OBJECTIVES |
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
• Create and answer questions about cultural literacy • Recognize interesting facts about Native Americans as well as ask and answer questions about them • Tell others about his/her own mystical land. |
1. Scott Murphy rolled a 30 centimeter aluminum frying pan in 2007.
2. Anita Schwarz carried 19 beer steins over 40 meters.
3. Jack Schoff has gotten the largest collection of clocks, 1,094 in total.
4. Jef Van Dijck wore 227 T-shirts, on April 24, 2008.
5. Between May 27 and June 7, 20,085,678 children from schools in California painted the largest chalk pavement art. It measures 8,361.31 meters.
6. Ashrita Furman broke 80 eggs with his head in one minute, in New York City.
7. Chayne Hultgren pulled the heaviest weight with the eye sockets in Milan, Italy, on April 25, 2009.
8. In 2005, Chisato Iwasaki grew the heaviest apple. It weighed 4 pounds, 1 ounce.
1: S(The room / sweep / twice a day)
2: (This shop / open / before 8:00)
3: (Nice cars / produce / in Germany)
4: (More trees / cut down / day by day)
5: (Some animals /kill / in jungles)
6: (Big ships / make / in Tuzla)
7: (Milk/bring /to our house / every day)
8: (New projects / make / in the company)
9: (Mobile phones / produce / in China)
10: (Pretty sandals / sell/here)
11: (Newspaper / find/in this shop)
THE NATIVE AMERICANS Long before the early settlers(came / was come) to America, the land(inhabited / was inhabited) by tribes and nations of people known to ustoday as Indians. When Columbus came tothe Americas, he thought he had landed in India. For this reason the natives(called / were called) Indians although they(knew /were known by a variety of other names. Such as The Cherokee, the Zuni, the Apache, and the Navajo, among others. |
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A: Here goes the first question. A: Who ? B: was / wereby A: Here goes the second question. A: When / where was ? B: was / werein |
A: Here goes the final question. A: When / where was ? B: was / werein A: Here goes the third question. A: Who ? B: was / wereby |
1. What do you know about Alaska?
2. Look up in the dictionary the following vocabulary and expressions:
1. According to the reading, can penguins be found in the North Pole? Where can they be found?
2. Which animals that belong to the wild life of Alaska are mentioned in the previous article?
3. Which is considered the state sport?
4. Why are “Mushers” called that way?
5. Describe the competition that is mentioned in the article.
6. What is something that has to be clearly understood if you want to become a better person when visiting Alaska?
7. How is Alaska seen by the writer of this article?
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What do and have in common?