Bilingual Groups English Self-

Study Guide
Tenth Grade #14
Sección Bilingüe - Guía de trabajo autónomo - Decimo - 2 Semestre

El trabajo autónomo es la capacidad de realizar tareas por nosotros mismos, sin

necesidad de que nuestros/as docentes estén presentes.

Nombre del estudiante/ Student’s name:

Centro Educativo/ School Name: Liceo Sinaí Nivel/ Level: Tenth
Educador/a Teacher: Michel Marina Castro Gutiérrez
Asignatura/ Subject: English

Unit 1: Communicating Effectively

Theme 4: Going Digital: Social Media (News Quest)
L.4 distinguish speaker’s point of view from facts that he/she is reporting.

L.5. follow chronological sequence in extended informal speech, e.g. in a story, anecdote or news.

SP.5. communicate stretches of language with reasonable accuracy and can correct mistakes if
they have led to misunderstanding.

1. Me preparo para hacer la guía/ Getting ready to do my self-study guide.

Pautas que debo verificar antes de iniciar mi trabajo./Aspects to verify before I start
working:

Materiales o recursos que voy a necesitar/ Suggested materials:

Materials needed · Notebook, pencil, pen, eraser, highlighters,
etc.
· Self- study for 10th Grade
· Computer & Internet access if possible

Condiciones que debe tener el lugar donde voy a Work in a place where you do your assignments and
trabajar/ Conditions of the place to work homework daily.

Tiempo en que se espera que realice la guía/ This self-study guide will take you 80 minutes to be
Expected time to work this self-study guide completed.
2. Voy a recordar lo aprendido en clase. Recalling what I learned in class.

“Social media is Dear student, the following tasks will help you to reinforce information about
not a media. The yourself and your family related to the scenario Communicating, theme 4: Social
key is to listen, media.
engage, and
build
relationships.”
David Alston,
author

Unit 1: Communicating Effectively

Theme 4: Going Digital: Social Media (News Quest)

PRESENTATION

Comparte tus Answer the following questions orally.

respuestas con
teacher y 1. Is unconscious manipulation of the consumer any different from regular
compañeros. marketing and advertising?

I think that yes, because most people who work in marketing, it is to cause the
consumer to want that product sometimes altering reality.

Lee la historia y
contesta las
preguntas

2. Does your country have a problem with ‘fake news’? Have you experienced
fake news yourself?

I bought a Burger from McDonald's and it wasn't at all like the commercial, I
almost cried.
3. Do you feel that the society that you live in has become more and more
polarized?

I think yes, nothing is like in those days when nothing was as false as now.

Task 1. Read the story and answer the questions.

The Social Dilemma Documentary

The Social Dilemma is a video documentary that argues that social media
companies are causing significant damage to society. The video is mostly
presented by insiders in the tech industry (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) who
confess to the harmful nature of the technology they helped design.

“If you’re not paying for the product, then you’re the product.”

The film clarifies that social media are not free platforms without a product. By
using the system, the user and his attention become the product that advertisers
aim to control. Although we fear these companies sell our data, social media
companies hoard it to in order to monetize us. The data collected is not only
demographic—every click is measured by algorithms to better understand our
behaviour. The end goal is manipulation, which is described as a “gradual, slight,
imperceptible change in [our] own behaviour and perception.” According to
Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff, this has made tech companies “the richest
companies in the history of humanity.”

The Mental Health Dilemma

Justin Rosenstein, creator of the Facebook Like button, believed his feature would
spread positivity. Such features provide us with social approval, which we tend to
confuse with acceptance and truth. Sadly, the result is only a temporary joy that
leaves us empty and depressed without it.
 A study of 100,000 teenage girls in the U.S. found that hospital admissions for
self-harm have increased by 62% in older teens and 189% in pre-teens (nearly
triple). The same patterns exist for teen suicide. Social media became available
on smartphones in 2009, and these changes began around 2010/2011.

