AMERICA

CONTENTS

• What is it? Who are they? • Answer the questions.• Geographical dictation• 7 natural wonders of America• Grand Canyon – listening• Homework• This land is your land… - singing

Who are they? What is it?

How well do you know America?

Geographical Dictation

1. The Pacific Ocean

2. The Atlantic Ocean

3. The Arctic Ocean

4. The Gulf of Mexico

5. The Caribbean

6. Great Lakes

7. The Mississippi

8. The Missouri

9. The Colorado

10. The US

11. Alaska

12. Canada

13. Mexico

14. The Rockies

15. The Appalachians

Geographical Dictation

Death Valley (California)

Glacier Bay (Alaska)

The Great Lakes

The Grand Canyon (Arizona)

Niagara Falls (New York State and Ontario, Canada)

Old Faithful (Idaho)

Giant Redwood (California)

THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA

6

3

5

1

2

7

4

CAN YOU LOCATE NUMBERS 3, 5, 6 AND 7

ON THE MAP?

GRAND CANYON (listening 1)

• litter• fires• danger to animals• erosion of paths

• noise• traffic• vandalism

Which of the following problems is a ranger talking about?

GRAND CANYON (listening 2)Listen again and answer the following questions

1 How many people visit the Grand Canyon each year?2 What two problems can pollution cause in the canyon?3 Which two months does the ranger say are particularly hot and dry?4 What are two ways in which visitors start fires?5 Why should visitors not feed the animals in the canyon (two reasons)

Let’s sing to the music

This land is your land ….

Homework – Japanese poetry - haiku

To start off, you need to know what the basic layout for a Haiku is. A Haiku has at least 17 syllables with 3 lines. The order of the syllables is 5,7,5…

Japanese haiku poetry

alla

arina

vika

nadya

yana

Which team is the best?1 team 2team 3team

Who are they? What is it? (pictures)

How well do you know America?

Geographical dictation

The 7 natural wonders. (map)

The 7 natural wonders (pictures)

Grand Canyon (listening1)

Grand Canyon (listening2)

Singing

summary

GRAND CANYON (listening 2)Listen again and answer the following questions

1 How many people visit the Grand Canyon each year?

2 What two problems can pollution cause in the canyon?

3 Which two months does the ranger say are particularly hot and dry?

4 What are two ways in which visitors start fires?

5 Why should visitors not feed the animals in the canyon (two reasons)