Day 1, 2 hours — Book. Focus 2
Classwork- Unit 2.1
Science and technology
Pages 18-19
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW
1. Choose the correct verb. Then complete the sentences to make them true for you.
1 The first thing I do when I go online is check my messages.
2 The person I’d like to follow on Twitter is Elon Musk.
3 The website I go on most is YouTube.
4 The last music I downloaded was “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
5 The last comment I posted on social media was “That’s amazing!”.
6 The last time I updated my social media profile was last week.
2. SPEAKING
I usually spend about two or three hours online every day.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ
1. Match the years with these digital inventions.
1 The first web browser — 1990
2 The first search engine — 1993
3 The first laser printer — 1977
4 The first desktop computer with keyboard and mouse — 1984
5 The first smartphone — 1994
BONUS QUESTION:
Which company made the first computer with a mouse? — Apple
2. Which sciences were these great scientists mostly involved in?
1 Nicolaus Copernicus — astronomy
2 Isaac Newton — physics, mathematics
3 Charles Darwin — biology
BONUS QUESTION:
Which scientist won two Nobel Prizes? — Marie Curie
Do the rest at home
Day 2. 2 hours—Grammar. page 20. do the excercises
Listening.Page 2
1 — SPEAKING —
(Example answer)
I agree with 2 and 3. I like real books, but I use e-books when I travel.
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2 — Read about E ink. Who was Joe Jacobson and why did he have a ‘Eureka’ moment?
Joe Jacobson was a researcher for MIT.
He had a “Eureka” moment when he imagined an electronic book you could download anytime and read in sunlight.
3 — GRAMMAR FOCUS — Complete
- was working
- was lying, finished
4 — Complete the beginnings of two stories
1. was sitting
2. felt
3. heard
4. called
5. replied
6. went
7. opened
8. was looking
9. was driving
10. was getting
11. were
12. was reaching
13. put
14. was
5 — SPEAKING —
I’d like to continue the second story because it sounds mysterious and exciting.
6 — Complete each sentence with one Past Simple and one Past Continuous form
- My parents were studying when they met.
- My computer crashed when I was doing my homework last night.
- I was watching a film when my mum got home yesterday.
- It was raining when I woke up this morning.
- I burned myself when I was making breakfast.
- A friend texted me when I was walking to school.
7 — Write questions for the sentences in Exercise 6
- Were your parents studying when they met?
- Did your computer crash when you were doing your homework?
- Were you watching a film when your mum got home?
- Was it raining when you woke up this morning?
- Did you burn yourself when you were making breakfast?
- Did a friend text you when you were walking to school?
Day 3, 2 hour s— Book Focus 2 , students’ book.
Reading. Pages 22-23
Listening materials are here
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