One and all

Lead-in

  • What makes each human unique?
  • Can wrong actions be excused and accepted if the outcome is for the greater good of society?

Presentation

Pre

  • What are important rules for living in a society?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about?
  • The perks of living in a society.
  • Materialism.
  • Enjoying the present and not worrying so much about status.
  • The perks of living in a society.
  • Materialism.
  • Enjoying the present and not worrying so much about status.

BASIC SURVIVAL TIPS LIVING IN TODAY’S SOCIETY

Sometimes we look for things that are materialistic to give us pleasure and comfort or to define who we are or to define our status. What we often find out and come to realize is that the pleasure from them only lasts for a couple of minutes or perhaps a day or even a few weeks. Then our joy and fascination with them fades and a new need for something else that is materialistic surfaces again. Alas, the cycle of materialistic needs gets perpetuated for us all – and some get caught up in the race to keep up, like many children who feel they have to in order to feel important when they are younger.

What is most important is that you look inside yourself and recognize what is really important for you to be able to enjoy your life. Is it really about all those “things” you have? Or is it really about living your life in the present moment, no matter what you do or don’t have? Many of the treasures of living happen right before your eyes, in the moments that you live them. They often don’t require you to have anything materialistic in particular to reap the rewards of the moment.

Living your life fully is not about your past because we cannot do anything to change what has already happened. It is also not about your future, since the future is impossible to control. Like Eckhart Tolle writes in his book, The Power of Now, “Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”

When I tell you to live in the present moment, use all of your senses to feel, see, touch and taste everything that surrounds you. Use your senses of smell and hearing too in order to more deeply appreciate the world around you.

Modified from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. Sometimes we act like our status defines who we are.
  2. Some kids feel they have to get material things in order to feel important when they are younger.
  3. The important thing is to know what brings you wealth.
  4. Living your life fully is about your past because we need to learn from it.
  5. We should use all of our senses to feel, see, touch and taste everything that surrounds us. 
  1. Sometimes we act like our status defines who we are. True
  2. Some kids feel they have to get material things in order to feel important when they are younger. True
  3. The important thing is to know what brings you wealth. False
  4. Living your life fully is about your past because we need to learn from it. False
  5. We should use all of our senses to feel, see, touch and taste everything that surrounds us. True

Post

  • Do you agree with the text? Why or why not?
  • What are the most important things in life?

Target Language

Imperative

Some examples of cases to use Imperative sentences are:

An instruction: Keep walking until you see the sign.

A request: Take enough food for the ride.

A command: Do your homework!

Affirmative

Infinitive (without to)

  • Stay where you are!
  • Grab something to eat.
  • Eat your dinner.
  • Stop talking so much!

Negative

Don’t + Infinitive (without to)

  • Don’t make a mess.
  • Don’t leave your clothes on the floor.
  • Don’t make loud noises after 10 p.m.
  • Don’t forget to do your chores.

The subject of the sentence is implied and you can use Never or Always before the imperative verb.

  • Grab something to eat. > Always grab something to eat.
  • Don’t forget to do your chores. > Never forget to do your chores.

“Life Rules”

Controlled Practice

  • Match each expression to the matching sentence. There is one example.

  1. Be yourself

  2. Keep your promises

  3. Respect the elderly

  4. Be kind to animals

  5. Set priorities

  6. Make healthy food choices

(   ) I don’t care if it’s a mutt, it deserves to eat and have a shelter.

(   ) You always tell me you’re going to take out the trash but you never actually do it.

(   ) You played games until 10 p.m. and now you’re late!

(   ) She is 80 years old, you can’t treat her like this.

(1) Hey! Stop pretending to be someone you’re not!

(   ) Are you going to McDonald’s for the second time this week?!

  1. Be yourself

  2. Keep your promises

  3. Respect the elderly

  4. Be kind to animals

  5. Set priorities

  6. Make healthy food choices

(4) I don’t care if it’s a mutt, it deserves to eat and have a shelter.

(2) You always tell me you’re going to take out the trash but you never actually do it.

(5) You played games until 10 p.m. and now you’re late!

(3) She is 80 years old, you can’t treat her like this.

(1) Hey! Stop pretending to be someone you’re not!

(6) Are you going to McDonald’s for the second time this week?!

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the target language.
    • Do your…
    • Wash the…
    • Don’t talk…
    • Go home and…
    • Never…
    • Always…

Production

  • Create a dialogue using imperatives as much as you can.

Example: Mom: I told you, go tidy up your bedroom!

                       Me: But it’s almost school time! Give me a ride. I can tidy my bedroom later…

Homework

Complete each sentence with one of the verbs given.

DRINK – EAT – SPEAK – RUN – WASH – SMOKE – THROW

Example: ____ the trash away.  > Throw the trash away.

  1. Never ____ in from of your laptop. If water falls on your keyboard, it might damage it.
  2. Don’t ____ in closed spaces.
  3. Don’t ____ in the classroom. No food allowed.
  4. Never ____ in the halls.
  5. Go and ____ your hands!
  1. Never drink in from of your laptop. If water falls on your keyboard, it might damage it.
  2. Don’t smoke in closed spaces.
  3. Don’t eat in the classroom. No food allowed.
  4. Never run in the halls.
  5. Go and wash your hands!

Choose the best option for each sentence.

Example: Don’t / Doesn’t smoke in here! > Don’t smoke in here!

  1. Move / Moves out of my way!
  2. Go and clean / mess your room.
  3. Used / Use the red shirt!
  4. Always / Never wait for your turn.
  5. Do / Don’t do that!
  1. Move out of my way!
  2. Go and clean your room.
  3. Use the red shirt!
  4. Always wait for your turn.
  5. Don’t do that!

Turn the sentences into negative form.

Example: Run inside the house. > Don’t run inside the house.

  1. Sit down.
  2. Give your full name.
  3. Tell what you think.
  4. Come with us to the mall.
  5. Hand me the keys.
  1. Don’t sit down.
  2. Don’t give your full name.
  3. Don’t tell what you think.
  4. Don’t come with us to the mall.
  5. Don’t hand me the keys.

Put the words in the correct order

Example: to / like / talk / again. / me / this / Never > Never talk to me like this again.

  1. bowl / rice. / Pass / the / of
  2. Please / the / party. / join / after
  3. now. / Take / pills / your
  4. Set / the / aside. / mixture
  5. a / a / KitKat. / break, / Have / have
  1. Pass the bowl of rice.
  2. Please join the after party.
  3. Take your pills now.
  4. Set the mixture aside.
  5. Have a break, have a KitKat.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: Just don’t it. > Just do it.

  1. Don’t use yours phone now.
  2. Let’s make thing better.
  3. Play, learned and grow together.
  4. Doesn’t read my letters.
  5. Go to work with my tomorrow.
  1. Don’t use your phone now.
  2. Let’s make things better.
  3. Play, learn and grow together.
  4. Don’t read my letters.
  5. Go to work with me tomorrow.

Writing

Write a short text about imperatives.

Example: I think the “Don’t smoke here” sign is important because people…