GUIA DE APRENDIZAJE ACADÉMICO (GAA)

ÁREA/ASIGNATURA Inglés DOCENTE Karen Torres

GRADO 8° SEDE Bachillerato
FECHA ASIGNACIÓN Marzo 8 FECHA DE ENTREGA Marzo 23
PERIODO Primero No DE GUÍA 3
NOMBRE CURSO

1. APRENDIZAJE A DESARROLLAR
 Students describe human actions that affect the environment.
 Express opinions about human actions
 Discuss good and bad environmental practices
2. METODOLOGIA
2.1. ESTRUCTURACION

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1. Read the story about Silvio the Spectacled Bear. Find and underline at least four mistakes and correct them.

Bear Cries Over Lost Habitat

Silvio the bear loved live in the forest by the river. He

enjoyed walked around the forest. One day Silvio went
to a different part of the river to drink water and eat
fruit from the trees. When he came back to his place in
the forest, he saw something terrible. People had cut
in his favorite trees. Silvio sat by the river and cried.

Now Silvio would like find another place to live, but he’s
not interested of living near humans because they
destroyed its habitat.

enjoys
1. ___living___________________ 2. ________________________ walkes
3. __________________________
drinks
4. ___________________________ saws
5. ________________________ lives
6. __________________________

2. Match the eco-friendly actions with the photos A–G.

1. composts organic waste _E____

G
2. grows his/her own food ______
B
3. has solar panels _____
F
4. recycles plastic bottles ______
A
5. rides a bicycle to school ______
C
6. turns off lights _____
D
7. turns off tap when brushing teeth _____

3. Read the eco-actions and decide if they reduce, reuse or recycle. Complete the table.

Eco-actions Reduce Reuse or Recycle?

1. Andres didn’t use his old PlayStation, so he donated it Reuse
to charity.
2. Lina separates her waste into organic, plastic, glass,
paper, metal, e-waste, and mixed. recycle
3. Bella stopped buying shoes she doesn’t use. reduce
4. Roberto puts all his food scraps into a compost bin. reduce
5. Tim makes lampshades out of old glass bottles. reuse
6. Sally has short showers to lower her water
consumption. recycle

4. Look at the example and write three sentences about what you do at home to reduce, reuse and recycle. You can
use exercises 2 and 3 to help you.
Example: I reduce my energy consumption by turning off my computer at night.
in my house we reduced our water consumption by not leaving the faucet
1. (reduce) ____________________________________________________________________________________
in my house we reuse egg cartons to make vases and pictures
2. (reuse) _____________________________________________________________________________________
in my house we recycle the soda bottles to make flower pots.
3. (recycle) ____________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Order the words to make questions and match them with an answer. Follow the example.

1. reduce/How/electricity consumption/my/I/can/? A. There are many things you can do, like ride a
How can I reduce my electricity consumption? __ bicycle or use public transport.
B. Think about your habits at home. You can turn
2. do/fruit and vegetable peelings/ my/ What/I/ with
off the lights and appliances when you are not
/can/?
___________________________________________ using them.
3. I/my/How/eco-footprint/can/reduce/? C. You can compost them to make excellent
___________________________________________ fertilizer for your garden.
4. can/my/plastic water bottles/do/I/What/with/? D. There are many possibilities. Maybe you can
___________________________________________ cut the top off and make a bird feeder with them.

6. Label each picture with the questions. Then complete the answers with expressions from the box.

1. How can I save water?_____ 2. how can i receive automobile consumption

_________________________

It’s easy to (a.) save water. For Start riding your bike. Stop (c.)
example, when you’re brushing pullete
_________________. Then, you
your teeth, you can (b.) turn off the can help reduce carbon emissions.
tap.
how can I avoid disposing of waste in how can i prevent people from throwing away
another container
3._________________________ 4.___________________________
automobile tires

put the waste in its

respective place
It’s time to (d.) ________________. use water bottles
It’s easy to (f.) ________________.
You can compost peelings and You can make them into a nice
leftover food. Stop
throw them in another
(e.) planter for your garden.
trash can
________________ everything.

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7. Label the pictures with words from the Word Bank

plastic bottles b. ___________

a. ____________ peeelings magazines
c. __________ batteries
d. ____________ crips packet
e. ____________

8. (Track 10) Listening: Listen and label the bins with the words from the Word Bank. Then listen again and match the
items from exercise 7 with the correct bin.

e-waste
a. _____________ organic waste
b. ___________ recycling
c. ____________ rubbish
d. _____________
_____________ ___________ ____________ _____________

9. Complete the article with the correct form of the verb in brackets using the Present Simple.

The National Park Is Closed

The National Park is a beautiful place to go hiking. You could see many different plants and
are
animals there. The trees 1. _______ (be) very tall and very old. Things have changed when
haves
an illegal mining business came to the park. Now, they 2. ________ (have) an open mine
cuts wants
and 3. _______ (cut) down trees near the river every day. They 4. _______ (want) to extract
some important and valuable minerals. Sadly, the local government 5. _______nots (be/not)
interested in taking care of the park and many more illegal miners have come. It 6.
pollutes (pollute) the water with mercury and other toxic substances. Now, some
________
are
environmental groups 7. __________ (be) concerned about the problem. But it may be too
late. The damage from the illegal mining is irreparable. The soil in the affected areas will
never regenerate.