english_9_lm_draft

Group 8 Connect to Life
Task 11.
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Answer the following guide questions
Which part makes / drives you to think of someone/ something in real
life?
What kind of roles in life are conveyed in the poem?
What line(s) suggest how one can be effective in performing one’s
role?
Is the message of the poem worthwhile? Prove your point.
How important is the poem’s message in your life?
Share your responses with the other groups.
On Using Expressions Appropriate to Situations
Read the poem once more to answer this question.
Do you agree with the persona’s description of the last age of man in
the last two lines of the poem? Why?
Do you agree when he says that the last stage is “second childhood
without everything?” Prove your point.
DRAFT
Remember that there are many ways you can express agreement or
disagreement. There are special words/ expressions that clearly indicate the
intention
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and their appropriateness
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to the situation. These
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words / expressions can
be formal or informal but the situation dictates their specific functions.
e.g. Consider your possible responses to the aforementioned guide questions.
Of course, I agree with the persona’s description of the last age of man.
No, seriously, I believe otherwise.
Which words express agreement? Disagreement?
Can you give other examples of agreement? disagreement?
Read these sample mini dialogs aloud and spot the presence of words/ expressions
indicating agreement or disagreement.
1. Angelo: You’re the only person who knows what really happened.
Malee: That’s not quite true, Sam was there too.
2. May: Hey, that’s right. I remember he solved the problem for us.
Joe: That’s good to know. We’ll give him a call.
3. Erick: We can play the game now.
Andrei: Okay, but I’m not good at it.
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