Theme 7 Reading Death Valley & Grammar Pitfalls

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Theme 7 - Reading

Theme 7 - Grammar

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 was able to make sense of this text

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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 H + I (page 114-115)

Repeat Vocab A-G

Finish: Theme 7, ex. 14, 25 and 26

 

Time to do your homework