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Today We Will… Discuss Unit 4 Theme: Child’s Play Learn the form for past perfect tense and past perfect progressive tense Use past perfect and past perfect progressive to express ideas Identify cause and effect relationships

Our Last Unit! Theme of the unit is: Child’s Play What does child’s play mean? Listen to the song, “Pinball Wizard,” by The Who.

“Pinball Wizard“Pinball Wizard” Background: The song appears on the 1969 album, Tommy, by the British rock band, The Who. Tommy is a rock-opera about a young boy who becomes a pinball sensation. Tommy was made into a movie in 1975 Elton John plays the former pinball champion and sings the song, “Pinball Wizard,” in the movie version of Tommy

Child’s Play The expression “child’s play” is used to refer to something that is easy to do. –Oh, running a triathlon? That’s child’s play. Textbook, page 33. Read the “Warm Up” Complete Exercise 2.Exercise 2

Child Prodigy What is a child prodigy? Can you think of examples? Discuss with a partner. Child prodigies: –Tommy is a pinball wizard. –Mozart is a musical genius. –Stephan Hawking is a physicist. Watch the video about a modern day child prodigy, Tanishq Abraham. Tanishq Abraham Workbook, page 26, Practice 3

Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive Read the directions on your worksheet. How are the past perfect and past perfect progressive formed? Why is time important? –when, by the time, before, after, never Complete the remaining questions on the “Pinball Wizard” worksheet.

Forming the Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense Had + past participle Used to show a past action happened before another past action By the time John got home, Sue had already gone to school. She had taken Biology classes before she enrolled in college Negative Sentences Had + (not) + past participle She had not finished her homework when her mother came home. Question Formation Had she seen that movie already?

Practice Forming Present Perfect Tense Directions: Textbook, page 35 Read “The Past Perfect Tense” Complete Exercise 1 and 2

Forming the Past Perfect Progressive Past Perfect Progressive Had + been + verb –ing Used to talk about an action that was happening before or up to a specific time in the past She had been looking for an apartment for 2 months when she found a studio on West 86 th Street. Negative Sentences Had + (not) + been + verb –ing I hadn’t been sleeping well this past week. Question Formation Had they been going to the gym all this time? Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

Practice forming the past perfect progressive: Directions Textbook, page 36 Read “The Past Perfect Progressive” Complete Exercise 3 and Exercise 4

Form the past perfect progressive for the situation below: He had been looking for a room for 3 to 4 months when his friend offered him a room.

Form the past perfect progressive for the situation below: She had been working on her Master’s degree for 4 years when she got engaged in 1999.

Wrap up Homework: –Bring in a timeline for your favorite celebrity. –The timeline should have at least 5 accomplishments. –Workbook, page 27, Practice 6 –Workbook, page 28, Practice 7