ДИДАКТИЧЕСКИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ К УЧЕБНИКУ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ «SPOTLIGHT» ДЛЯ 9 КЛАССА

ДИДАКТИЧЕСКИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ К УЧЕБНИКУ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ «SPOTLIGHT» ДЛЯ 9 КЛАССА

Название  «Дидактический материал к учебнику по английскому языку «Spotlight» для 9 класса»

Пояснительная записка к учебнику 9 класса (модуль № 4)

Тема «Technology»

Цели и задачи.

Развитие лексических  и грамматических навыков, расширение кругозора учащихся по  данной теме. Формировать образовательную культуру учащихся.Расширить знания учащихся по теме.

Воспитывать информационную культуру учащихся к стране изучаемого языка .Воспитывать морально-этические нормы поведения.

Развивать языковую догадку. Развивать личностное совершенствование учащихся посредсвом познавательного развития.

Module 4. Technology

4.а

1. Read an article from an on-line magazine “Robot: The latest in Hobby, Science and Consumer Robotics” and fill in the gaps with the words given below.

Robotics Summer Camps! Great venues for robot fun and education by Professor Ken Berry There is a growing number of summer camps _____________around the nation (USA) that _________robotics_____________. These are educational ___________where young________ can learn the basics and get the chance to ____________robots ranging in complexity from entry level kits to more advanced projects that __________early levels of “professional tool chains” used by programmers who have moved beyond BASIC. Robotics summer camps help fill an essential educational ________that continues to exist in many of our schools.

venues

assemble

springing up

embody

gap

teach

on an entry level

hobbyists

2. Look at the jumbled words, make up questions using them.

􀀹does/ the/ how/ reflect/ title/ content/ the?

􀀹is/ it/ to/ why/ difficult/ a/ robot/ invent/ thinking?

􀀹is/ Honda’s/ what/ experience?

3. Project work. Think of a robot of your dream (using the new words).

􀀹what functions it will perform,

􀀹its appearance,

􀀹its character,

􀀹its size, name, etc.

4.b

4. Match the words with their definitions.

1. The machine that lets you put documents and such on paper.	CHATTING
2. The tool you use to type words onto the computer.	SPELLCHECKER
3. The program that checks your spelling.	SCANNER
4. Talking to other users by typing or using headphones.	MOUSEPAD
5. The most popular internet search engine.	SOFTWARE
6. What you use to click things on the screen.	VIRUS
7. What is another word for computer screen.	CURSOR
8. Any physical part of a computer.	PRINTER
9. The object on your screen that lets you point at things.	EMAIL
10. Internetmail.	HARDWARE
11. A machine that lets you put paper documents onto your computer.	KEYBOARD
12. A program that destroys your computer system.	GOOGLE
13. Any program on the computer.	MONITOR
14. The object that your mouse sits on.	MOUSE

5.a. Pair dictation. Work in pairs: student A says the definition, Student B writes the word. Then change over.

b. Make up sentences with three of the words. Let your partner translate them into English.

4.c

6. Complete the statements.

􀀹If you have a virus on your computer, …

􀀹If you cannot connect to the Internet, …

􀀹If you’ve spilt something on the keyboard, …

􀀹If the screen has frozen, …

􀀹If you have deleted a file by mistake,

7. Choose the correct verb form to fill in the gap.

1. Where ………………………….. this time in three days?

a. will you have been

b. will you be being

c. will you be

2. What ……………………………. this time tomorrow?

a. will you have done

b. will you be doing

c. will you do

3. I don't think I ………………………...... my dinner in time for the party.

a. cook

b. have cooked

c. will have cooked

4. Don't call me in the evening because I ………………….... at a live show of Madonna.

a. will be

b. am being

c. will have been

5. Do you think he .........................................English in two years’ time?

a. will study

b. will have studied

c. will be studying

Keys.Module 4. Technology

1. There is a growing number of summer camps springing up around the nation (USA) thatteach robotics on an entry level. These are educational venues where young hobbyists can learn the basics and get the chance to assemble robots ranging in complexity from entry level kits to more advanced projects that embody early levels of “professional tool chains” used by programmers who have moved beyond BASIC. Robotics summer camps help fill an essential educational gap that continues to exist in many of our schools.

