The allegory of social media

Thursday, June 10th

The allegory of social media

In the film, social media look like a paradise but in reality they are a prison.

Like the police, social media can track and find you.

Like a drug, social media make you addicted.

Like in a prison, you can’t go out. You are in front of your screen, like a wall.

Like Gina and Matt, social are hypocritical about their real intentions.

 

New Sequence: SOCIAL MEDIA

New Sequence: SOCIAL MEDIA

Friday, May 28th

The new employee

The document is an extract from a movie about social media.

The main character is a new employee in office. It’s her first week so people want to socialize and connect with her on social media.

Her account is private. They can’t see her life on the internet (her friends, her posts, …).

They are desperate.

New Sequence – Social Media

Hi guys,

today, after your test, we started a new lesson about social media.

Here is what you said:

The document is an extract from a movie. Maybe a police drama.

There are 3 characters in an office: 2 women and 1 man. They are talking about a mystery / an enigma.

In reality, the mystery is the woman sitting on the chair. She is a new employee in the company and her colleagues are interviewing her.
They want to know information about her life: her identity, her favorite activities, her hobbies, …

Andrea’s job interview – Recap

Her qualities:

  • She learns fast.
  • She works very hard.
  • She is serious and she has experiences

Her defects:

  • She is not fashionable, skinny or glamorous.
  • She doesn’t like reading fashion magazines.
  • In reality, she wants to be a journalist ; she doesn’t want to be an assistant.

For her job, she must…:

  • classify papers
  • organize an agenda
  • read* fashion magazines
  • proofread* texts

What she could say to impress Miranda:

  • I have already classified papers and organized an agenda

-> I’m very tidy, organized and serious.

  • I have already answered the telephone.

-> I’m polite and friendly.

  • I have already proofread* texts

-> I can speak and read English very well.

  • I have already been* to a fashion show.

-> I love wearing new clothes. I think I’m extremely fashionable.