Angleščina, 9. r./2 in 4. sk. (Črešnar)
Angleščina, 9. r./2 in 4. sk. (Črešnar)
Welcome to the e-classroom!
Since this is your first contact with English in the e-classroom, here are some things to remember:
1.) If you have trouble with anything regarding work from home (no, really, anything), ASK ME in the forum, the chatroom or via private messaging. I'll gladly answer any and all questions related to English, how the classroom works, etc.
2.) The instructions are in English - you should be used to it by now. HOWEVER... če slučajno česa ne razumeš, glej točko 1: VPRAŠAJ na forumu, piši mi v privatna sporočila ali klepetalnico.
3.) Remember to check out everything in the "Angleščina" folders and sites for each day. If you click on something and nothing happens, check your Downloads in Chrome/Firefox/Edge. There's probably a file there waiting for you.
4.) IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN RED, COPY IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
Let me be real for a second. Not being in the classroom with you guys and gals sucks, but if we do our best, we can sail through these two weeks like it's nobody's business.
Stay home, stay safe, wash your hands, cough into your sleeve and all the other things you've heard about 942 times before!
Your English teacher,
Jaka
P.S: you already have the printed versions of your Student's book, but here's the e-version just to be safe:
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Hey people. I hope you are well, safe and totally bored, because we have stuff for you to do!
Remember, if you need anything regarding class for the next two weeks, ASK ME, e-mail, private chat on the e-classroom, forum, contact me any way you can.
We're starting a new unit, Unit 4 and a big part of this unit are MODAL VERBS. Let's dive right in! (click for laughs)
MODAL VERBS (naklonski glagoli) - title for your notebook.
There are a lot of different modal verbs in English and they do many, many different things.
Sometimes, your book is terrible, but this time, it does a decent job at explaining some modal verbs and even gives good examples!
So, here's your first job.
JOB #1: STUDY THE REMEMBER BOX on p. 141 and READ MY EXPLANATION BELOW
I will give a lot of examples below. If it's RED, copy it.
A couple of things here:
1.) If you use CAN and WILL to ask for things, you're being nice. If you use COULD or WOULD, you're being extra polite.
Remember when you guys and gals come into the classroom, and the window is open, and I ask (usually Andrej or Luka or Naj at the back):
ANDREJ, COULD YOU CLOSE THE WINDOW?
There are many ways to ask for things in English. Here they are from least to most nice.
Close the window. (=oooh. Imperative (velelnik). Not very nice. Orders. Army. When you're mad at someone.)
Close the window, please. (=better. Still bossy, but at least you said "please")
Can you close the window? (= a lahko zapreš okno? oz. bolj nerodno, "Ali obstaja možnost, da zapreš okno?". This is nice.)
COULD you close the window? (= a bi lahko zaprl okno? - This is the nicest.)
But teacher... what's the difference between CAN/COULD and WILL/WOULD?
Not a lot, really. They both ask in a nice way to do something. CAN/COULD is more like "ali si zmožen, ali lahko" and WILL/WOULD is more like "ali bi bil pripravljen, ali si voljan".
2.) Have you ever asked a teacher something using "Učiteljica, a lahko..." and they said "Ne vem če lahko, smeš pa."?
Same thing in English with MAY (SMEM) and CAN (LAHKO).
Remember when I ask for your stuff in class (because I keep forgetting mine, you know), I always say
MAY I (BORROW YOUR BOOK)? -> SI SMEM (SPOSODITI TVOJO KNJIGO)?
CAN I (BORROW YOUR BOOK)? -> SI LAHKO (SPOSODIM TVOJO KNJIGO)?
Some people say "CAN I" is wrong, just like some people in Slovenian say "A lahko" is wrong. Personally, I don't care. But be aware that some people do care.
3.) HAVE TO and MUST.
MUST is used a lot in LAWS and RULES.
Liquids
carried in the aircraft cabin [...] MUST BE CARRIED in a transparent plastic bag
Passengers aged 14 and over [...] MUST WEAR a seatbelt.
HAVE TO is used for OUTSIDE RULES or RULES YOU MADE YOURSELF.
MOM: "You MUST be home at midnight"
YOU: "OK, Mom."
...
YOUR FRIEND: "When are you going home"?
YOU: "Mom says I HAVE TO BE home by midnight".
4. SHOULD
We already used SHOULD when we gave advice to teenagers. Remember? YOU SHOULD TALK TO HIM, YOU SHOULD BREAK UP WITH HIM. YOU SHOULDN'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
Alright. Enough reading. Let's listen to some modal verbs in action. Here is
JOB #2: LISTEN and READ the dialogue on p. 140. Click this 
to play the clip.
First, just listen to the dialogue once.
See how Mom is being nice about the housework? Would you help me... = Bi mi pomagal...,
See how Claire is annoyed because Nigel is lazy? HE SHOULD DO SOME HOUSEWORK TOO!
See how Claire is being extra careful to use MAY when she asks Dad to go to the movies?
See how Dad (Mr Sheen) uses MUST to state the rule: YOU MUST COME STRAIGHT HOME AFTERWARDS./YOU MUST BE HOME BY HALF PAST EIGHT.
See how Nigel uses CAN to be extra nice when he asks for money? CAN I HAVE NEXT WEEK'S POCKET MONEY?
See how Dad doesn't give him any because Nigel is not being nice by adding NOW at the end? :)
JOB #3: Now LISTEN and READ AGAIN and COPY all the sentences from the dialogue with MODAL VERBS in your notebook. Then answer the questions below the text on page 141. (exercise two).
Lastly, JOB #4: Practice being nice when you ask for something. Do exercise 6 on page 132 in your WORKBOOK.