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Uni t: Country Life vs. City Life

Uni t: Country Life vs. City Life. Unit Summary This unit compares country living to city living . Reading one is a letter to the editor by a boy who explains why he thinks it`s good for children to grow up in the country.

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Uni t: Country Life vs. City Life

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  1. Unit: Country Life vs. City Life Unit Summary This unit compares country living to city living. Reading oneis a letter to the editor by a boy who explains why he thinks it`s good for children to grow up in the country. Reading two is a newspaper article that describes a fram family`s transition to city living. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  2. Vocabulary For Comprehension • Fields : pieces of land for planting • Crops: plants that a farmer grows • Raises: takes care of • Used to : was before but isn`t now • Nature: the world & everything in it which people have not made • Responsibility: something that you had to do • Wood: area with large number of trees • Sunrise: sun coming up in the morning • Dependent on: needing someone or something to help or support you. • Birth : when a baby born. • Proud of : happy about someone`s good actions. • Page 21 (b,a,a,b,b,a,b,b,a,a,b) Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

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  4. READING ONE:The Farming Life for Me READING FOR MAIN IDEAS page 24 Ex1 Check () the sentence that the best describes the main idea of reading one . C Ex 2 Zachary gives four main reasons to support his idea. Choose the sentences that best express these four reasons .Label them 1-4 as they appear in the reading. d.1 a.2 f.3 g.4 Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  5. READING FOR DETAILS page 24 Read each statement. Part of the sentence is incorrect; correct it. Then write the number of the paragraph that matches this statement. • Farm kids have to do a lot of work on the farm such as milk the cow, water the corps, and feed all the animals(or drive tactor or fix fences). 2 • I Feed and water the animals every day, and I water the corps regularly. 5 • We know how to choose the best trees in our woods to cut down.4 • At my house is a lot of work to do after school. 2 • I remember the first time I pulled a lamb on our farm. 3 • I`m used to seeing life and death on the farm.3 Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  6. REACTING TO THE READING Read the statements, and check () the ones that that you thik Zachary Blaine would agree with. Discuss your answers with a partner. Page 25 3.  Growing up with a lot of responsibility is good for kids 5.  Most citykids would like to grow up on a farm. 6.  City children might not get into trouble with guns, alcohol, and drugs if they had animals to take care of. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  7. READING 2: Leaving the Farm 1. What does Mr. Harry drive back to his old farm once a week? To keep his connection to the land. 2. Are the Halleys happy they decided to sell the farm? Explain. Yes, they are happy. The children love living in the city. Mr. Halley seems to miss the farm ,but heis happy about new job and increased income Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  8. LINKING READING 1&2 Ex. C page 26 1. ADVANTAGES City Living: good jobs; more income; lower stress(not worrying about money); more stores, closer store; better programs at school. Country Living: connection to land/nature; understanding of and wonder at beauty of life and death; kids learn responsibility. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  9. 2.Disadvantages • City Living : work is not as meaning ful; loss of connection to the land; kids might not have enough to do so could get in trouble with guns. • Country Living: very low income; not close to stores & malls; services like telephone or internet not as good as in city. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  10. The word “Use” page 27 • Sentence 1: I use a computer to write my reports. Meaning : I write my reports witha computer. Definition : use to do something with something (a tool, machine, etc…) • Sentence 2 : I used to live in the country in the past, but now I live in New York City. Meaning: I lived in the country in the pas, but now I live in New York City. Definition: used to was done in the past but is not done now. • Sentence 3: I`m used to the noise. At first the sound of traffic kept me awake at night. After living in the city for five years, the noise doesn`t bother me. Meaning : At the beginning, the noise was strange to me and kept me awake at night, but now I am familiar with it and can sleep. Definition: be/get used to: be or become familiar with something or someone so that it dose not seem strange or un usual or difficult. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  11. FOCUS ON VOCABULARY Page 27 Page 27 Ex 1 Now complete the sentences with the correct form of use, used to, or be used to. • used to • are used to • are used to • used to • use • used to • used to; `s used to Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  12. 31Page STYLE • Thereare two paragraphs. The first sentence of a paragraph is intended. page 31 • The paragraph is two or more sentences about one main idea . • The main idea usually appear in the first sentence, called the topic sentence = The kids love the work. • Supporting Sentences might gives examples of the main idea or explain why the main idea is true. e.g. They love the feeling of being able to see the work they did with their own hands. Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  13. GRAMMAR: Simple Past Tense • When we talk about things that happened in the past, we use the Simple Past tense. e.g. Last summer, I worked on a farm. I went to the city yesterday. • To form simple past tense for regular verbs, add -ed to the base form of the verb. e.g. work------- worked • If the verb end in –e ,add only –d. e.g. live -----lived • If the verb ends in – y, change the y to iand then add-ed . e.g. carry------carried • Many irregular past tense forms. Here are some of these irregular verbs : be, do, have, eat, get, buy, etc… • In negative statement, use didn`t(did not) + base form of the verb,except with the verb to be • Need --------- didn`t need • Write---------- didn`t write but be--------------wasn`t / weren`t Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

  14. Execercise Complete the sentences using the simple past tense. Mozart-----------(not/be) Italian. He-------------(be)an Austrian musician & composer. He -----------(live)from 1756 to 1791. He ----------(start) composing at the age of five and-----------(write) more than 600 pieces Of music. He --------(be)only 35 years old when he --------(die). Answers: wasn`t, was, lived, started, wrote, was,& died. Good Luck Rosa Raweh Al-Remi, Spring, 2010

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