Unit 4 Workbook Reading task SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH.

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Unit 4 Workbook Reading task SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH

Read the passage and try to find out the main idea of it. Main idea: The passage tells us what a primary source and a secondary source are and the difference between them.

A primary source needs to have two things: 1 _________________________ 2 ____________________________ _______________ being there on spot witnessing the happening of the event

Primary sources and secondary sources are very important for finding out the truth. The closer a person is to the event they describe in time or geographically, the more likely they are to be accurate. Tips

Read the passage again and determine whether the statements are true or false. 1.When we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source. 2. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source. F T

3. Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources. 4. Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us decide what is a fact and what is an opinion. 5. Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report. T T F

Read the following information. Which are primary sources (P) and which are secondary sources (S)? BookAuthorDate written 1 Life of Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC) Plutarch (Greek) Between 46 AD and 120 AD S

BookAuthorDate written 2 The Gallic Wars (France) (57 BC - 52 BC) Caesar (Roman) In 50s BC 3 Julius Caesar: a play Shakespeare (British) 1599 P S

The primary source is_______________ because_______________________. I think ____________________________ __________________________________ will have more opinion than facts because___________________________ ________________________. The Garlic Wars it was written at the time Plutarch’s Life of Julius Caesar and Shakespeare’s play about Julius Caesar because they were written long after the events happened

Now that you understand how important eyewitnesses are, you can role-play a situation. Imagine that you are the organizer of a local fishing competition. A person tells you he / she has caught a fish the size of a bicycle. Speaking task

It will win him / her first prize at a local fishing competition. But an eyewitness says he / she cheated. He saw the fisherman buying it at a fish shop. Do you believe the eyewitness or the fisherman? Give your reasons. Now work in groups of four and play one of the following roles each.

Explain the exciting story Stick to facts rather than opinions CCTV news presenter

Prepare interview questions for the fisherman and the eyewitness Find out truth through your own analysis Reporter of Local Evening News

Accept the interview with the reporter Account for his behaviour Fisherman

Eyewitness Accept the interview with the reporter Tell him what she saw

NameInformation TV Newswoman This chart is for you to make notes for the questions in the TV interview and news report. has to explain about the fishing competition and how important it is to the winner. history and importance of this competition

NameInformation Reporter needs to prepare questions to ask the fisherman and the eyewitness about how fisherman caught fish about what the eyewitness saw

NameInformation Fisherman a professional fisherman who needs to win a competition to improve his chances of good jobs in the future fish caught in the river early in the day no witnesses very large and rare fish

NameInformation Eyewitness a person who says he saw the fisherman buy the fish in a fish shop may be friend of another fisherman may want to help his friend

Now write the story as a newspaper article. List the facts and the opinions that go with them. Write about each fact and then write about opinions: Did the fisherman cheat or not? To help you, read the chart below and write Yes or No in the correct box. Add your own sentence if you want to. Writing task

FactOpinion The fisherman caught a fish as big as a small car. He was taking part in a fishing competition. An eyewitness said he cheated yes Sample chart

FactOpinion She saw him buying the fish at a fish shop The eyewitness wanted his friend to win the competition. The fisherman should apologize to the judge. yes