Assignment 1 – General Feedback I didn’t deduct points for no capital letters for the name of your major ✕ ‘Thank you for reading my ’ short paragraphs, but not one new line per sentence avoid starting sentences with ‘but’, ‘and’, ‘so’ in formal s no (small) numbers in formal s symbols – SF = sentence fragment, RoS = run-on- sentence try to use compound sentence, and not all simple sentences follow instructions

Unit 7 – Inviting and Arranging to Meet In this lesson you will learn how to… 1. write an invitation 2. suggest when and where to meet 3. accept and refuse an invitation 4. write days, dates, and times 5. use the present continuous and simple present tenses 6. write about the future Portfolio 1 Write an invitation , and reply accepting or refusing

Schedules and Arrangements The flight leaves at quarter past one. You arrive at about nine in the evening. On Thursday everyone leaves the hotel at nine thirty. The class starts at eleven and there’s a break at one for lunch. You are all meeting at ten forty-five. You’re all having dinner at the hotel….. Are you meeting Fabio Perez for lunch? 2. Fixed times, days, and dates 3. Arrangements with other people Present simple Present continuous (am/is/are +ing)

What am I doing student B? writing a thank-you using my cell-phone secretly in class cheating on an exam trying to get the teacher’s attention in class eating really spicy noodles

What am I doing student A? arguing with my boyfriend waiting for my 수능 results shouting at someone who nearly crashed into me (you are driving!) trying to write a really difficult assignment talking to a foreigner, but not understanding a single word of what he is saying

Find 11 differences Ask present continuous questions Where is Peter going on Wednesday? Is Colin having his eyes tested on Monday? At what time on Sunday is Emma visiting her grandparents?

Invitation structure Formalities/catching up Preparing reader for invitation Informing reader about event Inviting Details

TASK 1 – Write a formal invitation i.write an to your professor inviting him to attend an end of semester meal with you and a few of your classmates Or ii. invite a professor of yours (with whom you are quite close) to your house warming party Follow the structure of the informal (on the previous slide). However, you must ensure that this is formal. See the next slide for useful expressions.

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TASK 2 – Reply to an invitation (your first name), What’s up? Are you and your friends from the photography club doing anything on Thursday night? I’m having a house warming at my place. Would you like to come? People are coming round at about 7pm. Let me know! Kevin A senior member of the university photography club (that you have just joined) has invited you to a house-warming party. Write 2 reply s - one accepting, and one refusing the invitation. * He is 4 years older than you and you have only recently met him, so your reply should be on the formal side (but not too formal! – after all, he has set a fairly casual tone in his . He is not a professor, just an older student.)

Portfolio 1 Task 1 (p45), 2 (p47) So from this week’s class, you will be putting the following in your portfolio: i. the invitation from your partner ii. your reply If you want to see correction to the you wrote, see your partner’s portfolio later Remember, you should submit portfolio 1 on April 26 th