Have you heard of Standing Rock in these days? Unit 9 Nature Have you heard of Standing Rock in these days? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmpZNN-F-A - Watch the video and sum up in one line what the video is about

Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock  Watch the youtube video and answer the questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TEK5l3k-4 What are some key words ? What elements of nature are mentioned by the co-founder of the native Indian Movement ?

Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock   Sacred Stone Spirit Camp in North Dakota . The Sioux Tribe lives there. The protests have so far shut down construction along parts of the an oil pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has also sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its approval of the pipeline.

Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock But they are still in great danger because things in January may change a lot for them. Guess why?

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock  The tribe says the pipeline will traverse over their sacred ancestral burial grounds, archaeological sites, and could pollute their main source of water.

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock  

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature It could be a …  

  - Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature It could be a … jay - ghiandaia monarch butterfly – farfalla monarca sloth – bradipo

  - Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature It could be a … - Listening activities on page 92 - Making guesses

  - Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Revision of vocabulary What’s the English for ..? Mancanza d’acqua Inquinamento Deforestazione Sovrapopolazione Distruggere Tagliare alberi Aumento/ diminuzione del livello dei mari Essere sommerso ( passivo) Aumentare / diventare più grande Ridursi / diventare più piccoli

  Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Revision of vocabulary What’s the English for ..? Mancanza d’acqua – Water shortage Inquinamento – Pollution Deforestazione – Deforestation Sovrapopolazione – Overpopulation Tagliare alberi – Cut down trees Aumento del livello dei mari - Sea levels rise Essere sommerso ( passivo) - Be overwhelmed Aumentare / diventare più grande - Get bigger Ridursi / diventare più piccoli - Get smaller

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Eating up the Amazon Grammar Comparatives and Superlatives p. 88 Ex. p. 89

Inglese 1999-2000 Comparatives

Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island? a) Greenland b) Madagascar c) New Guinea 2) What’s the most spoken language in the world? A) Spanish b) English c) Chinese 3) Which is the furthest planet from the earth? a) Mercury b) Pluto c) Jupiter 4) What is the highest waterfall in the world? a) Espelands, Norway b) Angel, Venezuela c) Yosemite, U.S 5) The deadliest volcanic eruption occured in 1815 killing 92,000 people. Which volcano erupted? a) Mount Pelee, Martinique b) Mayon, Philippines , c) Tambora, Indonesia Inglese 1999-2000

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Eating up the Amazon Grammar Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives Much ________________ ____________________ Little _________________ ____________________ Far _________________ ____________________ Good ________________ ____________________ Bad ________________ _____________________

Comparative & superlative forms Adjectives in the base form Comparatives Superlatives (THE +) 1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES TALL SMALL NICE Double Consonant (CVC) THIN FAT + -ER TALLER SMALLER NICER THINNER FATTER + -EST THE TALLEST THE SMALLEST THE NICEST THE THINNEST THE FATTEST 2 SYLLABLES ADJS WITH Y HEAVY TASTY TINY + -IER HEAVIER TASTIER TINIER CRAZIER + -IEST THE HAVIEST THE TASTIEST THE TINIEST THE CRAZIEST 2/3/4 or MORE SYLLABLES COMFORTABLE DANGEROUS + MORE MORE COMFORTABLE MORE DANGEROUS + MOST THE MOST COMFORTABLE THE MOST DANGEROUS

Irregular comparatives and superlatives GOOD – BETTER – THE BEST BAD – WORSE – THE WORST FAR – FURTHER – THE FURTHEST MUCH/MANY – MORE – THE MOST LITTLE - LESS- THE LEAST FEW – THE FEWEST Remember: we ALWAYS have to use than after the comparative to introduce the person or thing we compare to. E.g., A giraffe is taller than an elephant . The Nile is longer than the Missisipi River. Superlatives are used to compare one person or thing to a group

Lower degree comparatives & superlatives less and the least E.g., an elephant is less fast than a cheetah. A sloth is the least appealing mammal to me. Same degree comparatives: as … as, so … as E.g., A panther is as fascinating as a jaguar. A tortoise isn’t so intelligent as a dolphin.

Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Eating up the Amazon The Great Green Survey p. 89 Do the survey around the class

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Eating up the Amazon The Great Green Survey p. 89 How to report All of us ….. The majority of us … Some of us …. Only few of us …. None of us ….

- Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature An amazing place LISTENING ACTIVITY P- 95

WRITING TASK A TRAVEL BLOG P. 95 EX. 8B Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature WRITING TASK A TRAVEL BLOG P. 95 EX. 8B