First Lesson

Topic: Drink Driving

What is drink driving? Find out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink_driving

or from the following Singapore Police Force Website http://driving-in-singapore.spf.gov.sg/services/Driving_in_Singapore/Information/pressandmsg/drinkdriving.htm

Read the lyrics of the following song, "Untitled" at http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/2144146995/slmple_Plan/Untitled

What situation do you think the lyrics are referring to?

Now watch the MTV, by Simple Plan, of "Untitled" at http://www.simpleplan.com/untitled/index.html What is the situation that is being shown in the MTV? Was it different to what you had imagined the situation to be? Read the following 2 news reports on an actual case of drink driving in Singapore:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070119/5/singapore253253.html and http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070510/5/singapore275329.html

Option 1: (Discussion) Question: Based on what you have seen and read in the lesson, why do you think people drink and drive? Can anything be done to solve the problem of drink driving?

Option 2: (Narrative) Question: Based on Simple Plan's MTV, write a narrative recount about a situation where a person is involved in a drink driving accident.

Option 3: (Text Types Transference: Factual Recount) Question: Based on Simple Plan's MTV, imagine you are a newspaper reporter that arrived at the scene of the crash. Write a report of the drink driving accident to be published the next day. Post your answer to one of the above questions in the comments section.