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Exercise: Seeing – PS

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Exercise: Seeing

What does the word “see” or “seeing” mean in each of these phrases?

  1. “It is such a clear night, I can see a lot of stars”
  2. “See that you keep these in the correct order”
  3. “When you mention summer, I see the beach and sand in my mind”
  4. “He always sees the best in people”
  5. “I see what you mean. I hadn’t thought of it like that”
  6. “Please see the guests to the door”
  7. “He always sees the best in people”

 

Below are some possible ways of understanding the use of the word ‘see’. Can you match the meanings below with the phrases above?

(a) observe

(b) imagine

(c) consider the fact that

(d) understand

(e) accompany

(f) pay attention to

(g) recognize

(h) visualize

(i) _____________

 

Return to look at Bereshit 16:13 – the word ‘see’ is used 4 times – which senses of ‘see’ could be meant on each of these occasions? How do different meanings of ‘see’ change how we understand the passage?

 

Exercise: Seeing – MS, HS, A

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Exercise: Seeing

What does the word “see” or “seeing” mean in each of these phrases?

  1. “It is such a clear night, I can see a lot of stars”
  2. “See that you keep these in the correct order”
  3. “Seeing is believing”
  4. “See, I told you so!!”
  5. “When you mention summer, I see the beach and sand in my mind”
  6. “He always sees the best in people”
  7. “You are just not willing to see it my way!”
  8. “Don’t worry, I have enough money to see me through”
  9. “Why do you only see her faults?”
  10. “Seeing as you are already up, can you please pour me a glass of water?”
  11. “I see what you mean. I hadn’t thought of it like that”
  12. “The last 10 years have seen a sweeping revolution in IT support.”
  13. “I want to see how she handles this on her own.”
  14. “I’ll see to that”
  15. “Please see the guests to the door”

 

Below are some possible ways of understanding the use of the word ‘see’. Can you match the meanings below with the phrases above?

(a) observe

(b) imagine

(c) take note

(d) consider the fact that

(e) understand

(f) perceive

(g) accompany

(h) comprehend

(i) gain insight

(j) recognize

(k) pay attention

(l) take care of

(m) visualize

(n) experience

(o) __________________

 

Return to look at Bereshit 16:13 – the word ‘see’ is used 4 times – which senses of ‘see’ could be meant on each of these occasions? How do different meanings of ‘see’ change how we understand the passage?

Exercise: What counts as a miracle? – PS

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Exercise: What counts as a miracle?

 

For the items listed below decide which word best describes it:

Miracle – Miraculous – Awesome –  Lucky – Ordinary – Something else?

1. In the storm, a bolt of lightning came down and split the tree in half.
2. I fell off my bike speeding down the hill, but didn’t even get a scratch.
3. I wanted an ice-cream but didn’t have any money me –then I found $1.00 on the ground, so I could buy one.
4. When I saw the fire truck going to a house that was on fire, I prayed that everyone would get out of the fire safely and they did.
5. I wake up every morning feeling fresh and ready to start the day.
6. When the forest fire was out of control, the wind turned and the rain came and put it out.
7. God created the world in seven days.
8. I prayed that something bad would happen to the boy at school who is always teasing me, and then he broke his arm.
9. A standard passenger plane weighs more than 100 adult elephants when it is loaded, and yet it can still get into the air and fly!

 

Exercise: What counts as a miracle? – MS, HS, A

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Exercise: What counts as a miracle?

