Barnwell Grandma Sews 1000 masks

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Objectives
• Speak about helping others during the pandemic.
• Recall specific details and make inferences about a news
story about an elderly lady from Barnwell who sow masks for
charity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Learn about the grammar point “past participle”.
• Read an article of a similar story and reflect on picking a new
(or old) hobby during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lesson adapted from: https://www.cbc.ca/learning-english/level-2/barnwell-
grandma-sews-1000-masks-level-2-1.5735439

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

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Speaking

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Helping Others During the Pandemic
Today’s story is about how an elderly woman
sow 1000 masks for charity during the Covid-
19 pandemic.
 Have you ever considered helping others
during the pandemic?
 What do you think are the social advantages
of helping others?

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Vocabulary

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual
2. A severe lack or need of something
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind)
4. To become successful or popular
5. Inundated or overwhelmed
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind)
4. To become successful or popular
5. Inundated or overwhelmed
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind)
4. To become successful or popular
5. Inundated or overwhelmed
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind) a bunch of (phr.)
4. To become successful or popular
5. Inundated or overwhelmed
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind) a bunch of (phr.)
4. To become successful or popular to take off (phr. vb.)
5. Inundated or overwhelmed
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind) a bunch of (phr.)
4. To become successful or popular to take off (phr. vb.)
5. Inundated or overwhelmed swamped (adj.)
6. Going out and doing things
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind) a bunch of (phr.)
4. To become successful or popular to take off (phr. vb.)
5. Inundated or overwhelmed swamped (adj.)
6. Going out and doing things out and about (phr.)
7. A favour or protection from God

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a bunch of (phr.) shortage (n.) to take off (phr. vb.)
out and about (phr.) blessing (n.) swamped ( adj.)
extras ( n.)
1. Items in addition to what is usual extras (n.)
2. A severe lack or need of something shortage (n.)
3. A number of things together (typically of the same kind) a bunch of (phr.)
4. To become successful or popular to take off (phr. vb.)
5. Inundated or overwhelmed swamped (adj.)
6. Going out and doing things out and about (phr.)
7. A favour or protection from God blessing (n.)

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Listening

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Listening
Let’s listen to:
“Barnwell grandma sews 1000 masks”
https://www.cbc.ca/learning-english/level-2/barnwell-
grandma-sews-1000-masks-level-2-1.5735439
Photo : CBC News

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Listening for details
1. What is Carma Anderson’s relationship
with Lindsay?
a)Lindsay is her daughter
b)Carma is Lindsay’s aunt
c)Lindsay is Carma’s daughter-in-law
d)They are sisters

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Listening for details
1. What is Carma Anderson’s relationship
with Lindsay?
a)Lindsay is her daughter
b)Carma is Lindsay’s aunt
c)Lindsay is Carma’s daughter-in-law
d)They are sisters

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Listening for details
2. Where do some of Carma’s children live?
a) In Barnwell
b) Somewhere else in Canada
c) In the United States

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Listening for details
2. Where do some of Carma’s children live?
a) In Barnwell
b) Somewhere else in Canada
c) In the United States

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Listening for details
3. Carma said “I would never dream of
ever being shut in.” What did she mean by
“shut-in”?
a) asked to shut up
b) asked to stay at home
c) locked inside

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Listening for details
3. Carma said “I would never dream of
ever being shut in.” What did she mean by
“shut-in”?
a) asked to shut up
b) asked to stay at home
c) locked inside

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Listening for details
4. Carma said “it was going for a good
cause.” What does “a good cause” mean?
a) A charitable organization
b) A noble reason
c) For a greater good
d) All of the above

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Listening for details
4. Carma said “it was going for a good
cause.” What does “a good cause” mean?
a) A charitable organization
b) A noble reason
c) For a greater good
d) All of the above

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Listening for details
5. Carma said “It's fun to know that I can
just keep giving.” What does she mean by
“keep giving”?
a) giving something to Lindsay
b) keep helping others
c) having fun with masks

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Listening for details
5. Carma said “It's fun to know that I can
just keep giving.” What does she mean by
“keep giving”?
a) giving something to Lindsay
b) keep helping others
c) having fun with masks

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Grammar

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What is the “past participle”?
The past participle is a word that is formed from a verb.
For regular verbs, adding “ed” to the base form of the verb
creates the past participle.
For example:
the past participle of “cook” is “cooked”
the past participle of “walk” is “walked”

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What is the “past participle”?
Past Participle helps form verb tenses like
 present perfect tense - for example “I have forgotten my line.”
or
 past perfect tense - for example “She had passed her exam.”
Tip: We usually find it in dictionaries as “the third form of the verb”.
to smile, smiled, smiled
to sing, sang, sung

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What is the “past participle”?
For regular verbs the past participle ends in
- “ed” as in “needed"
- “d” as in “confused”
For irregular verbs, the past participle can end in
- “t” as in “learnt” or “burnt”
- “en” as in “broken” or “swollen”
- “n” as in “torn”

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What is the “past participle”?
Fill in past participle form of the following verbs:
simple form past form past participle form
Ex: be was/were been
Choose Chose _______
Love Loved _______
Drive Drove _______

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What is the “past participle”?
Fill in past participle form of the following verbs:
simple form past form past participle form
Ex: be was/were been
Choose Chose Chosen
Love Loved _______
Drive Drove _______

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What is the “past participle”?
Fill in past participle form of the following verbs:
simple form past form past participle form
Ex: be was/were been
Choose Chose Chosen
Love Loved Loved
Drive Drove _______

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What is the “past participle”?
Fill in past participle form of the following verbs:
simple form past form past participle form
Ex: be was/were been
Choose Chose Chosen
Love Loved Loved
Drive Drove Driven

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used when forming the
passive voice.
For example:
The text was read by the students twice in class.
No words were spoken during the singing of the
National Hymn.

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used when forming the
passive voice.
Let’s practice:
I grow my own vegetables
The vegetables ________in my garden.

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used when forming the
passive voice.
Let’s practice:
I grow my own vegetables
The vegetables are grown in my garden.

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used when forming the
passive voice.
Let’s practice:
She hid the present from him until his birthday.
The present ________from him until his birthday.

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used when forming the
passive voice.
Let’s practice:
She hid the present from him until his birthday.
The present was hidden from him until his birthday.

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What is the “past participle”?
Past participle is also used to form adjectives
For example:
Here is a laminated copy to replace your torn one.
She felt empowered and relieved after she gave her
presentation.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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What is the “past participle”?
Let’s practice! Underline the past participle in the sentences
below:
1. Masks were needed, and I thought “oh my goodness, we're
going to probably need them here.”
2. There were some masks if people were interested.
3. You've got to charge something for them, or you're going to
be swamped.
4. I felt needed and I was useful, that it was going for a good
cause.
5. I would never dream of ever being shut in.

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Reading

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Reading
Please go to:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/the-
pandemic-sent-sewers-back-to-their-machines-will-they-
keep-sewing/2020/06/30/4c62ab24-93a2-11ea-82b4-
c8db161ff6e5_story.html
After reading the article reflect on a new (or old)
hobby that you picked during the Covid-19
pandemic.

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?
• Speak about helping others during the pandemic.
• Recall specific details and make inferences about a
news story about an elderly lady from Barnwell who sow
masks for charity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Learn about the grammar point “past participle”.
• Read an article of a similar story and reflect on picking
a new (or old) hobby during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Homework
• Create 10 sentences using past participle.
• Write 2-3 paragraphs describing a time when you helped
somebody in a time of need.

53. Thankyou!
Questions?
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