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Week 2
1. Strange and Unusual:
Telling Fortunes
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Step 1: Listening, Silent Reading, Reading Aloud (10 min)
Listening to audio material while reading silently (5 min)
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Refer to Topic 1: Telling Fortune..\Week 1_Orientation\Telling Fortune reading pg1to3.pptx
- Once I start playing the audio material, you should listen and read the reading material silently at the same time (read with your eyes only).
- Let’s begin (start playing the audio material).
Audio 1 Telling Fortune.m4a
Listening to audio material while reading loudly (5min)
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This time you will listen again while reading the material out loud.-
Let’s begin (start playing the audio material).
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Topic 1: Telling Fortune Reading Material
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“I might find a fortune teller in a market or an amusement park.”
Let’s read question number 2.
What questions do people usually ask fortune-tellers?
“People usually ask fortune tellers about jobs and relationships.”
Let’s read question number 3.
Can fortune-tellers really say what will happen in the future?
“I think fortune tellers cannot really say what will happen in the future.” / “I think fortune tellers can really say what will happen in the future.”
Step 2: Pre-reading Questions Discussions (10 min)
We have 10 minutes to do this activity.
Let’s read question number 1.
Where might you find a fortune teller?
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You may use these sentence patterns to guide you in making your answers:“I might find a fortune teller in a market or an amusement park.”
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5. Ask a question (if there is
any
)
• What do you think about…?
4. Or talk about
your opinion
• I think that
…
3. Talk about your background
knowledge
• This
paragraph reminds me of…
2. Explain what you understand
• This
paragraph states that…
• This
paragraph explains about…
1. Read a paragraph
aloud
Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
Important Steps
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Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
• The first paragraph talks
about three kinds of fortune tellers: the priests who
predicted upcoming events…, the Malay bomohs who use candles…, and the Roma or Gypsies who read Tarot cards…
• It reminds me of my friend and her mother who went to a fortune teller to ask
whether she (my friend) and her boyfriend have a
compatible character.
• I think that fortune telling should not be taken seriously because nobody knows what will happen in the future.
• What do you think about my opinion?
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• The second paragraph talks about one kind of fortune telling which is called divination. It is performed by a diviner who sees the future through contact with spirits or gods.
• It reminds me of the
movie “Ghost” where one of the characters can see and talk to spirits.
• What do you think about diviners? Do you think that they can really
contact spirits or gods to tell them about the
future?
Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
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Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
• The third paragraph explains about another kind of
fortune telling which is only done for entertainment or fun. The customer and the fortune teller do not take the prediction seriously. You can have it in a carnival or a night club.
• It reminds me of another movie that I saw where one couple found a booth with a fortune teller in it and asked their fortune. But the fortune teller said that they only
have 100 days to stay together, but if they stay
together longer both of them will die.
• I think it is really funny. But some people can take it seriously.
• What do you think about it?
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• The fourth paragraph talks about a third kind of fortune telling – a belief in
astrological sign. It is a system of predicting one’s future by studying the position of the stars and
planets. Libra and Taurus are examples of signs in
astrology, and a horoscope is an example of a short
prediction that goes with it.
You can see a horoscope in newspapers or magazines.
• When I was in high school I used to check my horoscope everyday just for fun.
• I think it makes me excited about my day.
• Do you know about horoscope?
Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
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Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
• The fifth paragraph states
that fortune telling is still alive today because people think non-rationally sometimes. It means that we sometimes do not find observable causes for what we experience. For
example, some people
believe in spirits which cannot be seen.
• I remember my Aunt who told me about her dream. She said that she saw her dead
brother and father lying down on her bed. She immediately believed that they were
telling her something. So she went to their tombs to visit and pray for them.
• Do you have any similar experiences?
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Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
• The sixth paragraph states that it is rational to think that the cat knocked the glass over than a spirit knocking the
glass over because the cat is more closely tied to things that we can see. However, if many people witnessed that the glass was knocked over by an angry spirit, that scene will be rational, too.
• I read some stories about people who study about
spirits and try to record their studies to make people
believe that spirits exist, but until now many people do not take these studies seriously.
• What do you think about it?
Do you believe in spirits?
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• The last paragraph states that fortune tellers use observable objects such as cards, sticks, crystal balls or tea leaves to make the process of fortune telling observable. However, it is still non-rational because there is no observable connection between the prediction and the life of the customer, for instance in palm reading a fortune teller can say that the line on the palm of the customer means long life, but again the line on the palm has no relationship with how long he will live.
• In my opinion, fortune telling should not be taken seriously and should remain just for fun.
• What do you think?
Step 3: Interactive Reading (25 min)
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Step 4: Answering of Reading Exercises (10 min)
You have 10 minutes to answer exercises 1 and 2.
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Step 5: Wrap up
Reading Exercise 1 (Reading Comprehension)
• True or False (1.T 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F)
• Multiple Choice (1.d 2.a 3.c 4. b 5. b) Reading Exercise 2 (Summary)
• 1.predicting 2.contact 3.entertaining 4.seriously 5. believe in 6.rationally 7. science 8. observable 9.patterns 10.connection
Possible Answers to the Pre-reading Questions
• 1. I can find fortune tellers in a market.
• 2. People usually ask them about love or jobs.
• 3. I think some fortune tellers can predict the future.
2. Answers to the following:
1. Main Points of the Story
This story is about telling fortune. It talks about three types of telling fortune: divination, telling fortune for fun, and astrology. It also mentions different kinds of people who have their own ways of predicting the future: priests use internal organs of chickens, Malay bomohs use candles, leaves, and a customer’s personal possession, and Roma or Gypsies use tarot cards, crystal balls and people’s palms.
According to this story, telling fortune is still alive today because modern humans are willing to think non-rationally sometimes. Even though fortune tellers connect their predictions to observable objects, there is still no proof of the connection between the observable objects that fortune tellers use to their customer’s future.
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Step 5: Wrap up
3. Homework for Next Class Meeting (Week 3)
1. Reading Aloud Recording Time Log
1.1. Record your voice while reading Topic 1: Telling Fortune
- Write down the minutes you spent reading and the date in the “After Class Reading Time Spent” in the Reading Aloud
Recording Time Log Sheet
1.2. Record your voice while reading Topic 2: Fighting Spam
..\Week 3_Fighting Spam\ppt_Fighting Spam Reading 1to3.pptx
- Write down the minutes you spent reading and the date in the “Before Class Reading Time Spent” in the Reading Aloud
Recording Time Log Sheet
- Upload all your voice recordings in the website provided.
2. Pre-reading Questions
- Read the “Pre-reading Questions” and prepare your answers to get ready for Week 3 class. ..\Week 3_Fighting Spam\Fighting Spam pre reading questions.jpg
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Step 5: Wrap up
3. Pre-reading Worksheet
- Fill out the Pre-reading worksheet with the information from Topic 1 “Telling Fortune”. Write down the title of the story, name of characters, and the summary of the story (Beginning, Middle, and End).
4. Vocabulary Worksheet
- Choose 10 new words that you learned from “Telling Fortune”.
Write down the meaning of the word on the space provided.
Write a sentence for each word. A sentence with at least 8 words is recommended.
5. Post Reading Worksheet
- After your teacher gives some comments or corrections on your Pre-reading worksheet “Telling Fortune”, revise the corrections by writing down the corrected sentences in the Post Reading
worksheet. Then, upload the Post Reading Worksheet in the website provided.