Conflict and Its Solutions

Dear students,
Our topic of the lesson for the next week will be entitled "Problems and Solutions". So, I have prepared for you an interestin activity - a word cloud which will help you to work with vocabulary. Good luck!
Task 1
Pick fom the word cloud below expressions that belong to CONFLICT and  CONFLICT RESOLUTION categories.

Task 2
State the reasons why conflicts appear.

Hometask for Monday, November 10

Dear  11th grade students,
Nowadays a very important problem of our planet is deforestation. That's why I have prepared for you an assignement about how people from England tried to solve this issue. You are going to listen to the text "People Vote For The Tree of The Year". I hope you will like it. Be very attentive to listening and be ready for post listening activities. You are welcome to use the dictionary which I included in the blog. Good luck to you!

Assignments:

Task1
Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "forest". Write the words as comments to this post.

Task 2
Go to the Quotes Dictionary and search for the word "tree" and right at least 3 quotes which include this word. Choose the ones you like most of all. Write them as a comment to this post.

Task 3
SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	in the running	a.	filled
2	annually	b.	proposed
3.	nominated	c.	about
4.	infused	d.	publicise
5.	significant	e.	on the shortlist for
6.	established	f.	endangered
7.	approximately	g.	set up
8.	promote	h.	yearly
9.	under threat	i.	rewards
10.	benefits	j.	important

You can use  The Dictionary of Synonyms

Task 4
LISTEN to the text once again and FILL IN THE GAPS. 
 Type the words you hear. 

England's annual Tree of the Year contest (1) ___________________. An environmental (2) ___________________. Over 200 trees were nominated but judges (3) ___________________ ten. Some of them are in England's most historic places. One tree is in Sherwood Forest, famous for Robin Hood. A local newspaper wrote: "(4) ___________________ Robin Hood was infused (5) ___________________ tree." Another is the tree that gave Sir Isaac Newton the idea for (6) ___________________.

The (7) ___________________ to protect Britain's forests. It has 400,000 supporters. They (8) ___________________ the country's forests. Its website says: "Our vision is a UK (9) ___________________ trees, enjoyed and valued by everyone." The charity wants (10) ___________________ forests, restore damaged ones, and (11) ___________________ in danger. It hopes people all over England will visit woods, plant trees, and enjoy the (12) ___________________ trees and forests

In your comments you write just the number and the word next to it.

Homework

Read the article from the following link:
Top Ten People Who Changed the World

Tasks:

1. Recognize the personality whose photo I have used to make the speech. What was she famous for?
2. Work with vocabulary: Translate the following words:

• to exempt -
• polio - 
• segregation - 
• apartheid -
• blond-haired master race - 
• ape-like ancestor - 

3. Which one of the above  mentioned personalities did you like most? Why?

4. Name some other names that also contributed to the world's changement.

5. Choose a personality and create Bio Cube with the help of this tool:

Cube Creator

You should print your cube and bring it in the classroom and we will discuss on it. I hope you will enjoy to do that.

If you have any problems or questions about your homework, feel free to ask me, I will help you as soon as possible.

 Good Luck!!!

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