GRIT Lesson 4
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Term 4 Week 2 GRIT
Pen-pals, pagers and pay phones – How life has changed due to technology
by Ms Lynn Goh
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Poll
Have you ever had a pen-pal?
Yes
No
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What is a pen-pal?
Pen pals are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail. Pen pals are usually strangers whose relationship is based primarily, or even solely, on their exchange of letters
Why aren't pen-pals as common
nowadays?
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Poll
Have you ever used one of these?
Yes
No
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What are pay-phones?
A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone) is typically a coin-operated public telephone.
Why aren't payphones
as common nowadays?
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Open Ended
Do you know what this is? Type your guess here.
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What are pagers?
A pager (also known as a beeper, bleeper or pocket bell) is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages.
Why aren't pagers as common
nowadays?
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Open Ended
Do you know what this is?
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What are music CDs?
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
Why aren't CDs as common
nowadays?
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Open Ended
Do you know what this is?
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What are instant cameras?
An instant camera is a camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture.
Why aren't instant cameras as common
nowadays?
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Open Ended
Do you know what this is?
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What are digital cameras?
A camera which produces digital images that can be stored in a computer and displayed on screen.
Why aren't digital cameras as common
nowadays?
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Read the article titled "Pen-pals, Pagers, and Pay phones" on pg. 20 - 22 of the Horizons magazine.
1. Write down your guess for what the following words in your worksheet mean.
1. Pestered
2. Voracious
3. Avid
4. Devoured
5. Relic
6. Frivolous
7. Appendage
8. Designate
9. Quick succession
10. Gratification
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Open Ended
What does "pestered" mean?
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Pestered means to:
Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.
e.g.:
"She constantly pestered him with telephone calls".
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Open Ended
What does "voracious" mean?
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Voracious means:
engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm.
E.g.
"she's a voracious reader"
"She has a voracious appetite"
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Open Ended
What does "devoured" mean?
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Devoured means to:
eat/ read/ destroy quickly and eagerly.
e.g.
"he devoured half of his burger in one bite"
"the hungry flames devoured the old house"
"she spent her evenings devouring the classics"
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Open Ended
What does "relic" mean?
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Relic means:
an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest.
E.g.
"a museum of railway relics"
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Open Ended
What does "frivolous" mean?
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Frivolous means:
not having any serious purpose or value.
E.g.
"frivolous ribbons and lacy frills"
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Open Ended
What does "appendage" mean?
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Appendage means:
a thing that is added or attached to something larger / a projecting part of a living organism.
E.g.
"they treat Scotland as a mere appendage of England"
"a pair of feathery appendages through which oxygen is absorbed"
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Open Ended
What does "designate" mean?
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Designate means:
appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.
E.g.
"he was designated as prime minister"
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Gratification means:
Attaining pleasure/ satisfaction
E.g.
"Much to my gratification, my work got a special mention in her speech."
"To my immense gratification, he fell into the trap"
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Open Ended
What does "Quick succession"?
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Quick succession means:
Following one another at short intervals.
E.g.
'the area suffered two floods in quick succession'
'Numerous other hit songs were to follow in rapid succession. '
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Open Ended
What does "gratification" mean?
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Give an example of something from the/ your past which is now increasingly rarely seen or used.
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Open Ended
Give an example of something from the past which is now increasingly rarely seen or used.
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Activity 3: Let’s Write!
Write about your experience with something from the past that has become increasingly rarely seen or used.
Do you miss it or are you more glad that it is disappearing from modern day usage? Why?
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Activity 4: Let’s Reflect and Share!
Answer the 2 questions on your worksheet.
i. What is my favourite new word for today?
ii. Do you think science and technology has a more positive or negative impact on our lives? Why?
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Open Ended
What is my favourite new word for today?
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Poll
Do you think science and technology has a more positive or negative impact on our lives?
More positive
More negative
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Pen-pals, pagers and pay phones – How life has changed due to technology
by Ms Lynn Goh
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