Title: Unit 2. Lesson 4. Week 8. What natural disasters in Latin America do you know?
Course: 2024 Basic Language Arts 2 > Section: First Trimester

Week 10.

Sessions
Session 1 | What natural disasters in Latin America do you know? What acts mof kindness have you done this week?Memorize the following KEYWORDS, building, damage, destroy, evacuate, fire, fireworks, forest, human, impact, and origin. Watch the video and prpare your questions for the class. Difference Between 'Whereas' & 'While. | Go to your digital Awesome Reader and Writer and read “What to Do in an Earthquake.” Find the four most important key words according to your opinion. Look at the pictures of natural disasters and match them with their names. Discuss with a classmate about any memorable disasters you can recall. Listen to a lecture about natural disasters in Latin America. Match the disasters with the places and dates to write the codes for the correct answer. Disasters in Latin America. | Write all the things that come to your mind when you see the words natural disasters. Write their definitions in the spaces below and ask a classmate to guess your words and find them in the text. Write a short paragraph about the new information you learned from the text and say  ow it could be important to you in the future. Include the key words from Exercise 2. Listen again and write a short paragraph about the main idea of the lecture. Disasters in Latin America. Answer the Language LOG pages 108 and 109. |
Session 2 | What can you do to help people affected by natural disasters? Memorize the following KEYWORDS: advisor, collect, donation. emergency, experience, interpreter, recruit, requirement, response, and volunteer. Watch the video and prepare your questions for the class. DO I USE WHEREAS or WHILE? | Discuss your ideas with a classmate. Listen to David’s voice messages. Check ( ✓) the name of the person who mentions the following information Disaster Response Center. Look at the images and the occupation of the people. In groups of three, discuss how they could help during a natural disaster. Read “I Want to Help" | Write the five most important in the spaces. Listen again and complete the notes below.  Write “T” if the statements are true and “F” if they are false. Disaster Response Center. Answer the Language LOG pages 110 and 111. |
Session 3 | How seriously do you take school drills? Do you think it is necessary to be prepared for any kind of disaster? What is an earthquake? What is an epicenter? What is the magnitude of an earthquake? Memorize the following KEYWORDS: alert, collapse, communication, detector, earthquake, epicenter, magnitude, news, seaquake, and seismometer. Watch the video and prepare your questions for the class.  HOW TO CONTRAST with WHILE and WHEREAS. | Answer the questions with a classmate. Listen to a lecture on earthquakes and complete the information. Earthquakes in Numbers. Read the Language Key. | Write your definitions on the boxes. Listen again and unscramble the sentences. Earthquakes in Numbers. Look at the sentences in Exercise 3 again and answer the questions. Circle the correct sentence. Then, correct the sentences that are incorrect and tell them to a classmate. Rewrite the sentences using “while” or “whereas.” Look at the comparative chart between two hurricanes. Use the information to write sentences using “while” or “whereas.” Answer the Language LOG pages 108 and 114. |
Session 4 | Which natural disasters have you seen in your country?  Open the myON App and scan the book. | Open myON and start reading the book. Then write your opinion in a 50-word paragraph.  Fighting to Survive Natural Disasters: Terrifying True Stories. |  |
Session 5 | Which natural disasters are common in your country? Open the myON App and scan the book. | Open myON and start reading the book. Then write your opinion in a 50-word paragraph. Fighting to Survive Natural Disasters: Terrifying True Stories. | If you didn't finish the book, finish it at home and write your opinion paragraph. The assignment finishes when you submit the activity given. |