"THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
LEVEL: Form 4 (Beginner/ Intermediate)
TIME: 65 minutes
AIMS:
To obtain specific information on a Website, to extract important ideas, to paraphrase sentences, and to be able to use various types of past tense forms in correct ways
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
One computer per group of 2-3 students with an Internet Connection and Web Browser
Websites:
http://www.women-inventors.com
http://www.merriam-webster.com
PREPARATION:
1. Locate sites dedicated to women and inventions.
2. Using the information provided from the website, prepare a worksheet(s).
PROCEDURE:
- Teacher asks the students to name some of the world famous inventors, together with their inventions.
- Teacher then asks the students to list out the names of any women inventors that they know.
- Teacher distributes the worksheet to each of the student. Guided by the names stated in the worksheet, Teacher asks the students to complete question (i) by searching the answers through the Web.
- Teacher discusses the answers with the students.
- Teacher sends the students to http://www.women-inventors.com. Teacher asks students to extract the significant event from each inventor that has led to the inventions. For any difficult words, teacher asks students to visit http://www.merriam-webster.com to attain the meaning of the words.
- In group, Teacher asks students to paraphrase the notes they have gotten and write it neatly in question (ii) in the same worksheet.
- Teacher picks five lucky groups to present their works to the class.
- Teacher discusses the answers with the students and asks the students to add some missing information (if any).
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY
1. Teacher asks the students to choose one simple invention and by using the Internet, :
(i) find the inventors of the invention
(ii) find the history/ significant events that led to the inventions
2. The task is to be written in Composition Book and the students have to state the web address where they obtain the information from.
