Lesson: How to Save the World from Email

Conversation

Answer the following questions. You might be asked to write them down or answer them out-loud.

1. How many emails do you receive everyday?
2. How many emails do you send everyday? What for?
3. Do you get angry when you receive emails from people/companies you didn't want to? Why?
4. How do you like to communicate with people: emails, messages, phone, etc?
5. Do you think it's boring to write emails to people? Why?
6. What do you do to 'protect' your mail box from junk emails?
7. Do you think emails will be substituted by any other means of communication? If so, which?

Vocabulary

Look at the vocabulary below. Take time to explore the links for their definitions in English and their translations to Portuguese. When you are done, make a sentence with each word. Ask your teacher if you should write them down or say them out loud.

• d | t - copy
• d | t - paste
• d | t - decide
• d | t - respond
• d | t - often
• d | t - destroy
• d | t - productivity
• d | t - better
• d | t - topic
• d | t - tag
• d | t - short
• d | t - send
• d | t - subject
• d | t - even
• d | t - sure
• d | t - weird
• d | t - slash
• d | t - rude
• d | t - punish

Video

Watch the following video but DON'T read the transcript yet.

After watching the video do this listening exercise.

Reading practice

Read the following transcript then do the associated reading comprehension exercise.

Transcript:

--->>> Transcript

Writing practice

Write a couple of paragraphs ---->>>> instructions <<<<-----. Make sure to use words you learned from the text and try to make it as long as you can.