1. UNIT 10
COMMUNICATION
OVERALL COURSE OBJECTIVE
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
C O M M U N I C AT E E F F E C T I V E LY
ABOUT THE TOPIC OF KEEPING
IN
T O U C H , T E C H N O L O G Y, N E W E S T
I N N O VAT I O N S A N D P E R S O N A L
C O M M U N I C AT I O N M E A N S I N
GENERAL.

2. TASK: SURVEY AND
RESULTS
Students will design a 5 question survey on any
topic related to communication, technology or
the like. They’ll create their survey on
www.surveymonkey.com and will post the link
on the on-line community. Based on their
classmates’ answers to their survey, students
will write a report about the results recycling
grammar from unit 5 lesson B.
PORTFOLIO ENTRY: Questions and Report.

3. UNIT 10 LESSON A
KEEPING IN TOUCH
Communication: Students will compare their
communication habits and the technology
devices they use.
Language: Students will compare their
communication habits using comparative
adjectives.
Learning Strategies: Students will survey each
other to find out about their communication
habits and preferences.

4. COMMUNICATION GADGETS
AND ONLINE TOOLS
traditional
Cellphones
Internet

5. COMPARATIVES
___ er Harder More
Quicker Less
Easier more interesting
than
Slower more convenient
Nicer Less fun
Bigger
Fatter
Irregular Adjectives:
Good better
Bad worse
Far farther

6. ADJECTIVES
Quicker bad
Easier more expensive
Slower less
Worse better
Busy more interesting
Nicer more convenient
More Personal
More Fun

7. COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES
A: How often do you use …? A: Why’s that?
B: I -------- use it. B: I think it is _____er
more ____ than____
Communication Me Partner 1 Partner 2
Preferences
Email
Internet
messenger
Facebook
messenger
Blackberry
messenger
Text messages
Cellphone
Other
Which?

8. Facebook messaging is quicker than email/ it’s more innovative than email
I use the cellphone everyday
Cellphones are easier than landlines
Cellphones are more common than land lines

9. TASK
Choose one communication device or software that you like.
Create 5 questions about this device or software.
Create 4 choices for each question
Include comparative adjectives in the questions
Include frequency adverbs in the answer choices
Example:
How often do you use the facebook messenger/chat application
a. Once in a while
b. Everyday
C. Never
d. Other ____________
Which application do you think is better
a. Facetime
b. Skype
c. msn messenger
d. Other __________