PRÁCTICA 3: ORGANIZACIÓN

Mª ISABEL LEMA BOUZAS

The Bolton Chronicle

Follow-up form

Now that you have brightly finished your second Malted unit, we could say that you are a real expert on them. However, Malted units tend to behave pretty independently, you know, and they like to have their own personality. So, it would be advisable to surf the unit before starting to work with it. This way, you’ll know what you are expected to do, how to get help with grammar and vocabulary, etc.

Once again, I feel obliged to remind you about the instructions for the unit.

Ø This unit is also meant to be used in a linear way, so that you can follow the thread of the story.

Ø When you finish doing each part of the unit, write down:

o Three words or expressions you learnt while doing it.

o Three things (grammar rules, instructions, pieces of information, etc.) that you learnt while doing it.

o Three things you already knew and revised while doing it.

(Remember you have a chart to do it at the end of each part of this handout.)

Ø When you finish each activity don’t forget to write down your score in the chart you’ll find at the end of each part of this handout.

Part 1.The UFO

Reading

1. Read the story again, if necessary, and find words to match the following definitions:

v To move with pressure against something/somebody. _______________

v Mildly, softly. _______________

v An insect, the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise. _______________

v A nocturnal bird of prey with a large head and eyes. _______________

v Enormous, very big. _______________

v An expression used to show that something is unusual. _______________

v A small house with a single storey. _______________

v To perspire. _______________

v A natural stream of water smaller than a river. _______________

v Not bright. _______________

2. Who or what do these words refer to in the text?

v His (line 6) _______________

v That (line 8) _______________

v Which (line 18) _______________

v It (line 21) _______________

v That thing (line 28) _______________

v Them (line 30) _______________

v It (took) (line 31) _______________

When you finish this part, please complete this information.

• Was there any task you had to do more than once? Yes ¨ No ¨

If your answer is ‘Yes’, please complete the following information:

• Tick þ the task/s you had to redo:

Reading 1 ¨

Reading Comprehension ¨

Pronunciation: intonation ¨

Pronunciation: record ¨

• Tick the reason/s why you had to redo it:

I didn’t read the instructions ¨

I didn’t understand the task ¨

I didn’t understand the grammar rules ¨

The recording device didn’t work ¨

The headphones didn’t work properly ¨

The computer froze up ¨

I clicked on the CLEAR button accidentally before finishing and checking the exercise ¨

• Did you enjoy this part of the unit?

Yes, a lot ¨ It was OK ¨ I didn’t like it much ¨ I found it rather boring ¨

• Which activity did you like most?

Reading 1 ¨

Reading Comprehension ¨

Pronunciation: intonation ¨

Pronunciation: record ¨

• Is there any activity you didn’t like at all?

Reading 1 ¨

Reading Comprehension ¨

Pronunciation: intonation ¨

Pronunciation: record ¨

3 words or expressions I learnt while doing this part	3 things (grammar rules, structures, pieces of information, etc.) I learnt while doing this part.	3 things I already knew and revised while doing this part.
1.	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.	3.

Task	My score
Reading Comprehension

Part 2.The Journalist

Reading

1. Complete these sentences using information from the text.

· Brendan Allen was excited because he wanted… …

· Everybody in town thought that the Gallaghers were… …

· Mrs Gallagher accepted to talk with Brendan because… …

· Mr Gallagher doesn’t want to talk to the London journalists because… …

· Mr Gallagher and his son Fred weren’t afraid when they saw the UFO because… …

· The UFO couldn’t have been a meteorite because… …

2. Match the words from the text with their synonyms.

1. Petty	a. Courageous
2. Sensible	b. Surprising
3. Journalist	c. Risks
4. Brave	d. Unimportant
5. Dangers	e. Reasonable
6. Symbol	f. Sign
7. Amazing	g. Reporter

1._____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____

Grammar

1. On a trip to New York, you had the chance of sitting next to a famous actress.

This is your conversation.

