De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
What information do you get about Ada’s: (use key words)
childhood
parents
adult life
work
Ada Gordon, 1815
The woman most often known as ‘Ada Lovelace’ was born Ada Gordon in 1815, sole child of the brief and tempestuous marriage of the erratic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, and his mathematics-loving wife Annabella Milbanke.
Fearing that Ada would inherit her father’s volatile ‘poetic’ temperament, her mother raised her under a strict regimen of science, logic, and mathematics. Ada herself from childhood had a fascination with machines– designing fanciful boats and steam flying machines, and poring over the diagrams of the new inventions of the Industrial Revolution that filled the scientific magazines of the time.
Ada Lovelace, 1838
At the age of 19 she was married to an aristocrat, William King; when King was made Earl of Lovelace in 1838 his wife became Lady Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. She is generally called Ada Lovelace, which is a little incorrect but saves confusion! She had three children.
In 1833, Lovelace’s mentor, the scientist and polymath Mary Sommerville, introduced her to Charles Babbage, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics who had already attained considerable celebrity for his visionary and perpetually unfinished plans for gigantic clockwork calculating machines. Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace both had somewhat unconventional personalities and became close and lifelong friends. Babbage described her as “that Enchantress who has thrown her magical spell around the most abstract of Sciences and has grasped it with a force which few masculine intellects could have exerted over it,” or an another occasion, as “The Enchantress of Numbers”.
The Analytical Engine
Lovelace was deeply intrigued by Babbage’s plans for a tremendously complicated device he called the Analytical Engine, which was to combine the array of adding gears of his earlier Difference Engine with an elaborate punch card operating system. It was never built, but the design had all the essential elements of a modern computer.
In 1842 Lovelace translated a short article describing the Analytical Engine by the italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea, for publication in England. Babbage asked her to expand the article, “as she understood the machine so well”. The final article is over three times the length of the original and contains several early ‘computer programs,’ as well as strikingly prescient observations on the potential uses of the machine, including the manipulation of symbols and creation of music. Although Babbage and his assistants had sketched out programs for his engine before, Lovelace’s are the most elaborate and complete, and the first to be published; so she is often referred to as “the first computer programmer”. Babbage himself “spoke highly of her mathematical powers, and of her peculiar capability — higher he said that of any one he knew, to prepare the descriptions connected with his calculating machine.”
Ada Lovelace died of cancer at 36, a few short years after the publication of “Sketch of the Analytical Engine, with Notes from the Translator”.
The Analytical Engine remained a vision, until Lovelace’s notes became one of the critical documents to inspire Alan Turing’s work on the first modern computers in the 1940s.
Her thwarted potential, and her passion and vision for technology, have made her a powerful symbol for modern women in technology.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Tip!
There are many ways to work on your vocabulary in Wozzol.
You can say or copy the words out loud.
Click in Wozzol on the red arrow for the different options.
The most important thing is that you don't do this for too long, because then you don't learn anything anymore.
In two 10-minute sessions you learn more than in half an hour.
Irregular Verbs
Check out the knowledge base below and study the following irregular verbs:
There are a number of negatives structures in English ranging from basic negative sentences to the more complicated neither ... nor and not ... either.
Learn the most common negative structures and do the exercises.
The most common negatives structures are:
Negative Verb Conjugation
Short Negative Answers
Negative Imperative
Never
Double Negatives
'Any' words
'No' words
Negative + Any or 'No' word
Neither... nor
Study the knowledge base about Negative structures:
In pairs, taking turns, form negative sentences. Do this either in writing or orally.
Let your partner or your teacher assess your sentences. Ask your teacher for instructions.
to look up - meaning of avocet – Internet
to go - to work - with Tim
to be – to take notes – Samantha
to have - a test – this week
to cook – pasta – for breakfast
to fun shop- to rain
to extend – phone account
to switch – Internet provider
to watch – gross pictures – the Internet
will – to wait for
Assignment 2: Short negative answers
Study Short Negative Answers.
Form groups of three or four pupils.
In pairs, taking turns. The first person asks a question. The second person forms negative answers.
For example: to read - book
Person 1: Do you like reading a book?
Person 2: No, I don't.
Do this either in writing or orally.
Let your partner or your teacher assess your sentences.
to like – to swim
to want – Fristi
will go – London
want to get – part time job
to keep – surf the Internet
may go – bath room
can come – stay for dinner
wear coat – all summer
keep lunch - fridge
make friends - Facebook
Step 5 - Speaking
Talking about the Internet
Read the questions and decide which 5 you are going to discuss in your group.
What are the sites, apps or games you most commonly access?
Have you ever chatted on the Internet? Whom with?
Would you like to go on a date with someone you met online, for example in a game?
Why (not)?
How do you recognize fake news on the Internet?
Do you think it is good to have a minimum age for some games you can play online?
Do you think that it is important for schools to have Internet access? Why?
Do you think people should put photos of their friends onto the Internet (Facebook/Instagram..)?
Why (not)?
Do you think that it is a good or bad habit for young people to play computer games?
Is there a limit for the number of hours a day?
Why should you be careful about giving out personal information to people that you 'meet' on an online platform?
What do you know about cyberbullying? Do you think online bullying is worse than or not as bad as physical bullying?
Step 6 - Writing
Politely contribute to the thread
You are going to read a text that appeared on the Internet.
