A certain person, a certain message
you will tell what gossipgossip is and how it spreads
you will arrange information from the text in a correct order
you will use words that allow expressing certainty to uncertaintyuncertainty about the presented judgements
Do you know the Chinese whispers game? Let's try to pass on two messages in this way:
short simple sentence
compound sentence with defining words
Which version was harder? Why? Is it easy to remember a long sentence and pass it on in the same form?
Read the text of Hans Christian Andersen titled: „Pewna wiadomość” in the lesson “A certain person, a certain message“ on epodreczniki.pl website. Pay attention to how did the information spread.
How was a gossip spread? Arrange the elements in the correct order, according to the development of events. If necessary, refer to the text.
- One hen (or two) plucked out all the feather, not to look like others and to get the attention of the cock. Both died. / Jedna kura (niektórzy mówią, że było ich dwie) wyskubała sobie wszystkie pióra, aby nie wyglądać jak inne i aby zwrócić na siebie uwagę koguta. (...) obie umarły.
- Three hens died of unhappy love for a rooster; they plucked out all of their feathers. / Trzy kury umarły z nieszczęśliwej miłości do koguta; wyskubały sobie wszystkie pióra.
- One hen plucks out itself to look beautiful. / (...) jest tu jedna kwoka, która oskubuje się, aby pięknie wyglądać.
- My feather fell out – said the hen. – The more I get plucked, the more beautiful I am. / Wypadło mi piórko – powiedziała. – Im się więcej skubię, tym jestem ładniejsza.
- There is one hen who plucked out all the feathers to please the cock. It will freeze to death. / Jest tam jedna kwoka, która wyskubała sobie wszystkie pióra, aby się podobać kogutowi, zamarznie na śmierć (...).
- Five hens plucked out all the feathers to show which one of them had the most weight loss from an unhappy love for a rooster, then they jumped on each other, beaten each other to blood and dropped dead. / Pięć kur (...) wyskubało sobie pióra, aby pokazać, która z nich najbardziej schudła z nieszczęśliwej miłości do koguta, potem rzuciły się na siebie, pobiły do krwi i padły martwe (...).
- There is a hen sitting and plucking out all the feathers and so presents to the cock. / Jest tam jedna kura, która (...) siedzi i wyskubuje sobie wszystkie pióra i tak się prezentuje kogutowi.
As you can see, there are various reasons for gossiping – someone can hear or understand something badly, but it can also spread false informationfalse information deliberately to cause distress to another person. It is not worth uncritically believing in everything that we hear, especially if we can not check if it is reliablereliable.
What other word can you substitute for a word 'sure'? Select items from the given ones and write down your suggestions in the notebook.
- likely
- tested
- proven
- possible
- ready
- irrefutable
- supposed
- undeniable
- hypothetical
- undoubted
Let's think together how you can checkcheck if the message we have heard is reliable. Provide several possible ways.
Write a few‑sentence statement in which you justify the truth of the statement: „Who gossips with you will be gossiping about you”.
You know that gossip can hurt someone a lot. What other feelings can it cause to a person who finds out that false information is being spread about him?
How was this lesson? Did you like it? Finish selected sentences.
Keywords
gossip, information, message, Hans Christian Andersen
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