This document contains an agenda and materials for an English class. The agenda lists topics to be covered including idioms, the verb phrase quiz, and a reading from textbook section 8B. The document provides examples and practice for the idiom "to put a spin on" meaning to interpret something favorably. It also previews a video on surveillance in Britain and provides discussion questions for a reading about surveillance. Students will read the text paragraph by paragraph and summarize each one for their partner. The reading discusses increasing surveillance, benefits and drawbacks, and policy suggestions from a civil rights lawyer. Homework is to study for a unit test on Wednesday.

1. Reading 3
IECP
Fall 2013
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
Idiom
VP
13 quiz
RE 8B text

4. Put a spin on it
 to
twist a report or story to one's advantage; to interpret an
event to make it seem favorable or beneficial to oneself or
one's cause

5. Examples
 Robert
was good at putting a positive spin on
weak financial reports. He could make losing
money sound almost good somehow!
 The
politician tried to put a spin on the bad
publicity that she had recently been receiving.
 My
father was upset when I got a C in math class,
but I tried to put a positive spin on it by saying
the a “C” in that class is like an “A” in any other
class because it is so hard!

6. Practice
My
friend got in trouble for driving
too fast. When he got pulled over,
he tried to put a positive spin on his
actions by saying…
Several
fans said that the singer did
not perform enough songs at the
concert. The singer tried to put
positive spin on the accusation by
saying…

7. VP 13 Quiz

8. 8B Vocabulary
Discuss
words as a class
Try each word out with your partner

9. In Paris, for example, there are road cameras nearly everywhere to
help regulate traffic.

10. …some 2,000 cameras on city buses detect and deter crime.

11. In Britain in the 1970’s and ‘80s, cities and towns began installing cameras to
monitor streets and parks…

12. There is little a criminal can say in his defense when the crime he is
accused of committing has been caught on video.

13. Although no human lifeguard saw LeRoy drowning, 12 large machine eyes
deep under the water were watching the whole incident, relaying the images
to a central computer.

14. When the computer detects a problem, it instantly activates an alarm to alert
lifeguards and displays the exact location of the incident on a monitor.

15. Siegel, who doesn’t fully oppose public surveillance, offers a short list
of policy suggestions for ethical surveillance practices.

16. Siegel, who doesn’t fully oppose public surveillance, offers a short list
of policy suggestions for ethical surveillance practices.

17. An individual in each community should assure that the regulations are
enforced.

18. Inside, customers use their remote control video cameras and
monitors to spy on other customers…

19. Pre-reading
Pg.
130 – read + part A

20. Pre-reading Discussion (pairs)
Which
country do you think has the
most surveillance?
What do you think about surveillance?

21. Video
Britain
remains world's surveillance capital

22. Post-Video Discussion
What
did you understand from the
video?
Was
Do
any of the information surprising?
you think general, routine
surveillance (like London has) is more
positive or negative? Why?

23. Reading and Oral Summarizing 8B
Read 1 paragraph silently
• Orally summarize the paragraph with
your partner
• Repeat these steps until you have finished
the text
( 25 minutes)
• Let Nikki know that you are ready for
the discussion questions
•

24. Discussion Questions

1. What is a “panopticon” prison? How does it work? What do you think about this kind of
prison?

2. According to the article, how many times a day is the average visitor caught on video in
London? What do you think about this?

3. What are the benefits associated with surveillance? What are the drawbacks? (according to
the article and your own experience)

4. What is Poseidon? Why is that example included in the text?

5. What does civil rights lawyer Norman Seigel think about the increased use of surveillance in
society? What policy suggestions has he made?

6. What is unique about the Remote Lounge in New York City? What do you think about its
use of surveillance?

25. HW
Unit
8 test (vocabulary, inference, main
idea, detail, pronoun) = Wednesday