Unit 5. Technology and you

Ngoc Tao High School

A Model Lesson Plan of English


Items of a computer
2
3
6
7
8
5
4
Computer
1

Items of a computer
CD ROMS
Keyboard
Floppy disks
printer
speaker
Computer
Screen (VDU)
mouse
Computer
CPU
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
Lesson 1: Reading
Before you read
Key:
1: D: VDU
2: E: Mouse
3: G: Printer
4: C: Keyboard
5: A: CPU
6: F: Floppy Disks
7: B: CD ROMs
8: H: Speaker
Discuss this question
What do people use a computer for?
People use a computer for:
To get information
To send/ receive mails
To type documents
To store facts or documents
To entertain
To do calculations
To learn or teach
To design houses/ buildings/ bridges
To do shopping
……
While you read


1. To pay bills:

2. miraculous device:







3. to be capable of doing something:
Ex: She is capable of solving that problem


4. to speed up:
5. to add >< to subtract
to multiply>< to divide
6. lightning speed:
7. perfect accuracy
8. electronic storage device:
9. Data (n – Plural):
10. request for leave:
11: communicator: (n)
communicate: (v)
communication (n)
Vocabularies:
to pay bills:
miraculous device:
to be capable of doing something:
Ex: She is capable of solving that problem
4. to speed up:
5. to add >< to subtract
to multiply>< to divide



6. lightning speed:
7. perfect accuracy
8. electronic storage device:
9. data:
10. request for leave:
11: communicator:
communicate (v)
communication (n)

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
A
1. Magical
2. Places of scenic beauty
3. Interact
4. Software
5. Hardwear

B
a. link
b. programs performed by the company
c. in a strange or mysterious way
d. the physical part of the computer system
e. places where the scenes are interesting and beautiful

Key:
C
E
A
B
D

Task 2: Decide which of three options below is the best title for the passage
The computer- the new invention
The computer has become part of our life
What can the computer do?
Key:
What can the computer do?
(Because most of verbs in the passage are about the use of the computer)
Task 3: Work in pairs. Answer these questions, using the cues below.
What can a computer do to help us in our daily life? (visit, pay, read, receive, send, learn)
Why is a computer a miraculous device? (capable of, a calculating machine, an electronic store, a magical typewriter, a personal communicator, for entertainment)
After you read: Work in pairs:
Remember the text and discuss about the uses of a computer in our daily life.
Homework:
Write a passage of about 150 words about the advantages of a computer in our modern life