That's lots of fun

That's lots of fun

Movie Time!

Watching films is a good way to have fun with others, especially in 
winter days, don't you think?

Today we will work with a film from 2010: Megamind

Now watch a trailer for this film and take down notes based on what you see.

Megamind trailer

After you gather all your notes, compare them with a partner's and write a summary 
of what happens.

Show your work to your teacher.

Answer the following questions.

• What kind of movies do you like?  Who's your favourite actor/actress?
• What was the last film you saw? Did you see it at the cinema or on DVD?
• Who was in it?
• What was it like? Would you recommend it? Why(not)?

Adjectives: Order before Nouns

This is a complicated point of grammar. The following rules have exceptions.

Words for colour, origin/place, material and purpose go in that order. Other adjectives come before these.

OTHER	COLOUR	ORIGIN/PLACE	MATERIAL	PURPOSE	NOUN
Old	red	Spanish	leather	riding	boots
A funny	brown	German		beer	mug

Opinions often come before descriptions

OPINION	DESCRIPTION	NOUN
Funny	old	buildings
A terrible	little	boy
Nice	new	clothes

Here are descriptions from a newspaper, a journal, a biography and a novel. Rewrite each description in the right order. Example:

Books: old, terrible à terrible old books (opinion + description)

1. city: belgian. beautiful. little. 2. club: jazz. local. 3. dinner: excellent. cold. 4. buildings: modern. industrial. 5. dress: evening. red. silk. 6. eyes: narrow. colourless. 7. frame: flat. gold.

8. furniture: old. lovely. 9. ink: drawing. swiss. 10. jacket: short. leather. 11. squares: brick. little. 12. boots: french. ski. 13. tie: blue. woolen. 14. trousers: cotton. grey. 15. trunk: black. nylon. swimming

Extra Practice

Click the links below to test how much you know about adjective order.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl_adjectiveorder1.html

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-42493.php

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/139.html

Activity 

Have a look at the newspaper ads below

1. What are they advertising?

a.

b.

c.

2. What types of adjectives describe each person or item? Opinion adjective? Purpose adjective?

a.

b.

c.

Journal

Write three newspaper ads describing:

·         Something to rent

·         Something to buy

·         Someone to meet 

LET'S REVIEW

LET'S REVIEW

DESCRIBING PROCESSES

Hello Students,

Newspapers are a widely used source of information: we can find not only news but also job advertisements, our horoscope, film reviews and more. Incidentally, have you ever wondered  how newspapers are made?

By clicking on the link below, you’ll have the chance to see the whole process. In your copybook, take down notes of the main steps that are followed,  paying  special attention to the use of passive voice and the new vocabulary:

                    Step 1. _________________________________

                    Step 2. _________________________________

                    Step 3._________________________________ (Etc)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zYpvtRAlE

Now write the process in a paragraph. Use passive voice and appropriate sequence words.

What is needed to create newspapers?

Although we can always read the news on the internet, the paper copy is easy to read due to its size and letter quality. How is paper made? click on the link below and find out.

http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/papermade.htm

Now make a list of the most important steps. Write them in the form of instructions, beginning your step with a verb in the imperative form.
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 etc

Next, re-write the steps you have described in the passive voice  form (be+past participle) and write a summary of the process of making pencils. Do not forget the rules for writing a paragraphs.

Homework

Find information about any process you would like to learn about.  Then write an entry describing such process.

HOW TO...

Hello, dear students!

Today you will work on describing manufacturing processes. Let’s take a look at the first  one:

 

How Cadbury chocolate is made

Are you familiar with the chocolate brand “Cadbury”? Where is it from?

The next three videos explain how Cadbury chocolate is made from cocoa beans to chocolate bars. Take notes while you're watching the videos. 

Watch the three videos and do the following activity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nfczfI0G_30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NmeqgOiWFv4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bBAeZySgPYE

Summarize the three videos into 10 sentences describing the main features of the manufacturing process. Write the description using passive voice and sequence words.

The following verbs can help your writing.

Harvest	Dry	Grind	Mix	Sort	Refine
Ferment	Roast	Winnow	Pack	Grade	Mould

1._______________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________

4._______________________________________________________

5._______________________________________________________

6._______________________________________________________

7._______________________________________________________

8._______________________________________________________

9._______________________________________________________

10.______________________________________________________

Here is another manufacturing process:

How to Make Olive Oil

Harvesting

Production of olive oil begins with the harvest. The picking of the olives starts as early as September, when the lives are under-ripe and still green. They yield little oil, but their flavor is intense. These oils have the longest shelf life and are richer in flavor and aroma. Oil from olives harvested early has a low percentage of acid and a deep green color.

However, most harvesting takes place between early November and late December. 

The youngest green olives are handpicked off the branches, whereas riper olives are beaten or shaken down with rakes or sticks and collected on nets beneath the trees. Since olives are delicate, the best oils are made from olives that are picked by hand or by machines that do not beat or bruise the fruit. Leaves and small stones are removed.

Milling and Pressing

After gathering the olives, growers bring them to be pressed. Olives should be crushed within the first 24 or 36 hours of picking. If left to wait, the level of acidity rises, creating olive oil of poor quality. Just before being crushed, the olives need to be run through a washer to eliminate any remaining impurities. Generally the olives are crushed whole, without prior stoning.

The simplest and oldest method of crushing olives is with granite millstones, although other methods are now used. The olive paste obtained is layered on nylon or natural fiber mats which are stacked high with metal disks between them. These mats of olive pulp are then put under great deal of pressure from a screw or hydraulic press. The liquid produced by the pressing drains through the mats and is collected for the final separation.

This liquid is made up of water and oil that need to be separated from one another. The liquid is put through a centrifugal separator, where the rapid spinning eliminates all remaining water and all of the impurities from the oil.

After centrifugation, oil appears amber in color, with an opaque quality—a characteristic feature of superior oils. The more acidic the oil, the clearer and brighter it appears, and the worse it is for your health. Oils processed in this mechanical or hydraulic presses cannot be called virgin olive oil and is expensive. Cheaper

oils are produced by crushing the olives several times or by heating.

Taken from:

http://www.italiancookingandliving.com/olive_oil/oil_essentials/production.html  

TASK

Complete the diagram with ten pieces of missing information from the passage “How to Make Olive Oil”.