Unit 5: Planet Earth

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Unit 5: Planet Earth

"What on Earth is going on?"               

This unit is all about the strangest, fantastical (and sometimes a bit yuck) species and phenomena of our planet Earth.

You think this is weird? Just wait and see!

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.

Go to page 124

Let's start

Before watching the next video:

caterpillar                 to hedge (out)

moth                    saliva

offspring                       predator

Choose from: 

roofdier, uit het ei kruipen, mot, nageslacht, speeksel, rups

Questions

Why do caterpillars build such a web?

Why did the caterpillars in Rotterdam build their web 

around the car?

Now, ...

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.

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.

Questions

What happened to the toads?

What is a toad's powerful, protective weapon?

Give an example of how clever corvids are.

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

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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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

 

Now,...

Page 62: Together ex. 1, 2, 3.

On your own: ex 4, 6 and 7 and 

Page 144: Ex. 1-4

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

5.3 Listening

Together: ex 1 - 4

Wordstore D 

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.

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?

5.4 Reading

Speaking:

Ex. 1-3

Reading:

Ex: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10

Non-defining

relative clauses

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.

      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!

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.

Now, ...

Page 145: Ex. 1 - 4

Then, together, on page 66: Ex 2, 3, 4, 5

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.

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

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?