G3/V3 Theme 7 Reading & Grammar Pitfalls

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Theme 7 - Reading

Theme 7 - Grammar

Theme 7

Death Valley's Rolling Stones

Grammar - Pitfalls

Reading - Death Valley's Rolling Stones - page 108 & 109

Grammar - Pitfalls - page 111

1) to improve your reading skills

2) to prevent common mistakes in English

Watch a YouTube video about the

DEATH VALLEY'S

ROLLING STONES

Read

page 108 and 109

Who's going to read...?

Read: Introduction (line 1-20)

What is so strange about the rocks in Death Valley?

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

1. True
2. False

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

2. The San Diego scientists expected to see a movement of the stones.

1. True
2. False

Who's going to read...?

Read: Boring? (line 22-36)

3. The whole experiment was quite exciting.

1. True.
2. False

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

Who's going to read...?

Read: A rare combination

 (line 38-49)

4. The rocks started moving because of the water and ice.

1. True
2. False

5. The lake has to be deep enough and shallow enough at the same time.

1. True
2. False

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

Who's going to read...?

Read: Rocks on the move

 (line 51-72)

6. The stones moved because of very strong winds.

1. True
2. False

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

Who's going to read...?

Read: Past and present 

(line 74-91)

7. Climate change has an influence on the movement of the rocks.

1. True
2. False

8. Big stones probably move in the same manner as the smaller ones.

1. True
2. False

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

I feel more confident about my reading skills

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Your  homework

exercises 22 and 23

Make sure you catch up!!!

If & when (= als & wanneer)

Conditionals

Remember!

IF + WILL

it makes the teacher ill

Remember!

IF + WOULD

is not GOOD

Grammar 22 - Pitfalls 

>> page 111 of your book <<

More pitfalls...

Pitfalls

I will not make these common mistakes ever again

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Now do exercises 25, 26

Finished? Read the Stones (21) and do exercise 23.

Homework

STUDY: Vocab D+G + H + I (page 114-115)

Stones 21

Repeat Vocab A-C, Stones 19, 20

Finish: Theme 7, ex. 23, 25, 26

Next week TEST, in 2 weeks: repetitie!! 

Time to do your homework