2. 􀀹How does the title reflect the content?

􀀹Why is it difficult to invent a thinking robot?

􀀹What is Honda’s experience?

4. 1. PRINTER

2. KEYBOARD

3. SPELLCHECKER

4. CHATTING

5. GOOGLE

6. MOUSE

7. MONITOR

8. HARDWARE

9. CURSOR

10.EMAIL

11.SCANNER

12.VIRUS

13.SOFTWARE

14.MOUSEPAD

7.

1. Where ………………………….. this time in three days?

a. will you have been

b. will you be being

c. will you be

2. What ……………………………. this time tomorrow?

a. will you have done

b. will you be doing

c. will you do

3. I don't think I ………………………...... my dinner in time for the party.

a. cook

b. have cooked

c. will have cooked

4. Don't call me in the evening because I ………………….... at a live show of Madonna.

a. will be

b. am being

c. will have been

5. Do you think he .........................................English in two years’ time?

a. will study

b. will have studied

c. will be studying

4b

1.Match the inventions with the years when they took place.

1)telephone                                                                                        a) 1824

2)  CD                                                                                                  b) 1852

3)  writing for the blind (Braille)                                                        c)  1876

4)  computer mouse                                                                             d) 1963

5)  airship                                                                                            e) 1985\

Match the words with the inventors. (For a harder quiz, cover the names.)

6)  "You can have any colour you want as long as it's black".f) Alexander                                                                                        He was talking about cars.             Graham Bell

g) Archimedes

7)  "Watson, come here. I want you". This was the first tele-h) George  Eastman phone message.i)   Henry Ford

8)  "Eureka! I've found it!" He had found a way to measure thej)   Galileo  weight of something that floats.

9)  "But it does move". He was talking about the Earth going round the Sun.

10) "You press the button, we do the rest". He was talking about a camera.

4f

2.Complete the sentences with the superlative form of adjectives.

1)  The______(fast) computer can perform over 151 billion operations per second!

2)  The Wright brothers made the_______(early) powered flight in 1903.

3)  What is the_____(good) invention you have read about?

4)  Archimedes invented some of the____(effective) war machines.

5)  The____ old mechanical clock (1335) is in Milan, Italy.

6)  Atomic clocks are the_______(accurate).

7)  One of the______(famous) inventors is Thomas Edison.

8)  The_____(long) bicycle is over 22 metres long!

3.Complete the following text with "still", "yet" and "already".

Scientists have___(1) developed computers that can think but they_____(2) haven't

invented a computer that is as complex as the human brain. Lynn Sutherland is a young computer scientist. Her main interest is artificial or computer intelligence, but she has____(3) worked in many areas, including sport. She has been trying to design a program to predict the results of football matches — of course, she hasn't succeeded_____(4).

4e

4.   Match the inventions with the inventors and scientists.

1)MykolaKybalchychа) an original design of the aircraft with

2)  Petro Kapitsa                            rocket engine

3)  Anatoly Oleksandrov   b) rockets and spacecraft, the first

4)  SerhiyKoroliov   automatic interplanet station "Zond"

                                                c)  the theory of super powerful magnetic fields

                                                d)  the  first in the world atomic-powered vessel.

5. Match the inventions with the inventors.

1) Robert Fulton                         a) a telephone

2) Samuel Morse                         b) a sewing machine

3) Alexander Graham Bell           c) a light bulb

4) Isaac Singer                           d) a steamboat

5) George Eastman                      e) Kodak camera

6) Thomas Edison                       f) the Morse code.

6.Draw lines to join the scientists with their work.