 

For the items listed below decide which word best describes it:

Miracle –  Miraculous – Awesome – Lucky – Ordinary

1. As I was walking home I was thinking “wouldn’t it be great to have money to buy an ice-cream” – and then I saw a dollar coin in the gutter.
2. In the storm, a bolt of lightning came down and split the tree in half.
3. I fell off my bike speeding down the hill, but came out of it without even a scratch.
4. When the house down the street caught fire, I prayed that everyone would get out of the fire safely and they did.
5. I wake up every morning feeling fresh and ready to start the day.
6. When the forest fire was out of control, the wind turned and the rain came and put it out.
7. The fortune teller told my sister that she would meet someone and fall in love and she did.
8. God created the world in seven days.
9. Jonah was swallowed by a whale/big fish and survived. (Is this the same as no.8?)
10. I prayed that something bad would happen to the boy at school who is always teasing me, and then he broke his arm. (How does your answer here compare to your answer to no. 4?)
11. A standard 747 airplane weighs more than 910,000lbs when it is loaded, and yet it can still get off the ground!

Exercise: Drawing Lines

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Exercise: Drawing lines

In each case, how do you decide that enough is enough? In each case, what factors do you take into account in making this decision?

  • Deciding how much homework to do
  • Deciding how much candy to eat before putting the rest away
  • Deciding when you have watched enough television
  • Deciding how late to stay up
  • Deciding when your hair needs cutting
  • Deciding when to stop playing a computer game
  • Deciding whether to continue asking your parents for something after they have said ‘no’
  • Deciding when teasing your brother/sister has gone far enough
  • Deciding how much tzedakah to give
  • Deciding when you need to clean your room

 

Exercise: She’s Leaving Home – MS, HS, A

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Exercise: She’s Leaving Home

Play “She’s Leaving Home” by the Beatles. Try analyzing it according to some or all of the following; (i) good reasons for leaving, (i) drawing lines, (iii) rhetorical questions, (iv) running from/running to

She’s Leaving Home Lyrics – The Beatles

Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.

She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She’s leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that’s lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby’s gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me.

She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She’s leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Friday morning at nine o’clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

She (What did we do that was wrong)
is having (We didn’t know it was wrong)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can’t buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years. Bye, bye
She’s leaving home. Bye, bye

 

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Exercise: Rhetorical Questions

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Exercise: Rhetorical Questions

Can you think of circumstances in which the following might be asked as a genuine question? Can you think of circumstances where the question is asked rhetorically? f it is a rhetorical question, what might it be designed to get the person to think about?

  1. Do you really want that third cookie?
  2. Have you been listening to what I have been saying?
  3. Aren’t you tired yet?
  4. Did I say that you could go out tonight?
  5. Aren’t you cold?

Are there questions that can only be asked rhetorically?

Exercise: Identifying Different Forms of Laughter

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Exercise: Identifying Different Forms of Laughter

What kinds of laughter are these?
What feelings might be involved in each case?

  1. Sam laughed out loud as he watched the funny movie.
  2. As soon as Yair began to speak in front of the class, he burst into laughter.
  3. As soon as Yair began to speak in front of the class, his classmates burst into laughter.
  4. When Sam told a joke in front of the class, his friends burst into laughter.
  5. Shelley laughed to herself as she remembered the funny things that had happened that day.
  6. The roller coaster ride was very scary, but at the end we laughed about it.
  7. When I was little my mother used to tickle me, and I would laugh so hard that I cried.
  8. When I realized the mistake I’d made I started to laugh.
  9. The magic trick was a huge success – all the children laughed
  10. Josh’s friends said to him: “We are not laughing at you; we are laughing with you.”

 

Exercise: Recognizing Different Types of Laughter – LPS

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Exercise: Recognizing Different Types of Laughter

  1. What kind of laughter do you think each of these pictures shows?
  2. What is the difference between them?
  3. After looking at the pictures, think about which kind(s) of laugh you think are closest to Sarah’s laugh?
  4. Try performing that laugh.
  5. Which kind(s) of laugh do you think are like Sarah’s laugh?
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Exercise: Recognizing Different Types of Laughter – UPS, MS, HS, A

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Exercise: Recognizing Different Types of Laughter

What kind of laughter do you think each of these pictures shows? What is the difference between them? After looking at the pictures, think about which kind(s) of laugh you think are closest to Sarah’s laugh? Try performing that laugh.

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