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ENGLISH IN ACTION IV

Stage 4 - Creative Expressions

Welcome to your last Stage of high school !!! You have done a great job so far, keep up the hard work for this last portion of the semester. In this last stage, we will finish the last two teyts of your Inside Reading book, two maga{ine articles about anthropology, which you will then analy{e to learn how to write your own maga{ine article.

CONTENT

Science magazine article Easter’s End by Jared Diamond

• Pre-Unit Video
• Reading with Audio
• Reading Skill
• Vocabulary Activities

Article from New Scientist Magazine A Monumental Collapse?

• Before You Read
• Reading with Audio
• Reading Skill
• Vocabulary Activities

Magazine Article

Easter Island

By observing the wonderful giant monoliths

• n Easter Island, it is easy to imagine a
• nce thriving society. However, this island

is an example of the decay of a civilization.

• In a document, organize in a chart

three examples in history of collapsed civilizations and the main factors that contributed to their demise.

• Watch the following video to see how

Easter Island looks like and to know a bit about efforts to preserve its remains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xrXmz6Las

Easter Island

Now that you have watched the video, reflect and write a short paragraph answering the following questions.

• How do you think the civilization moved

these giant statues?

• If they carved more than 900 statues, they

must have had an important significance. What do you think the statues represent?

• The statues now rest in a desolate island

as witnesses of a civilization that

• disappeared. Write some possible causes

that led to the decay of the Rapa Nui.

Dear tourists -- keep your dang fingers out of our dang noses. Love, the moai.

Easter’s End

In this article from a science magazine, biologist and geographer Jared Diamond gives background on the culture, history, and mystery of Easter Island.

• Open your book Inside Reading 4 on

Unit 10, page 146.

• Use the link to follow the reading

Easter’s End. To practice pronunciation, pause after every paragraph and read it

• aloud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMte1sTzVgg

Easter’s End

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

• Open your book Inside Reading 4 on Unit 10, page 149. If you don’t have the book,

copy the answers of the exercises in your notebook or a document.

A. Mark each sentence as T (true) or F (false) according to the information in Easter’s End. Use a dictionary to understand new words. __1. The author Jared Diamond blames human behavior for the destruction of Easter Island’s ecosystem. __2. Diamond believes that the culture that originally inhabited Easter Island left once deforestation was complete. __3. Diamond believes that the statues could not have been built unless the islanders had very sophisticated and modern tools. __4. The excavation of garbage heaps suggests that the islanders became more desperate in their search for food. __5. Diamond feels that modern cultures, due to greater knowledge of history and science, are immune to the kinds of ecological disasters suffered on Easter Island.

Easter’s End

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

• B. Scan the reading to find the sentences paraphrased below. In the blank,

write the first few words of the original sentence. 1. Given these advantages, we might expect Easter Island to be a tiny utopia, a society free from the difficulties of other civilizations. In theory, these blessings should have made… (lines 15 -18) 2. The people on the island had no contact with people from other places and did not know that there were other humans in the world. _________________________________________ 3. The difficulty of accounting for the presence of these statues was immediately apparent. _________________________________________ 4. Scientist studies show that when the first settlers arrived, Easter Island was not a barren, empty land. _________________________________________ 5. The land could no longer support the political and religious institutions that the community needed. _________________________________________

Reading Skill

Identifying Multiple Causes Most times, single events have multiple causes. From breakups to cancer to the end of a civilization, it is important to analyze several factors. As mentioned on Unit 10, to establish that an event or condition is a cause, we need to provide a rationale. To be convincing, we need to show that our reasoning is valid and that our explanation is plausible.

• On page 150, answer exercise A. The author argues that the

statues on Easter Island were built by the civilization that once lived there. Provide a rationale to support the conditions in the table.

How did I get here?

Reading Skill

• In your document, answer exercise B, question 2. Identify multiple causes

to the question below organizing the information in a fishbone diagram. According to Jared Diamond, what factors contributed to the collapse of the population on Easter Island? Find factors in the article and provide a rationale for each. Identifying Multiple Causes

To learn how to create a fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram, you can watch the following

• video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwfgx0dOYvE

Vocabulary Activities

• Answer the vocabulary activities A & B in your inside

Reading book, pages 151 & 152.

• Before you work on the activities in your book, play the memory

game found in https://www.educaplay.com/learning-resources/5372356-vocabulary_easter_s_end.html (Vocabulary Easter’s End) to practice and understand the vocabulary for this unit. Write down in your notebook the meaning of the words you had difficulties with.

Vocabulary Activities

• C. The word derive has two meanings:
• 1. something coming from another source.
• 2. the origin of a word.

Find out what these things are derived from. Go online to research and write your findings.

• 1. diamonds
• 2. plastic
• 3. silk
• 4. cocoa
• 5. the word salary

A Monumental Collapse?

Jared Diamond claims that the collapse of the Rapa Nui civilization was mainly caused by an environmental crisis, either by their own action or external factors. Although throughout the decades, other theories have emerged, we can relate to the Rapa Nui because humanity nowadays is committing ECOCIDE. Before you read, write in your notebook your own definition of ECOCIDE and provide examples of how humans are intentionally harming the environment. Do you think ECOCIDE should be an international crime? BEFORE YOU READ

A Monumental Collapse?

This article from New Scientist magazine discusses the work of several researchers who question the validity of Jared Diamond’s conclusions about Easter Island.

• Open your book Inside Reading 4 on Unit 10, page 153.
• Use the link to follow the reading A Monumental

Collapse? To practice pronunciation, pause after every paragraph and read it aloud.

