Unit 8: Effective communication

What is the difference between an argument and a discussion?

• The argument implies a conflict and the discussion implies sharing different views

• An argument is a casual conversation and a discussion is a formal conversation

• The argument implies a peaceful conversation and the discussion implies sharing different views

• I have no idea... I don't like to argue

–Have you smoked tonight? –Marta asked Jon

Marta asked Jon...

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

When we report statements, questions or utterances said by another person...

• We go to the police and try to get them arrested

• Please don't talk anymore about the RS

• We transform the statement, question or utterance into the indirect speech, which implies that we are narrating the quote

• We use the direct speech

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The background is...

• The fact of setting ideas about people or nationalities

• The name of a music band

• The culture and family someone comes from

• The cultural highlights of a country

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CCSS.RL.5.6

To pontificate means...

• being a good listener

• to enter a conversation assuming that you have something to learn

• going to Sunday mass

• to enter a conversation assuming that you know everything

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Report the following phrase:

-I can't see the whiteboard -she told the teacher

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

How would you define the NHS receptionist?

• nice, warm and kind

• rude, uninterested and distant

• rude, nasty and mentally sick

• unfriendly, but welcoming at the same time

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where is the hospital placed?

• North Carolina

• Leeds

• London

• Pennsylvania

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How old is the little girl?

• Nearly six. She is still five

• Nearly five

• Six

• Six and a half

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What type of surgery is Danielle going to have?

• She is going to have a kidney transplant

• She is going to have her appendix removed

• She is going to have her tonsils removed

• She is going to have heart surgery

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5