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English 8th Grade

Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension

Hello! This is your teacher Ricardo. Remember that we have been discussing environmental
issues. We have practiced vocabulary, and you have shared your ideas and concerns. The
following workshop is for you to put into practice the information we have talked about.

A. Look at the pictures and write the name of the environmental problem.

1.

___________ 2. _____________ 3. _________________

B. Read the texts. What is the problem that the students are describing?

Hi! My name is Diego. I live in 4. What is the environmental problem?

Bogotá. It is difficult to breathe
a. in this city. There are many cars Soil pollution
b. and industries. They produce Air pollution
c. fumes that affect our health. Water pollution

Hello! I’m Paola. I live in the

coast of Colombia. It is a 5. What is the environmental problem?
beautiful place. However, some
people opened a factory, and it a. Deforestation
dumps a lot of waste. There is a b. Air pollution
nice lake, but now it is in c. Water pollution
danger. I’m concerned because
fish are dying.
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English 8th Grade
Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension

Hi! My name is Ana María. I 6. What is the environmental problem?

am from Boyacá. We have
amazing landscapes here. a. Soil pollution
People cultivate the land, and b. Air pollution
they take care of cattle. Some c. Water pollution
years ago, people started to use
a lot of pesticides. I’m worried
because it has had negative
effects.

I’m Pablo, and I’m 13 years old.

I’m concerned about my town. 7. What is the environmental problem?
There were a lot of trees, but
a. Deforestation
people cut them down to
b. Air pollution
produce paper. Now, there are a
c. Illegal mining
few trees. It is sad.

C. Organize the words to create a sentence.

Example: hurt / to / would / like / not / I / animals = I would not like to hurt animals.

8. would / I / to / like / a / organize / petition

9. not / would / demonstration / go / to / a / like / I / on
10. like / plant / to / would / trees / I
11. I / not / design / to / website / would / like / a
12. water / save / I / would / to / like

D. Complete de texts using the words.

mining produce rubbish dump biodiversity soil

petition health minerals deforestation pesticides pollution
concerned river environmental demonstration air cut down

People in our town are 13. ______

Amazonas 16. ______ is suffering from
about 14. ______ pollution. We
water 17. ______. There are some
decided to pick up 15. ______ from
factories that 18. ______ waste. For
public places such as parks.
this reason, fish are dying.
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English 8th Grade
Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension

Our city has several 19. ______
problems. I am worried about all of
them. Farmers use 20. ______ that
affect the soil. Another problem is
illegal hunting. There are some animals
that are killed, and it has affected 21.
______.
I have a friend who lives in small
village. People 22. ______ a lot of
trees, and it has created 23. ______.
My friend organized a 24. ______ to
ask the major to prohibit that activity.

25. ______ pollution is common in big
cities where there are cars and
industries which 26. ______ fumes. It
affects our 27. ______ because we
cannot breathe clean air.
Yesterday I saw some people who were
participating on a 28. ______. They
were protesting because they want to
stop 29. ______ companies from
extracting metals and 30. ______.

E. Listen to the audios and complete the table.

Audio Name Age Place Environmental He/She would like

problem to…
1 Carlos 13 Medellin Water pollution go on a demonstration

2 Sara 12 31. _______ 32. ________ 33. ______ a petition

3 David 34. _____ Villa de Leyva - Deforestation 36. ______________

35. ________