« I have to have it » / « Trampled to Death » - QUESTIONS
Text 1
1. Introduce the document.
2. Where and when did the scene take place? Explain.
3. Fill in the grid using the information found in the text.
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Incident? What? / Where and when precisely |
Victim? Job? / name? |
People involved? |
Cause? |
People’s behaviour after the accident |
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4. What image of customers is given? Choose adjectives from the following list and explain your choices.
GREEDY / SENSIBLE / HEARTLESS / FRANTIC / SELFISH / THOUGHTFUL / SUPERFICIAL / INHUMANE / PITILESS / RUTHLESS / MEAN / HELPFUL / INDIFFERENT
Final task: Be ready to make an oral presentation of this text using your notes.
Text 2
1. Introduce the document.
2. Where and when did the scene take place?
3. Fill in the grid using the information found in the text.
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What happened? |
Narrator?
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Other person involved? |
Reasons for buying? |
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4. What image of the narrator and the shop assistant is given? Which adjectives apply to each of them. Choose from the following list and explain your choices.
GREEDY / SENSIBLE / TEMPTING / FRANTIC / SELFISH / THOUGHTFUL / SUPERFICIAL / MEAN / HELPFUL / INDIFFERENT / CLEVER / RUDE / ADDICTED / TEMPTED /
5. Justify the title. What does it suggest about the narrator?
6. What is the tone of the text. Justify.
Final task: Be ready to make an oral presentation of this text using your notes.
Questions texts 1 and 2
1. What is the common point between the two documents?
2. What are the contrasting elements? (Nature of the document / Tone )
3. In what way could the title ‘I have to have it’ apply to the first document?
Written expression (about 200 words) – Choose ONE subject.
1. You have just read the press article (doc 1). You react and post a mail on the newspaper website.
2. Have you ever taken part or witnessed such a frantic sales scene? Write about it.
3. “I shop therefore I am” – In what way could this phrase apply to the narrator in text 2.