Challengeyourself1Exploringthewonders.pptx

Challenge yourself 1Exploring the wonders The first step to learning about the future is to learn about the past. Looking Ahead Talk about wonders in the world. Use linking verbs and modal verbs correctly. Understand and use passive voice correctly. Understand a reading passage by predicting. Transform a reading passage to other forms to help learning. Introduce a famous place to others confidently. Appreciate great achievements of people in our country and in the world. Use a mind map to classify the information. Before Learning 1.Have you ever heard of Hani Rice Terraces in our country? Look at the picture and read the short passage to know more about them. 2. The short passage is probably taken from . A. an argumentation B. a narration C. an exposition D. a piece of news 3. You are going to read a passage about Banaue Rice Terraces. Tick what you expect to read about in the passage. D After reading 1. Complete the mind map with the information you find in the passage. location: in Ifugao, Philippines form: stone walled; stepping stones stretching towards the sky honours and titles: Eighth Wonder of the World; one of the greatest engineering feats of mankind; a World Heritage Sites; one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Sites; one of the two green globe destinations of the country; International Historic Engineering Landmark Award history: about 2,000—3,000 years old current situation: beginning to show signs of erosion, and some of them need maintenance how they were built: carved from the hillside by the tribes people who dug them out with their bare hands and early methods; built by means of primitive tools how they were irrigated: irrigated by means of mountain streams and springs how they were used: used to plant rice 2. Read the passage carefully and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. ____ 1) Banaue Rice Terraces are known to be one of the greates