Theme 7 Reading Death Valley & Grammar Pitfalls

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Theme 7 - Reading
Theme 7 - Grammar

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1) to improve your reading skills
2) to prevent common mistakes in English

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Watch a YouTube video about the
DEATH VALLEY'S
ROLLING STONES

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Slide 4 - Video

Read
page 108 and 109

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Who's going to read...?
Read: Introduction (line 1-20)

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What is so strange about the rocks in Death Valley?

Slide 7 - Open question

1. Until recently, scientists hadn’t been able to figure out how the stones move.
A
True
B
False

Slide 8 - Quiz

Why did the researchers decide to monitor the stones from a distance?

Slide 9 - Open question

2. The San Diego scientists expected to see a movement of the stones.
A
True
B
False

Slide 10 - Quiz

Who's going to read...?
Read: Boring? (line 22-36)

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3. The whole experiment was quite exciting.
A
True.
B
False

Slide 12 - Quiz

What did Richard and Jim Norris discover in the valley that they couldn't see from a distance?

Slide 13 - Open question

Who's going to read...?
Read: A rare combination
 (line 38-49)

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4. The rocks started moving because of the water and ice.
A
True
B
False

Slide 15 - Quiz

5. The lake has to be deep enough and shallow enough at the same time.
A
True
B
False

Slide 16 - Quiz

Explain why big temperature differences are essential to get the stones to move.

Slide 17 - Open question

Who's going to read...?
Read: Rocks on the move
 (line 51-72)

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6. The stones moved because of very strong winds.
A
True
B
False

Slide 19 - Quiz

What makes it hard to see that the stones are moving?

Slide 20 - Open question

Who's going to read...?
Read: Past and present 
(line 74-91)

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7. Climate change has an influence on the movement of the rocks.
A
True
B
False

Slide 22 - Quiz

8. Big stones probably move in the same manner as the smaller ones.
A
True
B
False

Slide 23 - Quiz

Is the mystery of the sliding rocks really solved? Explain.

Slide 24 - Open question

I was able to make sense of this text
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 25 - Poll

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Grammar 22 - Pitfalls 
>> page 111 of your book <<

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More pitfalls...

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Pitfalls

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I will not make these common mistakes ever again
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Slide 41 - Poll

Now do exercises 25, 26
Finished? Read the Stones (21) and do exercise 23.

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Homework
STUDY: Vocab H + I (page 114-115)
Repeat Vocab A-G
Finish: Theme 7, ex. 14, 25 and 26
 

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Time to do your homework

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