Who

Lead-in

  • Who were/are the 5 most important people in your life?
  • What makes each mentioned person important?

Presentation

Pre

  • In general, what makes a person important?

Top Down

  • What is the main point of the text? Read it and find out.
  1. Memorable people from different working fields.
  2. People who took part in historical events.
  1. Places that have the greatest amount of memorable people.
  2. Memorable people and what they have in common.
  1. Memorable people from different working fields.
  2. People who took part in historical events.
  1. Places that have the greatest amount of memorable people.
  2. Memorable people and what they have in common.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769 – 1821): MILITARY AND POLITICAL LEADER – FRANCE
It’s debatable whether Napoleon is a hero or villain but regardless of your opinion on one of the world’s greatest military leaders of all time; he is certainly someone who has changed the world!

Why is Napoleon important in world history? Napoleon invaded, and lost, much of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars and oversaw a number of changes in society and in the law. In post-revolution France, his code set the first firm laws for property, families and individual rights. He made many innovations in warfare and also created the metric system.

BRUCE LEE (1940 – 1973): ACTOR, MARTIAL ARTIST AND PHILOSOPHER – HONG KONG
Wondering how Bruce Lee changed the world? Bruce Lee is one of the most mesmerising cultural icons of this century, who has inspired many people around the world not just with his acting and incredible martial arts moves, but also his philosophical thoughts. He studied drama and Asian and Western philosophy at the University of Washington and taught his own approach to Wing Chun. He also helped change the way that Asians were being presented in American films at the time.

ANNA PAVLOVA (1881 – 1931): BALLET DANCER – RUSSIA
Named as the greatest dancer of all time, Anna Pavlova was born in St Petersburg in Russia. After seeing a performance of The Sleeping Beauty on her ninth birthday, she was determined to dance on stage. As a result, she became a prima ballerina (the chief female ballet dancer in the company). She toured all over the world, ran her own ballet school and was the pioneer in creating the modern pointe shoe (where a hard piece of leather is added to the ballet shoe soles to provide better support).

Anna Pavlova is an excellent example of following her passions and living a life where you share your innate talents with the world.

J.K. ROWLING (1965 – PRESENT): WRITER – UNITED KINGDOM
J.K. Rowling has given us books which changed the world. If you have not heard of Harry Potter, you have done a very good job of hiding yourself from it all! The story of a young boy discovering that he is a wizard, to then go on and have fantastical adventures with his two friends Ron and Hermione, has captured the world’s hearts. Children now dream of flying around on their own Nimbus 2000, scoping out the nooks and crannies of their school under an invisibility cloak and having the power to take on the not-so-good in this world!

TONY FERNANDES (1964 – PRESENT): FOUNDER OF AIR ASIA – MALAYSIA
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Tony Fernandes is the businessman behind Malaysia’s highly successful low-cost airline, Air Asia. Now more than ever, travellers and business people can fly across and around Asia quickly, efficiently and at a reasonable price thanks to Tony.

Air Asia used to be a failing government business, but Tony Fernandes managed to turn it all around, for it to become one of the top airlines in the world. In 2014, Forbes estimated Tony to be worth $650 million.

CHAIRIL ANWAR (1922 – 1949): POET – INDONESIA
Chairil is an Indonesian poet who changed his country’s literary scene through his rebellious opinions and art. His poems were censored by the Japanese, who occupied Indonesia at the time.

Chairil changed the world by standing up for what he believed in and aiding the development of the Indonesian language. His most famous poem is called “Aku” (“Me”).

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Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: Seven people are mentioned in the text. False

  1. Most people think of Napoleon as a villain.
  2. According to the text, Wing Chun was a friend of Bruce Lee.
  3. J.K. Rowling changed the world because she was the first one to write books about magic for children.
  4. The majority of the people mentioned in the text are artists.
  5. Chairil helped promote the development of the Indonesian language.
  1. Most people think of Napoleon as a villain. False
  2. According to the text, Wing Chun was a friend of Bruce Lee. False
  3. J.K. Rowling changed the world because she was the first one to write books about magic for children. False
  4. The majority of the people mentioned in the text are artists. True
  5. Chairil helped promote the development of the Indonesian language. True

Post

  • Which people mentioned in the text do you know?
  • Which do you like and which don’t? Why?
  • If you could create your own list, what would be the three most important people in world history? Why?

Target Language

Saying Two Things Vary Together

We use the + comparative expression/more or less + subject + verb to say how two things vary together.

  • The older you get, the wiser you become.
  • The older you get, the more experienced you become.
  • The healthier you eat, the longer you live.
  • The more you exercise, the longer you live.
  • The more I study, the less I feel prepared for this exam.

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns are used to refer back to specific words said in a sentence. They can be used to combine the ideas of two sentences into one.

To talk about things, we use the pronoun which:

  • The ceremony made everyone in the audience feel bored. It lasted for hours.
  • The ceremony, which lasted for hours, made everyone in the audience feel bored.

To talk about places, we use the pronoun where:

  • This is the house where we grew up.
  • The site where the festival took place had a capacity of 500.000 people.

Bare in mind that the pronoun that can informally replace who or which in defining clauses.

  • Frodo was the one who carried the ring.
  • Frodo was the one that carried the ring.
  • This is the present which he got me in our first anniversary.
  • This is the present that he got me in our first anniversary.

