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Sleep and the Brain

Sleep and the Brain. Unit 4, Ch 15, p.162. Pre-reading Questions. How many hours do you sleep daily ?. Would you like to sleep more? Less ?. True or False?. Our brains are completely at rest (they “turn off”) when we sleep. We spend only 2-4 percent of a night’s sleep time dreaming.

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Sleep and the Brain

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  1. Sleep and the Brain Unit 4, Ch 15, p.162

  2. Pre-reading Questions

  3. How many hours do you sleep daily?

  4. Would you like to sleep more? Less?

  5. True or False? • Our brains are completely at rest (they “turn off”) when we sleep. • We spend only 2-4 percent of a night’s sleep time dreaming. • Sleeping during the day can be good for your brain.

  6. Pre-reading Vocabulary

  7. Mammals: animals that get milk from their mothers when young. • Rapid: fast • Muscles: • Motor skills: skills that depend on the body’s nerves and muscles • Do you good: make you feel better • Advantages: things that help you do better and be more successful • React: feel or do something because of something that just happened

  8. Fast reading Read & listen to the text to understand the topic and the main idea. Do not think about the vocabulary.

  9. Target Vocabulary

  10. schedule • noun • plan or program, timetable

  11. divided: • adj • not together • The room was divided into two.

  12. pronounce • verb • to say a word aloud • In English, it is difficult to pronounce some words.

  13. active • Adj • In action, when you do an activity • You should be really active in class if you want to learn something.

  14. period • noun • an amount of time • The circus will be in Gaziantep for a short period.

  15. rate • noun • how quickly or slowly something repeats over a certain period of time. • The crime rate in Gaziantep rose by 5 percent.

  16. include • verb • have something or someone inside another group or thing, contain • The hotel price includes the dinner.

  17. series • noun • a group of actions or events, with each one following one after the other. • There is a series of football matches today.

  18. nap • noun • a short sleep during the day. • Sometimes naps are good for brain.

  19. focus • verb • to concentrate on… • I couldn’t focus on the class because I was sleepy.

  20. worse • adj-adv • opposite of better • My grades are worse than my sister.

  21. get over • verb • to get better usually after a problem • I got over Sal’s death.

  22. effect • noun • a result, or something that follows from a cause • The effects of the Tsunami in Japan are so great.

  23. up to • preposition • until • I can jump up to 30 cm.

  24. set • verb • to put a definite time. e.g set an alarm clock. • I set the alarm clock last night but it didn’t ring.

  25. Careful Reading

  26. Activity: Read-think-speak • Make a line • Books open • Right line: para 1-3-5-7 Left line: para 2-4-6-8 • SS read the text para by para • Think for 1 min after each para • After thinking, one partner tells the other what he read for 1 min (in turns)

  27. Reading Skills Make groups of 4. Students answer the questions in the book as a group. Check as whole class.

  28. True-False (5 minutes)

  29. Reading for Details (5 minutes)

  30. Cause & Effect (5 minutes)

  31. Summarizing (5 minutes)

  32. THANK YOU!

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