What do you know about Titanic

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What do you know about Titanic?

• Have you ever read books, newspapers, or other
  things about Titanic?
• Or, have you ever seen the movie Titanic?

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Now, close your eyes Then listen to the music,
My Heart Will Go On. Are you ready?
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What do you feel about the song?

• Write down as many words as you can on your
  notebook.

e.g. disaster
Titanic
e.g. Motion Picture
After you have finished your map, compare it with
a partner, do you have similar ideas? Why?
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A sample idea map
disaster, tragedy, loss of life, icebergs
mystery
different classes of people
Titanic
motion picture actor actress Jack, Rose
big ocean liner, shipwreck, treasures and
goods
love, romantic, sacrifice
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Task 1(a) Skim the passage Titanic (Passage 1)
Time allowed 2 minutesWhat is the theme of the
passage?
(b) Read the passage again and answer the
following questions Time allowed 5 minutesWhat
is the content of the passage? (Is it a story? A
case?) What are the main ideas of the
passage? What is/are the opinion(s) of the
writer? What is/are your opinion(s) about the
passage?
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Sample Analysis

• Title
• Theme
• Content
• Suggestion
• Concluding Statement ?
• Writers Opinion ?

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Sample Analysis

• Title Titanic
• Theme Brief narration on what happened to
  Titanic
• Content
• Before Calm
• During the courage and sacrifice made by the
  passengers (Mr. and Mrs. Strauss), the band
• After thoughts Should we leave these people
  undisturbed? Should we make the story known to
  all the real essence of sacrifice and love?
• Suggestion Shocking scene for all of them
• Concluding Statement ?
• Writers Opinion ?

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Task 2Oral Presentation - time to practice your
presentation skills

• Before the presentation
• - Revise the structure, the language and the
  phrases of presentation (Handouts 1, 2 and 3

After the presentation - Evaluate your own
performance and your partners one (Handout 4)
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Supplementary materials (1) for lesson 1,2

• Phrases
• Start with a question? Have you ever ? Do you
  know ? What ?
• Introduce the passage directly? The passage I
  read is entitled Ive just read an article
  about / and its about
• The passage starts by / the writer first tells
  us about / then / next /
• Make the conclusion? Finally, the writer
  concluded by saying that

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Supplementary materials (2) for lesson 1,2

• Comments
• It seems to me that
• I suppose that
• Obviously, this is true because
• I think this is surprising / interesting
• I feel the same.
• Thats exactly what I think

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Things to note (Well, evaluate your peers based
on these areas)
Supplementary materials (3) for lesson 1,2

• The individual presentation
• Within 2 minutes?
• Copying (ideas)?
• Refer to note-card all the time?
• Memorizing / telling others what the passage is
  about?
• Add opinions? Relevant?
• Eye-contact / gesture?
• Voice too soft? Too loud?

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Task 1(a) Skim the passage Titanic remains a
movie a hole with it. (Passage 2)Time allowed
2 minutesWhat is the theme of the passage?
(b) Read the passage again and answer the
following questions Time allowed 5 minutesWhat
is the content of the passage? (Is it a story? A
case?) What are the main ideas of the
passage? What is/are the opinion(s) of the
writer? What is/are your opinion(s) about the
passage?
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Some hints for Task 1
Title Theme Film Review, good bad
points Content good points (6) bad points
(5) Suggestions / Concluding statements
Comments on Roses Jacks characters Writers
Opinion
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Sample Analysis

• Titanic is a good movie for these reasons
• (1) Three hours feel like one
• (2) Effect
• (3) Cast
• (4) Real
• (5) Put the viewer in the unforgettable
  experience of being there
• (6) Awe-inspiring scenes of beauty and destruction

Bad points about Titanic The scripts is severely
flawed The characters are paper thin The great
number of implausible character details Criticism
on rich people Contain sex scene and should be
rated differently
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Task 2Oral Presentation - time to practice your
presentation skills

• Before the presentation
• - Revise the structure, the language and the
  phrases of presentation again (refer to Handouts)

After the presentation - Evaluate your own
performance and your partners one (refer to
Handouts)
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An extended (speaking) task for Lesson 2,3

• Task 1
• Skim the passage TITANIC IS THE YEARS MOST
  AMAZING (IF NOT THE BEST) MOVIE (Passage 3)
• Time allowed 2 minutes
• What is the theme of the passage?
• (b) Read the passage again and answer the
  following questions
• Time allowed 5 minutes
• What is the content of the passage? (Is it a
  story? A case?)
• What are the main ideas of the passage?
• What is/are the opinion(s) of the writer?
• What is/are your opinion(s) about the passage?