1)  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit                                     a) electricity;

2)  Sir Isaac Newton                                                  b) dogs getting ready to eat;

3)  Alessandro Volta                                                  c) the animals on the Galapagos Islands;

4)  Ivan Pavlov                                                          d) heat and cold;

5)  Charles Darwin                                                     e) the Earth going round the Sun;

6)  Nicolas Copernicus                                               f) the law of gravitation.

7.Fill in the blanks with the correct from of the verb in brackets (Passive or Active).

The first locomotive__(1) (design) by English inventor George Stephenson.

He___(2) (lie) metal rails for his engine to run on. On September 15, 1830, the railway between Liverpool and Manchester____(3) (open). Hisson, Robert Stephenson_________(4) (supervise) father's engine.   

8. Look for the hidden words in each group of letters.

1)  AFKCOMPUTER                                4) TKYROCKETNX

2)  TERRADIOKSY                                 5) VESSELYOIWN

3)  ADKTLAMPHEY                               6) BSTELEVISIONY

9. Find twelve kinds of machines and write them down.

Key

1.     lc; 2e (introduced by the Japanese company Sony and the Dutch company Philips); 3a (it was invented by Louis Braille when he was only fifteen); 4d; 5b; 6i; 7f (inventor of the telephone); 8g (a Greek thinker, 287—212 В. С; he made his discovery when he was sitting in the bath); 9j (Galileo was forced by the church in 1632 to say that the Earth did not move round the Sun. As he left the courtroom, he said quietly, "But it does move".); lOh (inventor of the box camera).

2.     1) fastest; 2) earliest; 3) best; 4) most effective; 5) oldest; 6) most accurate; 7) most famous; 8) longest.

3.     1) already; 2) still; 3) already; 4) yet.

4.     1a.2c.3d.4b.

5.     1d.2f.3a.4b.5e.6c.

6.1d.2f.3a.4b.5c.6e.

7.1) was designed; 2) laid; 3) was opened; 4) supervised.

8.1) computer; 2) radio; 3) lamp; 4) rocket; 5) vessel; 6) television.

9.

4b

1. Complete the sentences, using the new words.

1  Acomputer is an electronic machine                 7 Computer users make contacts which...                                     and...

2  There are different types of  computer:                8 HTML is... :

desktop,laptop....          9 A blog is...

3  A computer system consists of...       10 Students use wordprocessingprogrammes

4  The central idea of a computing           11 VLEis...

system is...                                           12 Through its website,

5  The most common current uses                a company...

of computers are...                               13 Computers enable users to...

6  People use the Internet to                    14 Many career choices are... access...

2.Identify the basic parts of a computer (1-8) and refer

them to the words below.

CD

Mouse

Floppy Disk

Floppy Drive

Screen/Monitor

CD-ROM Drive

Tower Case

Keyboard

3.Refer each thing (1-6) to its description (a-f),. _

1   cursor a. The area on the display screen where icons are

2  iconsgrouped is called so because the icons are

3  desktop             designed to represent real objects on a real

4  Windowsdesktop.

5  menusb. A symbol that appears on display screen that the

6  pointing device              user is able to move to select objects and

commands. It usually appears on the screen   as a small white angledarrow or as an I- beam pointer that is shaped like a capital I.

с.With the help of this the user can divide the screen info different areas.               You can move them around the display screen, and change theirshape and size at will.

d. These are small pictures that represent commands, files or windows. By moving a pointer to them andpressing a mouse button, the user can execute a command or change it into a window

eMost graphical user interfaces allow the user to

give commands by selecting a choice from it.

f.A device, such as a mouse or trackball, that allows the user to select objects on the display screen.

4Match the pictures (1-10) with the words.

a menu

amenu bar

a file

a folder

aprogramme

an attachment

an icon

a window

a cursor

a desktop

5.Match the word with their definition

1    is a list of computer operations.                                                                      click

2   is a small picture of symbol.                                                           menu

3   is software for creating text files (e.g., Microsoft Word).                cursor

4   means to press and release the button on the mouse.icon

5  is a little arrow on the screen that moves when you move the mouse. Word processor

KEY

2.