Students of English may contribute to a thread of comments.
You are going to contribute to the thread (offline).
Read the text and the comments.
British etiquette – are we too polite?
Thursday, 21 November 2013 – 15:47
Almost everyone who has studied English has been warned about the way Brits love their manners. It is part of our national identity, as much as fish and chips or complaining about the weather. Recently I have been wondering where this comes from and I read online that we say sorry up to eight times a day. Probably the same amount of times that any other person says “hello” or “how are you”. It is almost like to greeting to us! It was only when I was explaining how there are five steps of saying thank you when you buy something from a shop to a Mexican friend of mine that I realised how mad it sounded.
After some research (googling) I have not been able to find any specific reasons why we are the way we are. I suppose for centuries manners and how we eat at the table and talk to other people has been one of the barriers between the lower and upper classes and represents your social status. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative and reserved country. There are many articles suggesting that this seemingly polite attitude of always saying please and thank you is quite false because it is impossible to always feel that you want to thank someone or say please.
Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are incredibly polite and hold back on their feelings or not polite at all, and express their true feelings. Some Brits are fed up of pretending that they are always content and having to please people. Sometimes because we feel we have to be polite we are prevented from saying what we truly think. Some people feel that the hard truth is the best way to be. Do you think it is better to not hurt people’s feelings and be polite or to let people know the truth? In your country what is the custom? How about with bus drivers? Or cashiers? I know in some countries if someone is considered to be doing their job, the clients think that they do not need to be thanked.
Discussion
Does your country have similar social rules to Britain?
Comments
Monisa 2 November, 2014 - 05:57
In my country, people who understand manners are very polite, but those who don't sometimes end up hurting others.
Being polite and speaking softly is, certainly, something which everyone should try to do. But you also need to be clever/ intelligent and, perhaps, a little bit firm in some circumstances. I don't know if you can be very polite to a notorious criminal!
justcricketforme 30 January, 2014 - 13:05
Well, here in Pakistan, there are some who do and some who don't. Mostly people here think the poor aren't humans. They never greet them nor are they polite with them. Being polite here is like being a Martian. If you're very polite here, people might think you're mad or something. I have a friend who is from Britain and everyone, when seeing her manners and being polite, they are like "she's mad"!
Harabeli Supersweet 27 November, 2013 - 13:27
No, it doesn't. People are not too polite here. I try to be polite, but I end up being misunderstood. For example, I was waiting in the queue of a store to buy something. When my turn came, I smiled and said "Hi!" to the seller. She looked at me and yelled "What do you want?". It was strange. Even when I see somebody eating, I say "Enjoy it!" and they look at me like I'm from another planet. I think that these social rules should be part of every culture. To be polite doesn't mean to be fake, nerdy, geeky or stupid, the terms that society use. It means to respect yourself and others.
Lorriee 8 April, 2014 - 14:12
Good to see I am not alone. I do the same things but people are (trying) to be polite with me as well. I think we should pay particular attention to everyone, to make them smile back.
Jelenaa2 26 November, 2013 - 14:18
Great article. Umm, I think that being polite is a part of British culture and tradition so why change it? It's always nice to ask someone questions like 'how are you?' or 'what are you doing?'. There's nothing bad about it. Example: Every time I get off the bus or leave the store I say: 'Thank you. Goodbye.' That's my way of showing how much I appreciate their work.
Write your contribution (either as a reaction to the main text or as a reaction to other contributions) and be very polite (the Dutch are considered rather blunt by most other people).
Exchange your comment with a class mate. Read and discuss your contributions, politely commenting on possible improvements.
Swap back, correct your text and hand it in for grading to your teacher.
Step 7 - Evaluation
Fill in the schedule and answer the questions below.
Activity
Faun
Boring
Easy
Hard
I already know this
New
Listening
Reading
Vocabulary
Grammar
Speaking
Writing
What have you learnt in this period?
Answer the following questions:
What was the easiest part of this lesson?
What did you already know?
What was the most difficult part?
What was new to you in this lesson?
What do you have to ask your teacher?
Step 8 - Extra
Extra: 5 Creepiest Unsolved Internet Mysteries
Have you got time left? Watch this!
You are going to watch a video blog about 5 creepy/weird/unlikely things about the Internet.
Read the questions (you can watch again) and write down the answers in your notebook.
What are these 5 creepy Internet Mysteries?
Which item do you think the most intriguing, and why?
Which item do you think the most probable to exist? Why?
Which item do you think the most improbable to exist? Why?
Do you know any other creepy stuff about or on the Internet? Write down and explain.
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Toelichting
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 6 'Internet'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Computers. Deze les staat in het teken van computers waarbij er ingegaan wordt in het gebruik en functies van computers. Ook komt het plaatsen van commentaar en reactie aan bod. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to send, to set, en to shake. In de grammaticaopdracht worden Negative Verb Conjugation en Short negative answers behandeld.
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, commentaar plaatsen, computers, engels, gebruik en functie, negative verb conjugation, online reageren, short negative answers, stercollectie, tto123
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 6 'Internet'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Computers. Deze les staat in het teken van computers waarbij er ingegaan wordt in het gebruik en functies van computers. Ook komt het plaatsen van commentaar en reactie aan bod. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to send, to set, en to shake. In de grammaticaopdracht worden Negative Verb Conjugation en Short negative answers behandeld.