V5B - wk 39 Old Man at the Bridge reading + creative writing

Today's class
Words in Progress ex. 1-25 - Creative writing test Friday wk 42

-  quiz War & Peace - ex. 9-12
- reading a short story The Old Man at the Bridge
- creative writing using words 9-12


HW next week (40) = ex. 13-17 (Rhyme and Reason)

HW wk 41 = ex. 18-21 + ex. 22-25 (Education; Money/Work/Leisure)

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Today's class
Words in Progress ex. 1-25 - Creative writing test Friday wk 42

-  quiz War & Peace - ex. 9-12
- reading a short story The Old Man at the Bridge
- creative writing using words 9-12


HW next week (40) = ex. 13-17 (Rhyme and Reason)

HW wk 41 = ex. 18-21 + ex. 22-25 (Education; Money/Work/Leisure)

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Slide 2 - Link

Task 1 & 2
Listen to the theme of the story on  the next slide, then read the short story


Task 1: Give the definition of the words, looking at the context 



Task 2: Write your own short story (1 page) on the theme of war, using the vocab of units 9-12 
Use plenty of adjectives, adverbs, phrasal clauses to addinformation and write longer sentences

Phrasal clause = information you add to a sentence to given more information on who/ how/when/where etc.
e.g.  The heart-broken and lonely soldier stood waiting aimlessly by the blown-up bridge 

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The Old Man at the Bridge
Short story by Ernest Hemingway (conversation only, depicts a scene, "in-media-res")

About the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) between Republicans (left-wing) and Nationalists/Fascists 

Characters short story: Old man (protagonist) and a Soldier/narrator

Conflict: war

Themes & Symbols 
-> Discuss what you think these are after reading the story

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Vocabulary meaning
Pontoon

Spokes (of the wheels) -> draw this 

To plod (plodded)

Artillery

Slope of the bank

Blankly

To sway (swayed)

Overcast

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The Old Man at the Bridge


Themes: 

  • Life/war/death: the old man will most likely die, the narrator knows he cannot save him
  • Alienation: old man has no political affiliation, innocent victim like his animals
  • Religion: Good sheperd (old man); Good Samaritan (narrator); in wartime all fails


Symbols: animals (dove!)

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Today's class
Grammar in Progress

Review Units 5 & 6
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous
Past Simple vs Past Perfect

New HW next week WED - Units 7 & 8 - 
The Future Simple 
The Future Continuous/
The Future Perfect/
The Future Perfect Continuous

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Present Perfect Simple

Has/have done

Focus on result
Recent action/just ended
Factual
Present Perfect Continuous

Will have been doing

Has not ended yet
Focus on duration
For Emphasis/repetition/irritation

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Present Perfect Simple

Has/have done

Focus on result
Recent action/just ended
Factual
Past Perfect

Had done

To indicate and earlier action in the past

(signal words: before, after)

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The Future Simple + Continuous

The Future Simple 
Will/shall (I/we) (future facts, spontaneous decision, offers, prediction)
Going to (intention, prediction based on evidence)
Present Simple (timetables)
Present Continuous (agenda)

The Future Continuous
Will be doing = 
future action still in progress

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The Future Perfect


The Future Perfect

Will have done 
 = future action that is concluded/finished

(signal words: by the time, by then, by Christmas)

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The Future Perfect Continuous


The Future Perfect Continuous

Will have been doing
 = emphasizing a future action that has been going on for some time & is still in progress

(signal words: by May, by the end of the month, by this time next year)

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