Week 10 - Environment by https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv en-us 2019-07-02 04:07:01 UTC 2024-06-01 08:27:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/91810442/4eab4ab0d7f4cb776574703dd4e24fd6/giraffe_icon.svg Air Pollution Listening shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905318 https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1809/180901-air-pollution.mp3 ]]> 2019-07-02 04:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905318 Listen to the audio above and answer the following True/False Qs shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905345 1. Scientists say air pollution leads to big reductions in intelligence.     T / F
2. Scientists said pollution reduced language and arithmetic test scores.     T / F
3. Scientists conducted the research over a four-year period.     T / F
4. Around 20,000 teenagers took a test in the research.     T / F
5. About 91% of people live in areas with very polluted air.     T / F
6.Air pollution is the biggest cause of death worldwide.     T / F
7. Scientists said air pollution caused a loss of 10 years' education.     T / F
8. A researcher said there were plenty of shortcuts to solve this problem.    T / F]]> 2019-07-02 04:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905345 Polar Bear Invasion Listening shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905581 https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1902/190214-polar-bear-invasion_ff.mp3

Listen to the story above and then answer the following True /False Qs

  1. No fewer than 52 bears were spotted in a Russian town.     T / F
  2. The town is on an island in the Arctic Ocean.     T / F
  3. The town has called a "polar bear emergency".     T / F
  4. A local said he hadn't since so many bears since 1963.     T / F
  5. The bears are going into the town looking for warmth.     T / F
  6. Food in bins is attracting the bears into the town.     T / F
  7. Polar bears are not yet classed as a vulnerable species.     T / F
  8. The World Wildlife Fund did not blame climate change for this situation.   T / F

]]> 2019-07-02 04:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905581 Write your own Qs shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905762 1. Find another interesting story on the environment. 

The BBC and other news websites have lots of short video stories, for example, the one about Gt Yarmouth below.

You could try Youtube too!

2. Listen/watch and makes notes using the 5Ws and an H to summarise the text.

Who
What
Where
When
Why
How

3. Use these to write up to 5 True/False listening questions for your partner

4.  Swap your stories and try each others' questions when you are ready!]]> 2019-07-02 04:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369905762 Text Features Quiz shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369906253 Check your answers here later]]> 2019-07-02 04:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369906253 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911087 2019-07-02 05:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911087 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911251 2019-07-02 05:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911251 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911277 2019-07-02 05:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911277 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911435 2019-07-02 05:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911435 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911560 2019-07-02 05:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911560 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911729 2019-07-02 05:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911729 Create a piece about the environment inspired by something you have seen/heard/read today, or another environmental issue you feel strongly about. shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911981
For your piece, decide

1.  The Topic - what it's about

and

2. T   A   P

Type of text e.g. letter, advert, etc...

Audience who will read it

Purpose why you are writing.  The main four are:

  1. Instruct - e.g. how to be eco at home
  2. Persuade e.g. convince people to stop littering
  3. Describe - e.g. tell the story of your area's litter problem, maybe as a poem or story
  4. Inform - e.g. share facts on pollution or environmental disasters

3.  Create a plan

4.  Draft your piece

5.  SPAG your work and help a partner with proofreading theirs.

6.  Write your final pieces and 

7. Share!  Add a link or photo on Padlet below.
]]> 2019-07-02 05:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369911981 Tape scripts - Answers shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369912814 Mark your work by reading back the scripts below]]> 2019-07-02 05:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369912814 Polar bears Tapescript shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369912897 2019-07-02 06:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369912897 Air Pollution Tapescript shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913193 2019-07-02 06:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913193 What is the main purpose of each of the texts below? shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913370 Ask yourself - why was it written?  What did the writer want it to do?

Stretch - Do any of the texts have more than one prupose?

Text #1]]> 2019-07-02 06:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913370 Text Types shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913601 Some guidance - more texts below]]> 2019-07-02 06:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369913601 Text #2 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369914415 2019-07-02 06:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369914415 Text #3 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369914768 2019-07-02 06:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369914768 Text #4 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369915106 2019-07-02 06:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369915106 Audience shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369915198 Look again - who do you think they were written for?  

How can you tell from the language and layout?]]> 2019-07-02 06:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369915198 Littergram Reading Comprehension shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369916297 Read the news article and answer the comprehension Qs.  

When you think you have finished, share answers with a partner.

Answers are on page 3.]]> 2019-07-02 06:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369916297 Litter in your area shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369916785 Take a photo of any litter in your local area. 

Write a paragraph for a blogpost describing what you've seen and why it's a problem. 

Are there any solutions?  Write a second paragraph about what you think should be done.

Make sure each paragraph has

1. A Topic sentence
2. Details/information/evidence
3. Conclusion/ending

... to make a lovely paragraph sandwhich!]]> 2019-07-02 06:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/369916785 Spellings shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551262 Make a note of any unfamiliar words from today's activities.  

Look them up and add them to your spelling book.

What strategies would best help you remember them?

A mnemonic? 
Or working out the root/prefix/suffix?  
Or Look Say Cover Write Check?]]> 2019-07-08 20:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551262 Choose one of the targets below or create your own shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551430 2019-07-08 20:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551430 Reading shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551488 Key - Identify the T.A.P of four different texts

Stretch - Analyse how writers use different features for different purposes

Challenge - Use your understanding of the purpose of texts to read a news article for detail]]> 2019-07-08 20:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551488 Listening / Speaking shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551516 Key - Take part in a conversation about the environment and note down three points made by others accurately.

Stretch - Listen to two radio stories for detail and improve accuracy by 25%


Challenge -  Create a set of listening comprehension Qs for a partner based on a video/audio of your choice]]> 2019-07-08 20:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551516 Writing shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551566 Key

Stretch

Challenge]]> 2019-07-08 20:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370551566 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370556581 2019-07-08 21:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370556581 Climate Change in Numbers shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370595912 2019-07-09 06:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370595912 shabboub https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370596257 2019-07-09 06:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370596257 T https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370642981 2019-07-09 14:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370642981 TRUE OR FALSE... https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370642983 1 t
2 t
3 t
4 f
5 f
6 t
7 f
8 f]]> 2019-07-09 14:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shabboub/rtwmizq3i0zv/wish/370642983