Unit II: Waste Not Want Not. Teacher: Mrs.

Benkhelifa
Theme: World Resources and Sustainable Development. Sequence I: Discovering Language
Rubric: Pre-Reading.

Activity 1: Match each word with its definition and its corresponding picture.

1- Amazon Forest a- Forests characterized by high

and continuous rainfall.

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2- Ozone layer depletion b-The permanent removal of trees
to make room for something
besides forest.

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3- Rainforest c- The gradual thinning of the
earth's ozone layer in the upper
atmosphere caused due to the
release of chemical compounds
containing gaseous bromine or
chlorine from industries or other
human activities.
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4- Deforestation d- Large tropical rainforest
occupying the Amazon basin in
northern South America and
covering an area of 2300000
square miles.

Rubric: While /Post reading.

Activity1: Read the text p. 60 then reorder the ideas according to their appearance in the text.
Idea order
a- If we don’t act now, the Amazon forest will be destroyed soon. ………….
b- The Amazon contains 1/5 of planet’s animal and plant species. ………….
c- It is not late to protect the Amazon forest. ………….

Activity 2: Read the text again then say if the following sentences True or False.
1- The Amazon forest was protected in the past. …………
2- Each year Timber company cut 18.000km2 of forest trees. ……….
3- The Brazilian government will not accept to build roads into the forest. ……….
4- It was easy in the past to reach the forest. ………..

Activity 3: Scan through the text and answer the following questions:
1- What does the Amazon rainforest contain?
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2- Is the Amazon rainforest under threat from human activity?
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3- Who are cutting down the trees?
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4- What happens if deforestation continuous in the Amazon rainforest?
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Activity 4: Find in the text words that are closest in the meaning to:
Huge (§1) = ……………………….. Stores (§1) = ……………………………..
Wood (§2) =…………………………. Cleared (§3 ) = ……………………………..
Activity 5: Summarize the text.
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Summarising :
Summarizing means identifying the main idea and most important facts, then writing a brief overview that
includes only those key ideas and details. A good summary is short and to the point. The following easy
summarizing strategies will help:
1. Read and understand the text carefully.
2. Think about the purpose of the text. Ask what the author's purpose is in writing the text? ...
3. Select the relevant information. ...
4. Find the main ideas - what is important. ...
5. Change the structure of the text. ...
6. Rewrite the main ideas in complete sentences. ...
7. Check your work.

 In short:
 look for the key information
 look at each paragraph, locate the topic sentence (often the first one) and decide what the main point is
 list the key points
 only include the main ideas of the text