Unit 5: Planet Earth
Unit 5: Planet Earth
"What on Earth is going on?"
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Unit 5: Planet Earth
"What on Earth is going on?"
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You think this is weird? Just wait and see!
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In Unit 5 you ...
will learn a lot of new vocabulary about nature. You will practise with speaking, listening, reading and writing about this topic and will learn how to use articles and non-defining relative clauses. The Use of English in this unit is about putting prepositions at the end of sentences.
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Go to page 124
Let's start
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Before watching the next video:
caterpillar to hedge (out)
moth saliva
offspring predator
Choose from:
roofdier, uit het ei kruipen, mot, nageslacht, speeksel, rups
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Questions
Why do caterpillars build such a web?
Why did the caterpillars in Rotterdam build their web
around the car?
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Turn to page 60 and do exercise 1.
Then do the quiz about the mysteries of the ocean.
Then ex 5 and Wordstores 5A - 5C.
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Before watching the next video:
pond revulsion toad entrails
carnage gruesome corvid avian (adj)
pedestrian crossing beak toxic
Choose from:
voetgangersoversteekplaats, bloedbad, kraai-achtige, snavel, ingewanden, gruwelijk, pad, afschuw, vijver, vogel-, giftig.
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Questions
What happened to the toads?
What is a toad's powerful, protective weapon?
Give an example of how clever corvids are.
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We don't use an article before ...
Uncountable nouns
Education is a privilege.
Coffee is happiness in a mug
Plural countable nouns
Students are strikingin The Hague today.
Apples and pineapples do not belong to the same plant-family.
The names of continents, most countries and towns.
Africa, Asia, Europe, Germany, France, London, Zwolle, etc.
Exceptions: see page 144
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We use a/an when ...
Mentioning something for the first time.
Yesterday, a boy was found alive under the rubble in Turkey. The boy
managed to survive for 4 days without food and water.
Referring to something
Boris is a big dog, but he's also a big chicken. He's even scared of mice!
Talking about someone's job.
He used to be an accountant, but now he is a teacher.
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www.usingenglish.com
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We use the ...
1. Before singular and plural countable nouns when having mentioned it before:
Yesterday, a boy was found alive under the rubble in Turkey. The boy managed to survive
for 4 days without food and water.
2. When we refer to something specific:
The opinions of Dutch people vary widely on this matter./
The taste of this dish is a bit bland.
3. When we refer to something unique:
Yesterday, the king was visited by the US president.
4. When we refer to a period: the Middle Ages, the Renaissance.
5. Superlatives of adjectives: the best, the highest, the worst
6. With ordinal numbers: the first, the twentieth/ the 20th
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Page 62: Together ex. 1, 2, 3.
On your own: ex 4, 6 and 7 and
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Before watching the next video:
eerie one-off to thaw
astonishing coated
quayside to gust
Choose from:
verbazingwekkend, met vlagen waaien, eng, bedekt, eenmalig, kade, dooien
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5.3 Listening
Together: ex 1 - 4
Wordstore D
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Before watching the next video:
drenched in commute eerie avid visibility short-lived atrocious floods drought stunned dense haze disruption city-dwellers
Choose from:
afschuwelijk, stomverbaasd, woon-werkverkeer, verstoring, eng,
doorweekt met, overstroming, enthousiast, van korte duur,
stadsbewoner, nevel, droogte, zicht, dicht.
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Questions
Why did the sky in Sydney turn red?
What events caused this enormous sandstorm?How far did the sandstorm travel before it reached Sydney?
Can Sahara-sand reach us? How do we know?
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5.4 Reading
Speaking:
Ex. 1-3
Reading:
Ex: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10
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Non-defining
relative clauses
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Non-defining relative clause
Gives additional information about the person, thing, place, etc. we are talking about.
John, who is 18 years old, has a driving licence.
My neighbour's dog, which is always barking, is a labrador.
Our house, which was painted last month, is over a hundred years old.
De Librije, where they had dinner last night, is a famous, Dutch restaurant.
Mary, whose brother is called James, works as a teacher.
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1. Use relative pronouns
Who: for people
Whose: refers to belonging (don't: who's!!!!)
Which: for animals and things
Where: for locations
Know the difference between which and witch!
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2. Use commas!
Put the non-defining relative clause between commas!
John, who is 18 years old, has a driving licence.
My neighbour's dog, which is always barking, is a labrador.
Our house, which was painted last month, is over a hundred years old.
De Librije, where they had dinner last night, is a famous, Dutch restaurant.
Mary, whose brother is called James, works as a teacher.
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Page 145: Ex. 1 - 4
Then, together, on page 66: Ex 2, 3, 4, 5
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Assignment
You've just read some amazing, extraordinary tales of the special bond between humans and animals. Now, go on the internet and find one of your own. Prepare for next class to present your story.
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Before watching the next video:
root cause plague besieged to devour
estimated bumper harvest severe
crops litter to munch
Choose from:
omsingeld, ernstig, gewassen, knabbelen, record oogst,
geschatte, nestje, plaag, verslinden, onderliggende oorzaak
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Questions
Why does Australia suffer from mice plagues?
What is an unpleasant side-effect of poisoning mice?
What's the difference between a wood mouse and a house mouse?