1.CD

8.Mouse

6. Floppy Disk

3.Floppy Drive

5.Screen/Monitor

2.CD-ROM Drive

4.Tower Case

7. Keyboard

3.

1b2d3a4c5e6f

4.

7.a menu

2.amenu bar

10.a file

5.a folder

8.aprogramme

9.an attachment

1.an icon

3.a window

6.a cursor

4.a desktop

5.

4.click

1.menu

5. cursor

2.icon

3.Wordprocessor

4d

1. Match the words with their definitions.

1   data                            a) a secret word you have to type to enter a computer

2  emailprogramme            system

3  home page                 b) the worldwide network of computer networks

4  the Internet                 c) information

5  online                         d) to copy information from the Web to your computer

6  password                    e) software you can use to send email

7  username                   f) a collection of web pages with a title

8 website                       g) the first page of a website

9 download                    h) a name you can use to enter a computer system

       i.            connected to the Internet

2.Complete the text with the words from the box. (input, microphone, data, put in, image, keyboard, device, enter, programme)

Input devices, as the name suggests, are used to___________, or enter data.

One of the most important input devices is the____________. Users can type

in text using the keyboard, or can___keyboard commands. Another

device which can be used to____________data is a scanner. This electronic

____________is used to transfer an image such as text, or pictures, into the

computer. It is possible to scan in any_____________, store it and view it on

the screen. Another way to input data is to use a_________________ (in the

case of audio data, such as speech or music), or when using voice recognition

software to dictate to a word-processing_____________, for example. Digital

cameras and MP3 players are also commonly used to input_____________.

3.Match phrasal verbs with their definitions.

1start up

2  log on

3  log off

4  shut down

5  key (smth) in

6  print out

a)to put information into a computer using a keyboard

b) to do the actions that you have to do when you finish using a computer system

c) to make a paper copy of something on a computer

d) to turn on the computer to start its working

e) to turn off the computer

f)  to do the things that will allow you to start using a computer system, for example by typing in your password

4c

4. Read and match the words (1-7) with their definitions (a-g).

1. Science

2. Technology

3. Engineering

4. An invention

5. A discovery

6. A technological/

scientific/ medical advance

7. High-tech

a) the use of scientific knowledge and discoveries to develop new machines and systems;

b) the activity of designing and building roads, bridges, machines, etc.;

c) knowledge and theories about the world which are based on facts, experiments and research;

d) when something brings progress and makes it possible for people to do the things that they couldn't do before;

e) using the latest technology;

f) a new product, machine, system, etc., which \ someone has thought of for the first time;

g) a fact or thing that someone has found out about, which was not known about before.       

5.Complete the sentences with the words from Ex. 4

1. Medical.....help people to live much longer.

2. The.....of the computer has revolutionized the business world.

3. Many scientists don't consider that .....can give absolutely reliable knowledge.

4. The telescope has allowed astronomers to make .....about the Galaxy.

5. New communication .....have transformed the business world.

6. He must study.....if he wants to be involved in designing new bridges

and machines.

Read, complete  the text with the words from the word bank.

• communicate • the cleaning • the environment • effect • the washing •

• devices • technology • the electricity • skills • technological advances•

• natural resources • change •    

6.How Has Modern Technology Affected Our Lives?

Modern (1).....has had a great (2).....on our lives, both at home and at work.

Labour-saving (3) .....such as washing machines, dishwashers and microwave

ovens have made our life much easier, and mean that less time needs to be spent

doing things like (4).....and (5)......Unfortunately, all the white goods that we buy

need (6)......and we are using up the earth's (7)......Also when we throw away

old fridges, microwaves, etc., it can have a very bad effect on (8)......In the office

computers, email, and photocopiers have revolutionized the way we work. People indifferent parts of the world can (9).....with each other instantly, and business can

be done much more quickly. The business world is constantly changing. The end

result is that workers have to (10).....jobs much more often and learn new (11).....

in order to keep up with all the latest (12)......

(Taken from Longman Essential Activator)

KEY

1.

