Unit 12
What can we do about it? We need to reduce our carbon footprint. That is the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air. There are lots of things we can do. How can we do this? • Eat less meat • Use less electricity • Use our cars less • Use solar or wind energy • Be an expert and tell other people. Reduce – Don’t buy more things than you need. Re-use whatever you can: glass jars, plastic cutlery and plastic bags. Turn off the light when you leave the room… because every little helps. Remember: The more energy you use, the more the planet warms up.
Recycle anything you can’t reuse. 1 Why are sea levels rising?
2 If sea levels rise, what will be the effect ? 3 What is the cause of stronger hurricanes? 4 State three things that you and your family can do to help stop global warming. Vocabulary 1 The answers to these questions are all in the newspaper article on page 134.
1 What do we call an animal that lives on land and also in water? 2 What adjective can be formed from the noun catastrophe ? 3 The golden toad is an e ____________ species. 4 The mushrooms we eat are a type of f _____________ .
2 Use context clues from the passage to work out the meaning of each of the words below. Suggest a word or phrase that is similar in meaning to each of them. Example: correspondent è a newspaper reporter
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• Ask students to identify features of expository text including headings, diagrams and photographs. • Comprehension questions: Discuss questions 3 and 4. Ask students to make practical suggestions such as: taking the bus or walking to school, recycling paper, re-using plastic bottles, writing on both sides of the paper. They could also: encourage their parents to use their cars less, shop locally and buy things that are made or grown locally (to reduce air transport of goods).
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