AE L5 U7 L3-done-proofed

Key words:natural disaster, drought, flood, hurricane, tornado, famineVerbs:to cause, to floodGrammar:Future Simple with 'going to' and syllablesPhonics: y consonant

Students will learn:

L5 U7 L3

Level 5 Unit 7 Lesson 3

What do you normally do with your trash?

Could you or your family throw away less?

Vocabulary

natural disaster: a natural event that causes great damage.

When the volcano blows, there is nothing we can do: it is a natural disaster.

famine: extreme food shortages.

It is difficult to grow food during a drought, which can lead to terrible famine.

drought: when little rainfall leads to a shortage of water.

to flood: to cover with water.

flood: when much rainfall causes too much water.

The Akinyos lost everything they owned in the flood. Water flooded the whole town.

hurricane: a storm with violent, high speed winds, particularly off an ocean.

Hurricane season runs from September through December each year.

tornado: a circle or funnel shaped cloud of violent winds.

The 2006 tornado missed Stewartville by two kilometers.

Global warming causes more natural disasters to happen.

to cause: to make something (especially something bad) happen.

Natural Disasters Crossword

Down1. high speed winds off the ocean2. to make something (often bad) happen3. little rainfall leading to a water shortage4. to cover with water

Across3. an event that causes great damage4. extreme food shortage5. funnel shaped cloud with violent winds

Have you ever been involved in a natural disaster? Discuss.

Reading

Amazon Aid

When we think about problems for the Amazon Rainforest, most people are concerned with deforestation. But deforestation is not the Amazon's biggest problem.The Amazon Rainforest is drying out. Climate change has caused global warming, leading to drought. Two recent droughts, in 2005 and 2010 were very significant in the Amazon.

Amazon Aid

Scientists are able to measure the impact of these two droughts on trees in the Amazon: core samples show smaller than normal rings in the tree core during droughts, this means the tree growth slowed during these times. In fact, the dryer climate means growth is slowing overall. We can also see that Amazonian trees live less long now, than in the past.

Amazon Aid

The dryer climate means the forest is changing, as plant species that favor the previous wet climate within the Amazon die out, replaced by robust vegetation that can grow with less water. Changing plant life, naturally means the animals who live in the Amazon must adapt or die out as well.

Amazon Aid

Not only are people clear-cutting and burning trees in the Amazon, but the dryer climate is causing forest fires, too. Even the moist canopy of the rainforest can't prevent fires quickly spreading along the forest floor.Some fires help refresh forests, but not when people are changing large sections of the burnt Amazon into farmland.

Field Friends

Amazon Aid

The Amazon Rainforest is an important resource for the whole planet. The trees slow the human impact on the environment by cleaning greenhouse gases from the air. It is also home to the largest diversity of animal and plant species on Earth. It is a natural resource worth protecting!

least

most

Decide and Evidence

Amazon Aid

humans

forest fires

creating farmland

drought

deforestation

Would you like to visit the Amazon Rainforest? Why (not)?

Grammar

Used for plans in the future when a decision has already been made.

Used for predictions for the future based on current evidence.

Future Simple tense

Future Simple tense

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Convert the sentences into Future Simple with 'going to'.

Future Simple Tense

1. I go to the movie with Becky.
2. Henry and Rav finished their homework.
3. Laurel drinks milkshakes with Nana.
4. You are not listening to music.
5. Omar is watching the news with interest.

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1. cause
2. disaster
3. tornado
4. famine
5. drought
6. hurricane
7. deforestation

Count the syllables by clapping out the beats in a word.

Syllables

Phonics

Consonant /y/

yesyo-yoyogayummy

yellowyardyouyieldyell

Listen and Match

Free Talk

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Goodbye!