⏰ Day 9 Warm-Up — Signposts & Directives

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Announcements hide a required action; academic talks announce their structure. Catch both.

Announcement

📢 "All first-year students must submit their housing forms by Friday."

What is the required action?

A) Move into housing on Friday B) Submit housing forms by Friday C) Choose a first-year course

The directive verb "must submit" tells you the action and its deadline.

Academic talk

🎓 "Today I'll compare two competing theories of human memory."

How is the lecture organized?

A) As a single story B) As a list of causes C) As a comparison of two ideas

"Compare two theories" = a comparison structure. In notes, set the two side by side.

Announcement

📢 "Tomorrow's workshop has been moved from Room A to Room B because of a scheduling conflict."

What has changed?

A) The room — from A to B B) The date of the workshop C) The workshop is cancelled

Separate what changed (the room) from why (a scheduling conflict).

Academic talk

🎓 "Right, let's move on to the second cause of coastal erosion."

What does this tell you?

A) The lecture is ending B) A new point in a list is starting — number it C) The professor is telling a joke

"The second cause" signals the next item in a list — your notes should number 1, 2, 3…