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Task 1(a) Now, work in pairs One of you will
be Jack and another will be Rose. So close your
eyes

• For Jack
• The water is very cold. You are Jack and want to
  say something but you cant do it anymore. You
  are dead now. Suddenly, theres a flash of light
  in the sky and you hear a voice, Jack! Youre
  really great. You sacrifice yourself for your
  love of Rose. Now, you have 1 minute to go back
  and say something to Rose. Remember, just 1 min!

For Rose You JUST have to listen to what Jack
says
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Task 1b Now, change your role Student A Rose,
Student B - Jack

• For Jack
• The water is very cold. You are Jack and want
  to say something but you cant do it anymore. You
  are dead now. Suddenly, theres a flash of light
  in the sky and you hear a voice, Jack! Youre
  really great. You sacrifice yourself for your
  love of Rose. Now, you have 1 minute to go back
  and say something to Rose. Remember, just 1 min!

For Rose You have to RESPOND to every sentence
Jack says.
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Sample notes of Task 1b

• I love you and please take care of yourself
• Yes, Ill and
• Find a good man and have your family
• The water is cold, please help me
• Youre fat and I dont like you indeed.
• What, what do you mean?

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Now, try to categorise the phrases used under 4
categories
(1) Agree
(2) Disagree
(3) Clarifying
(4) Interrupting
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So those are the things we actually do in
discussion. But before the discussion starts,
What should you do?
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TOPIC?(TO PREPARE FOR THE GROUP DISCUSSION)

• VOCAB BRAINSTORM
• POINTS ON THE TOPICS

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PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION

• What are we supposed to talk about?

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MECHANICS HOW CAN WE STRUCTURE THE DISCUSSION?

• Making recommendations
• Comparing
• Listing priorities
• (go through choices,
• List the pros cons,
• Reach a consensus)

• Finding solutions/working out ways
• Brainstorm suggestions
• Comparing suggestions
• (discuss the relevance of each suggestion to the
  task)

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Who can have some say?

• What will they say on such topics?

ROLES
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Get the ball rolling - interacting

• Argue
• Bargain
• Consensus

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Interaction

• Agree
• Reasons
• Support, personal experience, examples

• Disagree
• reasons
• Clarifying
• expressing doubts
• reasons
• questions

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• Situation A
• One of the members is Chris.His best friend
  Pat has been dating a schoolmate called Sandy for
  several months. Pat is really happy and has even
  talked about marrying Sandy when they are old
  enough. Unfortunately, Chris thinks that he has
  also fallen in love with Sandy. One day at school
  he finds a note hidden in his desk. The note is
  shown below

Dear Chris, Theres a party at the weekend and I
really want to go with you. How about it? Let me
know. Sandy
So( one in the group will be Chris, one be Pat
and the others as their friends )now sit down and
discuss what to do.
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• Situation B
• You are studying in a co-educational school and
  you discovered that recently many of your
  classmates have started dating with each other.
  Some of them even ran into great trouble and
  their studies were very much affected. Your class
  teacher is quite worried about the situation and
  so he asks you and a group of other students to
  think about the best way to help these young
  lovers You can discuss the different measures
  that could help and the ways to achieve the best
  results.

Before your discussion, you are advised to revise
the handout of Discussion Skills
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Composition In recent years, it is common to
find that many teenagers start dating others at
very young age (for example, 13). Some lovers
spend much time on their relationship instead of
studying. Some people therefore argue that young
people should wait falling in love until they are
over 18. Write a letter (at least 400 words) to
Young Post of SCMP expressing your views on the
issue.
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Extended Project

• Design a questionnaire on the above topic, What
  do you consider as the good qualities of a
  boyfriend / girlfriend?.
• Interview at least 40 students. Analyse your
  findings and write a report.