This document provides guidance on verb tenses and grammar structures to use when giving a presentation on observations from a PSU class. It discusses using: - Simple present and future tenses in introductions. - Simple past tense when describing the class attended. - Past continuous tense for actions during the class. - Simple past and future tenses in conclusions. It also contrasts the uses of "while" and "when" and provides examples of the past continuous tense. Students are prompted to practice example sentences applying the guidance to their own PSU class observations. The document concludes with an activity on collocations and assigning homework to complete a template.

1. Grammar for
Interactions
IECP, Nikki Mattson, SP 16

2. Agenda
• Preparing for PSU Observation
Presentation grammar (tense usage in
presentation)
• Pathways 2 collocations (Introduction)

3. Thinking Ahead.. (PSU Presentations)
• What kinds of things do you say in an
introduction? What tenses might you use?
• When describing your PSU class
observations, what tenses might you use?
• When concluding your presentation, what
kinds of things might you say? Which
tenses might you use?

4. Verb Tenses for PSU
Observation Presentation
• Introduction: simple present + simple
future
• Describing the class you attended: simple
past
• Describing action that happened during
the class you observed: past continuous
• Conclusion: simple past: simple future

5. Past Progressive/Continuous
Brainstorming
• What does this tense look like (form)?
• How is this tense similar to the present
continuous?
• Why do we use this tense?

6. Past Continuous/Progressive
• Why? To show something was in progress
at a particular moment in the past.
– In 2009, I was living in France.
In 2009, what were you doing?
- Last night at midnight, I was sleeping.
-What were you doing last night at midnight?

7. When vs. While
• What differences can you see below?
• While Einstein was living in Switzerland,
he developed his theory of relativity.
• Einstein was living in the U.S. when he
died.

8. • While can be used to show that a long
action is interrupted by a short action.
– While I was eating my dinner, Ruth called me.
– Ruth called my while I was eating my dinner.
– Write your own example on your write board.
While

9. • When (not while) can be used for a short
action that happened during a longer
action.
– I was sleeping when the phone rang.
– I was eating when you texted me.
– When you called me, I was driving.
– Write your own example on your white board.
When

10. • When (not while) can be used for one
action that happens immediately after
another. (boom boom)
– When I got home from class, I took a nap.
– I took a nap when I got home from class.
– When I called my friend, she told me she
couldn’t talk.
– My friend told be she couldn’t talk when I
called her.
– Write your own example on your white board.
When

11. Imagine you are giving your presentations and complete the following
sentences…
• 1. My name is ______. Today I
___________ talk about _____________.
• 2. First, I ________speak about________.
Next, I ____________talk
about________. Third, I
_____________describe_______.
Finally, I ___________provide details about
______________.

12. White Boards
• 3. On Monday the 1st
, I _____________
Sociology 100. The class ______
generally about____________. On the
day I___________, the class ________
about ______________.
• 4. One interesting aspect of the interaction
between students
_______________________.

13. • 5. While I ________________ the class, I
_________ that there were at least 20
students who_____________ Facebook.
• 6. After the group work portion of the
class, the teacher ___________the
students a handout to read.

14. • 7. In conclusion, today I ___________
about ______________. I hope that you
______________my prentation.

15. Pathways 2 Collocations

16. Group Activity
• Place all of the collocations face down.
• Flip over a collocation, and work as a
team to think of a sentence that is
grammatical and logical. Once you all
agree, write the sentence down.
• Move on to the next collocation.
• The group with the most correct sentences
will get 2 extra credit points.

17. HW
• Complete the Labeling and Revision
Template for pg. 24 Conversation Starters.
Due = Friday in AI class