Stefan Zammit
April 20, 2020
3:57 pm
This Lesson Was Contributed By:
Stefan Zammit
This Lesson is For:
Lesson Duration:
160 mins.
What Should You Expect From This Lesson?
This pack contains four tasks, one for each of the skills i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing all centred around the theme, Inventions.
How To Carry Out This Lesson At Home:
1. This pack is intended for Year 8 students and focuses on the theme of INVENTIONS.
2. Students can start by covering the Listening and Reading Tasks first to prepare them for the Speaking and Writing Tasks.
3. Here are two clips related to the topic of Inventions:
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYOWeBcwn9E
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaM0tdxtYA
4. Although literature tasks are not included in this pack due to space limitations, we do encourage students to read for at least half an hour a day. Some literary texts related to the topic can be accessed via these links:
a. https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/smart-phone-dumb-user
b. Portrait of a machine by Louis Untermeyer: https://allpoetry.com/Portrait-Of-AMachine
c. E-text of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84- h/84-h.htm After reading it, compare and contrast it with its film adaptation.
d. E-text of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35 After reading it, compare and contrast it with its film adaptation.
