WHY DOES SOMETHING BECOME

POPULAR?
Reading and Writing
Unit 1
Miss. Rana
OBJECTIVES
 In this Unit we will learn:
 1- New vocabularies
 2- How to write a topic sentence
 3- Grammar  present simple and present continuous
 4- We will write a short paragraph
 5- We will spend 2 weeks on Unit one and we will have a quiz on
Wednesday September the 18th, 2013
LET’S START P. 2
 Why does something become popular?
 What do you see in the picture? What is she doing?
 How often do you use the Internet? What websites
do you visit?
 P.4 ) What is “Social Networking”?

 Social  when people connect to each other.

 Network  system that connects computer users
 Social Network  websites like Facebook, Twitter … etc
 Pair up 

Question My answer My partner’s answer

How much time do you I spend almost 6 hours
spend on the internet everyday on the
each day? internet.
 THE POPULARITY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
VOCABULARY 
 Popular (adj.)  Almost, everybody knows about it
 Clear (adj.)  Clean , or easy to see, hear or understand
 Connected to (phr.)  Joined or linked.
 Contribute (V.)  To give or be part of something with others.
 Express (V.)  To say how you feel or think.
 Find out (V.)  To discover information about something.
 Keep in touch (V.)  To stay connected with somebody.
 Spread (V.)  To effect a large area or group of people
 Trend (N.)  A change to something different
LET’S DO THE EXERCISE ON PAGE 5
 I don’t know what time the concert start. I’ll go online and
___________(Find out).
 Many Americans are buying smaller cars that use less gas. They are part
of a ___________ that started a few years ago.

 Group 1 will do number 3 + 4

 Group 2 will do number 5 + 6
 Group 3 will do number 7 + 8

 We will share the answer together!

 PREVIEW READING 1
 Open your book on page 6.
 Read the title.
 What do you see in the pictures?
 What do you think the article will say about “social networking”?
Check ✔
 We are done with today’s reading lesson.
 Please read the article at home and make sure you write all the answers
on your book.
 Thank you for paying attention ladies 