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Unit 8

UNIT 8
THE EVOLUTION OF TELEVISION

When was
the first
Smart TV
launched?

Who
invented the
first TV?

Why do you
like watching
TV?

What can you learn from

watching television?

Is having a television a
necessity?
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TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR BEGINNER LEVEL
BY THE END OF
THE LESSON,
STUDENTS CAN:

STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES

VALUES

i. Find relevant information in a text.

ii. Compare and contrast between information in a text.
iii. Give reasons to support answers.

Reading Strategy: Skim and Scan

LOTS: Remembering
Understanding
HOTS:Analysing
Applying
st
21 Century Learning
i-THINK

Gratitude

LEARNING/
TEACHING AIDS

Picture
Worksheet

SITUATION

Educational

TEXT FORMAT
TEXT TYPE

Mixed
Description

COGNITIVE
PROCESS

Scan and locate

Integrate and generate inferences
*refer to HEBAT Bacaan Bahasa Inggeris Reading Strategies
**refer to 21st Century Learning: Cooperative Learning Structures
***refer to Guide to Using HOTS in a Reading Classroom

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ACTIVITIES

STEP 1
a. Students discuss the evolution of televison and
compare and contrast the two TVs in PICTURE 1.
b. Students complete the Double Bubble Map*** in
WORKSHEET 1.

STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES

LOTS:
Remembering
Understanding
HOTS:
Analysing

c. Students present and justify their answers.

i-THINK:
Double Bubble Map
STEP 2
a. Students read a passage entitled How The Television
Has Evolved (TEXT 1).

Reading Strategy:
Skim and Scan

b. In groups, students complete the Circle Map*** in

WORKSHEET 2.

HOTS:
Analysing

c. Students discuss answers in a Round Table** activity.

i-THINK:
Circle Map
21st Century
Learning:
Round Table

STEP 3
a. Students read TEXT 1 again.
b. In groups, students complete the Flow Chart*** in
WORKSHEET 3.
c. Students discuss the answers.

HOTS:
Applying
i-THINK:
Flow Chart
21st Century
Learning:
Collaboration

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PICTURE 1

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WORKSHEET 1

Differences

Similarities

Differences

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TEXT 1

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WORKSHEET 2
Complete the Circle Map below based on Text 1.

Changes in TV
appearance

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WORKSHEET 3
Complete the flow chart below based on TEXT 1 above.

1928

________

________

General Electric made

Octagon

walnut cabinet

RCA

________
1957
____________

Raytheon
Built-in legs, round
screen

1962

________

____________

Sony

1948
____________

2007
_____________
_____________

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TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
BY THE END OF
THE LESSON,
STUDENTS CAN:

i. Identify advantages and disadvantages of a Smart TV

ii. Write short responses about Smart TV
Reading Strategies: KWLH
LOTS: Remembering
Understanding

STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES

HOTS: Analysing
Evaluating
21st Century Learning
i-THINK

VALUES
LEARNING/
TEACHING AIDS
SITUATION
TEXT FORMAT
TEXT TYPE

Self-Reliance
Picture
Worksheet
Educational
Single
Description

COGNITIVE
PROCESS

Scan and locate

Integrate and generate inferences
*refer to HEBAT Bacaan Bahasa Inggeris Reading Strategies
**refer to 21st Century Learning: Cooperative Learning Structures
***refer to Guide to Using HOTS in a Reading Classroom

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ACTIVITIES

SKILLS/
APPROACHES

STEP 1
a. Display a picture of a Smart TV (PICTURE 1)
and students discuss the features of a Smart TV.

Reading Strategy:
KWLH

b. Students fill in a KWLH* sheet on what they already

know about the topic and what they want to know
(WORKSHEET 1).
c. Students complete the Circle Map*** in
WORKSHEET 2.
d. Discuss answers with the class.

LOTS:
Remembering
Understanding

i-THINK:
Circle Map

`STEP 2
a. In pairs, students read TEXT 1 and fill in the What
have you Learned column of KWLH sheet
(WORKSHEET 1).

