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Literary Circle

1 88 Look at the picture in the text. What do you think the story is about? Discuss.

THE POLAR BEARS' HOME

Hello, welcome to the Arctic! This spring, since so much snow and ice had melted, my dad said, "Let's go out fora boat ride."And that's when I saw two furry white balls on a sheet of ice, all alone.

"Those are polar bearcubs,,"mydad told me."They look like they were born just this winter.""Where is their mother?"I asked him."I don't know,"said my dad. He was surprised too.

"Maybe we should take the cubs home and take care of them,"I said."I don't think so,"my dad told me."When these bears grow up, they will be enormous, and they will need a lot of food that we just can't give them. Besides, polar bears are happiest living on the ice."

"Unfortunately for polar bears,"my dad said, "and many other animals too, the Arctic is warming up more and more every year."

"Why?"Iasked.

"The world and its climate are changing,"he told me,"And we

humans are making it change faster. We use a lot of energy,to heat our homes and run out factories, and even power this boat, and most of it comes from burning oil and coal. That makes a gas which forms a tent around the earth and traps in extra heat."

Then we saw something white floating towards them in the water.It was their mother!

"Will they be OK?"I asked my dad."I think so,"he said," but there are a lot of other polar bears that will need our help from now on."

"We can all help them, some of the things we can do to slow down global warming are recycle aluminum cans, glass bottles,plastic and cardboard, plant trees and turn off things such as computers, TV or lights when we are not using them."

"Let's get to it!"I said, as we watched the bear family go away.

Adapted from: Bergen, L., & Nguyen, V. (2008). The polar bears'home a story about global warming. Little Green Books. New York.

2. 33|) Read and listen to the story and check your predictions.

3. What other ideas can you suggest to slow down global warming? Discuss.

MINIPROJECT

1. 8&8 Think about your own concern related to the environment and create a poster.Make a drawing and write a slogan to express your concern.

2. Display your poster in a visible place of the classroom.

UNIT 2•Climate change and natural disasters

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