Managed

Lead-in

  • What is the difference between laughing and happiness?
  • Why do people say laughter is the best medicine?
  • When was the last time you laughed and what did you laugh at?
  • Are you good at making people laugh? What are the best ways to make other people laugh? 
  • How would you describe your laugh? Are you a loud, moderate, or quiet laugher?
  • How do you write laughter? 
  • Is laughter ever wrong? When is laughter inappropriate? Can it be illegal to laugh?

Presentation

Pre

  • How have you been coping with the stress of the pandemic?
  • How has the pandemic affected your physical and mental health?
  • How has the Covid pandemic affected your job? Can you do your job from home?

Top Down

  • What does it mean to say “You do you”? Read the text and choose the correct answer.
  • It means you should do your obligations.
  • It means you should rest more.
  • It means you should do what makes you comfortable or happy.
  • It means you should consider what other people think before making important life choices.
  • It means you should do your obligations.
  • It means you should rest more.
  • It means you should do what makes you comfortable or happy.
  • It means you should consider what other people think before making important life choices.

3 things I managed to do in October!  

     As we prepare to go into ANOTHER national Lockdown (for who knows how long) – here are 3 things I managed to do in October. It goes without saying that of course, all the necessary precautions were taken and government guidelines were followed. This year has blinked before my eyes some days and dragged its feet kicking and screaming other days. The strangest of years and quite frankly, a bit of a write off. 

     However – as the lockdown restrictions lift and we all try to get used to this “new normal” life, it leaves you wondering when you might be able to get out and enjoy now. You are unable to make any plans and as the days get darker in October – it just seems like it’s time to nestle down and hibernate.

Serenity for a day

     My husband and I celebrate our anniversary in October AND it is his birthday too! SO – we booked a spa day at Alexandra House in our hometown. Now, I cannot stress enough that we felt very safe and secure at the spa with every precaution being taken. 

     To be able to do something “a bit more normal” was life saving and the day was really relaxing. We had sole use of the relaxation rooms, hot drinks and cakes and a few treatments each. My facial was THE most amazing experience and then I also had a hot stone massage for the first time. Having never had one before, of course it is hard to compare it but it was really relaxing and took any stress away for sure. I would absolutely try one again!

     This was one of the most wonderful things I managed to do in October – 100%!

You do you 

     Obviously, we are in the middle of a pandemic and it isn’t going away anytime soon – BUT – we have to make that decision to look after our minds as well as our bodies. Not that you need it to be a Spa day – but whatever helps you keep your mind steady – you do you. Spending time together, relaxing with soothing music, putting phones away and just “being.” Well, this completely helped us both find some energy and motivation to be able to get through things. 

     There is no right or wrong way to “cope” during this time, we are all doing our very best.

Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: There is a right way to cope with the pandemic. > False.

  1. The author didn’t follow the government guidelines.
  2. The author thinks that the whole year went by really fast.
  3. The author and her husband celebrated their anniversary in October.
  4. They booked a spa day but in the end they didn’t feel safe and secure enough to actually go to the spa.
  5. They really liked the opportunity to do something normal for a change.
  1. The author didn’t follow the government guidelines. False.
  2. The author thinks that the whole year went by really fast. False.
  3. The author and her husband celebrated their anniversary in October. True.
  4. They booked a spa day but in the end they didn’t feel safe and secure enough to actually go to the spa. False.
  5. They really liked the opportunity to do something normal for a change. True.

Post

  • How can you relate to the text’s author?

Target Language

Past Ability: Could & Managed to

Use could to talk about general ability in the past and for particular occasions when something was or was not possible.  

  • Summer could speak two languages at a very young age. 
  • Sorry I didn’t take your call. I couldn’t find my phone.  
  • I couldn’t play the piano really well, so I gave up. 
  • It was almost 9 o’clock, but thankfully we could get there on time for our movie. 

 

Use managed to talk about obtaining success in doing something difficult. 

  • I’ve recently got fired from my last job, but luckily I managed to find a new one last month. 
  • My team lost another match. It’ll be incredible if they manage to win the championship. 

Multi-word Verbs & Expressions

Controlled Practice

  • Complete the blank spaces with could or couldn’t.
  1. At daylight we hoisted the jack for a pilot and a Delaware pilot came off, Boat C, but couldn’t take us to New York.
  2. The Abunha led a poor life and there were instances when he ____ even pay his phone bill.
  3. They ____ also optionally list the high school that they attended, as well as their phone number, hometown, homepage and picture.
  4. The timing for this ____ be worse because we’ve just had a very bad cold spell.
  5. Within the six weeks he grew so fast that he ____ no longer walk in and out of the house through the cat flap on the front door.
  1. At daylight we hoisted the jack for a pilot and a Delaware pilot came off, Boat C, but couldn’t take us to New York.
  2. The Abunha led a poor life and there were instances when he couldn’t even pay his phone bill.
  3. They could also optionally list the high school that they attended, as well as their phone number, hometown, homepage and picture.
  4. The timing for this couldn’t be worse because we’ve just had a very bad cold spell.
  5. Within the six weeks he grew so fast that he could no longer walk in and out of the house through the cat flap on the front door.

