Geography Learning Activities 3rd Bimester

• Write the following activities on your notebook.
  Answer and take it to the teacher next class for evaluation.
  
  
  
  Learning Activities
  3rd Bimester
  
  
  WRITE THESE ACTIVITIES ON YOUR NOTEBOOK, THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE EVALUATION
  I. Write a term from the list that matches each definition below.
  
  1._____________ The type of farmers who grow crops only for their own use and not to sell to others.
  2. _____________A person who travels all the time in search of food.
  3. _____________A social unit consisting of parents and their children
  4.______________ A business that produces goods and services.
  5. ______________An area found in the country.
  
• nuclear family
• rural
• industry
• subsistence
• nomad
  
  II. Write your answers in complete sentences.
  
  1. Why is life generally more comfortable in industrialized countries?
  2. Does population grow more quickly in rural or urban areas?
  3. How can religion affect someone’s daily life?
  4. In what ways is population growth a problem?
  5. Do you think commercial farming is more common in developed or developing countries?
  
  III. Write a paragraph using the words from page 45 of your copies.
  
  hurricane immigrant democracy export mineral ore
  manufacturing import service
  
  IV. Write your answers in complete sentences.
  1. What is the name of the Canadian landform that is the largest landform of its kind in North America.
  2. What is the driest part of North America?
  3. Compare and contrast the economies of Canada and the United States.
  4. What is a crop that both the United States and Canada export?
  5. What is a problem caused by clearcutting?
  6. Why does the Gulf Coast have chemical plants?
  7. What kind of work do most North Americans do?
  
  My advice is that you read the copies twice in order to answer these activities.
  (The copies are in the copy center)

ENSM FINAL EXAM FOR ENGLISH V SEMESTER

Due date: Thursday January24, 2008
Send it to: gr.rodrigueza@gmail.com

I. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb in the past simple. (5 points)

write buy choose give up go
know leave meet see take off

1. We ______ to the theater last night.
2. We ______ some very interesting people at the dinner party.
3. He ______ smoking last winter.
4. She did some shopping. She ______ a dress and some shoes.
5. I ______ him when I was in school.
6. Who ______ that book? It's very good.
7. They ______ home at seven o'clock.
8. I ______ a good movie at the Odeon last night.
9. They ______ to travel by train because he doesn't like driving long distances.
10. The plane ______ on time.

II. Write questions with who, what, or which about the underlined words.
(5 points)

1. ________________________________________________________________?
Steven Spielberg made the movie “Jurassic Park.”

2. ________________________________________________________________?
My parents traveled around the world on a three-month package tour.

3. ________________________________________________________________?
We stayed at the Continental Hotel in the center of town.

4. ________________________________________________________________?
We took a tent on vacation.

5. ________________________________________________________________?
I met Albert Einstein when I was a student.

III. Complete with so or because. (5 points)

1. The flight was late ______ there was a lot of traffic that morning.
2. The main hotel was full, ______ we took a taxi to a small hotel on the edge of town.
3. We didn't stay in the city very long ______ it was noisy and dirty.
4. We checked out of the hotel ______ our friends invited us to stay with them.
5. Our apartment was too small, ______ we are looking for a bigger one.

IV. Complete the passage with correct words from the list. (5 points)

climate beaches expensive tourists room

I live in a small town by the sea. It's a pretty town and the (1)_____________ are beautiful. I love living here in the fall and winter, but in the summer it's very busy with (2)_____________. In fact, there are so many people in August that there's not enough (3)_____________ for them all. It's really (4)_____________ to live here because there aren't any supermarkets. The (5)_____________ is very pleasant because the winters aren't very cold.

