Language Circle Lesson

1. LanguageCircle:
ArtificialIntelligence(AI)
basedon
ReadingIdioms
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Objectives
• Review and practice the Reading Idioms. Use them in a related
activity
• Speak about what you know and think about AI.
• Learn new vocabulary
• Watch a video and answer true and false questions
• Grammar – Learn how to make wish statements
• Reflect on your learning today

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Review the idioms
in this related lesson
https://livelearn.ca/lessons/education/reading-idioms/

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Review the idioms in this related lesson
“To read the fine print” – to read the text in a formal agreement that is printed
smaller than the rest of the text. It often contains conditions that might prove unfavourable.
“To read between the lines” – to try to understand someone’s real feelings or intentions from what they
say or write
“To read someone like a book” - to be able to understand easily what someone thinks or feels
“A bookworm” – a person that reads a lot
“To read something (from) cover to cover”– read all the way through from the beginning to the end

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
1.You have ___________ when signing a new agreement. Nowadays,
companies are very smart in advertising new products so that they
never lose their money.
a)to read between the lines
b)to read a company like a book
c)to read the fine print

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
1.You have ___________ when signing a new agreement. Nowadays,
companies are very smart in advertising new products so that they
never lose their money.
a)to read between the lines
b)to read a company like a book
c)to read the fine print

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
2.This book is written in a unique style. Its language is very
and the reader has to _________ to understand the true message.
a)to read between the lines
b)to read the fine print
c)to read it from cover to cover

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
2.This book is written in a unique style. Its language is very
and the reader has to _________ to understand the true message.
a)to read between the lines
b)to read the fine print
c)to read it from cover to cover

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
3. Maria likes to spend her free time at the library.
a)She likes to read the fine print.
b)She is a bookworm.
c)She likes to read between the lines.

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
3. Maria likes to spend her free time at the library.
a)She likes to read the fine print.
b)She is a bookworm.
c)She likes to read between the lines.

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
4. George: Why didn’t you come to the dinner at Rose’s?
Tell me, I can feel something has happened between two of you!
Ann: All right, I didn’t want anyone to know, but I guess you know
for too long and ____________! I am at odds with Rose because I think
is just finding lame excuses not come to my wedding next month!
a)read the fine print
b)read me from cover to cover
c)read me like a book

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
4. George: Why didn’t you come to the dinner at Rose’s?
Tell me, I can feel something has happened between two of you!
Ann: All right, I didn’t want anyone to know, but I guess you know
for too long and ____________! I am at odds with Rose because I think
is just finding lame excuses not come to my wedding next month!
a)read the fine print
b)read me from cover to cover
c)read me like a book

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
5. When the new book was finally released, Jessica bought it right
She was so absorbed in the plot that she ____________ .
a)read it from cover to cover
b)even read the fine print
c)even read between the lines

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Practice the idioms: Quiz time:
5. When the new book was finally released, Jessica bought it right
She was so absorbed in the plot that she ____________ .
a)read it from cover to cover
b)even read the fine print
c)even read between the lines

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Agenda
1. Speaking
2. Vocabulary
3. Listening
4. Grammar
5. Reflect on learning

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Speaking

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Speak about your personal experience
• What do you know about AI?
• Do you think we should embrace it or fear it?
Share your thoughts with the class.

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Vocabulary

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly
3. consisting of many different and connected parts
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly
3. consisting of many different and connected parts
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly accurately
3. consisting of many different and connected parts
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly accurately
3. consisting of many different and connected parts complex
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly accurately
3. consisting of many different and connected parts complex
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question to figure something out
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly accurately
3. consisting of many different and connected parts complex
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question to figure something out
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
reinforcement
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer

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software (noun) pattern (noun)
reinforcement (noun) accurately ( adv.)
to figure something out (phr.) complex (adj.)
1. a repeated/repeating mark pattern
2. in a way that is correct in all details; exactly accurately
3. consisting of many different and connected parts complex
4. solve a problem or discover the answer to a question to figure something out
5. the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or
behavior
reinforcement
6. the programs and other operating information used by a
computer
software

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Listening

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Watch the following video and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4RqCSD--Dg

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers.
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames.
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own.
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems.

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions. False.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers.
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames.
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own.
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems.

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions. False.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers. True
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames.
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own.
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems.

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions. False.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers. True
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames. False
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own.
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems.

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions. False.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers. True
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames. False
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own. True
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems.

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Answer if the following questions are true or false based on the video:
• 1. AI stands for Artificial Intentions. False.
• 2. We can think of AI as a brain for computers. True
• 3. Computers using AI can do many things but they
cannot play videogames. False
• 4. AI is important because it helps us do things faster,
more accurately and even better than we can do
things on our own. True
• 5. AI cannot help us solve complex problems. False

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Grammar

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Grammar
Wish Statements
When do we use wish?
Use the verb “wish” when you want the present situation to be different.
Use the verb “wish” when you want a past situation to have been different.
Use the verb “wish” when you want a future situation to be different than you
know for sure it will be.

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Grammar
Wish Statements
A Wish About the Present
a) Use wish + could/would + present tense
I wish I could go with you. I wish you would come with me.
b) Use wish + past tense
He wishes he lived in Canada.
Note: When you use “wish” with the verb “to be” we use “were”.
I wish I were in the country.
Your turn: Write two statements using wish + could or past tense to
express a wish about the present.

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Grammar
Wish Statements
A Wish About the Past
Use wish + past perfect
I wish I had completed school. Jim wishes he had gone.
Your turn: Write two statements using wish + past perfect to express a
wish about the past.

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Grammar
Wish Statements
A Wish About the Future
Use wish + would/could + base verb
I wish he would go next year. He wishes she could come in May.
A Wish About the Future with the Verb “to be”
Use wish + were + verb + “ing”
I wish I were going tomorrow.
Your turn: Write two statements making a wish about the future.

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?
• Review and practice the Reading Idioms. Use them in a
related activity
• Speak about what you know and think about AI.
• Learn new vocabulary
• Watch a video and answer true and false questions
• Grammar – Learn how to make wish statements
• Reflect on your learning today

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Homework
1. Write five wish statements about reading and AI.
2. Send them to your instructor.

42. Thankyou!
Questions?
Created by : Ruxandra Nicolescu – English Online
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