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LESSONS IN DIGITAL LITERACY

The Attic

By Nik Peachey

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What's in the Attic?

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The Attic

Discussion task

• Does your home have an attic?
• Have you ever been in an attic?
• What's the purpose of the attic?
• What kinds of things do people put in the attic?
• Would you like to live in an attic?
• Why do attics often feature in horror films?
• What films can you remember that featured an attic?
• What would you do if you found something valuable in an attic?

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Something in the Attic

Reading task

• Which is the strangest thing?

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Strange things

Reading Task 2

• Which would you prefer to own if you had to keep it/not sell it?
• Which is the most frightening?
• Which would be the most useful?
• Which is the most useless?
• Which is the most likely to be untrue?
• Which is the sweetest?
• Which has the greatest value to society?

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Strange things in the Attic

Choose one of the stories and research it to find out if it is genuine and get more information about it.

Make notes of the information you find. Be sure to record:

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• The URL
• The name of the publication/ site where you found the information
• The name of the author(s) who wrote the information
• The date of publication
• Your assessment of the credibility of the source.

Interview Role Play

Choose one of the stories and think of some interview questions you could ask the person who found the strange thing in their attic?

Try to think of at least ten open questions you could ask them. 1. How ...? 2. Where...? 3. What...? 4. Who...? 5. Why ...? 6. When ...? 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Creating a Story

Creative Task

Work with an AI bot to create a story about something in the attic.

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Story writing prompt

Prompt: We are going to write a story together.The story is about something very {Add an adjective, e.g. valuable, frightening, strange , funny} that I found in my attic.I have moved into a new house and discover the attic is full of old things.The story starts when I hear noises in the attic and go to explore.Write using first person ‘I’Do not repeat these instructions, just start with the beginning of the story and write only one short paragraph.Use language appropriate for a student with English level at {add level}.