UNIT 1 ENERGY

UNIT 1 ENERGY

Unit Goals
In this unit you will learn to:

-Talk about the energy habits
-Describe ways to conserve energy
-Use the simple present, present progressive and simple past tenses
-Compare lifestyles of the past and present
-Use and, but, and or to show relationships between ideas
-Talk abput alternative energy sources

LESSON A HOW DO YOU USE ENERGY?

Grammar in Context

Review of the present tenses
Examples                                                    Explanations
I use a hair dryer every day Gasoline costs a lot of money	Use the simple present to talk about repeated actions, habits or things that are always true.
She is watching television right now They are looking for a new apartment	Use the present progressive to talk about things that are happening at this moment or things that are happening around this time.

LESSON B ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Grammar in Context

The simple present and present progressive: Negative and questions
Examples                                                            Explanations
Laura is not / isn’t at school today.         Are these lights energy efficient?         Where is / Where’s the science                   classroom?	With the verb to be, form negative statements and questions in the simple present.
We do not / don’t have a computer.         Does the air conditioner use a lot of          energy?        When does the semester begin?	With verbs other than to be, use the simple present and do or does in negative statements and questions.
Juan and Lisa are not / aren’t playing                          attention.        Am I wasting electricity?        Why is Pancho taking the bus to work?	In the present progressive, negative statements and questions are always formed with the verb to be.

LESSON C ENERGY CONSERVATION Easy Ways to Conserve Energy                Energy conservation doesn't have to be difficult. You don't need to buy a hydrogen-                powered car, for example, or sit in a dark house every night. Instead, try to do several small                                   things day to reduce the amount of energy you use. These small things can add up to big savings                            on your energy bill, and they can be a big help to the planetas well. Here are a few things you can do:               1 Always turn off the lights when you leave a room.               2 Cut back on the amount of time you spend watching television.               3 Only turn on electric fans or other electrical devices when you really need them.               4 Turn down the thermostat on the water heater and use cooler water.               5 Plug in electronic equipment such as a DVD player only when you use it               6 Remember, after we use up all of the fossil fuels, they are gone forever. Grammar in Context              Review of the simple past                        Examples                                                     Explanations                       They watched a movie last night                                  Daniel plugged in the television.                       Those wind turbines were extremely large. Use the simple past to talk about completed actions or situations in the past.                      We did not buy an electric car.                      Katrina didn’t do the homework assignment Use did not or didn’t plus the simple form of a verb to make negative statements in the simple past.                        Did you watch a movie last                         night?                        Was the power plant near the                     ocean?                  Where was the power plant?                  When did you go to Cancun? Form Yes/No and Wh-questions in the simple past.                    Regular verbs                                                                  walk – walked      produce – produced              learn – learned    waste – wasted                      open – opened    conserve – conserved                                                            Irregular verbs                     leave – left      find – found       read – read                  eat – ate         give – gave        say – said                     go – went       have – had         make-made LESSON D WHAT DID PEOPLE USE TO DO? Grammar in Context Used to Examples                                                  Explanations                            This used to be a good                                            place to work, but                                nobody is happy here now.                           I used to drive my car every                                     day. Now I only drive it                                a few days each week Use used to plus the simple form of a verb to talk about the situations in the past that are no longer  true, or that things we other had in the past that we don’t do anymore.                           Did you use to study at that school?                             No, I didn’t use to study                                            there, I used to teach                                   classes there.                                                                                          LESSON                                                         E                                                              A                                                         VISITOR                                                   FROM                                               ICELAND                              -Short 45 minute van ride                                                      from Reykjavik                              -Hiking 3 miles in beautiful                                    Icelandic countryside                               -Relaxing bath in natural                                        hot springs                               -Exciting boat trip on the                                     Atlantic Ocean leaves                                       from Reykjavik harbor                               -Modern, well-equipment                                     boat carries up to 40                                            passengers                               -Whale watching in the                                             whale's natural                                                environment. Be sure                                   to bring your camera!                                -Comfortable 7-hour bus                                  ride from Reykjavik                                -Deluxe spa and                                                geothermal hot springs                               -Excellent opportunities to                              see the aurora borealis -Food sale         LESSON F READING       Powering the Future Use did or didn’t use to for and  negative statements.                            As fossil fuels such as coal and oil become more difficult to find and more expensive,                people are looking for alternative sources of energy -energy that  is clean and renewable.                             But which form of alternative energy is the rigth one?                           Solar panels collect energy directly from the sun and convert it to electrical                                     power. Solar energy can also heat water, and steam from the hot water turns                                                 turbines to produce electricity. These processes do notproduce air pollution, but the cost of              solar panels is very high, and at night or on cloudy days, the panels produce less energy.                           Wind is another way to collect energy from the sun. The sun's heat cuases air                               to move and to turn the bledas of turbines. Wind turbines produce clean                                                   electricity, can unlike solar panels, they work well on cloudy days.                             Some people, however, say the turbines are noisy and ugly.                         Nuclear power plants produce a lot of electricity, and unlike power plants that                                   burn gas or coal, they don't pollute the air with carbon.                          But the disadvantages of nuclear power include the high cost of building them                                 and concerns about what to radioactive nuclear waste.                        In the end, no single one of these sources is the answer to our energy                                              problems.                           But a combination of these -along with other sources such as tidal or geothermal energy -             may be the way to meet the world's energy needs without depending on fossil fuels. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/alternative-energy LETTER'S SOUP http://sopadeletras.kokolikoko.com/crearsopas.php ELECTRONIC ENERGY FUTURE ICELAND NUCLEAR OCEAN TURBINES

CROSSWORD http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/crossword/crossword.php QUIZ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10edw6ZkPohaZ0dJySxjaRUty0-LGC1V6OOOUj1INt2Q/viewform  QUESTIONARY What is the present tenses? What is the present progressive? What is the simple present? What is the simple past? Tuxpi https://www.tuxpi.com/ Swfplayer http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/ Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Dipity http://www.dipity.com/MariaE1234/topics WorldLens: http://questvisual.com/ Paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/index.html Moodle https://moodle.org/?lang=es Pixie http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php Public Domain Clip Art http://www.pdclipart.org/index.php Screen cast-o-matic http://screencast-o-matic.com/home GreenShot http://getgreenshot.org/ CamStudio http://camstudio.org/ Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/  Tuxpi https://www.tuxpi.com/ Screenr http://www.screenr.com/ Learn AR http://www.learnar.org/ Swiff Player http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/ TwittARound http://i.document.m05.de/twittaround/  Photo Resizer http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize Krut http://krut.sourceforge.net/ Goggles https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/166331