1English Panel & Thomas Ngai, ITC

Primary English 6Primary English 6

Unit 20: Taking a photographUnit 20: Taking a photograph(K. Methold & L. Pelham, (K. Methold & L. Pelham, Integrated Primary English 6Integrated Primary English 6, Longman), Longman)

St. Francis of Assisi’s Caritas SchoolSt. Francis of Assisi’s Caritas School

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Main Teaching/Learning Points:Main Teaching/Learning Points:

Functions & uses: Describing simple processes

Language items & examples: Noun clauses with how, e.g. Tell me how I work the camera.

Vocabulary and their usages: thirteen vocabularies, namely eleven, birth, present, sure, focus, correct, explain, clear, turn, check, friend, notice, and take.

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Taking a photographTaking a photograph

Patsy was eleven years old yesterday.

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Taking a photographTaking a photograph

Her uncle gave her a camera for a birthday present.

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She asked her uncle how to use it.

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‘There are two things to remember, Patsy,’ he said. ‘First, you must make sure the focusfocus is correct.’

Correct focus: The picture is clear.

WrongWrong focus: The picture is notnot clear.

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‘Tell me how I do that,’ Patsy said.

‘You look through the lens,’ her uncle explained. ‘Then you move the lens until the picture is clear.’

He showed her how to turn the lens.

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‘The camera checks the light,’ her uncle said. ‘If there isn’t enough light a red light comes on. Press that button until the light goes out.’

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‘I think I understand,’ Patsy said.

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The first photograph Patsy took was of her friends.

Then she asked her uncle to take one of her with her friends.

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Her uncle noticed that something was wrong. ‘Ah yes. I forgot to tell you about the second thing you must remember. You must put a firm in the camera.

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6. What did Patsy forget to do?Patsy forgot to put a film in the camera.