Changes Caused By People - Lesson 1

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Level 6 - Unit 9
Changes in Nature
Teacher Brian presents
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Changes Caused By People
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2. What You Will Learn
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Objective
Vocabulary
Sentence Patterns
Reader
Grammar
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I will be able to identify the changes that happen
in nature due to human interaction with nature.
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What can we get from plants?
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We can get wood from trees.
We can get paper from trees.
We can get perfume from flowers.
We can get clothes from cotton.
What can we get from plants?
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supply
the amount of something that is
available to be used
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supply - (noun)
The nation's oil supply has been declining over the
past decade.
vocabulary

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deforestation
the act or result of cutting down or
burning all the trees in an area
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deforestation - (noun)
Deforestation of the area has caused many
animals to lose their homes.
vocabulary

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restore
to return (something) to an earlier or
original condition by repairing it,
cleaning it, etc.
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restore - (verb)
He works hard to restore the watch to its original
condition.
vocabulary

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word bank
Many animals were forced out of
the mountains due to
deforestation.
The food supply was running low
so they had to limit how much
each person could eat.
Many efforts have been taken to
restore the habitat back to its
original state.
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deforestation
restore
supply
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3
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vocabulary

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conversation
I don't think we should cut
down trees. Too many animals
lose their homes and will
eventually go extinct.
But we need trees for wood
and paper. How could we
survive without those?
What do you think?

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news reader
The Amazon Is Nearing the
Brazil will use its security forces to fight
deforestation in the Amazon. It is worried
that too many trees are being cut down
in the world's largest rainforest. There
could be a big increase in deforestation
in 2020. The year has started badly for
our environment.
By Thomas Lovejoy | February 10, 2020
Point of No Return

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news reader
Deforestation in the Amazon doubled in
January compared with January 2019. A
new report says many areas of the Amazon
produce more CO2 than oxygen. The
Amazon is called "the lungs" of the planet. It
plays an important role in helping the
Earth's environment as it changes CO2 into
oxygen.
The Amazon Is Nearing the
By Thomas Lovejoy | February 10, 2020
Point of No Return

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news reader
Brazil's Justice Minister approved the special security force to help track
down and stop illegal loggers. There was a big increase in illegal logging in
2019. Last year, damaging fires also swept across large parts of the
rainforest. Police with special military-style training will work with
environmental agency officials. Regional governments also need to
change. Some regional governments are selling off land to developers.
This is increasing the pace of deforestation. To make things worse, the
regional governments are doing little to replant trees in the jungle.
The Amazon Is Nearing the
By Thomas Lovejoy | February 10, 2020
Point of No Return

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news reader
Why is the Amazon Rainforest referred to as "the lungs" of the planet?
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What does the Amazon change CO2 into?
2
What has there bee a big increase of since 2019?
3
What do you think
can be done?
The Amazon plays an important role in changing CO2 into oxygen.
The Amazon changes CO2 into oxygen.
There has been a big increase in illegal logging since 2019.

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Wood comes from trees.
Paper comes from trees.
Pencils come from trees.
Furniture comes from trees.

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Animals lose their homes.
Plants die.
Air quality declines.
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affix
a letter or group of letters added to the
beginning or end of a word to change
its meaning: a prefix or suffix
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affix - (noun)
semi-
-ful
de-
grammar
affixes

17. -ful
full of
semi-
half, partly, not fully
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grammar
semifinal
semiformal
semi
helpful
beautiful
ful

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devalue
decrease
de
de-
opposite
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grammar

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grammar
What do you think the word derail means?
1
The broken railroad tracks caused the train to derail.
What do you think the word semi-aquatic means?
2
The semi-aquatic frog enjoyed spending time on land
and in the water.

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21. -que
k
sounds like
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spelling

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spelling
boutique
The boutique had a wide selection
of handbags, but they were very
expensive.
oblique
After being struck by lightening,
the trees oblique trunk made it
very interesting.

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spelling
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review
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See you
next time!
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Great work today!

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Remember to do
your practice work!