Wednesday 6th November - Black Mirror

Reviews of Black Mirror:

Read the Following review: Review 2

Using wordreference look up any new vocab and make yourself a vocab list - on studyblue/headmagnet.

Reading Comprehension Questions:

1)      What does the writer mean by ‘side-effects’ in the introduction to the article? (1 mark)

2)      In line 3, why does the writer use the line, ‘your first undetected murder’ (1 mark):

€        An unexpected confession

€        A humourous  introduction

€        A warning to the reader

€        An arrogant boast

3)      From lines 1-12, explain the writer’s change in attitude (3 marks)

4)      How does the writer use humour in lines 13-16? (2 marks)

5)      Based on the information in lines 17-23, tick the two correct answers below: (2 marks)

€        Technology is helping us in ways that 5 years ago would have proved useful

€        Our use of technology shows how ridiculous our behaviour can be

€        Technology is changing practically every aspect of our lives

€        We share more information with people who we don’t know nowadays

€        Due to new inventions, we tend to dance more than in the past

6)      What does the writer mean with the expression: ‘We take miracles for granted on a daily basis’? (line 28) (2 marks)

7)      What would be an appropriate synonym for ‘relish’ (line 29)? (1 mark)

€        Enjoy

€        Despise

€        Mock

€        Purchase

8)      Why was ‘Black Mirror’ chosen as a title for the programme? Use your own words. (2 marks)

9)      Why does the writer use the example of ‘The Twilight Zone’ in this article: (1 mark)

€        ‘Black Mirror’ is a remake of one of the episodes involving a nightmare future scenario

€        Because ‘The Twilight Zone’ explored important issues of the time

€        He tried to imitate the cruelty of the show in his own series

€        Because ‘Black Mirror’ explores the same themes and fears

10)   What point does the writer make about the way modern television programmes are produced: (1 mark)

€        They are original and imaginative

€        They like to make viewers anxious

€        They deal with current problems in the world

€        They are reluctant to try out new ideas

11)   Why does the writer use an example of a chocolate to describe his favourite television shows? (2 marks)

12)   What point does the writer make about our relationship with technology in the final paragraph? (2 marks)

Read the following review:

Look up any vocab that you don´t know and make a studyblue list of all the new vocab.

While you are reading make 2 lists:

1) Ideas I agree with
2)  Ideas I do not agree with

Review 1



Vocab

Revise the vocab from Black Mirror on the following Studyblue list

Black Mirror Vocab

Reporting verbs

Exercise 1

1) ASK PAMELA TO MR GINTOP: “Where are you from?”

2) ASK ROSE TO WALTER : “Where do you live?”

3) ASK MR PROUD TO THE SALES ASSISTANT: “Do you know how much this newspaper costs?”

4) ASK RICK TO YOU:  “Do you know whether the buses are running today?”

5) ASK HANNAH TO YOU: “Why don’t you drink wine?”

6) THREATEN MAUREEN TO MISS DAY: “If you tell anyone my secret I will hurt you badly.”

7) RECOMMEND CLAIRE TO CHARLES: “You need to do more exercise over the next month.”

8) OFFER MR HALL TO MRS GRUESOME: “I’ll help you to move your things tomorrow.”

9) DENY MR HUMBUG: “I did not steal the church funds five weeks ago.”

10) REFUSE MISS DAISYCHAIN: “I will not resign from my job here.”

11) BLAME MR FEAR TO MITCH: “It’s your fault that the door was left open!”

12) ACCUSE MISS APPLE TO MARY: “You were talking!”

13) CONGRATULATE HEADMASTER TO AVA: “You got full marks in this exam! Well done!”

14) REMIND HEATHER TO MR POTT: “Don’t forget to switch the lights off before you leave.”

15) EXPLAIN MR WALL TO US (THE CLASS) “So everyone, this is how the machine works.”

16) ASK (SIMON TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS: “Will you come to my wedding?”)

17) APOLOGISE (YOU TO MR DICKENS: “I´m sorry, I forgot about the meeting.”)

18) SUGGEST (YOUR TEACHER TO YOU: “You should study more books.”)

19) REFUSE (Peter: “I won’t listen to this.”)

20) DENY (The murderer: “I didn´t kill him.”)

21) INVITE CLAIRE TO CARLOS (“Come for dinner tomorrow night.”)

22) INSIST JULIA TO TERESA (“We must go for a run this week.”)

23) ENCOURAGE TOM TO ALEX (“Keep trying and next month, you will start to see an improvement.”)

24) THREATEN AN INTERNET TROLL TO ERIC (“If you don´t start responding to my provocative comments by next week, I will turn nasty.)

25) REMIND PETER TO PAUL (“Don´t forget to book your flights for our holiday next month.”)

Exercise 2

admit     warn     complain     promise     apologise      suggest

11)  "I took the coins from your wallet last night," said my daughter.

22)  "I'll pay you back tomorrow," my friend said.

33)  "Don't pay attention to these silly adverts - they're a waste of time," my mum said.

" 4) Look at the mess the children have made here!" Joe said.

55) "Shall we start to save some money for our next trip?" my father asked my mother.

66) "I'm late again... I'm so sorry," Betty told her boss.

Useful links for revision

Studyblue list

Reported Speech Explanation

Reporting verbs

Black mirror - The entire history of you

1)What does Liam have implanted in his neck? What does it do?

2)Why does Liam replay the work meeting? What is he worried about?

3) What are the disadvantages of the memory grain?

4) Why does one woman at the dinner party not have a grain?

5)How do the people at the dinner party react to this woman having no grain?

Black Mirror Vocab

A good article about the internet

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/09/cyberchondriac-internet-ill-self-diagnose-symptoms

Work to do during Speaking Exams

Hello Year 11AB,

While I am doing the speaking exams, I would like you to prepare for you writing exam which will be next week. You will have a write an article called:

The Wild Wild Web - is the internet safe? (330 words minimum)

I would like to spend the first lesson of next week talking about features of article writing, so your exams will now be in the second lesson of the week.

11A - Writing Exam - Wednesday 16th October

11B - Writing Exam - Thursday 17th October

You need to try to use some of the new vocabulary to express your ideas and arguments that we have discussed in class in the Cyberbullying video and Internet Trolls text - also ideas from teh class debate.

Things to do today:

1) Open and read the attachments which are all examples and advice about how to write articles. I have attached FCE, CAE and Proficiency level articles - look at them all and try to make a list of good things they all have in common.

2) Plan your article

3) Revise the Internet Trolls and Cyberbullying vocabulary on Studyblue

Questions to consider on Cyberbullying video

1)Do you think Jessie Slaughter deserved the reaction she received after posting her first video

Should children be allowed to post provocative videos on the internet?

2)Why do you think about people who RIP troll? What motivates them? Should it be banned?

3)What do think about what happened to Jessica? Could it have been prevented? If so, who´s

responsibility is it?

4)Should social networks take responsibilty from the content of their websites?

Internet Vocab to learn for your Speaking and Writing assessments

Internet Trolls Studyblue List

Cyberbullying Studyblue list

Speaking Exam - Debate

Over the next few lessons we will be preparing for a class debate about Internet Censorship and safety. You will need to prepare some arguments and be prepared to use the vocabulary we have been learning in class. 

The topic of the debate in class will be:

Should the internet be subject to more censorship? Should anonymity on the internet be illegal? 

Web debate on Internet censorship

A second web debate on Internet Censorship