Controlled Practice

  • Match the sentence halves. There is one example.

  1. It was tedious work and the more I

  2. Her annoyance began to grow, and the more

  3. The harder I worked to dig myself out of the pit of

  4. The more positive one is in his thoughts

  5. The more he kept moving the more he realized he

(1) corrected it and rewrote it, the more mistakes I found.

(   ) the more he is beneficial to himself and the society.

(   ) still felt stiff so the injection’s effect was wearing off.

(   ) she thought on it, the worse it became.

(   ) self-pity, the more I got involved in activities that took me outside of myself.

  1. It was tedious work and the more I

  2. Her annoyance began to grow, and the more

  3. The harder I worked to dig myself out of the pit of

  4. The more positive one is in his thoughts

  5. The more he kept moving the more he realized he

(1) corrected it and rewrote it, the more mistakes I found.

(4) the more he is beneficial to himself and the society.

(5) still felt stiff so the injection’s effect was wearing off.

(2) she thought on it, the worse it became.

(3) self-pity, the more I got involved in activities that took me outside of myself.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your opinion.
    • I think people who… are not nice people.
    • The place where I worked last is…
    • My childhood house, where I… is…
    • My first relationship was with a person who…
    • The more you… the… you get.
    • I have a… which I bought at… and I…
    • One strong opinion of mine is that… because…

Production

  • Look at the pictures, use them as inspiration, and create sentences using comparative expressions. 

Example: The hotter it gets, the more…

Homework

What is the comparative form of the following adjectives?

  1. chewy
  2. clever
  3. deadly
  1. shy
  2. wise
  3. tan
  1. chewier
  2. cleverer
  3. deadlier
  1. shyer
  2. wiser
  3. tanner

Match the words to their meanings. There is one example.

  1. briefer

  2. damper

  3. fancier

  4. gloomier

  5. denser

  6. rawer

(1) Of short duration; happening quickly. (comparative form)

(   ) Closely compacted in substance. (comparative form)

(   ) Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. (comparative form)

(   ) Slightly wet. (comparative form)

(   ) Uncooked. (comparative form)

(   ) Elaborate on structure or decoration. (comparative form)

  1. briefer

  2. damper

  3. fancier

  4. gloomier

  5. denser

  6. rawer

(1) Of short duration; happening quickly. (comparative form)

(5) Closely compacted in substance. (comparative form)

(4) Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. (comparative form)

(2) Slightly wet. (comparative form)

(6) Uncooked. (comparative form)

(3) Elaborate on structure or decoration. (comparative form)

Use the words from the previous exercise to complete the sentences:

Example: The _______ it gets the more it burns. > The damper it gets the more it burns.

  1. I’ve already warned you that we have some business at the end, so the _______ you make it, the more likely we are to get to the business.
  2. The softer it is, the _______ it is. The more firm it is, it’s because it’s more cooked.
  3. The higher the temperature at which this carbonization is conducted, the _______ the resulting product.
  4. The higher up you were in the government, the larger your office and the _______ the carvings were on the door.
  5. The _______ the weather, the better to sleep it is.
  1. I’ve already warned you that we have some business at the end, so the briefer you make it, the more likely we are to get to the business.
  2. The softer it is, the rawer it is. The more firm it is, it’s because it’s more cooked.
  3. The higher the temperature at which this carbonization is conducted, the denser the resulting product.
  4. The higher up you were in the government, the larger your office and the fancier the carvings were on the door.
  5. The gloomier the weather, the better to sleep it is.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: more grimace, they contortion frightful louder The the and laughed. uglier the the > The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they laughed.

  1. stronger Inclination laziness. the the Climate, hotter The the to
  2. more and a car the been designed it damaged has off-roading, cleaner The is. less for
  3. the But always says what better the the the deed. the day, better prebendary is,
  4. the are sorted the sooner out responsibility have We huge on shoulders a and loyalists now, the better. our
  5. lighter colour pressure will the The the resultant acids. the autoclave, lower in fatty the of the be
  1. The hotter the Climate, the stronger the Inclination to laziness.
  2. The more a car has been designed for off-roading, the cleaner and less damaged it is.
  3. But what the prebendary always says is, the better the day, the better the deed.
  4. We have a huge responsibility on our shoulders now, and the sooner the loyalists are sorted out the better.
  5. The lower the pressure in the autoclave, the lighter will be the colour of the resultant fatty acids.

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1. But in this age of uninflected speech louder the click of the type-machine the better the style.
  2. The crazier, funnier, and wilder, the beter. Because, in the end, the readers of our blog will decide who wins the trip!
  3. They also show that the thinner the wire higher its electrical resistance is.
  4. The more complex the problems with which administrators have to deal, the true is our statement about ideophobia likely to be for officials down the line.
  1. But in this age of uninflected speech the louder the click of the type-machine the better the style.
  2. The crazier, funnier, and wilder, the better. Because, in the end, the readers of our blog will decide who wins the trip!
  3. They also show that the thinner the wire the higher its electrical resistance is.
  4. The more complex the problems with which administrators have to deal, the truer is our statement about ideophobia likely to be for officials down the line.

Writing

Compare how you were in your childhood and how you are now and write a paragraph about it. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.

Example: I used to be rebellious but the older I got, the calmer I became and…