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Alcaldía de Villavicencio
Secretaría de Educación Municipal
I.E. Colegio John F. Kennedy
CITIZEN CULTURE THE FUTURE WE WISH
❖ 3 READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND REWRITE IT IN PAST SIMPLE AND HELP
YOU WITH THE EXPLANATION.
this is john smith. he’s colombian but he lives in brazil. he is a prisoner. mr smith
is 33 years old. he doesn’t work or study. mr smith cannot read or write but he can
play the guitar very well. he plays the guitar every day at 6:30 pm after dinner. the
other prisoners all like his music. mr smith likes pop rock but he doesn’t like samba.
mr smith likes brazilian food and drinks…he loves brown chocolate but he doesn’t
like white chocolate. his room number in the prison is 333 on the 3rd floor. people
call mr smith "the music man". mr smith is a happy prisoner. he wakes up at 5:15am
and has breakfast; he eats very much!!! he has black coffee and bread in the
morning but he doesn’t eat fruit or drink milk. he smokes very much!!!
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Alcaldía de Villavicencio
Secretaría de Educación Municipal
I.E. Colegio John F. Kennedy
CITIZEN CULTURE THE FUTURE WE WISH
Fill the blanks with Will or Going to future time, in the following senteces.
PRE-READING
I.. Write 10 words related to nature
LIFE NATURE
LAND
II. Read the title, what do you think the reading is about?
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1. Nature is very resilient. While some human activities destroy nature, for the most
part, it is able to bounce back quickly when something bad happens. Leaves come
down in the fall and reappear in the spring. Flowers dry out, but come back with a little
bit of water. Nature has a way of coming back to life.
Alcaldía de Villavicencio
Secretaría de Educación Municipal
I.E. Colegio John F. Kennedy
CITIZEN CULTURE THE FUTURE WE WISH
2 After a forest fire, a forest seems like it will never be the same again. It is nearly
barren with charred trees and ashes barely filling the area that used to be covered with
leaves and other plants. Soon, however, you start to see little saplings rise up from the
ground. While it will take them years to reach the height of the trees that died in the fire,
they will regrow. Flowers and other plants also slowly start to reappear. Then animals
start to return. Once again, the forest comes back to life.
3 A bad storm rips through the forest and causes some destruction to the large
trees. Instead of standing 50 feet tall, they are now bent and broken. However, many of
the trees refuse to die. Their roots strength and they start to grow in their knew
positions. Branches sprout from tree trunks lying on the ground. Moss grows on portions
of the trees to provide food. Hollowed out logs provide shelter for animals. Even though
the trees were brought down, they bounce back in a new way.
4 Bulldozers take down a forest to make way for a new shopping mall. They cover
the ground in concrete. After a year or two, the concrete starts to wear and crack in
places. In a few of those cracks, glimpses of the forest that was covered up reappear. A
flower sprouts in the crack in the sidewalk. Another one sprouts in the middle of the
road. Some weeds surround the gutters and quickly multiply. Nature lets the concrete
know it cannot be paved over.
5 Nature is very resilient. No matter what natural disasters and human events try to
bring it down, it is always going to try to bounce back.
WHILE READINGS
IV.CHECK THESE WORDS. MATCH THE WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
Resilient, come back, bounce, bit, ground, forest fire, dry out, come down,
barren, , rise up, saplings , roots, branches, sprout, able , moss.
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VII.COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
Leaves come down in the _______ and reappear in the ________
Flowers dry out, but come back with a little bit of _____________
saplings __________ from the ground
Some ________ surround the gutters and quickly _____
Their ______________ strength and they start to grow in their knew positions
The ___________ start to return. Once again, the ______ comes back to life.
VIII. Identifying topic sentences. identify the main idea of each paragraph
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IX. Use the words of the first activity and make a mind map where you connect the words
to give a general idea of the text, use all the words you need
GOOD LUCK!!