1. Have you heard of Standing Rock in these days?
Unit 9 Nature
Have you heard of Standing Rock in these days?
- Watch the video and sum up in one line what the video is about

2. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock
 Watch the youtube video and answer the questions:
What are some key words ?
What elements of nature are mentioned by the co-founder of the native Indian Movement ?

3. 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.

4. 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?

5. - 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.

6. - Mrs. Loi A. Unit 9 Nature Standing Rock

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

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

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

10. - 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

11. 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

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

13. Inglese
Comparatives

14. 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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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.

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

20. - 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 ….

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

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