Reading Strategy:
KWLH

b. Student also fill in the How Would you Learn More

column.

HOTS:
Analysing

c. Students do a Think- Pair- Share** activity to discuss

their KWLH answers with partners.

21st Century Learning:

Think- Pair- Share

STEP 3
a. In groups, students discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of Smart TVs.
b. Students complete
WORKSHEET 3.

the

graphic

organiser

in

HOTS:
Evaluating
21st Century Learning:
Collaboration

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PICTURE 1

SMART TV

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WORKSHEET 1

KWLH CHART
Know

Want to know

Have Learned

How are you

going to learn
better/more?

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WORKSHEET 2

Features of
a
Smart TV?

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TEXT 1

SMART TVs TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET

More and more television manufacturers are producing Smart TVs. Although they differ in some
ways most of them use the same technology. Smart TVs can be connected to the internet using a
setup box, a cable or wireless adapter. As more and more broadcasting companies are showing
videos on demand, Smart TVs are an investment for the future.
Some decades ago watching a conventional television was a completely different experience. If you
were lucky you had a handful of channels you could watch. Depending on your rooftop antenna and
the signal you got, reception was sometimes bad and during storms the signal was lost altogether.
In the 1970s, cable TV gave viewers a choice of several different programmes, not only from the
local area. The arrival of video recorders allowed viewers to record their shows during the night time
or while they were on holidays. Satellite television in the 80s and 90s gave people access to
hundreds of TV channels from around the world. In the last decade Internet television has been
growing rapidly.
Today Smart TV today offers the user a new way of selecting content from the thousands of
entertainment items. Content is often divided into genres, so you when you choose comedy, a Smart
TV can offer not only the shows and movies that are currently being shown on various TV channels
but also display comedy clips on YouTube, Vimeo or other video networks. Smart TV gives its
audience a broader selection of what they want to watch.
Modern TV sets are not only restricted to videos. They allow you to access your Facebook account or
communicate with friends around the world via Skype. Smart TVs can talk or communicate with
other devices, like your mobile phone or desktop computer.
The smart TVs, however, still have a long way to go before they are fully accepted by viewers. For
one, the interface is not user friendly. Slow and disrupted internet connections also pose a problem.
Nobody wants apps that take hours to download or experience a pause in the middle of a thriller.
http://www.english-online.at/technology/smart-tv/smart-tv.htm

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WORKSHEET 3

Complete the following table on the advantages and disadvantages of smart TVs.

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

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TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCED LEVEL

BY THE END OF
THE LESSON,
STUDENTS CAN

i. Identify main ideas in a text by using notation.

ii. Complete a flow chart with information from a text.
ii. Produce a guideline on how to use Smart TVs wisely.

Reading Strategy: PARApoint

Skim and Scan
LOTS: Understanding
STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES

HOTS: Analysing
Applying
Creating
st

21 Century Learning
i-THINK
VALUES

Self- Reliance

LEARNING/
TEACHING AIDS

Worksheet

SITUATION

Educational

TEXT FORMAT
TEXT TYPE

Single
Description

COGNITIVE
PROCESS

Integrate and generate inferences

Reflect on content and form
*refer to HEBAT Bacaan Bahasa Inggeris Reading Strategies
**refer to 21st Century Learning: Cooperative Learning Structures
***refer to Guide to Using HOTS in a Reading Classroom

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ACTIVITIES

SKILLS/
APPROACHES

STEP 1
a. Students read a poem in WORKSHEET 1.
b. Students discuss:
(i) meaning of the poem.
(ii) personal information that should not be shared.
c. Students write their answers in a Circle Map*
(WORKSHEET 1).

STEP 2
a. Students read the passage entitled Not in Front of
The Telly: Warning over 'Listening' TV (TEXT 1).
b. Students read the text while doing PARApoint*
highlighting important points.
c. In groups, students complete the Flow Chart on how
discussing personal information in front of a Smart
TV can be dangerous (WORKSHEET 2).

