Talking about politics - final version - table of contents

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Student´s 
Book
written by
Adriana Cruz
Cíntia Pereira dos Santos
Cristiane Domingues Pereira
Eliza Adriana Sheuer Nantes
English for all!
Talking about politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 Introduction: Who are these people?
03 Who said what?:Politician speeches
05 And what about ourenvironment, Dear
politicians?
06 Working onvocabulary: the
environment
04 Warm-up: Fromspeeches to quotation
07 Reading: What affectsbeach health
04 Your turn: "Friends" andsecond conditional
discussion
07
Exploring the language:
text comprehension
"What affects beach
health
05 Beyond speeches andquotes: political
promises
07 Discussion: theenvironment
08 Be the rain: songdiscussion
09 Let´s do it byourselves: WebQuest
activities
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introduction
Who are these
people?
Where are they from?
They are from...
 
What language do you think they
are speaking in this situation?
Why?
They are speaking...
 
What language will you use to ask
for information in another country?
I will speak in...
Who said what?
Connect the Presidents to the speeches. Then, check with a partner.1.
(1) "And you know what I want to do? I
want really immaculate air. I want clean,
crystal water,” he said. “I want a lot of
things. Okay? I want a lot of things."
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(2) “[…] hydro-electric energy has been
the cheapest in terms. It´s durability,
maintenance (costs)…and also because
water is for free…and we can stock it.
Yeah, wind could be like that too, but
you still haven´t got the technology of
stocking the wind […]”
(3) “We should make proactive efforts to implement
the tasks for the second stage of the forest
restoration campaign, improve landscaping, urban
management and road administration, and take
every precaution against environmental pollution[…]
The politico-ideological strength of our socialist
state should be increased in every way possible.”
(4) “[…] almost two centuries ago, a
universal Venezuelan, a liberator of
nations and precursor of consciences
left to posterity a full-willed maxim: ‘If
nature opposes us, let’s fight against it
and make it obey us.’ That was Simón
Bolívar, the Liberator.”
(5) “And I am proud to say that the
United States has done more to promote
clean energy and reduce carbon
pollution in the last eight months than at
any other time in our history.”
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Available at: <https://bit.ly/2XxdCpe>. Accessed June 4, 2019.
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Available at: <https://wapo.st/2QHS6Ly>. Accessed June 4, 2019.
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Available at: <https://bit.ly/2QNcAm9>. Accessed June 4, 2019.
Warm-up
From speeches to quotation
Watch the video from "Friends"
and read the subtitles:
1.
Your turn Discuss in your group:
 
a. What would you do if you were a
President?
b. Will you be capable of changing the
world?
c. What would you do if you were ore than a
President, an omnipotent person?
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Nowadays, we are always reading quotes in our social medias. Take a look
what these influent people said:
1.
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Available at: <https://youtu.be/X6Rlof79gac>.
Accessed June 4, 2019.
 
Student: If I could be omnipotent, I would...
Student: If I could change the world, I would...
Student: If I had money or power, I would...
Student: If I were the president of my country, I would...
Student: If I could save the planet, I would...
Student: If I were able to change the future, I would...
2. In your group, make a sentence saying what would you do if you could be
omnipotent:
Beyond speeches and quotes:
political promises
Are these common political promises? 
If he were elected, he would never give you up.
If he were elected, he would never make you cry.
And what about our
environment, Dear politicians?
a.    In your opinion, is this a political
issue or people´s issue? Why?
b.    How could it be different? If… , the
beach…
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 And what about these ones, are these common political promises? 
If he were elected, he would give people bachelor´s degree for free.
Available at: <https://lolsnaps.com/images/upload_pic/134493.jpg>. Accessed June 5, 2019.
Available at: <https://thefederalistpapers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bernie-socialism-750.jpg>. Accessed June 5, 2019.
Available at: <https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2018/11
/trumpocean.jpg>. Accessed June 5, 2019.
Available at: <https://pics.me.me/you-know-you-have-a-plastic-pollution-
problem-when-oplait-9934617.png>. Accessed June 5, 2019.
Working on vocabulary
 
 
Write the words in the chart in order to show if they represent positive or
negative ideas regarding to the pollution in beaches: 
1.
flooding – pick up trash on the beach - oil spill – through away your trash - erode
– avoid using plastic – use reusable lunch containers – overuse of the beach –
degradation of habitat
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POSITIVE NEGATIVE
2. Reading
 
 
You are going to know a little more about beach health. Visit the site below
and read the text.
Available at: <https://www.epa.gov/beaches/learn-what-affects-beach-health>.
Accessed June 5, 2019.
4. Discussion
a.    What causes beach pollution?
b.    How does beach pollution affect human lives?
c.     How can we prevent pollution on beaches?
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3. Exploring the Language
 
 
In groups, complete the chart according to the text.
Who produced the text?
Where was it
produced?
Who is the text
addressed to?
Why was it
produced?
(1) If shoppers bought with conscience,
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Be the
Rain
Neil Young
5. Listen to the following song “Be the Rain” from
Neil Young. After you listened it, match the two
halves from the sentences. They are based on the
song facts:
(2) If the government were not bought and paid,
( ) we would make a difference.
(3) If we were the ocean when it meets the sky,
(4) If we tried,
(5) If the ocean was cleaned,
(6) If we got to get there in Alaska,
(7) If we were the rain which we remember falling,
( ) we would care what they say.
( ) it would not have three-eyed fish.
( ) we would be the magic in the Northern lights.
( ) we would wash the toxic dumping from corporate
farms.
( ) the machines would not be there.
( ) they would save the planet.
1. Check the following website and read the taps on
it. You must follow the original order: Introduction,
Task, Process, Resources, Evaluation and
Conclusion. Make all the activities on them
according to your teacher instructions
Really, Dear politians?
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Let´s do it by ourselves!
Available at: <https://sites.google.com/view/secondconditionalbncc/introduction>.
Accessed June 5, 2019.