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[2] Inside Reading-2 Unit 7 #1 Roving Continents
rove: to wander about a place with no fixed direction; roam-> rover
crust: top layer; a ~ of ice, outer surface; ~ of bread
Will read about exciting changes in the earth’s crust in one part of the world.
Target Words: accommodate, fluctuate, integrate, restrain, reverse, rigid
Before you Read Pair Are you interested in geology? Why/Why not?
Reading-1 Pieces of a Puzzle: The Evidence for Pangaea [pænˈdʒiə]
Pangaea: The landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
- Preview: Check the title, headings, image/captions, chart-> Predict the topic
Laurasia [lɔˈreɪ ʒəə] a landmass in the Northern Hemisphere split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
Gondwanaland [gɒndˈwɑnə] a landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
Glossopteris: [sap] ancient fern
- Skim the text=> Write the main ideas in three sentences=> Speak the main idea in 60 seconds
Wegener assumed in his theory of plate tectonic that the today’s continents were divided from one large continent and moved gradually to the current locations. The theory hadn’t been backed until the late 20th century when new discoveries, scientific evidence and theory of continental drift came out. The earth’s surface consists of 40 plates that float on mantle and move gradually over a long period of time.
- Read-1 Underline the topic sentences/main ideas, mark the proper nouns (names, theories, places)
=> Reading Comprehension: T/F, Mark the line #, Correct false statements.
[3] Open Forum Chapter 9 Web Resource: Round the Word about the Driest Place on Earth
- Listening-1-> Answer, Note=> Explain
1. What the Atacama Desert is like.
2. How people get water in Atacama Desert
3. How water is needed and produced there
- Listening-2 w/Script=> Pair Tell the summary of the program in 90 seconds.
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