Technology in Our Lives: Then and Now
Los alumnos completan frases con verbos de tecnología (send, download, search, charge…), leen un artículo que compara cómo una abuela y su nieta hacían los deberes y hablaban con sus amigos, responden preguntas, unen cada aparato con su función, completan seis consejos de seguridad en internet y leen tres opiniones para debatir el uso del móvil en la escuela.
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Completar huecos Tech verbs: complete the sentences
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Texto de lectura Homework and friends: then and now
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Preguntas de opción múltiple Check your understanding
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Unir las mitades What is it for? Match the halves
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Completar huecos Six tips to stay safe online
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Puntos de vista para debatir Cell Phones at School: What Do You Think?
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Tech verbs: complete the sentences
Homework and friends: then and now
In 1975, Grandma Helena did her schoolwork very differently. When she needed information, she visited the local library to read heavy books. To talk to her friends, she wrote a long letter on paper or used the single home telephone. Everything was much slower back then, but she loved receiving mail in her mailbox.
Today, her granddaughter Yasmin is 13, and her school life is very different. When she needs information for her homework, she searches the internet on her smartphone and finds the answer in seconds. She doesn't write letters. She sends a message to her friends or makes a video call, and she can see them on the screen.
Is life better now? Yasmin thinks so, because everything is fast and easy. But Grandma Helena says that people spend too much time online. "A letter takes a week to arrive," she says, "but you can keep it forever."
Check your understanding
What is the main idea of the text?
Where did Grandma Helena go when she needed information?
How did Grandma Helena communicate with her friends?
How did Grandma Helena feel about getting mail?
How does Yasmin find information for her homework?
What is it for? Match the halves
Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
Mitades iniciales
Mitades finales
Six tips to stay safe online
2. Don't talk to Haz clic en la palabra... in online games.
3. Think before you Haz clic en la palabra... a photo. Everyone can see it!
4. Don't click on strange Haz clic en la palabra... in messages.
5. Tell an Haz clic en la palabra... if something online makes you feel bad.
6. Take a break! Too much Haz clic en la palabra... time is bad for your eyes.
Cell Phones at School: What Do You Think?
I think cell phones are very useful in class. Last week, I used my phone to find pictures for a science project. It was fast and easy. Sometimes students play games, and that is a problem. But we can learn how to use them well. Phones also help us feel safe when we walk home.
I see both sides of this topic. Phones can help students look up new words during English lessons. But many students check messages during tests or talk to friends. It is hard for me to keep everyone focused. Maybe we can use phones for only ten minutes in class.
I want my daughter to have her phone at school. I need to call her if I am late after class. However, I know she spends too much time on social media. She gets tired because she reads messages at night. I think phones are good for emergencies, but not for games.
Vocabulario clave
Preguntas de discusión
- 1 The student and the teacher both think phones can help in class. How can phones help you learn?
- 2 Do you bring a cell phone to school every day? What do you use it for?
- 3 The parent worries about social media. How many hours a day should young people use their phones?
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