• After reading the text, answer the Reading

Comprehension exercises, page 156.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQkX7yqpERw

A Monumental Collapse?

READING COMPREHENSION

A. Mark each sentence as T (true) or F (false) according to the information in A Monumental Collapse? Use a dictionary to understand new words. __1. Hunt and Lipo doubt that the statue building would necessitate a large population. __2. Hunt and Lipo do not acknowledge that deforestation occurred on easter Island. __3. Most researchers, including Diamond, deny that the population of Easter Island declined in the 19th century. __4. Peiser, Hunt, and Lipo delay the collapse of the society to after the late 1700s. __5. The author of this article believes that Hunt and Lipo have raised serious doubts about Jared Diamond’s account.

A Monumental Collapse?

READING COMPREHENSION

• B. Scan oth readings of this unit for the answers to these questions.
• 1. According to Hunt and Lip’s research, when was the earliest settlement of

Easter Island?

• 2. Is this date earlier or later than Diamond’s date?
• 3. When was deforestation complete according to Hunt and Lipo?
• 4. When did the slave raids begin?
• 5. Did the article by Diamond mention the slave raids?

Reading Skill - Synthesizing information from Several Sources

On the last Reading Skill, you learned that many situations can have multiple roots to explain them. It is common and acceptable to have many possible reasons for a situation, even if different sources disagree with each other. In his article, Jared Diamond claims that the collapse of the Rapa Nui civilization was mainly caused by an environmental crisis. However, some scientists argue Diamond’s claims and provide their own theories. Disagreements are useful because they make us analyze all the evidence available and polish our own ideas. Resolving these disagreements will make us come closer to the truth. One handy tool to see all views on a topic is to compare the sources in a table.

• Answer exercises A & B on page 157. Identify the ideas each author has

about the Easter island civilization in the table to see in which theories they disagree and agree.

Vocabulary

CEASE

Now that you know the meaning of the vocabulary words, find an image to represent each term and paste them in the boxes.

CITE DENY CULTURE CONFIRM CONCEIVE COLLAPSE DERIVE

Vocabulary

Now that you know the meaning of the vocabulary words, find an image to represent each term and paste them in the boxes.

NEVERTHELESS WIDESPREAD VALID TRANSPORT (verb) SUPPLEMENT QUOTE

• To conclude your comprehension
• f the vocabulary terms, answer

the vocabulary activities A, B & C

• n pages 158 - 160.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Easter’s End and A Monumental Collapse? are both examples of magazine

• articles. You will write a similar text, preferably about the topic of your

final presentation. Writing a magazine article is not an easy task. Unlike an essay or another academic text, a magazine article encapsulates interview material, exposition of a topic or of your opinion, description, researched evidence, and at times persuasion to get others to think like you. All that while attracting and maintaining your reader’s attention.

• ne way to make your article stand out is to be creative with the layout,

images and colors used.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

in your introduction, focus on: *Attract the reader to the topic (the hook) *Ask a question to urge the readers to reflect *Give a quick glance of the topic *mention the literature available on the topic (What experts know so far & what’s missing) *state the relevance of the topic *state the article’s objective and hypothesis

INTRODUCTION

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

*Attract the reader to the topic (the hook) *Ask a question to urge the readers to reflect

INTRODUCTION The first lines of your article are the most important ones since they will determine if your readers will want to continue reading. You can start with a famous quote, a personal experience or a question for your readers. Reread the first paragraph of Easter’s End and A Monumental Collapse? to see how they “hooked” their readers.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

*Give a quick glance of the topic *mention the literature available on the topic (What experts know so far & what’s missing)

INTRODUCTION Without giving too many details, mention the main aspects of your topic you will cover Briefly mention which experts you used in your research. Don’t forget the person you interviewed in Stage 2 will count as an expert, too. If your topic covers an area that hasn’t been explored, mention it.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

*state the relevance of the topic *state the article’s objective and hypothesis

INTRODUCTION It is crucial that you state right away why you chose this particular topic and why this information is important for your readers.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

BODY

INFORMATIVE ARTICLE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE Evidence available on the topic *Proven theories that support your opinions *Main experts of the field and their views *Specify if there are experts that have different views on the topic. If so, you will have to compare their views. *Explain what new insights you learned while researching for the topic. Focus on the methods used in your research: *Predictions you had before starting the project *Theory you used as a reference *Experiment process *Problems you encountered and how you solved them. *Results

the content of the body will depend on your topic. most articles ofger information or

• pinions about a topic, but if you focused on a stem project, you will have to describe the

procedure you followed. use the following chart as a guide.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

the conclusion carries the final statements to get your final views across. you do not need to summarize the information, just mention what you want your readers to remember about your topic. if your topic allows it, you can emphasize if there is a gap in the knowledge available about the topic, and urge others to continue research.

CONCLUSION

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

even though this type of text follows the basic ibc (introduction, body and conclusion) format, you will not be restricted by a specific font or design. you can be very creative in how you arrange the content of your article. images and charts really capture the reader’s attention, don’t be afraid to use color. research science

• nline magazines for inspiration.

THE FORMAT

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

1) All articles have BIG titles 2) Arrange your text in columns 3) Work on the text first and if you have space use images 4) Pay attention to grammar and coherence as you would in any text. 5) Ask for feedback constantly to check if your article meets the requirements.

FINAL TIPS

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MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Great job guys ! Remember to keep in constant communication with your teacher to know how you are doing in your final evaluation.