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Lesson 3
Through the lens
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• matched sentences in two columns
• inserted link words in a reading passage
• inserted sentences in the passage at appropriate places
A We know what a camera is and several of us have used one to take photographs. Talk in pairs and tell each other about a recent event from your own experience when you or someone else was using a camera. What was the occasion? What kind or pictures were taken?
B Match the guideline in Column A with their appropriate reason in Column B. Even if you do not have a camera, you can use your common sense to match the answers. Work in pairs/ groups.
Guidelines for takings better photographs
1 Hold the camera steady and squeeze the shutter button gently.
2 Do not have your fingers or camera case in front of the lens.
3 Have the sun or source of light behind you.
4 Do not take pictures in dim light unless there is a good flashlight.
5 Avoid unwanted background.
6 Do not have people looking straight at the camera.
Reasons
- Otherwise your subject will look dark.
- Because it makes the picture unattractive. e.g.; objects like trees might look like growing out of somebody's head.
- Or your picture will have hazy outlines.
- It makes the photograph dark.
- Because it will block the view.
- As it reflects on the pupil of the eye causing 'red eye' in which the eyes look red instead of black.
C Read the following text on photography. Complete it by inserting the words from the box in the blanks in the text.
these sometimes most but
which in fact these
In an automatic camera, the focus is already adjusted to let in the right amount of light. Light is a very important factor for photography. Professional photographers become experts in deciding what is the right angle and distance to take perfect photographs. (1) - photographs are posed. (2) - sometimes the subject or people are not ready. (3- are called candid photographs.
In the 1830s, an English scientist William Henry Fox Talbot first introduced the light sensitive paper (4) - is used as negatives for taking pictures. (5) - photographs can also be composed. It is now possible to take photographs of moving objects as well. A movie camera actually takes many still pictures every second. (6) -the fastest camera in the world produces 33,000 million pictures every second.
D The writer of the passage forgot to add the following sentences in the passage. Can you identify where they fit into the passage?
a The invention of automatic cameras has turned photography into almost child's play.
b Which means that the subject is made ready for a photograph.
c And they can be very interesting and amusing.
d But in 1826 when Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor took the first photograph, he used a metal photographic plate.
e This is done in magazines where different photographs are put together to produce special effects.
f Photography is gradually developing into a very sophisticated art.
E Photographs capture special moments of life. Think about one or two pictures in your own family and in pairs describe when and where they were taken and what was happening at that moment. (If possible bring the pictures to class). Then write a paragraph of about 100 words about the picture/s.
Focus:
Skills.
Intensive reading, writing.
Functions.
Giving reasons, describing past moments. Grammar/Structure.
Linking words, past continuous, simple past. Vocabulary.
candid, focus, composed, sophisticated.
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Lesson 3
Through the lens
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• matched sentences in two columns
• inserted link words in a reading passage
• inserted sentences in the passage at appropriate places
A We know what a camera is and several of us have used one to take photographs. Talk in pairs and tell each other about a recent event from your own experience when you or someone else was using a camera. What was the occasion? What kind or pictures were taken?
B Match the guideline in Column A with their appropriate reason in Column B. Even if you do not have a camera, you can use your common sense to match the answers. Work in pairs/ groups.
Guidelines for takings better photographs
1 Hold the camera steady and squeeze the shutter button gently.
2 Do not have your fingers or camera case in front of the lens.
3 Have the sun or source of light behind you.
4 Do not take pictures in dim light unless there is a good flashlight.
5 Avoid unwanted background.
6 Do not have people looking straight at the camera.
Reasons
- Otherwise your subject will look dark.
- Because it makes the picture unattractive. e.g.; objects like trees might look like growing out of somebody's head.
- Or your picture will have hazy outlines.
- It makes the photograph dark.
- Because it will block the view.
- As it reflects on the pupil of the eye causing 'red eye' in which the eyes look red instead of black.
C Read the following text on photography. Complete it by inserting the words from the box in the blanks in the text.
these sometimes most but
which in fact these
In an automatic camera, the focus is already adjusted to let in the right amount of light. Light is a very important factor for photography. Professional photographers become experts in deciding what is the right angle and distance to take perfect photographs. (1) - photographs are posed. (2) - sometimes the subject or people are not ready. (3- are called candid photographs.
In the 1830s, an English scientist William Henry Fox Talbot first introduced the light sensitive paper (4) - is used as negatives for taking pictures. (5) - photographs can also be composed. It is now possible to take photographs of moving objects as well. A movie camera actually takes many still pictures every second. (6) -the fastest camera in the world produces 33,000 million pictures every second.
D The writer of the passage forgot to add the following sentences in the passage. Can you identify where they fit into the passage?
a The invention of automatic cameras has turned photography into almost child's play.
b Which means that the subject is made ready for a photograph.
c And they can be very interesting and amusing.
d But in 1826 when Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor took the first photograph, he used a metal photographic plate.
e This is done in magazines where different photographs are put together to produce special effects.
f Photography is gradually developing into a very sophisticated art.
E Photographs capture special moments of life. Think about one or two pictures in your own family and in pairs describe when and where they were taken and what was happening at that moment. (If possible bring the pictures to class). Then write a paragraph of about 100 words about the picture/s.
Focus:
Skills.
Intensive reading, writing.
Functions.
Giving reasons, describing past moments. Grammar/Structure.
Linking words, past continuous, simple past. Vocabulary.
candid, focus, composed, sophisticated.