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A,a,Unit 5 Humans and NatureRace to the Pole,Unit 5 Humans and NatureRace,Can you guess where this is?,Activity 1,Antarctica,Can you guess where this is?Ac,What do you know about Antarctica?,Area:,14,200,000km,2,Population:,1,106,Lowest temperature ever:,89.2,Fun Facts:,Antarctica is,on average,the,windiest,place on earth.,The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the single,biggest,mass of ice in the world.,There are,30,different countries that operate,80,research stations situated around the continent.,The continent remains,dark,throughout the entire winter season.,During the summer months,the sun,does not set in Antarctica.,Antarctica is a,desert,.,What do you know about Antarct,Exploring Antarctica,What,difficulties do you think explorers may face there?,What,preparations do they need to make?,Exploring AntarcticaWhat diffi,Activity 2,Read and find out.,When did the two journeys begin?,What happed to the two teams?,Texts,in italics are the exact words that the explorer wrote in his diary,.,underline the general sentence and topic sentence for each paragraph.,Activity 2Read and find out.Wh,Activity 3,Read again and complete.,Scotts team,Amundsens team,Nationality of the,two teams,Before the journey,Journey to the destination,Arrival at the destination,The return journey,British,Norwegian,They organised food bases.,They organised food bases.,Two sledges broke,down.The,horses had difficulties with the cold.Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves.,He had teams of dogs puling the,sledges and,all his men were on skis.Because of this,he made rapid progress.,Scott arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January,1912,and was disheartened.,Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December,1911 and put a Norwegian flag there.Then he prepared for the return journey.,Men were very tired and were running out of food,.The,weather conditions were terrible,.They,brought rocks back for scientific evaluation,.All,members died.,Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January,1912,ten days ahead of their planned schedule.,Activity 3Read again and compl,Activity 4,Read and discuss.,How did Scotts team feel at the beginning of the journey?,How,did they feel at the end,?,Why do you think this changed?,Activity 4Read and discuss.How,Activity 5,Make inferences.,Sometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text.To understand what is meant,you need to,read between the lines,.,Imagine you witness the following unrelated situationswhat can you,infer,about each one?,You see a woman pushing a baby stroller down the street.,You are at a corner and see two parked cars at an intersection,and the driver in back starts honking his horn.,You are walking down the street,and suddenly a dog comes running out of an opened door with its tail between its legs.,Activity 5Make inferences.Some,Activity 5,Read the,underlined,sentences from,Scotts,diary and letter.,Write,your,inferences.,line 21 _,line 26 _,line 33_,line 42_,They lost the reason for the journey.,He is gong to walk into the cold and die away from the team.,The men were getting weaker.,The journey cost the men their lives.,Activity 5Read the underlined,Activity 6,Group Work:Think and share.,Would,you say that Scott and,his team,were losers,?Why,or why,not?,How,do you understand,Amundsens,saying about,Scotts,death,“Captain,Scott left a record,for,honesty,sincerity,for,bravery,for,everything that makes a,man”?,Activity 6Group Work:Think an,Activity 7,Suffixes,a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of word to change its meaning.,prepare,_,situate,_,hope,_,cheer,_,explore,_,anxious,_,sad,_,-tion,-less,-ful,-ness,-ly,preparation,situation,hopeless(ness),cheerful,exploration,anxiously,sadness,Activity 7Suffixesa letter or,Activity 8,Pair Work:Read the sentences from Scotts diary and letter again.,Discuss what he was trying to say in each one.,Highlight the parts that impress you most and explain why.,Activity 8Pair Work:Read the,Activity 9,Pair Work:Discuss.,Why do you think the writer of the text used the word“race”in the title?,Why was the world shocked by Scotts death?,Activity 9Pair Work:Discuss.W,Activity 10,Search online,and share.,Search online the main events in Chinas Antarctica exploration.,Why,do people try to explore the toughest part of the Earth,?,Activity 10Search online and s,Thank You,Thank You,15,
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