You: You are very lucky, _________ .You are a celebrity and you appear on the cover of lots of magazines. (name of actress)

Actress: (1) My life is not exactly what you think it is. (2) I feel like I've lost my freedom, you see, (3) people are always telling me what to say or what to do (4) I cannot be myself.
You: But I think being a celebrity is fabulous, isn’t it?
Actress: Oh yes, of course! It has some good things. (5) I can wear beautiful clothes and (6) when I make a film, I earn a lot of money.
You: And you visit beautiful countries, don't you? And I’ve read that they lend you wonderful pieces of jewellery when you go to festivals or shows.
Actress: Yes, it’s true, but (7) my job is also very tiring. (8) When I go to a festival I spend hours getting ready for it. (9) I have to do my hair, make up and get dressed. (10) I have to smile all the time, even if (11) I am exhausted and suffering from jet lag, or (12) it is freezing cold. (13) When I go back to the hotel, I miss my family and I feel very lonely

Besides, since I am known, (14) a swarm of paparazzi have been following me wherever I go. I am watched day and night. (15) I can’t even take my children out to the park or go to the movies with a friend. To tell you the truth I sometimes wish I weren’t a celebrity.

Now that you have come back home, tell your friends about this chance meeting.

Guess what! When I found my seat on the flight to New York, there was a lovely girl sitting by me. It was ______________________. She’s so nice!! We chatted for a long time.

(name of actress)

I told her she was lucky because she appeared on the cover of lots of magazines, but she said (1)________________________________________________________________

She said she felt (2)______________________________________________________

She also said people (3)___________________________________________________

and that she(4)__________________________________________________________

She said, too, that being a celebrity had a few good things. She said (5)______________

______________________________and that when she(6)________________________

_____________________________________.

She told me (7)_________________________________________________________,

that when (8)____________________________________________________________

She said she (9)__________________________________________________________

and she also(10)___________________________________________________________

even if (11)_________________________________________________________ or

(12)__________________________________________.

She also told me that (13)__________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

She said that a swarm of paparazzi (14)_______________________________________

______________________________________________________________________,

and that she(15)_________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

She admitted that sometimes she would have liked not to be a celebrity.

When you finish this part, please complete this information.

• Was there any task you had to do more than once? Yes ¨ No ¨

If your answer is ‘Yes’, please complete the following information:

• Tick þ the task/s you had to redo:

Reading 2 ¨

Recognise reported speech ¨

Statements in reported speech ¨

Gap filling 1: tense changes ¨

Gap filling 2: other changes ¨

Transformations – statements ¨

• Tick the reason/s why you had to redo it:

I didn’t read the instructions ¨

I didn’t understand the task ¨

I didn’t understand the grammar rules ¨

The recording device didn’t work ¨

The headphones didn’t work properly ¨

The computer froze up ¨

I clicked on the CLEAR button accidentally before finishing and checking the exercise ¨

• Did you enjoy this part of the unit?

Yes, a lot ¨ It was OK ¨ I didn’t like it much ¨ I found it rather boring ¨

• Which activity did you like most?

Reading 2 ¨

Recognise reported speech ¨

Statements in reported speech ¨

Gap filling 1: tense changes ¨

Gap filling 2: other changes ¨

Transformations – statements ¨

• Is there any activity you didn’t like at all?

Reading 2 ¨

Recognise reported speech ¨

Statements in reported speech ¨

Gap filling 1: tense changes ¨

Gap filling 2: other changes ¨

Transformations – statements ¨

3 words or expressions I learnt while doing this part	3 things (grammar rules, structures, pieces of information, etc.) I learnt while doing this part.	3 things I already knew and revised while doing this part.
1.	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.	3.

Task	My score
Gap filling 1 : tense changes
Gap filling 2 : other changes
Transformations – statements

Part three. At the Bolton Chronicle

Reading

1. Read the story again, if necessary, and find the following information:

• Why was the editor-in-chief sorry he had sent Brendan to cover the UFO story?

• What did Mr Gallagher tell Brendan about the UFO?

• What was Brendan’s big news?

