1. Q Skills for Success 4
WEEK 3

2. Last week we…
 Learned that Batman is cooler than Ironman
 Introduced English Corner
 Learned vocabulary for heroes
 Learned how to skim for information
 Read, listened and talked

3. This week we will:
 Listen to music
 Review what we’ve learned so far
 Study some new vocabulary
 Read a web article about two local heroes
 Look at restrictive relative clauses

4. Error Correction / roll call
Each sentence below has one or more common grammar
errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.
1. They are more young than me and they are both still
at the school.
2. In my free time, what I like to do is watching Korean teleplay.
3. I hope I can move to Europe some day because there is a
paradise to me.
4. I also wants to learn more things when I was in college.
5. Dog is my favorite animal, and winter is my favorite month.

5. Error Correction / roll call
Each sentence below has one or more common grammar
errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.
1. They are younger than me and they are both still in school.
2. In my free time, what I like to do is watch Korean dramas.
3. I hope I can move to Europe some day because it is a paradise
to me.
4. I also wants to learn more things when I am in college.
5. Dogs are my favorite animals, and winter is my favorite
season.

6. Music Time!
Lazlo Bane – I’m no Superman
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Check your answers with your
classmates when you are finished.
Today’s song is by Lazlo
Bane. He wrote this
song for an American
TV show called Scrubs,
which was about a
group of young medical
students working in a
hospital.

7. Before we get started
Choose the best word for each sentence below.
1. My mother _____ all the qualities of a hero.
A. resolves B. embodies C. aspires D. inclines
2. I like this _____ of Spiderman better than the last one.
A. aspire B. resolve C. adversity D. version
3. Angela decided to _____ her classmate Susan about all the
rumors she had been spreading about her.
A. constrain B. aspire C. confront D. embody
4. Congratulations! You should be proud of your _____.
A. adversity B. achievement C. version D. aspire

8. Before we get started
Choose the best word for each sentence below.
1. My mother _____ all the qualities of a hero.
A. resolves B. embodies C. aspires D. inclines
2. I like this _____ of Spiderman better than the last one.
A. aspire B. resolve C. adversity D. version
3. Angela decided to _____ her classmate Susan about all the
rumors she had been spreading about her.
A. constrain B. aspire C. confront D. embody
4. Congratulations! You should be proud of your _____.
A. adversity B. achievement C. version D. aspire

9. • Read the title
• Look at any charts, graphs, pictures,
or captions.
• Skim (read quickly) the text for
subheadings. Subheadings indicate
important ideas that will be developed
in the text.
• If you don’t have enough time, try
reading the first and last sentence
of each paragraph.
Tips for
previewing
text:
When you
preview a text,
you look
through it
quickly to learn
general
information.

10. Work together and examine the details from last weeks’ story.
They represent our highest ambitions and help us deal with our worst
nightmares.
No. Some have normal abilities that they have developed to a
superhuman level.
He believed that good is inherently attractive.

11. Superhero stories have been popular for so long because they speak to our
hopes.
When we face adversity, we are inclined to give up.
Batman can teach us to keep on going even when the going is tough.

12. Vocabulary for week 3
access (使用權) the ability to use
something
ultimately (最後) in the end
vision (憧憬) a plan for the future
primary (主要的) main
allocate (分配) to assign money or
resources to a project
proceeds (利潤) profits from an event
customize (客製) to make specially for a
particular person
venture (冒險) to go somewhere new and
possibly dangerous
contamination (汙染物) a dangerous substance
participant (參與者) people who take part in an
activity
convene (聚集) to bring people together
mentality (思想) a way of thinking
Remember to
use the website
to review the
vocabulary for
both quizzes
and midterm
and final exams

13. Vocabulary
Work together and
cross out the definition
that doesn’t fit.
access:
ultimately:
vision:
primary:
allocate:
proceeds:
customize:
venture:
contamination:
participants:
convene:
mentality:

14. Vocabulary
access: too much of something
ultimately: the best
vision: a test of ability
primary: lowest
allocate: to prevent someone from using…
proceeds: salary to an employee
customize: to do something in the usual…
venture: to see something from a distance
contamination: a loud noise
participants: people who take things apart
convene: to make something easy
mentality: a type of illness
Work together and
cross out the definition
that doesn’t fit.

15. Reading 2
 Listen to the story first, and then read the text.

16. Argentina
children’s librarian
the impact children’s books
could make on a child’s
sense of wonder and
vision.
a lot of trash outside the
school.

