wind died down and the rain became lighter. The sun began to come up, so they

Fright

window had broken. Catherine shook her head slowly and went back inside. “We can’t get the car out, but there’s no way we could drive anywhere anyway. The streets are full of trees and the water is coming out of the drains and filling up the street. We’ll probably have a flood here before long.”
drains
Catherine’s car had been in the garage, so it was spared damage, but the wide base of the oak tree covered the driveway, so there was no way to remove the car. Around the neighborhood, various items had landed in people’s yards and more than one
Catherine touched the side of her head and winced. Just then a car honked from the street and they both turned to see Nolan, arriving in his new Jeep. He approached the house and stopped in the middle of the road when he saw the tree in the house. He started to turn off the car, but when he saw Catherine, he immediately motioned for her to get in.
motioned
Her grandfather nodded, “Well, isn’t it a good thing that I made you fill up that pantry with food and buy those big tubs of water?” “Yeah, but I really think I need to see someone in the hospital for this cut. I should probably get an antibiotic or something.”
here on this street. Everything from the big motorway going west is completely fine.” Catherine touched her head again and looked at the tree inside her house. “If you happen to see Mother Nature, tell her I’ve got a bone to pick with her.”
motorway
“The next street over is completely clear. We can get to the hospital in no time,” he told his sister. “What do you mean the next street over is clear? They didn’t get hit by the storm?” “Nope,” Nolan answered. “The majority of the damage is right
Catherine’s car had been in the garage, so it was spared damage, but the wide base of the oak tree covered the driveway, so there was no way to remove the car. Around the neighborhood, various items had landed in people’s yards and more than one window had broken. Catherine shook her head slowly and went back inside. “We can’t get the car out, but there’s no way we could drive anywhere anyway. The streets are full of trees and the water is coming out of the drains and filling up the street. We’ll probably have a flood here before long.
Catherine and her grandfather went back to the basement to wait for the storm to end. A few hours later, the wind died down and the rain became lighter. The sun began to come up, so they were able to go back upstairs and survey the damage. The entire street was filled with felled trees and downed power lines. Three cars that had been parked in the street were now crushed under trees.
In which paragraph does a new character appear?
Which paragraph talks about what happened to Catherine’s car?
Which paragraph talks about the areas that were hit by the storm?
Which paragraph talks about what Catherine saw in the street after the storm?

Identify

“The next street over is completely clear. We can get to the hospital in no time,” he told his sister.“What do you mean the next street over is clear? They didn’t get hit by the storm?”“Nope,” Nolan answered. “The majority of the damage is right here on this street. Everything from the big freeway going west is completely fine.Catherine touched her head again and looked at the tree inside her house. “If you happen to see Mother Nature, tell her I’ve got a bone to pick with her.”
Her grandfather nodded, “Well, isn’t it a good thing that I made you fill up that pantry with food and buy those big tubs of water?” “Yeah, but I really think I need to see someone in the hospital for this cut. I should probably get an antibiotic or something.” Catherine touched the side of her head and winced. Just then a car honked from the street and they both turned to see Nolan, arriving in his new Jeep. He approached the house and stopped in the middle of the road when he saw the tree in the house. He started to turn off the car, but when he saw Catherine, he immediately motioned for her to get in.
In which paragraph does a new character appear?
Which paragraph talks about what happened to Catherine’s car?
Which paragraph talks about the areas that were hit by the storm?
Which paragraph talks about what Catherine saw in the street after the storm?

Identify

Do you think the characters did anything else wrong?
You shouldn't have opened the freezer. Now the food will go bad.

Advice

Vocabulary

large main highway
place where water goes down
move your body to communicate
look at closely

Matching

drains
mentioned
motorway
survey

motioned

freezer

shutters

typhoon

survey

ointment

Dice Definitions

use movement to communicate

strong window coverings

a place to keep frozen food

a strong storm in the sea

a cream used for medicine

examine something

Make a Sentence

  • 30
  • Quicksand
  • black
  • 20
  • gauche
  • avec
  • 1000
  • 1
  • drains
  • freeway
  • severe
  • desperate
  • knocked off
  • stitches
  • #E4D51B
  • #BD7003
  • #B6B02C

Practice

Example 3

Give Opinions

Example 2
Example 1
Restate the opinion
Reason 3
Reason 2
Reason 1
Opinion
Choose a natural disaster and write a descriptive paragraph about what it might look like after the disaster occurs.

Extension

Exit Interview

What might make you have a bone to pick with someone?
Goodbye!

Thank You!