Theme № Short information on critical review

Activity 2 – Introducing important terminology
Objective: to learn the main terminology
Time: 15 min
Materials: students’ handout 2
►Procedure:

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  Mix and distribute stripes with the definitions and terms.
  
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  Ask them to watch words with their right definitions.
  

Activity 3 – Reading for detailed information
Objective: to develop reading skills
Time: 30 min
Materials: students handouts 3, 4
►Procedure:

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  Distribute handout 3 with the text each student.
  
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  Ask them first skim the text quickly and look through the words in bold.
  
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  After ask them to look through the unknown ones in the dictionary.
  
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  When they finish ask them to read the text again but this time more slowly.
  
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  As soon as they finish distribute handout 4 and say that they should do true/false task.
  
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  When the class finish check the answers with the whole class.
  

Follow up
Objective : to develop critical thinking skills
Time: 15 min
Materials : none
Procedure:

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  Ask the class in pairs to present of 2 or 3 minutes speech of what they learnt in the text.
  
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  Ask also to present some other real life examples or facts.
  

Home assignment

1. 
   To learn all new words from the read texts
   
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   To write a short summary on the given article named “The impact of Media Violence on Children and Adolescent”
   

Handout 1
Read the text and put the words below into appropriate places according to the content.
Nowadays the mass media have become 1………………and essential necessity with contemporary men. The mass media report about various aspects of life, they form and 2…………………….public opinion. The mass media comprise newspapers, radio, TV and the Internet. In this or that form the mass media come into every home.
The 3……………………was created in 1983. Since that time it has grown beyond its largely academic origin into an increasingly commercial and popular medium. The Internet connects many computer networks. The Internet has connected millions of computers throughout the world.4………………………..are usually issued daily, weekly or at other regular times. They provide news, views, features, and other information of of public interest and often carry advertising. The first English printed news book the “Weekly News” appeared in London in 1621. In 1771 5…………………..gave journalists the right to report its 6………………….Newspapers come out to provide their readers with fresh news. Today people have a chance to have full information about political, economic and cultural events in their own country and abroad.