Freer Practice

  • Answer the following questions using the Target Language.
    • How do you feel when you see someone doing something you really want to do but can’t?
    • When you don’t know how to do something, do you usually manage to learn or just let it go? Give an example.
    • What was the last thing you learned how to do? How did that make you feel?
    • Is failing less, equal or more important than succeeding?
    • What do you hope to achieve in the short-term?

Production

  • Talk about something you couldn’t do before but you managed to learn, or something you can’t do now but want to learn.
  • Talk about something you couldn’t do before and still can’t.

Homework

Connect the expressions from the first column with their meanings.

Example: Word < A speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use.

  1. Chat up

  2. Cheat on

  3. Be upset

  4. Have a row

  5. Go out with

(   ) To engage (someone) in light, casual talk.

(   ) To act deceptively or unfairly while completing a task or participating in a competition.

(   ) To spend time with somebody and have a romantic relationship with them.

(   ) A disturbance, disorder, or state of agitation.

(   ) Argue with someone without marked hostility. spar. argue. dispute. quarrel.

  1. Chat up

  2. Cheat on

  3. Be upset

  4. Have a row

  5. Go out with

(1) To engage (someone) in light, casual talk.

(2) To act deceptively or unfairly while completing a task or participating in a competition.

(5) To spend time with somebody and have a romantic relationship with them.

(3) A disturbance, disorder, or state of agitation.

(4) Argue with someone without marked hostility. spar. argue. dispute. quarrel.

Unscramble the words to create sentences.

Example: with / trainers/ Jockeys / on / horses / faster / cheat > Jockeys cheat on trainers with faster horses.

  1. very / upset / if / anything / exclude / I / from / gets / her / She
  2. go / with / I / hardly / friends / out
  3. She / had / put / I / putting / I / to / phone / my / away, / wasn’t / away / me / I / told / her / told / and / anything
  4. last / chatting / was / were / Who / girl / night? / that / you / up / pretty
  5. her / cheered / the / at / mention / name / of / They / up
  1. She gets very upset if I exclude her from anything.
  2. I hardly go out with friends.
  3. She told me I had to put my phone away, and I told her I wasn’t putting anything away.
  4.  Who was that pretty girl you were chatting up last night?
  5. They cheered up at the mention of her name.

Use expressions from the target language complete the sentences.

Example: When I said I loved him I ____ platonic love. > When I said I loved him I meant it as platonic love.

  1. Then why not ____ with him?
  2. They always ____ to get themselves deferred.
  3. After she left to go traveling, my girlfriend and I ____.
  4. There was only a fifty percent chance that they’d actually get quizzed on the material tomorrow, but she ____ chance it.
  5. If I see something that slightly resembles a spider, I’ll ____ and lose it right on the spot.
  1. Then why not go out with him?
  2. They always manage to get themselves deferred.
  3. After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
  4. There was only a fifty percent chance that they’d actually get quizzed on the material tomorrow, but she couldn’t chance it.
  5. If I see something that slightly resembles a spider, I’ll freak out and lose it right on the spot.

Change the sentences into interrogative.

Example: I went out with him. > Did I go out with him?

  1. He couldn’t hide the quiver of emotion as he spoke of leaving her.
  2. She managed to not break anything lumbering around their house in her giant costume.
  3. Her mother would be upset by the coldness with which she herself treats Anne.
  4. Collagen is split up into gelatin or glutin.
  5. They urge members to chat up their friends.
  1. Couldn’t he hide the quiver of emotion as he spoke of leaving he?
  2. Did she manage to not break anything lumbering around their house in her giant costume?
  3. Would her mother be upset by the coldness with which she herself treats Anne?
  4. Is collagen split up into gelatin or glutin?
  5. Do they urge members to chat up their friends?

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1. Some people here couldn’t wait to get rid of him, but look at what he have achieved.
  2. It were a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.
  3. The mother of four children may be a mentor to young parents, the young computer champion to a senior staff, and the senior expert to the young profesional.
  4. At first glance, it may seem irrelevant, even patronizing, to sugest that we all take time out this week to do a kind deed for a refuge.
  5. Before I couldn’t dodge him he reached out and grabbed me, pulling me off my feet and hefting me up over his shoulder.
  1. Some people here couldn’t wait to get rid of him, but look at what he has achieved.
  2. It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.
  3. The mother of four children may be a mentor to young parents, the young computer champion to a senior staff, and the senior expert to the young professional.
  4. At first glance, it may seem irrelevant, even patronizing, to suggest that we all take time out this week to do a kind deed for a refugee.
  5. Before I could dodge him he reached out and grabbed me, pulling me off my feet and hefting me up over his shoulder.

Writing

Write about things you would be doing this week, if you could.

Example: If I could, I would be stargazing tonight and tomorrow I would.