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Join the discussion on the benefits of reading good books and explore an anecdote about Kafka in this English learning unit.
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LearnAND Share in English Amadeu Marques; Ana Carolina Cardoso 3º ano do ensino médio
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Nessaunidade: Let's Start Reading Word Study Language Study Listening Speaking Writing
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Observe the image with a Swedish proverb and discuss the following questions with your classmates. What does the proverb on the right mean? In your opinion, what's the best in a good book? What kind of benefits do we get from reading good books? Let’s Start Julia Karo/Shutterstock
Unit 7 - The Return of Love You are going to read an anecdote, an interesting true story about Kafka. Observe the title of the text on the next page, its source and layout and then use your notebook to write down the correct options to complete the sentences. The text is from an e-book/online news aggregator and blog. The author of the text is Franz Kafka/a clinical social worker. The text was published in 2011/2016. Before You Read
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Which sentence best summarizes the author's interpretation of Kafka's story described in the text? Write it down in your notebook. Children must be encouraged to enter a fantasy world. When we lose someone or something we love, that love returns in a new form. Changes are inevitable and we need to learn how to deal with them. The pain felt by children when they lose something they love cannot be compared to what adults feel in the same situation. As You Read
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Discuss the following questions in small groups. What was your reaction when you read that story? Have you ever lost something or someone you loved? If so, how did you deal with that loss? Did you overcome it? Do you believe that "when we lose someone we love, that love returns in a new form"? Have you ever had that experience? If so, share it with your classmates. After You Read
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Identify the sentences that are correct about EdwigeDanticat. She felt moved by a documentary about orphans in her country of birth. Besides being a writer, she also works as a translator. She believes Oprah Winfrey helped her books become popular. She writes in English although that's not her native language. Her new book, Claire of the Sea Light, is a novel. When she writes her stories, she releases some of the oppressed feelings about her past. Breath, Eyes and Memory was her first book. More Food For Thought
Unit 7 - The Return of Love Take a look at the words you used to complete the table in the previous activity and use them again to rewrite the following sentences. The prefixes ________ are used for making adjectives or adverbs with the idea of opposite meaning. The prefix ________ is used for making verbs with the idea of again. The suffix ________ is used for making adjectives with the idea of cause. The suffix ________ is used for making adjectives with the idea of effect. The suffixes ________ are used for making abstract nouns. The suffix ________ is used for making adverbs of manner. Word study
Unit 7 - The Return of Love All the verbs in the previous activity were used in their simple form, except two. Answer the questions below about them. Which of them was used in the continuous or progressive form, expressing an action in progress? Write that sentence down in your notebook. Which of them was used in a perfect form, expressing an action that happened before another one, both in the past? Write that sentence down in your notebook. Languagestudy
Unit 7 - The Return of Love In your notebook, write down if the sentences are True (T) or False (F), according to the interview with Miriam Forster. Justify all your answers with an excerpt from the text. City of a Thousand Dolls is a work of fiction. She didn't use to write at home. She used a laptop to write her book. Her book was published on an online platform. Let’sPractice
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Nessaunidade: Let's Start Reading Word Study Language Study Listening Speaking Writing Check Your English 2 Project 2
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Observe the word cloud about some global issues. Then discuss the following question with a classmate. Which of the problems listed above concerns you most? Why? Let’s Start
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Use your notebook to answer the questions below, according to the text. What were some of the main world problems in 2000? Have those problems been solved? How has the UNDP been contributing to achieving those sustainable goals? How did the world change from 2000 to 2015? What kind of world does the UNDP expect in the future? As YouRead
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Discuss the following questions with a classmate. What are the consequences of being digitally disconnected? Does the Digital Divide affect many people in the area where you live? How can education improve people's lives? More Food For Thought
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Transcribe the table below in your notebook. Which of those nouns are good news, have a positive connotation? Which are bad news, refer to something negative? Scan the texts on pages 131 and 132 and observe the context. The classify those words in their respective columns. food · famines · successes · drought · hope · war · plagues · development · poverty · medicines · hunger · diseases · consensus · progress · earthquakes · floods · better future · death tolls · wisdom · digital divide · learning · armed conflict · innovation · scientific research. Word study
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Read the sentences below and, in your notebook, write down the idea expressed by the words in bold, choosing from those in the box. There are three extra ideas. possibility · ability · obligation · absence of necessity · logical deduction "They knew things didn't have to be this way." "That future is one where everybody has enough food, and canwork […]” languagestudy
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Basedonthetext in thepreviousactivity, checkifthestatementsbelow are True (T) or False (F) A positive sideto global warmingisthatpeoplefromdifferentculturesmayfinallyuniteto help solve this problem. Humanbeingsmaybeextinctifotherspeciesdisappear. People startedpollutingwater 50 years ago. In 1920, the world faced it mostdifficulteconomicperiod. Let’sPractice
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Now it's your turn to create a text to invite people to participate in a conference at your school. Get together in small groups and discuss the following questions. What is the topic of the conference? Who are the speakers? When is it taking place? Are there any sponsors? Writing
Unit 8 – Sustainable Development Goals Evaluate your performance in this Unit. Give yourself a score from 1 to 5 for each of the topics below. Self-Assessment