RW Class, Warm-up discussion

By Nate Feldman

1. What is something you dislike?

2. Where or when did you have a disadvantage? 

3. When you disagree with someone, do you tell them, or do you keep it to yourself?

4. Are you more organized or disorganized?

5. Do you think people with disabilities have the same opportunities as others?


P.14, exercise B, Changing adjectives into nouns:

able >>>ability (Mr. Nate has the ability to type fast)

popular>>>popularity (Mr. Nate has a lot of popularity at his language center, maybe) 

possible>>>possibility (There is a possibility that it will rain this weekend)

responsible>>>responsibility (Parents have responsibility for their children) 

similar>>>similarity (We have many similarities.  We both like movies, music, and playing sports).  

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