• What did the editor-in-chief want these people to do?
• Sam:
• The printer:
• Pamela:
• The sub-editor:
• Brendan:

Vocabulary

1. Newspaper Vocabulary. Complete the crossword.

1 G

O

2 S

S

I

P

S

E

C

T

I

O

N

3 S

4 C

O

O

P

P

A

5 A

G

O

N

Y

C

O

L

U

M

N

R

R

6 P

T

7 I

N

T

E

R

V

I

E

W

U

O

S

B

O

S

8 H

E

A

D

L

I

N

E

9 F

E

I

S

O

10 C

L

A

S

S

I

F

I

E

D

A

D

S

R

T

H

11 E

D

I

T

O

12 R

I

A

L

S

E

C

O

E

13 H

A

R

D

N

E

W

S

A

N

P

S

O

T

14 A

R

T

I

C

L

E

T

15 E

D

I

T

O

R

R

Across:

1-a section devoted to gossip about well-known people

3-a news story that no other reporter has discovered yet

5-a column devoted to personal problems

7-a conversation with a person in order to obtain information

8-the title of an article; it is set in large, bold type

10-advertisements placed by people and businesses to let people know about items for sale and available jobs

11-opinion articles, written by the publisher, editors and columnists of the paper

13-news that deals with serious topics or events

14-a written piece about a topic

15-the person in charge of the contents of the paper

Down:

2-the section that reports on sports

4-a drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption

6-the owner of a newspaper

9-a prediction of the weather

12-a person who researches and writes an article for a newspaper

Grammar

8. Questions: Last week you were chatting with your teacher. You asked him/her the following questions:

Turn them into reported questions.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________________________________________

7. ___________________________________________________________________________

8. ___________________________________________________________________________

9. ___________________________________________________________________________

10. __________________________________________________________________________

11. __________________________________________________________________________

12. __________________________________________________________________________

Now, if you fancy doing so, ask your teacher these questions and / or any other you want to. (Maybe you are lucky and she tells you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!J)

When you finish this part, please complete this information.

• Was there any task you had to do more than once? Yes ¨ No ¨

If your answer is ‘Yes’, please complete the following information:

• Tick þ the task/s you had to redo:

Reading 3 ¨

Vocabulary: Newspapers ¨

Reported questions ¨

Word order ¨

Transformations-questions ¨

Record reported questions ¨

• Tick the reason/s why you had to redo it:

I didn’t read the instructions ¨

I didn’t understand the task ¨

I didn’t understand the grammar rules ¨

The recording device didn’t work ¨

The headphones didn’t work properly ¨

The computer froze up ¨

I clicked on the CLEAR button accidentally before finishing and checking the exercise ¨

• Did you enjoy this part of the unit?

Yes, a lot ¨ It was OK ¨ I didn’t like it much ¨ I found it rather boring ¨

• Which activity did you like most?

Reading 3 ¨

Vocabulary: Newspapers ¨

Reported questions ¨

Word order ¨

Transformations-questions ¨

Record reported questions ¨

• Is there any activity you didn’t like at all?

Reading 3 ¨

Vocabulary: Newspapers ¨

Reported questions ¨

Word order ¨

Transformations-questions ¨

Record reported questions ¨

3 words or expressions I learnt while doing this part	3 things (grammar rules, structures, pieces of information, etc.) I learnt while doing this part.	3 things I already knew and revised while doing this part.
1.	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.	3.

Task	My score
Vocabulary: Newspapers
Word order
Transformations-questions

Part four. The Article

Writing

You are a journalist for the MGB Weekly Magazine and you have been interviewing two people. These are the notes you took down during the interview.

Name: Pasquale Scaturro & Gordon Brown

From : USA (Colorado and California)

What they did: complete a full descent of the Nile River from source to sea

When : Wednesday, April 28, 2004

How long the trip: 114 days

Where started: legendary Springs of Sakala in Ethiopia

Where finished: a spot by the Mediterranean Sea

Distance 3,250 miles

How they travelled: two sixteen-foot inflatable rafts and a kayak

Problems they had: shot by local bandits; crocodile attacks;

exposure to malaria; violent sandstorms.

Achievement: first people ever to accomplish a complete descent of the Nile River.

Write an article for your magazine.