1.c

2.e

3.g

4.b

5.i

6.a

7.h

8.f

9.d

2.

1-input

2-keyboard

3-enter

4-put in

5-device

6-programme

7-microphone

8-image

9-data

3.

1-f

2-d

3-e

4-b

5-a

6-c

4.

1c

2a

3b

4d

5f

6g

7e

5

1. Science

3. Technology

6. Engineering

2. An invention

4. A discovery

5. High-tech

6

9• communicate

4• the cleaning

8• the environment

2• effect

5• the washing

3• devices

1• technology

6• the electricity

11• skills

12• technological advances

7• natural resources

10 • change

4d

1.Do the computer word search. You may have a competition of who is the fastest in finding and translating the words.

accessfilenotebook

audiofloppyoutput

backupgraphicsport

boardhardwareprinter

byteiconprocessor

cableinputprogram

cardinterfaceprompt

chipinternetslot

codelaptopsoftware

compatiblememorysystem

configuremodemupgrade

diskmonitorweb

drivermouse

4b

2.Skim the following text. Then read it by the sentences and try to fill in the blanks with one of the four words given in the table.

FROM THE HISTORY OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS

In 1977, Apple, the first company in the world to develop personal computers, sold about1,000of them. In 1981, they _____________(1) 200,000. So the computer _____________(2)from a mysterious thing into a household_____________(3).

Computers, as we know them today,_____________(4) first developed during the SecondWorld War. _____________(5) they were used to _______________(6) break the codes used to_____________(7) secret information. After that, they were_____________(8) for doing calculations for the_____________(9) H Bomb tests.In fact, the_____________________(10) they do hasn't changed, what has changed is the_____________(11) they do it. Basically, computers do_____________(12) that's all.

They can calculate many sets of ________________(13) in many different ways and very_____________(14). This is called number-processing. Which _____________(15) and how thecomputer processes them____________(16) on the programme. This is a set of____________(17) specially written for each job the_____________(18) has to do. So, whether the computeris_____________(19) to design a certain equipment or to_____________(20) will depend on its

programme.

4c

3.Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets either in the Past Simple Active or the Past Simple Passive.

Carl Gauss_______________________(recognize) as a mathematical genius when he wasten. One day a professor ______(give) him an arithmetic problem. Carl

______(ask) to add up numbers from 1 to 100 (1+2+3+4, etc.). It

_____(take) him only eight seconds to solve the problem. How could he do

it so quickly? Can you do it quickly?

Carl could do it quickly because he_______(know) that each pair of

numbers 1 plus 100, 2 plus 99, 3 plus 98 and so on till 50 plus 51 — equaled 101. So he simply_______________(multiply) 50 by 101 and_________(come) up with

the answer: 5 050. That's how the problem_______________________(solve).

4. Read the text for information. Then match the events and the years they took place.

The word astronaut comes from the Greek, astron, meaning "star" and nautus, meaning "sailor". Sometimes "star-sailors" are called cosmonauts, cosmos being the Greek "universe".

Try to find out when it was:

1) The first space flighta)1965

2) The first woman in spaceb)1969

3) The first "space walk"c)1961

4) The first man on the Moond)1963

5. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

In 1877 a network of lines______(discover) on the surface of Mars by an

Italian  astronomer,   Giovanni  Schiaparelli. The astronomer_______(call)

these lines "channels" but when the Italian word__________(translate) into English, it became "canals". As a result, some people________(think)

the lines were waterways that________(build) by some unknown creatures.

We know now that the lines are not really canals. Canals___(exist/

not) on Mars.

Key

2.  .lc; 2d; За; 4d; 5b; 6c; 7d; 8b; 9d; l0 d; ll a; 12c; 13b; 14d; 15d; 16c; 17d; 18b; 19c; 20b.

3.was recognized; gave; was asked; took; knew; multiplied; came; was solved.

4.lc; 2d; 3a; 4b.

5. was discovered; called; was translated; thought; were built; do not exist.