17. Silly Mammo
the first
bilingual Amharic-English
children’s book.
with a government
program
waste in the area.
Ethiopia Reads
in 1988
Esperanza de Vida
in 1997

18. children’s
libraries to Ethiopia in “making
our streets and our
environment cleaner”
the
Shola Children’s Library
in Addis Ababa.
about 60 bags of trash for
recycling.

19. He thinks the books that students read outside of school are the
“spices of education.”
He wrote Silly Mammo because he was unable to find any
Ethiopian books.
When the Shola Children’s Library opened, young readers
overwhelmed his home.
He believes that literacy and education will free his impoverished
land.

20. The Jujuy province is an area known for its rich culture and
spectacular vistas.
Her organization’s efforts have expanded beyond the
immediate area.
On Saturdays, the group hikes into the mountains, where they work
for hours.
The local government helps to transport the recyclables to the drop-off
center.

21. Restrictive
relative
clauses
Restrictive relative
clauses describe or
identify nouns.
Usually, the follow
nouns, noun
phrases, or
indefinite
pronouns such as
something,
everyone,
someone, etc.
A great student is someone who
loves to learn English.
Successful people share qualities
that allow them to stand out.
Most relative clauses being with a
relative pronoun.
If you’re talking about people, use:
who or that
If you’re talking about things, use:
which or that

22. People or
things?
Even though
that can be used
for both things
and people, you
should also
remember to use:
who for people
and
which for things
Comic books that/which tell stories
about superheroes are very popular.
Superheroes do things which we
would like to be able to do.
My father is someone who has faced a
lot of adversity in his life.
The iPhone 6 is something which I
would really like to have.
Coffee is a drink which I need to
have every day.
My friends are people who I really
enjoy being with.

23. What’s a
relative clause?
A sentence with
a relative clause
is like two
sentences
talking about
the same thing.
There are two kinds of relative clause
sentences:
 subject relative clause
 object relative clause
Subject relative clauses have the
relative pronoun (who/that/which) for
the subject of the clause, followed by
a verb.
My father is someone. He works hard
for his family.
--------
My father is someone who* works
hard for his family.
--------
*The who in this sentence stands for
the subject (My father).

24. What’s a
relative clause?
A sentence with
a relative clause
is like two
sentences
talking about
the same thing.
There are two kinds of relative clause
sentences:
 subject relative clause
 object relative clause
Object relative clauses use the
pronoun (who/that/which) for the
object of the clause.
Dormitories are places. We will move
out of dormitories some day.
--------
Dormitories are places which we
will move out of * some day.
--------
*The which we will move out of in
this sentence refers to the object
(places).

25. Special case:
You can skip the
relative pronoun
in object relative
clauses.
Just remember,
this is for
object relative
pronouns
only.
You don’t always need to use the
pronoun (who/which/that) in
object relative pronouns.
We each know ordinary people.
Ordinary people can be heroes.
Ordinary people that we each know
can be heroes.
---
Ordinary people we each know can
be heroes.

26. Let’s try these
together
Work together
and see if you
can do these.
Mike has a son. His son plays too
many computer games.
I took a quiz. The quiz was really hard.
She has a boyfriend. Her boyfriend is
rich, but ugly.
We went to the winery. The teacher
told us not to visit it.
The police arrested a boy. I knew him.
Exercising regularly is something. We
can all do it.

27. Let’s try these
together
Work together
and see if you
can do these.
Mike has a son who plays too many
computer games.
I took a quiz which was really hard.
She has a boyfriend who is rich, but
ugly.
We went to the winery which The
teacher told us not to visit.
The police arrested a boy who I knew.
Exercising regularly is something
which we can all do.

28. You try
Look at page 23
in your book,
parts A and B.
Part A: Underline the relative
clause in each sentence.
Then circle the noun (or phrase) it
is talking about.
Ex: Not every character that has
superpowers is necessarily a
superhero.
See if you can do page 23 on your
own, and then compare your
answers with a partner. Please use
only who and which (not that) for
your answers.

29. Homework
 Assignment 2: Unit 1 Quiz Prep
 The assignment should be finished before class next
week (Week 4).
 We have a quiz next week!

30. Minimal Pairs
A B
wet [wɛt]
choose [tʃuz]
snack [snæk]
clean [klin]
quiet [kw'ɑɪət]
wait [wet]
choice [tʃɔɪs]
snake [snek]
clear [klɪr]
quite [kw'ɑɪt]

31. Still got some time?
 A proper cup of coffee in a
proper copper coffee pot.
Long legged ladies live longer.
You scream, I scream,
we all scream for ice cream!