Language Circle Lesson

1. LanguageCircle:
Inclusion
basedon
BakingIdioms
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Objectives
• Review and practice Baking Idioms. Use them in a related
activity
• Learn new vocabulary
• Listening/Speaking - Watch a short video about inclusion and
discuss
• Grammar – Learn about the three uses of verb ending in “ing”
• Reading – Read a poem and reflect
• Reflect on your learning today

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Review the idioms
in this related lesson
https://livelearn.ca/lessons/language-training/baking-idioms/

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Review the idioms in this related lesson
“to sugar coat” – to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is
“a piece of cake” – something easily accomplished
“a smart cookie” - a clever person who makes good decisions or says smart things
“half-baked” – (of an idea or philosophy) not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis
“you can’t have your cake and eat it too”– you can't enjoy both of two desirable but
mutually exclusive alternatives

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
1. When Jane said about her boss that he was sugar coating, she meant:
a) The boss put a coat of sugar on a cookie
b) The boss make some facts look more positive that they were
c) The boss’ coat was made of sugar

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
1. When Jane said about her boss that he was sugar coating, she meant:
a) The boss put a coat of sugar on a cookie
b) The boss make some facts look more positive that they were
c) The boss’ coat was made of sugar

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
2. If something is a piece of cake, it means it is:
a) Easy to accomplish
b) Hard to accomplish
c) Impossible to accomplish

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
2. If something is a piece of cake, it means it is:
a) Easy to accomplish
b) Hard to accomplish
c) Impossible to accomplish

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
3. If someone tells you that you are a smart cookie, they mean:
a) You take good decisions
b) You say smart things
c) Both a) and b)

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
3. If someone tells you that you are a smart cookie, they mean:
a) You take good decisions
b) You say smart things
c) Both a) and b)

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
4. A half-baked idea is:
a) A thing that did not stay long enough in the oven and has not been
baked fully
b) An idea that has not been fully thought through
c) A thing that needs to be cut in half in order to be baked

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
4. A half-baked idea is:
a) A thing that did not stay long enough in the oven and has not been
baked fully
b) An idea that has not been fully thought through
c) A thing that needs to be cut in half in order to be baked

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
5. When Mom said “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”, she meant:
a) You cannot have two mutually exclusive things at once
b) You cannot eat your own cake
c) You cannot have cake twice

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Practice the idioms:
Answer the questions:
5. When Mom said “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”, she meant:
a) You cannot have two mutually exclusive things at once
b) You cannot eat your own cake
c) You cannot have cake twice

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

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Vocabulary

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change)
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience
4. a good deed beyond what is usual
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience
4. a good deed beyond what is usual
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
attitude
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience
4. a good deed beyond what is usual
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
attitude
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience mindset
4. a good deed beyond what is usual
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
attitude
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience mindset
4. a good deed beyond what is usual favour
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
attitude
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience mindset
4. a good deed beyond what is usual favour
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group to fit in
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)

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mindset (noun) to belong (verb)
to embrace (verb) attitude ( noun)
favour (noun) to fit in (phr. vb.)
1. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) to embrace
2. a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or
something
attitude
3. habits of mind formed by previous experience mindset
4. a good deed beyond what is usual favour
5. to be socially compatible with other members of a group to fit in
6. to be a member or part of (a particular group, organization,
or class)
to belong

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Listening
Speaking

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Watch the following video and discuss
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SnXBKEfr2s

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Speaking
Can you think of other forms of inclusions other than in education?
- How about work inclusion?
- How about cultural inclusion?
- How about us including ourselves in self-care?
- How about including others in our hobbies? (for example “baking”?)

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Grammar

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Grammar
The 3 uses of the verbs ending in “ing”
1. We use verbs ending in “ing” for form Continuous Tenses
(Present Continuous Tense and Past Continuous Tense)
- to show that the action happened at the moment we speak about)
- Ex:
- We are learning about verbs ending in “ing” now.
- They were speaking about inclusion when the bell rang.
- Ana is baking Christmas cookies at the moment.
Your turn: Write a sentence using a “Continuous Tense”.

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Grammar
The 3 uses of the verbs ending in “ing”
2. We use verbs ending in “ing” as objects in a sentence (gerund).
Ex:
- We like learning English.
- They went fishing.
- We should all start practising inclusion.
Your turn: Write a sentence using a gerund.

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Grammar
The 3 uses of the verbs ending in “ing”
3. We use verbs ending in “ing” as adjectives (present participle)
Ex:
- Baking is relaxing.
- Understanding inclusion is rewarding.
- This movie was interesting.
Your turn: Write a sentence using a present participle adjective.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing the way we think about others is a start in the right
direction.
2. Loving yourself is helping you keep your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading a baking book.
4. She thought about starting baking this year.
5. They were wondering if the weather was changing soon.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing (gerund) the way we think about others is a start in the
right direction.
2. Loving yourself is helping you keep your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading a baking book.
4. She thought about starting baking this year.
5. They were wondering if the weather was changing soon.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing (gerund) the way we think about others is a start in the
right direction.
2. Loving (gerund) yourself is helping (Present Continuous) you keep
your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading a baking book.
4. She thought about starting baking this year.
5. They were wondering if the weather was changing soon.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing (gerund) the way we think about others is a start in the
right direction.
2. Loving (gerund) yourself is helping (Present Continuous) you keep
your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading (Present Continuous) a baking (adjective) book.
4. She thought about starting baking this year.
5. They were wondering if the weather was changing soon.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing (gerund) the way we think about others is a start in the
right direction.
2. Loving (gerund) yourself is helping (Present Continuous) you keep
your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading (Present Continuous) a baking (adjective) book.
4. She thought about starting (gerund) baking (gerund) this year.
5. They were wondering if the weather was changing soon.

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Grammar
Identify the use of the “ing” verbs in the following sentences:
1. Changing (gerund) the way we think about others is a start in the
right direction.
2. Loving (gerund) yourself is helping (Present Continuous) you keep
your positive mental health.
3. Jeremy is reading (Present Continuous) a baking (adjective) book.
4. She thought about starting (gerund) baking (gerund) this year.
5. They were wondering (Past Continuous) if the weather was
changing (Past Continuous) soon.

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Reading

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Source: https://www.un.org/en/healthy-workforce/files/Sauti.pdf
To a Friend
Do not regret the graying of your mane
For no flower keeps its bloom when time flies.
Of Xishi the ancient beauty now only bones remain
And Shihuang the great emperor in the ground he lies.
When young we toiled in the fields with plenty of sweat
But now is the season to taste the fruits so ripe.
Who says no joy is born in the glow of a sunset
Its splendor hardly different from the morning type!
Haiming Zhu
Read the following poem and discuss

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?
• Review and practice Baking Idioms. Use them in a related activity
• Learn new vocabulary
• Listening/Speaking - Watch a short video about inclusion and
discuss
• Grammar – Learn about the three uses of verb ending in “ing”
• Reading – Read a poem and reflect
• Reflect on your learning today

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Homework
Write 5 sentences using the verbs ending in “ing” in
the three ways learned today.
Send it to your teacher.

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