The Guests - questions about the story

The guests

Questions about the story

What does Halil Efendi do that Izzet Effendi dislkes?  (p.3)

Describe what Zarafet did one day when the children said to her,  “Nanny, is the food ready yet?  Can we eat now?”  (p. 4)

What main problem are the guests faced with?  (do they have)

Why does the lady borrow Cezalet Hanim’s chalot? (p. 7)

What is Zarafet angry about?  (p.8)

In the last scene (p. 10) the women want the ‘terrible guests’ to stay (even though they dislike the situation).  Explain.

octopus lesson 1

Rewriting questions ;  The questions in the book are general questions and must be changed into easy spoken English.

Textbook Q1. 
1.  What is the average age of the class in years and months?  Which month do most people have a birthday?

Interview style
How old are you?  Which month were you born?

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Data collection (of about 15 -20 students)

"How old are you?  Which month were you born?"

18  April
18 Dec
20 Dec
19 July
18 Nov
etc.

(Example)
Report
Most students in my class are 18 years old but not everyone.  A few are 19 or 20 years old.  Most of us were in HS last year so our age is not surprising.  I guess a few students had a year off.  Perhaps they went to cram school in order to get into the university of their choice.  Anyway, here we are in Takikawa now as freshmen at Kokugakuin.  It was interesting that the largest birthday month was December. Next came April.  I guess that is because Spring brings beautiful weather and December is 9 months later.

Practice changing the questions to make them into spoken English.
Examples:

2. How tall are the students in the class?  (Work out the average height.)
How tall are you?
3. What is the average size of families of the class?  How big is the largest family?
How many people in your family?

Interchange 3 - lesson 1

Interchange 3 - lesson 1

Rank the following:

Student A.  Ask:

When choosing a partner (marriage) what’s important?

The same socio-economic  background,  similar education,  the same beliefs (politics, religion, law),  a steady job,  similar ideas about raising children

Student B.  Ask

Do you like to work with competitive people?

Do the people you discuss problem with give you good advice?

Do you still have old friends you met in middle school? with?

Have you ever had a messy roommate?

Do you respect your boss as a leader?

Do you like teachers who explain everything?

Are you looking for someone you have a lot in common with?

Interchange 3 Unit 1

Unit 1 That’s my kind of friend!

What kind of people/women/men/friends do you like/don’t you like?

What kind of people would you prefer to meet/know?

Do you think you are outgoing/inflexible/modest/temperamental/egotistical/easygoing/stingy/unreliable/supportive? 

What is the ideal parent/friend/partner like? 

Name one positive and one negative quality.

Do you get annoyed easily? 

Does it bother you when a friend is unreliable? 

Do you mind it when people talk in a movie theater? 

Tell me about some things that bother/upset you.

Say: “Complete this phrase: I can’t stand it when . . . .”