The Democracy Dilemma

“If you want to control the population of your country, there has never been a tool
as effective as Facebook.”

Social media is perhaps too efficient at reaching the most receptive audiences for
ads and campaigns. This allows bad actors such as political and hate groups to
easily gain popularity and influence. Studies from MIT (2018) show that fake news
spreads six times faster than true news. This leads to a polarization of society as
newsfeeds make us more extreme in our views. We also filter out ideas that don’t
align with our worldview. As a society, we lose touch with the shared facts and
reality that bond us.

The documentary uses the Flat Earth movement to show how regular people can
be influenced to adopt incredibly idiotic beliefs. The movement was popularized
by a Youtube algorithm that recommended the video to hundreds of millions of
people.

What do the film’s experts believe will happen in the future to society? Their
earnest answers include civil war and the end of civilization due to our own willful
ignorance.
Relaciona las
palabras del
artículo con su Answer the questions according to the article.
significado.
1. True or False: The article claims that social media companies are selling our
data.

F. is a video documentary that argues that social media companies are causing
significant damage to society.
 2. In your own words, what is the ‘mental health’ dilemma?

I think that social networks are destroying our mentality and that it shows us how
to be perfect and look incredible but that is not the reality, but that many suffer
depression for something that is not real.

3.What can we infer about the author’s view on the cause of teenage health
problems?

I think he's absolutely right.

4. Describe the “democracy dilemma” presented in the article in your own words.

I think he wanted to imply, that social media has alienated and affected us and
that emotionally many are hurt

5. Does the author imply that Flat Earthers are in fact stupid?
En parejas
debaten estos
I really don't think
temas.

6. Which claims in the article do you agree with? Which do you disagree with?

El estudiante A I agree that social media has changed us, and I disagree that some people try
es el hijo silly.
adolescente del
estudiante B.
Elige un rol y
luego lee solo tu
propio rol.
 7. Do you agree with the article’s thoughts on the future of society?

a little yes, I really do not know what to expect from the future of this society.

Después de ver
la película,
responda la
pregunta con un
párrafo. Debe
tener al menos 6
oraciones.

Task 2. Vocabulary: Match the words from the article with their meaning.

insider hoard demographic manipulation imperceptible

receptive polarization extreme align earnest willful

1. Related to statistical characteristics of population

demiographic

2. Collect and hide away valued objects

hoard

3. Impossible to see/ notice

insider

4. Agree with

aling
5. The action of influencing someone cleverly or unfairly

earnest

6. Willing to accept new suggestions / idea

polarization

7. Sincere

willful

8. Divisions into two greatly contrasting groups or set of opinions

extrem

9. Supporting drastic ideas /actions not supported by regular people

receptive

10. A person with inside knowledge of an organization

impercptible
11. International, on purpose (often regardless of negative consequences

manapulation

Task 3. Directions: In pairs debate these topics.

Student A: You believe that overall social media is good for society. Spend a few
minutes thinking of ideas to support your position. When finished, start the debate.
Student B: You believe that overall social media is bad for society. Spend a few
minutes thinking of ideas to support your position. Your partner will start the
debate when ready.
Task 4. “The Gift” Role-Play
Directions: Student A is the teenage child of Student B. Pick a role and then read
only your own role.

Student A: You are a teenager. You use social media for several important
functions in your life. Your parent has asked to speak with you because s/he
wants to give you a gift.
Student B: You worry that your teenager is addicted to technology. You have
recently bought a gift that you will believe will greatly benefit his/her life: The Cell-
Phone Jail. This product is a small cell in which you can lock a phone for a set
amount of time. Present your gift to your teen and try to make rules about how
you will use the cell-phone jail.

Task 5.
Directions: Watch the social dilemma movie using this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mqR_e2seeM
After you watch the movie answer the question with a paragraph. It must be at
least 6 sentences long. Use the wish structure at least 3 times.

