Past Modals and The Social Network

I was teaching my advanced group past modals when I realized they would need much more highly controlled practice before I moved on. I used The Social Network to catch their attention because this movie talks to them. Teens here in Brazil are into facebook, and they love this success story, since they are struggling to choose their careers.

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Activity Type --- Controlled practice

Age group --- Older teens

Time --- 15 '

Materials --- Movie scene

Web2.o --- Facebook

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1 - Discuss the following questions in pairs.

What do you think about facebook?

What are the most interesting features?

Why is it such a great success?

What must Mark Elliot Zuckerberg have done to come up with the idea of such a different site?

What could he have done differently to have a better site?

How can they improve the site?

How has this site affected people's lives?

How did he come up with the relationship status idea?

Watch the scene and complete the following sentences.

Mark __________________ invented facebook on his own. His friends were really helpful!

Facebook _____________been such a great success without relationship status.

Eduardo’s parents _______________been happier about his being a CEO at so young age.

Mark and Eduardo _____________been very happy about the great success their site was.

The site _____________ had so many followers in the beginning if Eduardo Hadn't given his contacts.

The founders _______________ come up with the idea for the site if they had gone to a different college.

Answerkey

Mark couldn't have invented facebook on his own. His friends were really helpful!

Facebook wouldn't have been such a great success without relationship status.

Eduardo’s parents couldn't have been happier about his being a CEO at so young age.

Mark and Eduardo must have been very happy about the great success their site was.

The site might not have had so many followers in the beginning if Eduardo Hadn't given his contacts.

The founders might not have come up with the idea for the site if they had gone to a different college.

Digital homework

Students post a picture on the group's facebook account. The other students should write sentences speculating about what could/ might/must have happened before.