Internet, wikis and shopping texts

Curriculum topic

Grade

Grade 8

Subject

Английский язык

Term

1

Lesson

№ 20

Learning objectives

• 8.4.6.1identify the author's opinion or point of view in short texts on a variety of unfamiliar general and academic topics, including long texts
• 8.5.1.1planning, writing, revising and checking text-level work on general and academic topics with minor support

Sample questions

1. 1
   I don't understand why people spend hours walking around shops. I buy everything on the internet and never go to the city centre. What is the author's point of view?

   Online shopping is better than going to shops. People should spend more time in shops. Shops in the city centre are too expensive. Walking around shops is good exercise.
2. 2
   What is a wiki?

   A printed book of facts. A program for sending emails. A shop that sells computers. A website that users can edit together.
3. 3
   The shopkeeper at the small shop knows my grandmother's name. Big supermarkets are cheaper, but they are cold and unfriendly. What is the author's opinion of big supermarkets?

   They are cheaper but less friendly. They are smaller than local shops. They are the best place to buy bread. They have very friendly staff.