UNITTHREE

TheNewKnowitAll
ByWynnQuon
(AnExtractfromaReadersDigestarticle,December2005,pp.13336)

MODULETWO

VIII.PUNCTUATION:
Putfullstopsandcapitalswherenecessary

1. wikipediahasbecometheworldslargestreferenceworkwikipediais
setting a blistering pace with more than a thousand new english
language articles being added each day robert mchenry of
encyclopaediabritannicasaidthatusingwikipediawaslikevisitinga
public restroom wikipedia articles are cited increasingly in
mainstreamnewspapersandmagazines
2. usha gave india its first indigenous sewing machine in 1934 today
usha offers the widest range of sewing machines excellent
production infrastructure and a research & development cell help
usharemaintheleaderrecognitionfromtheworldhascomeinthe
formofexportordersushahasbeenexportingtoover60countries
includingusa,ukandBelgium.

IX.PRONUNCIATION
Vowels

Dividethefollowingwordsintogroupsbasedonthepronunciationofthe
underlinedvowels:
1.founder

2.open

3.point

5.air

6.idea
4.nine
7.allow

8.hone

9.old
10.page

11.side

12.clear
13.how

14.save

15.derive
16.social

17.change

18.year

X.SPEAKING

RolePlay:
Enactthefollowinginyourclassingroups

1. Greet a friend, introduce another friend and ask them about

Wikipedia;afterdiscussionbidthemfarewell.
2. Takeleavefromyourparents,teachers.
3. Bidgoodnighttoyourroommatesinyourhostelbeforesleeping.

XI.WRITING
Expandthefollowingtoformacoherentparagrapheach

1. Wikipedia in 2010number of articlespeople visiting it per day

number writingnumber editingpresent popularityfuture
prospects.
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2. Uses
of
internetcreativityeducationresearchmaking
friendspublicizing viewsmisusespiracyunsavory sites
monitoringinternetuseinchildrenfuturepossibilities
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XII.SKILLSTRAINING
GoalSetting

CaseStudy
ThefoundersofWikipediaset agoal: howdidtheyplan it? Howdidthey
execute it? How do they continue to set goals to remain successful /
popular?
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Whatareyourshortandlongtermgoals?Whatshouldyoudotoachieve
them?Howwillyouchangeyourinitialgoalincaseyouwantto?
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