V. USE OF WOULD
Link these words to make predictions with would ( 8points)
1. COMPUTERS/ WRITE / OWN SOFTWARE
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2. IMPLANTS / STIMULATE / MUSCLES OF DISABLED
_________________________________________________________________________
3. SCREEN / UNFOLD / WRISTWATCH
_________________________________________________________________________
4. CLOTHES / ALTER / THERNAL PROPERTIES
­_________________________________________________________________________
5. ROBOT PETS / REQUIRE / NO FOOD
_________________________________________________________________________
6. ARTIFICIAL LUNGS / HELP / CANCER PATIENTS
_________________________________________________________________________
7. PEOPLE / BE ABLE TO / TRAVEL TO MARS
_________________________________________________________________________
8. A BODY CHIP / CORRECT / POOR VISION







VI. MAKING PREDICTIONS
Study These notes about posible “cibercity” of the future.(8 points)
fibre-optic links between every house


paper-free education

no money used

______________________________________________________________________
computers to every house
______________________________________________________________________
driver-less public transport
______________________________________________________________________
wall-size computer screens for entertainment
______________________________________________________________________
houses cleaned by robots


virtual doctors for medical advice
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VII.WRITING
Develop one of the following topics ( 9 points)
Describe some of the importan developments in computing.
Describe how developments in computing will affect homes in the future.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

VIII. GOING TO
Use the cues to write pairs of sentences with going to (6 points)
1. I (not study) medicine/ languages
______________________________________________________________________
2. They ( not see) a film/ play
______________________________________________________________________
3. She ( not help) in a hospital / in a school
______________________________________________________________________
4. We ( not see) Eva/Anna
______________________________________________________________________
5. He ( not work) with refugees / homeless children

6. I ( not teach) in Africa / in India

IX. GOING OR WILL
Circle the correct verb for the statement (6 points)
1. I am going to / will work in India when I leave school
2. The temperature tomorrow is going to / will be 28ªC
3. They aren’t going to/ won’t play tennis. They’re wearing the wrong clothes.
4. We are going to / will never forget this wonderful holiday
5. She is not going to / will not do the diving
6. Smile everyone! Anna is going to / will take a photo


X. Linking with before, after, to, when and then
Write before, after, to, when or then in the sentences ( 9 points)
_______ the oven is hot, put the food in.
_______ you use a coin machine, make sure you have a coin!
_______ you use my cassette player, please switch it off!
Put some paper in the printer and _______ click on print with the mouse.
_______ use a pay phone, first pick up the receiver
You can use my mobile phone _______ call home.
Turn the mobile phone off _______ you have finished the call.
Put the CD in the player first and _______ press the “on” button.
Take the disk out first, _______ that you can switch the computer off.
XI. WRITING
Make a leaflet about a touristic destination all around the world (4 points)

MODERN SOCIAL STUDIES

THIRD BIMESTER ACTIVITIES

World War II
Due date: Second week of February

ACTIVITY 1.
Read the copies found in the copy center befote next class.

ACTIVITY 2.
Interview 3 teachers and 3 adult family members about the Second World War.
Write the interview and print it.
Take it to your teacher

I n t e r v i e w:

Mention five important characters of the 2nd World War?
Mention five events of the 2nd World War?
What is the name of the leader of the Soviet Union during the 2nd W.W.?
What is the name of the leader of Germany during the 2nd W.W.?
What is the name of the political movement in Germany?
What is the name of the Mexican Squad that participated in the Pacific Front?
What is the name of the prime minister of Great Britain during the War?
Where were the two nuclear bombs launched?
What is the name of the Italian leader during the War?
What is the name of the political movement in Italy?
Who is the Japanese military leader during the 2nd W.W.?
Who is the political leader of Japan during the War?
Why did the Americans enter the 2nd W.W.?
What are the three countries that integrated the Axis?
Mention five countries that integrated the Allies.

ACTIVITY 3.
Choose one of the following movies and analyze them according to the guide below.
Write your analysis on your notebooks.
The Empire of the Sun
Pearl Harbor
The Pianist

Main characters ( real or unreal)
Plot (narrative)
How the nuclear bomb affected the end of the war
The importance of planes and communications
The time and the periods of the war
How many people were damaged.
Who lost, who won.
The way people lived during the war.
The places they lived in (description)
Nationalities involved in the conflict.
Values (briefly described)
Message
Personal Opinion