Maker 01 Teacher's Guide Unit 8

Before Reading 1 Analyze the image below and discuss the following questions. READING 1 What kind of text is this? 2 Where can you find this kind of text? 3 Why do people use this kind of text? 4 What are some characteristics of these texts? Charlie Simmons is a 16-year-old student from Pasadena, California, who has over 100 thousand followers on his online channel, where he posts challenge videos, funny skits and videos about his life. Because of school and his video channel, Charlie is very busy. He needs to study, shoot and edit his videos and do sports. How does he do all that? Charlie is in high school, so he wakes up at 6:30 a.m. Then he brushes his teeth and goes to school by bus with his sister. He doesn’t have breakfast at home because he eats a snack when he arrives at school. After school, he does homework, reads magazines or books, shoots and edits videos for his channel and posts his videos every Friday. He practices lacrosse on Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons, has Spanish classes on Mondays and Wednesdays and on Friday evenings he goes to his dad’s house. After all that, he likes to unwind: he takes a shower, watches TV and plays video games before he goes to bed. CHARLIE SIMMONS CHARLIE’S WEEKLY SCHEDULE Suggested answers: Suggested answers: They are short and objective; colors are used to help organization; they show the day and time of the activities. It’s a weekly schedule. Suggested answers: To help them remember what they need to do and get organized with a routine. In a personal diary; in a notebook; on a wall calendar. 106