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Reading Selections A City Thats Doing Something Right Sick- Building Syndrome
Reading Skills and Strategies Previewing the topic and vocabulary Identifying the main idea Indentifying supporting details Predicting content of a reading
Critical Thinking Skills Organizing datails using a graphic organizer Making inferences Summarizing a paragraph Undestand a contrast
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Vocabulary Building
Language Skills
Focus on Testing
Getting meaning from context: examples, opposites, & in other words Undestanding the meaning of italics in readings Focusing in Academic Word List Undestanding and looking up parts of speech in a dictionary
Understanding pronoun reference Interviewing students about city life Discussing some problems and solutions in big cities Writing a paragraph
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City Life
When you look at a city, its like reading the hopes, aspirations, and pride of everyone who build it -Hugh Newell Jacobsen U.S. Architect (1929-)
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Smart Buildings
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These clues to meaning will help you understand new words and phrases.
The following words introduce examples, that may help you to understan better a reading. (Sometimes examples appear without these words, in parentheses, or between dashes.)
Introduce examples
Example Context: Almost four billion people will be living in cities in developing countries such as India and Nigeria. Meaning: You can guess that developing countries are not rich.
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2. Sometimes another word or words in another sentence or sentence part has the opposite meaning from a new vocabulary item. Example Context: In some cities, instead of worsening, urban life is actually getting much better.
Example
Context: The downtown shopping area is now a pedestrian zone in other words, an area for walkers only, no cars. Meaning: A pedestrian zone is an area for walkers only.
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Writers usually state information clearly. However, they also often imply information. In other words, they just suggest an idea without actually stating it. It is important for students to be able to make inferences that is, to read between the lines and undestand information that is not clearly stated.
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Vocabulary
Affluent.- adjective Having a lot of money or owning a lot of things; rich. Commute.- Verb To make the same journey regularly between work and home. Crops.- Noun The total amount collected of a plant such as a grain, fruit or vegetable grown in large amounts. Crowd.- Noun A large group of people who have come together. Developing countries.- Not rich countries.
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Gridlock.- Noun a) A situation where roads in a town become so blocked by cars that is impossible for any traffic to move. b) A situation in which no progress can be made. Income.- Noun Money that is earned from doing work or received from investments. Mass .- adjective Having an effect on or involving a large number of peoplle or forming a larga amount. a) mass transit US for public transportation
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Enviorenment.- Noun The air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live. Focus.- Noun Centre. The amin or central point of something, especially of attention or interest.
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Pollution.- Noun Damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste. Recycling plant.- is a facility which processes materials for recycling. Recycling plants may be attached to landfills to streamline the waste management process, or they may be independent facilities. Solve.- Verb To find an answer to a problem.
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Trash.- Noun a) Informal something that is of low quality. b) US for rubbish Under.- Lower preposition In or to a position below or lower than something else, often so that one thing covers the other. Urban dwellers.- People who live in the city. Worsening.- To make or become worse.
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Conjunctions Exercises
1. We will visit Rome _____ and Germany in our next trip. nor a novice. 2. He is _______ 3. They tried ______ but not succeed. 4. Do you wanna come _____ or stay at home? yet 5. I didnt see it, ______ did they. and but or nor yet
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Conjunctions
Have fun and practice conjunctions , follow the link
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Nouns Exercises
1. Which is NOT a noun? a. Yellow b. dog c. notebook d. Colorado 2. Which is NOT a noun? a. Homework b. day c. Sunday d. taken
4. Which is not a plural noun? a. People b. gas c. clothes d. arms 5. Which is a noun? a. Carry b. send c. TV
d. blue
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7. Which is a proper noun? a. Beans b. restaurant c. Pizza Hut d. flower 8. Which is a noun? a. Wanted b.ate c. and
d. the e. grammar
9. How many nouns are in the sentence: Pat and Ken live with their mother and father. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e.5
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1. Which contains an adjective? a. Old man b. on Tuesday 2. Which contains an adjective? a. The fire spread b. got married
c. she said
c. very busy
3. Which does NOT contain an adjective? a. Cold water b. until now c. rainy day. d. Great idea
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4. Which adjective has a plural form? a. Big b. happy c. first d. small e. that 5. Which does NOT contain an adjective? a. Wait here b. my friend c. is hot d. lucky day
6. Which is NOT correct? a. Sad news b. hard life c. bigs cars d. those men
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Adverb Exercise
1. Adverbs are most often used to give more information about a. Subjects b. verbs c. nouns d. questions
2. Which kind or word can adverb describe? a. Pronoun b.preposition c. adjective d. verb
3. Which contains an adverb? a. Full house b. three woman d. very funny
c. was dirty
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4. Which does NOT contain an adverb? a. Sincerely yours b. drive safely c. ate fast d. too easy e. my supply 5. What is the most common ending for adverbs? a. -ive b. able c. tion d. ly e. ate 6. How many adverbs are in : I really woke up too early this morning. a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d.3 e. 4
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Parts of Speech
Cities around the globe need to find solutions to similar problems, so city planners sometimes meet at a global conference. They discuss issues that affect them globally. Globe - noun Global- adjective Globally- adverb
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Dictionary
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