Connected

Lead-in

  • Where do you get your news from?
  • Do you think that news sometimes tell lies to make a story more popular?
  • Do you think news have to be more entertaining or informative? Why?

Presentation

Pre

  • How has social media made our lives easier? What about harder?

Top Down

  • What is the umbrella organization’s name and what projects are part of it?
  • It’s called Free Basics. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.
  • It’s called Facebook Connectivity. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.
  • It’s called Internet.org. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.
  • It’s called Free Basics. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.
  • It’s called Facebook Connectivity. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.
  • It’s called Internet.org. Terragraph, OpenCellular and the Telecom Infra Project.

Facebook, still on a mission to bring people online, announces Connectivity

The social network’s initiatives to connect people to the internet, including Internet.org and new data analytics tools, are now part of Facebook Connectivity.

If Facebook’s founding mission was to make the world “more open and connected,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed hell-bent on doing it in more ways than one.

“Connected” not only meant letting people post photos or articles, but getting them online — and on Facebook — to see all that stuff in the first place. “I’m focused on this because I believe it is one of the greatest challenges of our generation,” Zuckerberg wrote in a 10-page manifesto in August 2013, almost exactly five years ago. “We believe everyone deserves to be connected.”

Now, a half decade after launching Internet.org, seen by many as the coming-out party for Facebook’s connectivity programs, the company said it’s shaking up its efforts to bring internet access to the 4 billion people who still don’t have it. On Friday, Facebook rounded up all its disparate broadband and infrastructure projects and housed them under a new umbrella organization called Facebook Connectivity.

“There’s no silver bullet for connecting the world,” Yael Maguire, vice president of engineering for Facebook Connectivity, said in an interview Thursday. “There isn’t going to be a magic technology or business plan or single regulatory policy change that’s going to change this. We really believe that it is a wide and diverse set of efforts that’s required to do this.”

The Connectivity group houses projects including Terragraph, which aims to connect high-density urban areas; OpenCellular, an open-source platform working on rural connectivity; and the Telecom Infra Project, a joint initiative with the wireless industry for creating faster networks.

Facebook said the umbrella will also include Internet.org, which drew controversy with its Free Basics product that offered a pared-down version of the internet in emerging markets. While Internet.org has been synonymous with Facebook’s connectivity efforts for the past five years, the new Connectivity brand may signal the company trying to distance itself from the backlashes surrounding Internet.org. Facebook’s new Connectivity website contains only one mention of Internet.org. 

“We believe everyone deserves to be connected.” Mark Zuckerberg

Modified from source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. “Connected” just meant letting people post photos or articles.
  2. Zuckerberg wrote: “I’m focused on this because I believe it is one of the greatest challenges of our generation (…) We believe everyone deserves to be connected.”
  3. The following quote was said by the President of Engineering: “There isn’t going to be a magic technology or business plan or single regulatory policy change that’s going to change this.”
  4. Facebook said the umbrella will also include Internet.org.
  5. Internet.org has been synonymous with Facebook’s connectivity efforts for the past fifteen years.
  1. “Connected” just meant letting people post photos or articles. False
  2. Zuckerberg wrote: “I’m focused on this because I believe it is one of the greatest challenges of our generation (…) We believe everyone deserves to be connected.” True
  3. The following quote was said by the President of Engineering: “There isn’t going to be a magic technology or business plan or single regulatory policy change that’s going to change this.” False
  4. Facebook said the umbrella will also include Internet.org. True
  5. Internet.org has been synonymous with Facebook’s connectivity efforts for the past fifteen years. False

Post

  • What do you think about “Facebook”? Do you have an account? Why or why not?

Target Language

Expressing possession

Personal pronouns

  • I
  • You
  • He
  • She
  • It
  • We
  • You
  • They

Possessive adjectives

  • My
  • Your
  • His
  • Her
  • Its
  • Our
  • Your
  • Their

Possessive pronouns

  • Mine
  • Yours
  • His
  • Hers
  • Its
  • Ours
  • Yours
  • Theirs

Examples

  • Whose cat is this?
    • It’s mine/hers/his/theirs…
  • Whose dogs are these?
    • They’re mine/ours/yours…
  • Your cat is calm, mine is angry!
  • My cat is angry, yours is calm!

Controlled Practice

  • Match the questions to their answers. There is one example.

