GRADE 8


SECOND TERM


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Welcome my dear students. I want to share with you this enjoyable space where you can find all the activities for the second term. I hope you do your best. Well done!


TOPIC 1. EATING DISORDER

EXTRA- ACTIVITIES
1- Solve the WORKBOOK activities.



3. Aplication DIALOGUE AT THE DOCTOR: Listen the audio " I Feel Under the Weather" Practice it!


TOPIC 2. HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES

EXTRA -ACTIVITIES:
1-Here you will find the audios to practice. Dialogue typical Food:
 

2-Solve the WORKBOOK activities



TOPIC 3. FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

EXTRA-ACTIVITIES
1-Here you are the audios to complete the task on the worksheet!. Mindful living:


2-Solve the WORKBOOK activities



3-GAME: Play  a game! 



           TOPIC 4. WATER SANITATION
Objectives:
Students will understand how does water get to their houses and school. Also, they will discuss the water quality and create alternatives to solve the water issues in their neighborhood.

ACTIVITIES
1-Solve the Water WORKSHEET



2-FINAL task: Make a poster explaining Acuambala Water sanitation. You can interview people from the Acuambala company in order to understand the process and explain every step clearly.



THE END! WELL DONE!

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FIRST TERM
Human Actions and  the Environment 
AIMS: Describe human actions and environmental impact 
            Present yourself to a group by describing your interests, concerns, desires and talents
            Reflect on the importance of water for life

ACTIVITY 1: VIDEO

Look at the following video and write on your notebooks a list about the most important Environmental Problems.

ACTIVITY 2: ECO LIFE. 
Match the photos of the environmental problems with expressions from the word bank.






ACTIVITY 3. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
3.1. Read. 

3.2. Answer the questions:
-What environmental problems are mentioned in the text?
- What solutions students create for the environmental problems?
-Graphic Organizer: Write the environmental problems that you can identify in our school and write some solutions for them.

ACTIVITY 4. SPEAKING


ACTIVITY 5: WORKING FOR A CAUSE
A- Three friends are creating an online eco-newsletter. Complete the profiles with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Then match each profile with an occupation.

B- Read the story about Silvio the Spectacled Bear. Find six mistakes and correct them


ACTIVITY 6: READ AN ECO-MAGAZINE
A- Read the text from an eco-magazine. Put the sentences (1–3) in the correct place (A, B, or C) in the text.
1. According to the WWF (the Worldwide Fund for Nature), human activity has destroyed 50% of the world’s forests.
2. Our lifestyle is responsible for most environmental problems.
3. In an ecosytem, everything has a specific role to play: if something does not work, it will create imbalance in other parts of the ecosystem.
B- Match the definitions with the words in bold in the article. (Symbiotic, Ecosystems, Co2, Habitat, Deforestation, Biodiversity, Sustainable).
1. The natural environment where species live. _______________
2. Connected and interdependent. _____________________
3. Cutting down large numbers of trees. _____________________
4. Communities of living organisms sharing mutual needs and benefits. _________________
5. Capable of supporting itself. ________________________
6. A variety of different species living in the same space. _________________________
7. A gas that is present in the atmosphere. ______________________

C-Read the article again. Discuss the questions with a partner.
a. What are some characteristics of ecosystems?
b. According to the article, what happens when something does not work in an ecosystem?

D-ORAL PRESENTATION: Look for an Ecological article. Be prepared to talk about it in front of the class.


E- A FORMAL LETTER: Write a letter to the Colombian President to express your concern about environmental problems. 

ACTIVITY 7: MY ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT


A-Answer a test about How big is your ecological foot-print.









B-The fantastic three “R”. Read a text and write what you do at home to reduce, reuse and recycle.


C-Talk about Eco-solutions to protect environment Using present perfect tense.

ACTIVITY 8: WATER IN MY LIFE
1- WATER POEMS.  
-Follow the link and watch the video “water poem by Pablo Neruda”
Answer the following reflective questions:
A.   What is the intention of Pablo Neruda with his poem?
B.   What is your personal interpretation about the poem?



Everything on the earth bristled, the bramble
pricked and the green thread
nibbled away, the petal fell, falling
until the only flower was the falling itself.
Water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons
from stone,
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam.

Pablo Neruda

2-Read the water poem and try to guess why is water important? While you are reading the poem, could you try to make a picture about it? Share with your partners your picture.


I want to be like water, flowing freely with the current.
 I want to be like water, infiltrating Life into the seeds buried deep.
 I want to be like water, forcefully falling down then peacefully swaying to the tune of the serenity sea.
 I want to be like water, rushing and relaxing when need be.
 I want to be like water, making its way through the cracks even when the barrier’s concrete.
 I want to be like water, riding with the tide and tumbling over rocks.
 I want to be like water, quenching the thirst of the driest areas on earth.
 I want to be like water, rippling the influence of the Rock’s first splash.
 I want to be like water, reflecting the beauty of a sunset that ignites every eye.
 I want to be water, resourceful for all.
 I want to be water, cleansing out impurities from within.
 I want to be water, sometimes uncontrollable sometimes in control.
 I want to be like water, connecting the world from distances too far.
 I want to be like water, flowing wherever You are.
 I want to be like water, transforming in motion yet ever the same.

 I am like water. I am free. I am love. I am Life (Anonimous).


3-My water poem: Now, try to make your own water poem. Share with your classmates.

ACTIVITY 9: WATER CYCLE
A-Look at the video and try to write vocabulary about water cycle.

B- Read the definitions below, then label the water cycle diagram. 
Read the definitions below, then label the water cycle diagram. 



Accumulation - the process in which water pools and is stored in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).
Condensation - the process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water. Condensing water forms clouds in the sky. (This term appears twice in the diagram.)

Evaporation - the process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas). Water vaporizes from the surfaces of oceans and lakes and from the surface of the land.

Precipitation - the process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.

Subsurface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in underground streams, drains, or sewers.

Surface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers, or canals.

Transpiration - the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere. Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plant.

C- MY WATER CYCLE. By using recycling materials make a model of the water cycle and explain it to the whole class. What happens if a water cycle process does not exist or if a cycle process is interrupted? why is water important?

ACTIVITY 10: MAKING SUGESTIONS
Advice for water cycle conservation. How can I save water? What we should do and why… Complete sentences and write more advice.


How can I save water? What we should do and why… Complete the sentences and write more advice.

- It’s important to ___________. We should ____________________________________

-I think about ___________________. We shouldn’t _____________________________________


-It is easy to ___________________  for example, you   should stop _________________________


ACTIVITY 11: GIVING OPINIONS
A- Read some ideas to celebrate water day and Discuss what would you like to do in the eco-competition, and why?.

B-Read about a Water dilemma. What is your opinion? Who do you agree with, A, B or C? why?

C-Read about the Magdalena River and express your opinion about it.


D- Oral presentation: Talk about your personal ECO-Promise about water conservation.


My ECO-Promise ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION


3-Invite a student from another class to sign an eco-promise. Tell your class what they promised to do.



ACTIVITY 12: FINAL PROJECT

A-Role play a Radio Interview where you express opinions and make suggestions about the water conservation in your community.
B-Think of water problems in our community write a letter to the Minister of Environment. Structure the letter correctly and apply the topics worked in the term.
C-Read the letter from a student to an international foundation. Label the letter with parts a–h.

a. Supporting information                                    b. Name and address of sender
c. Opening salutation                                           d. Request for help
e. Opening paragraph (statement of purpose)      f. Closing salutation
g. Concluding paragraph                                      h. Name, company and address of recipient




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