Tema(s): Is life better for teens now?
Disciplina: Inglês
Ano: 9º
Aula nº 10
Pergunta-desafio: Would you like to travel through the time to know
young people from the past?
Produtor da aula:Márcia Cristina Neves Reis
Validador: Valeria Cristina de Abreu Vale Caetano
Coordenadora de disciplina: Leila Carvalho Mendes
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ATIVIDADE 1:
Is life better for teens now?
Last class we saw the teen life around the world. Now, we will see the
teen life through the time.
Can you imagine the teen life on generation before yours?
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ATIVIDADE 2: Evolution of Communication
You know that technology advanced a lot, since ours grandparents were
young.
Let’s see a video that shows the evolution of means of communication.
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ATIVIDADE 3a:
You are a century XXI teen. Do you think modern life is better then life in the
past ? Do you think now life is easier than before ?
How about the problems from the modern life? Violence, stress,cyber bullying...
Do you think teens nowadays run more risks than in the past?
Let’s hear two friends talking about this. Listen to the conversation and try to
identify some words you already know. and take note.Click on the picture.
Ouça com atenção a conversa entre dois amigos sobre as facilidades da vida moderna para os adolescentes
e algumas desvantagens dos hábitos atuais. Tente identificar palavras que você já conhece. .
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ATIVIDADE 3b:
Now you will read the dialogue. You can do it with a classmate. One of
you represents Mark and the other one represents Mike. Pay attention to
pronounciation.
Mark: Well, these kind of, these kind of debates or these kind of issues, I feel like there is
no better or worse, it's just different, you know.
Mike: How do you think it's different?
Mark: Well, in obvious ways, like the technology now. Like I can remember the first, my
first microwave and my family's first VCR, and those were, you know, pretty exciting
moments, yeah, absolutely.
Mike: How's about going to the library to have to get research.
Mark: Yeah! That's interesting, but people don't do that much anymore and I don't even
realize that, but yeah the technology is definitely better now, but it's more addictive. I
mean kids don't play outside. They just play video games all day and you know, I wasn't
allowed to stay inside so much when I was a kid.
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ATIVIDADE 4: Grammar time
Comparison of Adjectives
Maybe you think life was as good in the past as it is now, but is
possible your mother think time was better in the past. Or not.
Let’s see how to compare using adjectives in English:
Positive Form
Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of
the following expressions:
as … as
Example: Time now is as good as it was in the past for teen life.
not as … as / not so … as
Example: Time now is not a good as it was in the past for teen life.
Comparative Form and Superlative Form (-er/-est)
one-syllable adjectives (clean, new, cheap)
two-syllable adjectives ending in -y or -er (easy, happy, pretty, dirty,
clever)
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:
Positive form
Comparative form
Superlative form
clean
Cleaner
(the ) cleanest
Exceptions in spelling when adding -er / -est
*silent ‘e’ is dropped.
Example: late-later-latest
*final ‘y’ after a consonant becomes .
Example: easy-easier-easiest
*final consonant after short, stressed vowel is doubled.
Example: hot-hotter-hottest
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Comparative Form and Superlative Form (more/most)
adjectives of three or more syllables (and two-syllable adjectives not ending in y/-er)
Positive form
Comparative form Superlative form
Difficult
More difficult
(the) most difficult
Comparative Form and Superlative Form (irregular comparisons)
Positive form
Comparative form
Superlative form
Little
Less
Least
Old
Older
Oldest
bad
Worse
Worst
Good
Better
Best
More
Most
Much/many
Fonte: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives
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ATIVIDADE 5:
easy
easier
easiest
Do the exercises
clicking on the
picture. You can
check your answers
and compare with a
classmate’s answers.
Faça os exercícios clicando na figura. Confira as respostas ao final.
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ATIVIDADE 6
Comparision of adverbs
The comparision of adverbs is similar to the adjectives one.
Click here and learn more about it.
Click on picture and do the
exercises. Don’t forget to check
your answers!
Após visitar o site com a explicações sobre comparision of adverbs, faça os exercícios e
confira as suas respostas!
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ATIVIDADE 7:
Time for music
Young people always liked to hear songs. Click on the pictures
below and hear a modern and a old popular teen songs. Feel the beat,
compare the lyrics. Do you think the old lyric is apropriate for teens
today?
Compare as letras das músicas. Você acha que a letra de hoje faria sucesso no passado ou
vice-versa? Por quê? Converse sobre isso com seus colegas e professor!
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ATIVIDADE 8:
Vocabulary
Let’ review the vocabulary we learn today?
Cell phone
Violence
Modern life
Teenage
Teen
Fun
Nowadays
Cyber bullying
Try to explain what each word or expression means. Then check your
answers on dictionary.
Explique o que você acha que significa cada uma das palavras e expressões acima.
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That’s all!
We could travel through the time, know the adolescence of other times in
the past... We learned to do comparisions with adverbs and adjectives...
To the next class, think and answer: Do you know how to take care of your
body?
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