Are you using social media or is it using you?

If I use it, but always knowing that if I'm a long time, then don't do anything
and just waste time and my mind goes crazy, and sometimes you think
everything you see is true and you even feel bad because you think you
have to change a lot of things in your life but it's just the internet screaming
that you feel bad, as always even though it's a lot of fun to watch memes,
 and yes this is my opinion.

Con el trabajo autónomo voy a aprender a aprender/ With the self-study guide, I’m going to learn how to
learn.

Reviso las acciones realizadas durante la construcción del trabajo. / I check the actions carried out while
completing the self-study guide

Marco una X encima de cada símbolo al responder las siguientes preguntas/ Mark with an X on the icon that
answers the following questions.

¿Leí las indicaciones con detenimiento? Did I read the instructions carefully? yes

¿Subrayé las palabras que no conocía? Did I underline the words that I didn’t understand? no

¿Busqué en el diccionario o consulté con un familiar el significado de las palabras que no no

conocía?
Did I use the dictionary or asked a relative about the meaning of the words that I didn’t understand?

¿Me devolví a leer las indicaciones cuando no comprendí qué hacer? yes
Did I read the instructions again when I didn’t understand what I had to do?

Con el trabajo autónomo voy a aprender a aprender/ With the self-study guide, I’m going to learn how to
learn.

Valoro lo realizado al terminar por completo el trabajo. I self -assess what I did when I finish the study guide.
Marca una X encima de cada símbolo al responder las siguientes preguntas Mark with an X on the icon that
answers the following questions.

¿Leí mi trabajo para saber si es comprensible lo escrito o realizado? yes

I proofread what I did in my self-study guide.

¿Revisé mi trabajo para asegurarme si todo lo solicitado fue realizado? yes

I checked my self-study guide to make sure that everything is complete.

¿Me siento satisfecho con el trabajo que realicé? yes

I feel satisfied with the work I did.

Explico ¿Cuál fue la parte favorita del trabajo? What was the favorite part of this work?
¿Qué puedo mejorar, la próxima vez que realice la guía de trabajo autónomo? What can I improve the next time I
work on the self study guide?

RÚBRICA DE NIVEL DE DESEMPEÑO INGLÉS

 Assessment Strategies Indicators of learning Performance level

1. Not 2. In progress 3. Achieved

achieved
Learner can Learner can
Learner achieve the achieve the
cannot task with some task without
achieve difficulty and any difficulty
the task needs
improvement

Identifies the speaker’s main

point of view from facts that
L.4 distinguish speaker’s point of view he/she is reporting on TV
from facts that he/she is reporting. news reports, interviews,
documentaries, T.V current
affairs, talk shows, and
recorded audio materials.

Identifies the speaker’s point

of view details from facts that
he/she is reporting on TV
news reports, interviews,
documentaries, T.V current
affairs, talk shows, and
recorded audio materials.

Answers yes /no and wh-

questions on facts that he/she
is reporting from TV news
reports, interviews,
documentaries, T.V current
affairs, talk shows, and
recorded audio materials.

L.5. follow chronological sequence in Identifies sequence words in a

extended informal speech, e.g. in a story, story, anecdote, news
anecdote or news messages, story maps,
weather forecasts, interviews
and documentaries.

Recognizes facts in a story,

anecdote, news messages,
story maps, weather forecasts,
interviews and documentaries.

Distinguishes the progression

 of events in a story, anecdote,
news messages, story maps,
weather forecasts, interviews
and documentaries.

Organizes the information that

SP.5. communicate stretches of show cause and effect with
language with reasonable accuracy and reasonable accuracy
can correct mistakes if they have led to supported by illustrations.
misunderstanding.

Makes sentences with the

stretches of language that
show cause and effect with
reasonable accuracy and with
the appropriate linkers or
connecting words supported
by illustrations

Uses stretches of language

that show cause and effect
with reasonable accuracy after
recording the presentation/
speech