Class: II A


Pre reading:
1. Work in pairs: what do you think? Read these questions and put a √ on Yes or No in column 1 under “Our answers”.

2.
a) Our answers:
1.Will people still read books in the year 2050?
Yes or No
2. Will books be made of paper in the future?
Yes or No
3. Will computers replace books in the future?
Yes or No
b) The writer’s answers Work in pairs: what do you think? Read these questions and put a √ on Yes or No”.

1) Will people still read books in the year 2050?
Yes or No
2) Will books be made of paper in the future?
Yes or No
3) Will computers replace books in the future?
4) Yes or No


Notes for the teacher: Introducing the topic. Social strategies (cooperating and empathising with others); creating mental linkages.

3. We will now read together the following article. Try to find the writers’ answers to the questions in activity 1.

Notes for the teacher: reading for the gist.
Metacognitive strategies (identify the purpose of a reading task, stimulate directed attention, organizational planning)

The book of the future.
There are a number of reasons why computers won’t replace books entirely. One reason is that books on paper are much cheaper than computers. Books don’t need a power source¹ either. You can read a book for as long as you want and wherever you want. You never have to worry about losing power. Also, many people feel more comfortable reading words in a book than reading words on a computer screen. It’s less tiring to the eyes.
Will books in the future be similar to the books you can buy today? The answer to that question is no. In the future you may only need to buy one book. With this one book, you will be able to read novels, plays, end even today’s newspaper. It will look like today’s book, but it will be electronic².
One of the people working on the book of the future is Professor Joseph Jacobson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U. S. Professor Jacobson’s book will have a small button on the side. When you press the button, words will instantly appear on the page. When you want to read a different story, you can push the button again and a new story will quickly appear. What is the technology behind Professor Jacobson’s book? Two important inventions will make this new kind of book possible: electronic ink and radio paper. Electronic ink – or “e-ink” – is a liquid that can be printed on paper, metal, or anything else. E-ink looks and feels like printed words on paper. Unlike regular ink, however, words in e-ink are not permanent. They can be changed by pushing a button. When you push the button, all of the words on the page go away and new words appear.
The other new development is radio paper. This paper looks and feels like a page in a book. In reality, however, radio paper is made of plastic.
Professor Jacobson calls his book of the future “the last book”. This book, he says, will be the last book you will ever need. .

power source: a battery or something else to provide energy
1. electronic: controlled by a computer
2.
True of false?
Notes for the teacher: reading for details.

True False 1 Electronic books will be similar to the books we have today

Yes
No
2 You will be able to read many different stories in one electronic book
Yes
No
3 You will be able to get the news in an electronic book
Yes
No
4 The words in an electronic book will be permanent
Yes
No
5 Radio paper is made of paper □ □
Yes
No
4. Check the answers with a partner.

Notes for the teacher: Social strategies (cooperating with others).
Yes
No

5. Choose the correct meaning of the following expressions. Try to guess the meaning from the context:

Notes for the teacher: vocabulary work. Cognitive strategies (reasoning deductively, analysing expressions). Compensation strategies (guessing intelligently using linguistic clues).

losing power (2nd paragraph) means:
1. a. running out of energy
b. losing control
c. losing the right to read
press (3rd paragraph) means:

2.
b. iron
c. pull


behind (5th paragraph) means:
3. a. supporting
b. in front of
c. following permanent (5th paragraph) means:

4. a. powerful
b. serious
c. unchanging

6. Work in pairs. What are the advantages and disadvantages of e-books? Write these ideas in the appropriate column of the chart below, then add at least one more advantage and disadvantage:

Notes for the teacher: social strategies (cooperating with others); memory strategies (create mental linkages)

An e-book will need a power source.
It will be easy to use.
Students won’t need to carry a number of books to class.
We won’t need to cut down trees to make the paper.
• It could stop working.
• The words aren’t permanent.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Ex: An e-book will need a power source.

7. Work in pairs. Complete each sentence with a reason from the list on the right:

Notes for the teacher: cognitive strategies (analysing and reasoning)

Sentences about e-books

Electronic paper will be more expensive than regular paper because
You will only need one book in the future because
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it will look and feel like a regular book
You will only need one book in the future because
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you will own just one book
E-ink is more useful than regular ink because
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it will be made of plastic.
People will feel comfortable reading an e-book because
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it isn’t permanent
You won’t need a bookshelf in the future because
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you will be able to change the stories in the book

8. Work in pairs.

Go back to the text, decide which are the key-words and underline them.

Notes for the teacher: social strategies (cooperate with others); cognitive strategies (creating structures for input and output)

9. Now work individually: use the key words to write a brief summary of the text.

Notes for the teacher: cognitive strategies (creating structures for input and output)