Week 4 - More about famous people; also start Unit 8

Did you send your paragraph about a famous person? It's due today! Use the online form!

A Little More about Famous People

Do you know this person?

Bong Joon-ho was born in 1969. He is 52 years old. He was born in Daegu, South Korea. He is a Korean movie director, producer and screenwriter. His most famous movie is Parasite, which appeared in 2019. It won the 2019 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Bong’s movies often feature Black Humor. Two other movies by Bong are Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017).

movie director = 映画監督
producer = プロデューサー
screenwriter = 脚本家

Answer the questions below in complete sentences.

1. When was he born?
2. How old is he now?
3. Where was he born?
4. What is his occupation?
5. Why is he famous?
6. What awards has he received?
7. What are the titles of some of his movies?

Do you know this person?

Kamala Harris was born in 1964. She is 57 years old. She was born in Oakland, California, USA. Her ethnicity is Black and Indian. She is the current Vice-President of the United States. She is the first woman vice-president, the first Black vice-president and the first Asian-American vice-president in US history. She was Attorney General of the State of California from 2011-2017.

vice president = 副大統領
attorney general = 検事総長

1. When was she born?
2. How old is she now?
3. Where was she born?
4. What is her occupation?
5. Why is she famous?
6. What was her job before she became Vice-President?

Famous People Pairwork - please talk to 2 people

1) Who is your famous person?

2) Where was he born? (Say 'she' and 'her' for Taylor Swift)

3) When was he born? 

4) What is his occupation? 

5) Why is he famous? 

6) Tell me something interesting about him 

7) Is he still alive? 

Subject Pronouns Form

Take these two online quizzes about famous people.
Play the 'Who is this?' game on YouTube. Try to guess the name within 3 seconds.
Purpose Games - Famous People from History (Hint: Press  Start (white triangle) in the center)

Unit 8 Online Workbook Homework due next week; Oct. 19

Learning Chocolate
Jobs In My Community
Technical Workers
Occupations 3

If you have time, more jobs ...

Play the Jobs Quiz 'What am I?' video game. Read the hints and guess within 10 seconds.

Unit 8: Where do you work?

[1] Word Power - Jobs, p. 50

[2] Speaking - Workplaces, p. 51

Jamboard . / .

[3] Conversation - What does he do?    Audio 🔊

[4] Grammar Focus, p. 52

Jamboard  .  / .

If we have time, we'll do a QuizIzz game. (joinmyquiz.com)

To Do List

1) Unit 8 Online Workbook; due next week, Oct. 19

2) Do the online quizzes about famous people and jobs above

3) Make corrections to your famous person paragraphs. Kevin will send you an image with corrections. Make the changes and send the paragraph to Kevin again. You can use the same form as before.
** If you didn't submit your famous person writing to Kevin, you must do it now! You are late!
*** Talk to Kevin about choosing a famous person. Two people cannot choose the same person.

4) Practice speaking your paragraph to prepare for the presentation on Oct. 26 or Nov. 2.

Presentation Paragraph forms:

3rd Period Form  /  4th Period Form

Unit 8 Online Workbook Homework due next week; Oct. 19

** Sairishu homework is below

You must score 90% or higher to get 2 points!

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Sairishu Homework Unit 8

Reading/Listening p. 55 in textbook

https://youtu.be/OgdIqo8lGXI?t=539

1. Both people have jobs they do outside.  T or F
2. The crocodile researcher studies what crocodiles eat.  T or F
3. The crocodile researcher watches the crocodiles at night.  T or F
4. The ice cream flavor expert tastes each flavor three times.  T or F
5. Ice cream flavor experts don't look at the ice cream.  T or F