On Wednesday, April… … …

Grammar. Reporting verbs

Reporting verb + that clause	We use it….
Confess that …	…to say that we did st bad such as a crime or cheating on a test
Complain that…	…to say that we don’t like something
Deny that…	…to say that we didn’t do anything bad or a crime
Exclaim that…	…to say something suddenly and vehemently, as in surprise or protest
Explain that…	…to make st plain or clear
Hear that …	…to avoid saying who said something
Say that…	…to express st in words
Suggest that…	…to propose st as a possible action
Think that…	…to express an opinion

Reporting verb + somebody + to infinitive	We use it…
Ask sb to do st	…when we want sb to do st
Advise sb to do st	…to recommend st as desirable or reasonable
Allow sb to do st	…to give permission to do st
Beg sb to do st	…to ask sb to do a favour very strongly
Forbid sb to do st	…when we don’t allow sb to do st
Invite sb to do st	…when we want sb to do st or go somewhere with us
Order sb to do st	…to report orders
Remind sb to do st	…when we want to make a person to remember st
Tell sb to do st	…to say what people have ordered
Warn sb to do st	…to say to sb that st is or may be dangerous

Reporting verb + to infinitive	We use it…
Agree to do st	…to say that we’ll do st that sb else wants us to do
Offer to do st	…when we volunteer to do st
Promise to do st	…to say that we’ll do st for sb else
Refuse to do st	…to say that we will not do st that sb else wants us to do
Threaten to do st	…to say that we’ll do st that sb else doesn’t want us to do such as hit or harm them

Reporting verb + -ing form	We use it…
Accuse sb of doing st	…to say that sb is responsible for st such as a crime
Apologise for doing st	…to offer an excuse for some fault
Deny doing st	…to say that we didn’t do anything bad or a crime
Suggest doing st	…to propose st as a possible action

N sb= somebody // st = something

1. Look at the sentences. Choose a verb to report them. Then, rewrite the sentences in reported speech. (Check out the tables above to see how we use these verbs)

· You should bring an umbrella. (ask / exclaim / advise / suggest)

· Can you buy me an ice cream? Please, please, please! (beg / invite / warn / deny )

· Be careful. (offer / tell / accuse / think)

· Would you mind picking up some groceries? (forbid / say / ask / promise )

· Make sure you keep an eye on your bags. (threaten / accuse / hear / warn )

· There’s no way I’ll do it. (deny / forbid / refuse / agree)

· You can go to the party. (allow / deny / apologise / agree)

· Will you come to my wedding? (warn / suggest / accuse / invite )

· Let’s go out for dinner. (invite / warn / suggest / offer)

· No, I didn’t use your computer. (confess / complain / deny / accuse )

· Don’t forget to buy some milk. (remind / invite / order / beg )

· If I were in your shoes, I would talk to her. (allow / forbid / threaten / advise )

· I’m sorry I’m late. (exclaim / apologise / warn / think)

· Stop shouting or I’ll punish you. (promise / confess / accuse / threaten )

· Yes, I’ll lend you the money. (refuse / agree / offer / suggest )

When you finish this part, please complete this information.

• Was there any task you had to do more than once? Yes ¨ No ¨

If your answer is ‘Yes’, please complete the following information:

• Tick þ the task/s you had to redo:

Reading: Newspaper article ¨

Vocabulary: Find words ¨

Reported commands and suggestions ¨

Complete reported commands ¨

Complete reported suggestions ¨

Writing: reconstruct a dialogue ¨

• Tick the reason/s why you had to redo it:

I didn’t read the instructions ¨

I didn’t understand the task ¨

I didn’t understand the grammar rules ¨

The recording device didn’t work ¨

The headphones didn’t work properly ¨

The computer froze up ¨

I clicked on the CLEAR button accidentally before finishing and checking the exercise ¨

• Did you enjoy this part of the unit?

Yes, a lot ¨ It was OK ¨ I didn’t like it much ¨ I found it rather boring ¨

• Which activity did you like most?

Reading: Newspaper article ¨

Vocabulary: Find words ¨

Reported commands and suggestions ¨

Complete reported commands ¨

Complete reported suggestions ¨

Writing: reconstruct a dialogue ¨

• Is there any activity you didn’t like at all?

Reading: Newspaper article ¨

Vocabulary: Find words ¨

Reported commands and suggestions ¨

Complete reported commands ¨

Complete reported suggestions ¨

Writing: reconstruct a dialogue ¨

3 words or expressions I learnt while doing this part	3 things (grammar rules, structures, pieces of information, etc.) I learnt while doing this part.	3 things I already knew and revised while doing this part.
1.	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.	3.

Task	My score
Vocabulary: Find words
Complete reported commands
Complete reported suggestions

---