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Students will learn:

Key words:paper, hides, parchment, plant fiber, communicationVerbs:to share, to communicateGrammar:present perfectPhonics: long i /i_e/

L5 U6 L2

Level 5 Unit 6 Lesson 2

Which do you think the world could more easily do without. Explain.

Do you think paper or computers are more useful? Why?

Vocabulary

paper: thin sheets of material used for writing and printing.

It took me four hours to organize the papers on my desk.

pulp: soft, wet material; some forms are pressed and crushed into paper.

My juicer does not leave much orange pulp.

plant fibre: pieces from plants that can be used to make pulp for paper or other material.

The cotton fibres from these plants are used to make fabric for clothes.

Dried and pressed hides were used as paper in old times.

hides: the skin from animals, dried for use as clothes or to write on.

A book, handwritten on parchment, often cost the same as a house before the printing press was invented.

parchment: a type of paper made from animal hide.

communication: the act of communicating.

to communicate: to speak, listen, send or receive information.

People now communicate more digitally, through email and text message, than any other way.

to share: to divide something into equal measures; to give information.

I shared the apple with my brothers.

Teacher Notes

How do you most often communicate? Is this your preferred method?

• paper
• communicated
• fiber
• pulp
• share

• share
• communicated
• paper
• plant fiber
• invented

• communication
• hides
• sharing
• transport
• paper

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• communicate
• plant fibre
• invent
• communicated
• sharing

• pulp
• machines
• paper
• hides
• communication

5. Can you the secret?

4. Mr. Cecil collects notes from around the world.

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3. Letters have become an out-dated form of .

2. Huge machines press plant fiber into .

1. Hank does not want to with you.

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Reading

The Printing Press

Early humans communicated and stored information by drawing pictures on cave walls. Some of these can still be seen today. Later, animal hides were dried and pressed to create parchments. During the Tang Dynasty (ca. 700), the Chinese used woodblock printing. Koreans also used moveable metal type to print.

Field Friends

The Printing Press

Information was shared and stored by scribes, who handwrote copies of books, which took weeks and months to finish. A book could cost as much as a house!When only very upper classes, monks and scholars could read, townspeople met regularly in pubs to have a paid reader share the news of the world.

The Printing Press

Inexpensive, quick printing was finally invented in 1436 by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany. Gutenberg's idea, to squeeze inked metal type evenly onto paper, changed how information was shared in the world. Unfortunately, while many books could be quickly printed, few people knew how to read them! Also, there was no plan for transporting the books to people who needed them.

Field Friends

The Printing Press

Gutenberg died a poor man because his books could not reach the world. In the 15th century, the demand for his books was limited to a few scholars. He never saw the development of transportation for his books. After Gutenberg's death, printing took place in Venice, Italy, where books were sold to ship captains who would re-sell them around the world.

Field Friends

The Printing Press

As printed books became more available, people began to learn to read themselves. Even middle class merchants began to keep small libraries of books in their homes. Huge paper mills were needed to produce masses of paper, using plant fibers from many forests of trees. However, digital communication is now changing how we share information.

Timeline

The Printing Press

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Grammar

I've just tried to ring you!

Vern has travelled every day this week.

I've danced since I was four years old.

3. Recent past events that influence the present.

2. Describing life experiences.

Present Perfect Tense

1. An event beginning in the past and continuing now.

In English, always starts from a past moment and continues to present time.

Present Perfect tense

There are 3 ways to use this tense:

I have eaten kangaroo.

Present Perfect Tense

to havepast participle

Present Perfect tense

bought

had

driven

visited

Past Participles

to buy

to visit

to have

seen

to hear

to see

heard

to pass

passed

to drive

to be

check

been

Create the Present Perfect tense

1. I my driving test. (to pass)
2. June a house. (to buy)
3. The Richards in Hong Kong. (to live)
4. Homer and I together for two years. (to be)
5. Lucille her grandmother. (to visit)

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Phonics

Long i - /i_e/

icefivesizechime

1.2.3.4.

Listen and Spell

The pilot has driven the shiny plane like an idol. It glided silently high in the sky like a tiny kite.

Long i - /i_e/

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Free Talk

Are the books you read mainly paper or digital? Which do you prefer and why?

Goodbye!