The worksheets I used during the classes

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2. Name:
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DICTIONARY
pollution - contaminació
chemical - substància química
spilt - abocament
clean – net/a
worried - preocupat(s)
scared - espantat/da
harmful – prejudicial, nociu
supplies - reserves
factory - fàbrica
owner - propietari
DANI CORDERO, Barcelona, 24. FEB. 2015
A factory pollutes riu Llobregat
Yesterday morning there was a chemical spilt in riu Llobregat,
Catalonia, Spain. The ACA (Agència Catalana de l’Aigua) is not going to
give water from this river to the
families in BCN until the water is
totally clean. They are working
to solve the problem. During this
time, they are using water from
the subterranean water supplies.
In the last 10 years, this has happened twelve different times. People are
very worried because they need water for a lot of actions in their
everyday lives.
“I’m scared” -a woman said, “Because I doubt of the quality of the water.
I drink it, I cook with it.... it’s horrible, because it could be harmful!”.
A factory that is treating metal materials
threw all the chemicals to the river. The
amount of metal in the water increased a
lot and the owner of the factory is going
to pay from 3.000 € to 10.000 €,
depending on the number of days the
water cannot be used.

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When we analyse a piece of news, we take into account 6 different questions. Can
you find the short answer to all of them? Look at the example below:
Can you answer these questions?
1. The money from the factory will be used for...
a) paying the water of the affected families.
b) paying the costs of the water cleaning process.
c) giving money to some families.
2. Why is the woman scared?
a) Because she hasn’t got water.
b) Because she doesn’t know if the water is good or not.
c) Because she hasn’t got anything to drink or to cook.
WHEN?
WHAT?
Polluted the
river
WHO?WHY?
WHERE?
HOW?

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Our type of pollution is ___________ pollution
_________ pollution is...
_________ pollution is caused by...
SOME INTERESTING FACTS!

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Make a list of places in the nature where you can find water
Look at this picture. It is a car and it’s producing smoke. Do
you think this is related to water pollution? Why?
No, because the smoke of the car goes to the air, but it doesn’t go
to the water.
Is the student right or wrong? Why?
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Put them in the correct place
- Sewage or sludge - Oil Pollution
- Disruption of food chain - Destruction of ecosystems
- Agricultural Contamination - Death of aquatic animals
- Radioactive Substances - Domestic dumiping
- Diseases - Economic cost

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GREAT SOLUTIONS FOR WATER POLLUTION
Use electric cars to avoid
using fuel
Avoid taking the car
every day. Walk or
use the bike if you
can
Don’t waste
water if you
don’t need it
Use public transport
Share your car with
other people
Don’t throw rubbish in
the river
Don’t cut the
vegetation. Plant
trees!
Buy objects made with
recyclable materials
that can be reused
Be a volunteer in a
cleaning program
Don’t throw
oils or paintings
into the sink

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Dear Dolors Conde,
We are writing this letter to you because we have thought about different solutions
for the problem in riu Llobregat. In our class, we suggested a lot of actions to help the
water, and we chose these solutions:
We choose ________________________________________________ for the school,
because ________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________ .
We choose ________________________________________________ for the family,
because ________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________ .
We choose ________________________________________ for the people in the city,
because ________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________ .
Thank you for everything,

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Now it’s your turn!
Evaluate your teammates for the work they did in the class.
1 2 3 4
The writer is...
_____________
He/she writes everything The final
mark from
1 to 10 is...
He/she is careful with mistakes
He/she asks for help if he/she needs it
He/she helps the teammates if they ask
He/she gives ideas to the group
He/she respects the turns to talk
He/she listens to the teammates talking
He/she accepts ideas from other people
Observations:
1 2 3 4
The corrector
is...
_____________
He/she explains ALL the errors The final
mark from
1 to 10 is...
He/she is careful with mistakes
He/she asks for help if he/she needs it
He/she helps the teammates if they ask
He/she gives ideas to the group
He/she respects the turns to talk
He/she listens to the teammates talking
He/she accepts ideas from other people
Observations:
1 2 3 4
The voice
controller is...
_____________
He/she controls the volume of the group The final
mark from
1 to 10 is...
He/she controls the debates in the group
He/she asks for help if he/she needs it
He/she helps the teammates if they ask
He/she gives ideas to the group
He/she respects the turns to talk
He/she listens to the teammates talking
He/she accepts ideas from other people
Observations:

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Glossary
English Catalan
pollution contaminació
chemical spilt vessament químic
Why? Per què?
because… perquè... (resposta)
sewage aigües residuals

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