Year 3 Reading File - Text 4 and 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Reading File 

Text 4

Uncoupling from Technology

Today's planning

Finishing with text 3 "Why are tattoos so cool"

Introduction to text 4

Reading and working on text 4

Lesson aims

I can find information in a text by merely scanning the text.

I can use the vocabulary presented in different ways. 

Finishing text 3

Have a look at text 3. 

Make sure you've finished exercises: F, G and H. 

Done? Correct your answers.

Pre-reading

For each of the following statements, rate yourself on the following scale.

I feel uncomfortable when I don’t have access to my smartphone.

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Being unable to get the news (including weather) on my smartphone would bother me.

0100

When the battery in my smartphone is running low it makes me nervous.

0100

I am worried if my friends and / or family can’t reach me (for example because I’ve forgotten my phone).

0100

When I don’t have access to my smartphone, I feel bored because I don’t know what to do.

0100

If my smartphone breaks down, I absolutely need to get a new one as soon as possible.

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I check my smartphone several times an hour.

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Do you think you have a healthy relationship with your smartphone? Why (not)?

Scanning

look quickly through the text in search of specific information. You don’t read every sentence, but quickly glance through the text in order to find the information you need. 

D - Scanning

You'll get 10 minutes (= 1 minute per question). 

Answer the questions (in English)

Only scan the text, don't read it in full. 

Write down the answer and the line in which you found the answer.

D - Scanning

1. Hundreds (line 10).

2. People have been reunited, love stories have blossomed, lonely people have found a place to belong, and families have been able to share news and images across continents (lines 17-21).

3. How to enjoy these positive things without overload (lines 25-26).

4. Because she had stopped living in the moment and was always spending time on her phone (lines 36-40).

5. Her boyfriend (lines 55-56).

D - Scanning

6. She misses seeing pictures of her friends’ kids (line 65).

7. It helps you track your time on your phone and set limits on it (lines 75-76).

8. Some 13% of the workforce (line 86).

9. Volkswagen, BMW and Puma (lines 95-96).

10. She is from Holland (lines 108-111) but is now living in the Southern Alps (New Zealand) (line 116).

F - Vocbulary

Work on exercise F Vocabulary (a, b, c and d). 

Write the answers in your notebook. 

You're allowed to work together. 

This exercise is homework. 

You may leave the meeting now. 

Reading File 

Text 3 

Uncoupling from Technology

Reading File 

Text 4 + 5

Uncoupling from Technology

Today's planning

2 videos

Close reading of text 4. 

Starting on text 5.

Lesson aims

I can paraphrase information from a video.

I can indicate how paragraphs in a text are related.

5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Chaning Your Brain Right Now

The next video will discuss 5 ways social media change our brains. 

List these 5 ways in your own words (in your notebook). 

We will watch the video twice. 

00:44

Why was it useful for people in the prehistoric age to know as much as possible about the world around them?

01:38

Why has this become a problem nowadays?

02:29

Which two kinds of memory are discussed?

03:46

What is a good solution to the problem mentioned in question 2?

5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Chaning Your Brain Right Now

1. People develop a psychological addiction to the internet, and this physically changes the brain.

2. Multi-tasking online makes it harder for your brain to filter out information and memorise things.

3. People think they feel or hear their phone buzz, while this is not actually happening. This is due to changes in our nervous system.

4. Because social media allows people to spend a lot of time talking about themselves, it triggers dopamine release in our brains. This makes us feel good.

5. People who have met online tend to like one another better and have more successful relationships.

G and K

Questions on text 4. 

Question focus on reading comprehension. 

Answer the questions in English (for G), in your own words. 

You will work together in pairs. 

You'll have 15 minutes. 

G - In depth - open questions

1. We are connected to more people; we can be in contact with hundreds of people nowadays.

 We are more connected to each of those people. We connect with them more frequently and with less effort.

2. Lines 3-14 give more information about the statement presented in lines 1-3. They explain the statement, partly through the use of examples and partly by giving new information.

3. Lines 24-30 look at the information from another (negative) viewpoint. Lines 15-23 are very positive about social media, but lines 24-30 focus on its negative aspects. The linking word ‘But’ (line 24) shows that the second paragraph contradicts the first.

4. She is a woman who felt she was ‘sacrificing real relationships for virtual ones’ (lines 29-30).

5. - She was always spending time on her phone instead of living in the moment.

 - It was tough seeing everybody showcase their great lives. This constantly reminded her that she wasn’t really in the best place in her life.

6. - Her life is calmer. / There is much less drama.

 - Her relationship with her partner has improved.

D + F

The answers to the homework will be posted on the study guide. 

Take some time to correct your answers. 

Text 5 

Work on the exercises on text 5:

1. Structuring the text - use the sub-headings (a-e) to structure the text. Divide the text in 5 parts. 

2. Translate the words into Dutch (make sure to study!)

3. Fill in the correct preposition (=voorzetsel) to complete the sentence (make sure to study!).

4. Reading comprehension - answer the questions in Dutch. 

What to study for the test?