Conversations

Goals, goals, goals!

Think, Pair, Share If you could talk to anyone… Students think about the chance to talk to anyone in the world Who would it be? Why? What would you talk about? Students then tell a partner, then tell the class

W partner Who are the people in the picture? Where are they? How do they know each other? ------

Categorize the Adjectives Animated Intimate Bizarre Lengthy Boring Meaningful Frustrating One-sided Hilarious Pointless In-depth Predictable Intense stimulating Categorize adjective according to connotation Create a Table

Positive Negative Neutral Boring

Categorize the Adjectives Animated Intimate Bizarre Lengthy Boring Meaningful Frustrating One-sided Hilarious Pointless In-depth Predictable Intense stimulating Add two more adjective to your list. Compare the adjectives with your partner

Using these adjectives how would you describe the previous conversations?

What types of conversations can you and your partner think of? Asking a teacher a question

Answer the questions with your partner Which of these conversations below have you had recently in your own language? A quick word in passing A brief exchange with a complete stranger A long heart-to-heart with a close friend or family member A hurried exchange of text messages A heated debate An online chat What did you talk about? Choose an adjective from the previous exercise to describe the conversation

Questions about Conversations! What makes a conversation enjoyable? With whom do you usually have enjoyable conversations? What makes a conversation frustrating? With whom do you usually have frustrating conversations? What’s your definition of a good conversation? What are the traits of a good conversationalist New Groups! (Partners cannot be in groups together)

With Your New Partner When was the last time you had to use English outside of class? Who were you talking to? Did you know them well? What did you talk about? How Long was the conversation? Were you happy with your English? Why/Why not? Who did most of the talking, you or the other person/people? Why? Find someone who… Was happier with their English than you Had a longer conversation than you Talked to the same person as you

Do You Agree? Women talk more than men Women communicate better than men A conversation between two men is different than a conversation between two women Women enjoy conversation more than men Men have more important conversations than women 4 corners activity Strongly Agree/Somewhat Agree/Somewhat Disagree/Strongly Disagree Form groups from disagreeing sections

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb skilfully animate predictable stimulation frustrating length

Common Complaints! Brainstorm a list of common complaints girlfriends and boyfriends make about each other S/he spends too much money S/he talks about him/herself too much Small groups

Suzi and Brian Find a partner Students pull either A – Suzi or B – Brian from bag find someone with the opposing letter and form partners A, B at end

What kinds of words are the BOLDED words Suzi is talking to her sister about Brian He NEVER used to want to spend so much time on his own. He said he wanted to do something TOMORROW, but I don’t believe him. He just sits and watches TV ON THE SOFA. I end up shouting DRAMATICALLY and slamming the phone down LIKE AN OVERGROWN TEENAGER. FRANKLY, I’ve had enough. Adverbials – a word or phrase used to give information about a verb adjective or entire sentence Which adverbials Describe how something is done How often something is done When something will happen Where something is done Add emphasis Adverbs describe how when or where

(1) Suzi (2) used to discuss her problems (3) with her twin sister (4) In which position would you normally add these adverbials to the sentence? When she was younger Always In secret Only From time to time probably Make the Sentence Negative – Does this change the positioning? Adverbs of frequency are usually used between the auxiliary verb (when there is one) and the main verb: Adv w/ probability: normally used between the auxiliary and the main verb in the affirmative. We’ll probably see you tomorrow, but are often positioned before the auxiliary in the negative: We probably wont see you tomorrow Adv of manner and indefinite time can also be used between auxiliary and main verbs. We quickly finished our lunch we finally met the deadline Adverbs such as apparently presumably frankly which comment on the sentence as a whole usually go at the beginning of the sentence Changes in position and meaning: most adverbials are very flexible and can be used in any of the three positions. However sometimes a change in position can change the meaning of a sentence: ex Jane only speaks English

Actually, he’s performing in the play tomorrow What’s the difference? Actually, he’s performing in the play tomorrow He’s actually performing in the play tomorrow Earlier, I had wanted Rich to come to the meeting I had wanted Rich to come to the meeting earlier. I get into arguments when I’m particularly angry I get into arguments, particularly when I’m angry Look at the pairs of sentences below. The underlined adverbials are in different positions. How does this change the meaning of the sentences? (and not doing something else) ( and not just sitting in the audience)

Role-play the conversations in the pictures How would you describe the conversation? (cause – eg. Boring) How did it make you feel? (effect – eg. Bored)