Gonçalves y Héctor Herrera *
3. Poder privado con apoyo público: la gobernanza de los bonos verdes en el sector forestal brasileño
UNIT 0
75
RESOURCES
Resource folder
• Reinforcement and extension – Reinforcement: Worksheet 8 – Extension: Worksheet 8
• Assessment
– Assessment: Worksheet 8
•Developing intelligence worksheets
•Working with recent immigrants PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES *
Internet resources www.richmondelt.com www.indexnet.santillana.es Landforms
http://www.edu.pe.ca.southernkings/landforms.htm A picture-filled website made by students of the Faces of the Earth. In addition to landforms, processes like weathering and erosion, as well as the rock cycle are also covered.
Endangered species and landscapes http://www.arkive.org/
Enter Arkive to visit the Globally Endangered Chapter or visit the Planet Arkive to learn about landscapes and habitats. For teachers and students.
Geography
http://www.iberianature.com/index.html
A guide to wildlife, geography and climate of Spain.
For students and teachers.
Other resources
•Richmond World Facts
•Richmond Student’s Dictionary
•Flashcards
•Posters
* Not yet available in English
MAKING
M
OUNTAINSwww.richmondelt.com
LEVEL
4
THE LANDSCAPE 31
3. Plains
Plains are large areas of flat land with no hills or slopes.
A plateau is a plain at a high altitude.
Depressions are plains which are lower than the surrounding land.
Coastal plains are flat land near the coast.
The landscape
True or false? Make more sentences about landscape features.
Mountains are low areas.
Mountains are raised parts of the Earth’s surface.
Which mountains are closest to your home? What is their altitude?
LOOK
Look at the photo.
•What can you see in the landscape?
•Is everything natural, or are some things man-made?
READ
1. The landscape
All the different features of the Earth’s surface make up the landscape.
There are high mountains in some areas.
There is low flat land in other areas.
There are mountain landscapes, flat landscapes and coastal landscapes.
2. Mountains
Mountain landscapes are made up of mountains and valleys.
•Mountains are raised parts of the Earth’s surface. Hills have a lower altitude than mountains. (Altitude is the height of something above sea level, or the Earth’s surface.)
•Several mountains grouped together are called a mountain range. A long line of mountain ranges is called a mountain chain.
•Valleys are low areas between mountains.
Rivers are often found in valleys.
48
49
■ CONTENT AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Comprehension. Write these words and sentences on the BB.
Ask Ss to copy the sentences and complete them with the correct word.
flat chain features plateau altitude low 1. Valleys and mountains are … of the landscape.
2. Hills have a lower … than mountains.
3. A mountain … is a long line of mountain ranges.
4. Valleys are … areas between mountains.
5. Plains are large areas of … land.
6. A … is a plain at a high altitude.
Answers: 1. features. 2. altitude. 3. chain. 4. low. 5. flat.
6. plateau.
1
Vocabulary: coastal plains, depression, landscape, mountain chain, mountain range, plains, plateau, valley
M. A. …Valleys are low areas between mountains.
A plateau is a plain at a high altitude. Coastal plains are flat land near the coast.
■ Special attention
• Using the new vocabulary correctly
• Distinguishing between longand large
■ Hands on
■ Presentation
• Ask Ss to look at the photo and compare natural and man-made features.
Ask: Are trees/mountains natural features? (yes) Are houses/roads man-made? (yes)
• Explain the difference between heightand altitude. Altitudeis the height of something above sea level. Heightis the vertical measurement of something.
Ask Ss:Which has a higher altitude … a hill or a mountain? (a mountain)… a hill or a valley? (a hill)
• Ss read , and with , , . They do the activity at the bottom of the page.
Activity Book, page 29.
➔
Landscape features
• Ask: What natural features can you see in the landscape around your town? (trees, grass, plains, mountains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls…)
• Ask: Which things are man-made?
(roads, pavements, buildings, bridges, walls …)
• Write suggestions on the BB in two lists.
Content objectives: 1, 2, 3, 7.
Language objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Excursions and rubbish. When we go on excursions, we should always throw our rubbish in the bins or take it home. This way we protect nature and help prevent fires.
77
■ Special attention
• Interpret a relief map
• Adverbial phrases: to the north, in the south etc.
■ Hands on
■ Presentation
• Focus on the map. Ask:
What colours do you see on the map?
What do these colours indicate?
(different altitudes)
• Ask: What do you see in the upper left corner? (a compass) What is it for?
(to show north, south, east and west)
• Ask: What is the name of the mountain chain which separates the Iberian peninsula from France? (Pyrenees) Is the Betic Chain in the south of the Iberian peninsula? (yes) Which is further north, the Ebro depression or the Guadalquivir depression? (Ebro depression)
• Ask: What is the highest mountain in Spain? (the Teide) Where is it?
(in the Canary Islands)
• Ss read 1 and do the activity.
LOOK AND READ
32 THE LANDSCAPE
1. Mountains and plains in Spain The Iberian peninsula has many different landscapes.
The map shows the mountains and plains.
Central Spain is dominated by a large plateau, called the Central Plateau.
This is divided into two parts by the Central Mountain Chain.
There are mountains to the north, east and south of the Central Plateau:
•The Pyrenees is a mountain chain to the north of the Central Plateau.
•The Betic Chain is a mountain chain to the south of the Central Plateau.
The highest peaks on the peninsula are in these chains.
The Iberian peninsula has narrow coastal plains.
There are two extensive depressions:
•The Ebro depression is in the north.
•The Guadalquivir depression is in the south.