  1. Whose cat is this?

  2. Whose pens are these?

  3. Whose notebooks are those over there?

  4. Whose ring is this?

  5. Whose kids are these?

(   ) It’s hers. She lost it yesterday and her husband is really mad!

(   ) They are mine! I forgot them here yesterday, sorry!

(1) It’s hers! Mine is black and white.

(   ) They’re mine! I have twins.

(   ) Those are his! I know because they all have the Spider Man on their covers.

  1. Whose cat is this?

  2. Whose pens are these?

  3. Whose notebooks are those over there?

  4. Whose ring is this?

  5. Whose kids are these?

(4) It’s hers. She lost it yesterday and her husband is really mad!

(2) They are mine! I forgot them here yesterday, sorry!

(1) It’s hers! Mine is black and white.

(5) They’re mine! I have twins.

(3) Those are his! I know because they all have the Spider Man on their covers.

Freer Practice

  • Use the target language and complete the sentences according to your own ideas.
  1. Her pencil is red and …
  2. My computer is faster than… because…
  3. I love my house but theirs is…
  4. His car is…
  5. Her hair is great but…

Production

  • Find in your house the following items and use them and the target language to make comparisons and create sentences. 

Example: Pen > My pen is red, yours is green.

    • A toothbrush
    •  A salt or pepper shaker 
    • Sneakers
    • Keys
    • A wallet
    • A dictionary
    • A clock

Homework

Choose the best option for each sentence.

Example: Her / Hers shirt is stained. > Her shirt is stained.

  1. That credit card is my / mine.
  2. I guess this camera is theirs / their.
  3. This umbrella is mine. Your / yours is over there.
  4. Whose / Whose’s lighter is this?
  5. These scissors are not hers, they’re his / he.
  1. That credit card is mine.
  2. I guess this camera is theirs.
  3. This umbrella is mine. Yours is over there.
  4. Whose lighter is this?
  5. These scissors are not hers, they’re his.

Complete the blank spaces using the given words

Example: I want ____ eraser. > I want my eraser.

HIS – HER – THEIR – YOURS – MY – THEIRS

  1. She was looking for ____ wallet!
  2. I think I saw ____ dog walking down the street. He told me it ran away a few hours ago.
  3. Is this ____ house? They just got in.
  4. I guess these are ____.
  5. The black one is mine, ____ is orange. You also have a green one, remember?
  1. She was looking for her wallet!
  2. I think I saw his dog walking down the street. He told me it ran away a few hours ago.
  3. Is this their house? They just got in.
  4. I guess these are theirs.
  5. The black one is mine, yours is orange. You also have a green one, remember?

Change the sentences according to the words in parentheses.

Example: This pencil is mine. (She) > This pencil is hers.

  1. My plant is dying. (They)
  2. That water bottle is his. (I)
  3. This phone is not yours! (She)
  4. Our day is ruined! (You)
  5. Their birthday party is always good. (We)
  1. Their plant is dying.
  2. That water bottle is mine. 
  3. This phone is not hers! 
  4. Your day is ruined! 
  5. Our birthday party is always good. 

Put the words in the correct order

Example: She / lost. /  dog. / her > She lost her dog.

  1. but / looked / met / away. / I / briefly / hers / My / eyes
  2. our / we / asked / anniversary / board / a / for / game. / For
  3. our / yours / to / brains / Professors, / shape. / are
  4. you? / homework / did / what / my / I / yesterday, / about
  5. clap / together. / how / baby / hands / his / learned / to / My
  1. My eyes met hers briefly but I looked away.
  2. For our anniversary we asked for a board game.
  3. Professors, our brains are yours to shape.
  4. I did my homework yesterday, what about you?
  5. My baby learned how to clap his hands together.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: Hers favorite color is orange. > Her favorite color is orange.

  1. It’s mine right to be heard.
  2. I don’t think this is her.
  3. I saw he walking hers dog yesterday.
  4. Her told me her laptop is broken.
  5. Hes favorite singer is Justin Bieber.
  1. It’s my right to be heard.
  2. I don’t think this is hers.
  3. I saw him walking her dog yesterday.
  4. She told me her laptop is broken.
  5. His favorite singer is Justin Bieber.

Writing

Write a short text about things you own.

Example: I have to buy a hammer because mine is broken…