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3o Ano 1o Bimestre
3o Ano 1o Bimestre
NESSA UNIDADE:
• Let's Start
• Reading
• Word Study
• Language Study
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
LET’S START
Observe the source of the text. What kind of donation is the text
about?
Now read the title of the text. How do you think it might be
related to the kind of donation you mentioned in the previous
question?
AS YOU READ
a) How does the author try to persuade the reader of the importance of organ donation?
b) Why do you think the text is on the website (www.organdonorawareness.org)?
c) Do you know what one should do in order to become an organ donor in Brazil?
d) Are you an organ donor? Why (not)?
e) Do you know of any recent campaign that aims at promoting organ donation?
f) Do you know anyone who has received an organ transplant? If so, talk about that.
Reprodução/<www.nalanda.org.my>
the following questions with a classmate.
a) What is the campaign about?
b) Why do you think the color red was used in the
poster?
c) What information about blood donation is
offered in the poster? Were you aware of that?
d) Why do you think that information is given in the
poster?
e) Campaigns usually make use of strong Available at: <www.nalanda.org.my/blood-donation-campaign/>. Accessed on: March 12, 2016.
statements in order to draw people's attention
to a certain issue. Which statement do you
makes a real impact in that campaign? Why?
WORD STUDY
Spot the word that doesn't belong in that group in each sequence a-e. Write it down in your notebook. Then tell
your classmates why each of those odd words is different from the other four words in the group.
a) brain/kidney/heart/wreckage/eye
b) sin/ashes/faith/devil/God
c) bone/cell/muscle/corner/nerve
d) sky/wind/blood/rain/sunrise
e) woman/child/goal/girl/teenager
LANGUAGE STUDY
Now go back to the text on page 19 again and complete the sentences with the possible results of the author's
attitudes. Transcribe the complete sentences in your notebook.
a) If the author donates his cells to a speechless boy, the boy will be able to _______.
b) If the author gives his blood to a teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, _______.
c) If the author donates his bones, muscles, fibers and nerves to a disable child, _______.
d) If the author gives his sight to a blind man, _______.
LANGUAGE STUDY
The messages in the quotes above teach us that we can make a difference in the world. We can start with small
gestures. Read about possible situations and complete the sentences with what you will do in each situation. Then,
in your notebook, write down one more sentence with your own ideas.
NESSA UNIDADE:
• Let's Start
• Reading
• Word Study
• Language Study
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
LET’S START
Based on your background knowledge and the information in the quiz, discuss these questions with a classmate.
a) Who, among those human rights defenders, was the first on to use civil disobedience as tactic to achieve their
objective?
Choose the definition that fits the kind of text you answered in the previous activity.
AS YOU READ
What was the purpose of Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivered that speech?
WORD STUDY
In each of the following word groups, identify the word that doesn't belong in each group and write it down in
your notebook. Then tell your classmate why each of those odd words is different from the other three words in
the group.
a) Plato/heyday/Aristotle/Socrates
b) war/violence/trouble/peace
c) years/century/age/survival
d) sea/land/choice/wilderness
e) the Roman Empire/the Parthenon/the Renaissance/the Almighty
LANGUAGE STUDY
Have another look at the quote from Nelson Mandela, taken from the text on page 35. It is an example of a
different type of conditional sentence. Observe the verb tenses in bold.
"'[...] realized that when I went through that gate, if I still hated them, they would still have me.'"
LET’S PRACTICE
THINK ABOUT IT
Observe the pictures below. Which one do you think best represents the idea in I Dream a World? Tell a classmate
about that and justify your choice.
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Evaluate your performance in this Unit. Give yourself a score from 1 to 5 for each of the topics below.