7th Grade Unit 13 Technology: Friend or Foe?

Language point: new words about technological devices.

Aims: learning new words by listening to a story

Being aware of advantages and disadvantages of the technology.

Procedure:

Teacher starts the lesson by asking general questions about stories.

Do you like reading story?, which story did you read last time?, what is your favorite story?

Teacher reminds the words that they have learnt before the lesson by asking questions.

Teacher begins to tell the story by heart with the help of gestures, mimics, tone of voice and body language.

References: http://www.bedtime.com/html/boom_box.htm

After telling the story:

Activity 1:

Students are divided into groups of four.

Each of the students has his/her piece of paper to re-write the story.

Each of the students writes a sentence about the story gives the paper next students in their groups.

They continue to write the story until the story finishes.

They read the story that they re-write.

Activity 2:

Students are divided into groups of four.

Each of group chooses a dialogue or part about the story.

They act out the dialogue or part of the story.

Story:

Bill and the Boom Box Rocket
 

 by Artie S.

Once upon a time there lived a boy named Bill, who always dreamed of flying to the moon.

One summer evening when Bill was trying to go to sleep, his brother,  Ron was playing his new boom box too loud. The only way Bill could go to sleep was to put on some headphones and play a tape.

As he lay there in bed with his eyes closed pretending he was lying on the beach under a full moon, he began to daydream about flying to the moon in a rocket ship.

The rocket ship was not very big--just big enough for two astronauts.  He and his  brother Ron were co-astronauts.

Bill called out to Ron, "Navigator ready?" Ron called back in the headset,  "Yes, navigator ready."

"Mission control ready?" Bill asked into the headset.  "Mission  control ready. We will begin countdown in T minus ten seconds, nine seconds, eight seconds" . .  . Bill's heart began to race .  . .  "two seconds, one . .  . BLASTOFF!"

Their rocket ship zoomed up into the sky so fast everything out the window was just a blur.!

Bill was sitting in the front seat and Ron was in the back.  Bill asked Ron,  "What does it look like out the back?" "It looks like earth is just a blue and white ball. You can see the clouds and oceans, but you cannot see any cities or trees."

Ron asked Bill, "Can you see the moon coming up?" "Yes, I see it,"  Bill said.  "I think we will be there in about 30 minutes if my calculations are correct"I think I will play my GameBoy and listen to some music on my boom box." "You brought your boom box?" Bill was obviously annoyed.  "You know I don't go anywhere without my boom box," said  Ron.  He turned on the music and the boys listened. The time quickly passed.

"Mission control to Bill," came over the headsets.  "Bill here." "You will need to prepare for landing in two minutes," said the voice. "Roger, we'll be ready," said Bill.  The rocket ship came in very rough. So rough that both Bill and Ron's airbags deployed.  Finally, they came to rest. "Bill, are you O.K.?" asked Ron. "Yes, I'm O.K., Let's take a look around and see if the rocket ship is O.K." "Good idea," said Ron.

They put on their moon walk suits.  The moon walk suits were big and heavy.  When they stepped outside, they felt like they were floating on air. They only weighed about six pounds each. So when they walked, it was as if they bounced.  Then they began to inspect the rocket to make sure it was flyable for the return trip.  Things did not look good.  the rocket starter was heavily damaged. "What are we going to do?" asked Ron. He looked scared.  "I don't know," Bill answered.  "Let's call Mission Control and see if they have any suggestions."

They called Mission Control. "We will get back to you" was the answer  "We only have enough food and water for one more day," Ron reminded Bill.  "Yeah, we will really need to conserve it." They nervously sat in their seats and waited for Mission Control. No reply.

After awhile, Bill jumped up and said, "I've got it! Give me your boom box." Ron said, "What? Are you crazy?" "No just give it to me," said Bill. Ron surrendered his boom box.  Bill took it and turned it on real loud and smiled. Ron looked sad.  He just knew that Bill was losing his mind.

Then Bill turned off the music and flipped the boom box upside down.  He opened the battery compartment and took out the eight large batteries.  "I think we can tape these together and make one big battery that will start the rocket," said Bill.  "Sounds like a good idea to me," said Ron. Bill did some arrangements about the battery for repair it. Ron hoped that he was right.  "Are you ready?" Bill asked Ron without waiting for an answer. "Here goes!" As he touched the wire to the dashboard, they could hear the roar of the rocket.  Before they knew it, they were zooming back through space towards earth. "Yippee!" how they both yelled.

Just then, Bill's mom pulled the headphones off of his head and told him to go on to sleep. It was easy for Bill to get back to sleep, because he hoped he could pick up his rocket ship dream right where he left off.

The end

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