Computers

Unit 1: Video and Photograph

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intermediate lesson plan - theatre picture of actors jumping into the air.

1. What was happening in the video clip? How were people tricked?
2. What is happening in the photograph?
3. What is your all time favourite movie? What was it about?
4. Do you think films can be educational? How?

An Idiom

Jump Ship
To jump ship is to leave something before it is finished.

Jack jumped shipped and left for a higher paying job.

Unit 2: Reading Comprehension

I started using a PC or personal computer when I was in High School. Back then, the average memory size of a computer (how much information it could hold) was only 64 Kilobytes, now they're huge! My computer came with a separate keyboard, a mouse and a black and white monitor. This equipment is also more commonly known as a comptuers hardware. In those days, it was quite expensive to buy computer hardware. Not many kids at school were as fortunate as I was to own a computer. The hardware for my computer alone cost me nearly $2000. A software is a program that you use to tell the computer what to do. I had all sorts of software, some are games while others help me do my school work. I did my home work on a word processor, a program that allows you to write and edit your work without using pen and paper. After my homework was complete, I would print it out on my dot matrix printer, and have it ready for the next day.

Vocabulary Practice

Personal computer - also known as a PC; a computer designed to be used by one person at a time.
Memory - an electronic memory device.
Kilobyte - a measure of memory size.
Keyboard - a set of keys used for inputting information into the computer.
Mouse - a device used for moving the cursor around on a computer screen.
Monitor - also known as a screen; a device used to display the users input results.
Hardware - the actual mechanical and electrical components of a computer system.
Software - a program used to operate a computer.
Word processor - a tool allowing the user to write, edit and format documents on a computer.
Printer - a device used for printing the results on a computer screen.