LOTS:
Understanding

i-THINK:
Circle Map

Reading Strategy:
Skim and Scan
PARApoint
HOTS:
Analysing
i-THINK:
Flow Chart

STEP 3
a. In groups students discuss negative effects of Smart
TVs on teenagers.
b. Students produce a guideline on how teenagers
should use Smart TVs wisely (WORKSHEET 3).

HOTS:
Applying
Creating

c. Students present their guidelines in a Gallery Walk** 21st Century Learning:

as classmates give feedback on Post- It notes.
Gallery Walk
d. Based on comments, students make improvements to
their guidelines.

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WORKSHEET 1

Walls have ears. Doors have eyes.

Trees have voices. Beasts tell lies.
Beware the rain. Beware the snow.
Beware the man You think you know.
-Catherine Fisher-

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TEXT 1

Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV

Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front
of their smart television set.
The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its
voice activation feature.
When the feature is active, such TV sets "listen" to what is said and may share what
they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.
Data sharing
The warning came to light via a story in online
news magazine the Daily Beast which
published an excerpt of a section of Samsung's
privacy policy for its net-connected Smart TV
sets. These records what is said when a button
on a remote control is pressed.
The policy explains that the TV set will be listening to people in the same room to try
to spot when commands or queries are issued via the remote. It goes on to say: "If
your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information
will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party."The third party was
probably the company providing speech-to-text conversion for Samsung.
In response to the widespread sharing of its policy statement, Samsung has issued a
statement to clarify how voice activation works. It emphasised that the voice
recognition feature is activated using the TV's remote control.
It said the privacy policy was an attempt to be transparent with owners in order to
help them make informed choices about whether to use some features on its Smart
TV sets, adding that it took consumer privacy "very seriously".
Samsung said: "If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature,
voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search. At
that time, the voice data is sent to a server, which searches for the requested
content then returns the desired content to the TV."
It added that it did not retain voice data or sell the audio being captured. Smart-TV
owners would always know if voice activation was turned on because a microphone
icon would be visible on the screen, it said.
The third party handling the translation from speech to text is a firm called Nuance,
which specialises in voice recognition, Samsung has confirmed to the BBC.

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Samsung is not the first maker of a smart, net-connected TV to run into problems
with the data the set collects. In late 2013, a UK IT consultant found his LG TV was
gathering information about his viewing habits.
Publicity about the issue led LG to create a software update which ensured data
collection was turned off for those who did not want to share information.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31296188

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WORKSHEET 2
In groups, complete the Flow Chart below using the information in Text 1.

________________________
Voice activation active

__________________________
__________________________

________________________

__________________________
__________________________

__________________________
__________________________

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WORKSHEET 3

The text talks about the dangers of using smart TVs. In groups, discuss how Smart TV can
be used wisely. Then, produce a guideline on how teenagers should use smart TVs wisely.
Present your guideline to the class.

HOW TO USE SMART TV WISELY

1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________
6. __________________________

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ASSESSMENT PROJECT
An International TV manufacturer is organising a TV of the Future competition.The
competition is open to all secondary school students in Malaysia. You and your
friends have decided to take part in the competition.

ACTIVITIES

STRATEGIES/
APPROACHES

STEP 1
a. Recall and reflect on the evolution of television.
b. Explain to students that they are representing the
school in this contest and must create a prototype of
a television of the future.

Action Oriented Task

* Teachers can assign groups and reward the students.

STEP 2
a. Have students consider these factors when creating
their prototype:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)

features
size/weight/length/width
material
cost
design
warranty
the wow factor

b. Students brainstorm, plan and execute the project

within a stipulated time frame. Students may also rely
on their study of science to inform their work.

STEP 3
a. Groups present their prototype. Other groups
are welcome to give their comments and opinions .
b. Students with the best prototype are rewarded.

HOTS:
Applying
Creating

Cross- curricular
element
21st Century
Learning:
Collaboration

HOTS:
Applying

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