Lesson 3: Technology - Drones and tools

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Lesson 3: Technology - Drones and tools

Lesson goals

• You can name all different kinds of tools.

• You can listen to the story and fill in the gaps.

• You can read a text and answer the questions.
  

• You can explain why drones are useful.
  

Warm-up

You're going to listen to a clip of a man giving directions to a woman that wants to find the Red Café. 

Describe how to get to the Red Café

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Describe how to you get to the Red Café?

How many prepositions of movements did the man use when he gave the directions?

1. 4
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5

Exercise 1 - Tools

Vocabulary exercise: 

Do you know the names of all the tools?

Go to exercise 1 and name all the different tools.

You can use the internet or the following links to help you find the names: 

• https://kidspicturedictionary.com/english-through-pictures/things-english-through-pictures/workshop/ 
• https://7esl.com/tools-vocabulary/ 

1. Double-sided adhesive tape
   
2. Staple gun and staples
   
3. Shifter
   
4. Stillson wrench
   
5. Utility knife
   
6. Set of 5 or 6 open-end spanners
   
7. Spirit level or laser level
   
8. Measuring tape
   
9. Sandpaper
   
10. Hammer drill. For concrete

11. Cordless drill

12. Electric sander

13. Small workbench

14. Pliers. Including one set of cutting pliers.

15. Caulking gun

16. Glue gun. With glue sticks

17. Insulating tape.

18. Teflon tape.

19. Broadknives.

20. Mallet

21. Hammer and nails

22. Pincers

23. Phillips screwdriver.

24. Flat screwdriver

25. Screwdriver tester.

26. Screws. Wood screws, screws and plugs of different sizes, screws and plugs for hollow partitions.

27. Mitre with matching saw.

28. Wood file

29. Hacksaw

30. Handsaw

31. Gloves

32. Goggles

33. Mask

Fun fact: Which celebrity had a drone company?

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The answer

Working 10 hours a day for $20 a week in a World War II defense plant 70 years ago . The 18-year-old Norma Jeane Dougherty aka Marilyn Monroe

made small remote-controlled pilotless aircraft, intended to help United States Army and Navy with anti-aircraft gunners.

Her company was called Radioplane

Listening – filling in the gaps 

In this listening task you have to fill in the gaps.

Go to exercise 2
 

Read the story before you start listening 

Guess what kind of answer you will need to fill in (for example a verb, or noun)

Listen intensely to the story and read along to know what is being said.

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Exercise 2:

1. Technology ​
   
2. Video​
   
3. Flying ​
   
4. Organizing​
   
5. Upload​
   
6. Interest​
   
7. Machines​
   
8. Designed​
   
9. Feeling 

10. Between​

11. Exciting ​

12. Obstacles​

13. Common ​

14. Smash​

15. Attract​

16. First​

17. Catching​

18. Cutting​

19. Level 

Exercise 3 - Listening

Listen to the following short clip and answer the questions correctly

Clip: Drones with machine guns

01:52

What is the consequence now that this drone exists?

02:39

The Songar model doesn't need a pilot to control it.

1. True
2. False

Drone - Share your opinion

• Amazon.com
  
• Taxis for humans
  
• Ambulance drones or drones delivering medicine
  
• Personal drones
  

What was your opinion about the eTwinning of last Friday?

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Homework

• Study vocabulary lists on Canvas

• Practice your listening skills on the following sites:

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

www.esl-lab.com