COLEGIO EL JAZMÍN – IED ÁREA DE HUMANIDADES – INGLÉS – CICLO 4 (8° Y 9°)
READING STRATEGIES – READING FOR INFORMATION Look at the list of questions and then read the passage and underline the specific information in the text. 1- When did Chaplin go to the United States? 2- What was the date of his first film? 3- What was the name of his first film? 4- What film did he make in 1936? 5- Where did he live after 1952? 6- How often was he married? Charlie Chaplin, who died in 1977 at the age of 88, was one of the most famous stars in the history of cinema. He was certainly the most famous comic actor of the cinema. His first films were in the age of silent films. He wrote and directed nearly all his films and composed the music of all of his sound pictures. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in 1889 in London. His family was poor and he had a hard childhood. In 1910 he left Britain for the United States and in 1914 he made his first film. In his films he created the character of a little man who always faced life’s difficulties with courage. Because he was very successful, he created his own film company in 1918. His great films include The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1938). Chaplin was married four times and in 1952 left the United States with his family and lived in Switzerland. Identify the verbs (circle them in the text) and write down them in your notebook with their corresponding present form and meaning in Spanish. W rite down the answers to the questions in your notebook using the past form appropriately. Draw an image and write a short sentence about the film “The Child”. Study the following sentences about deserts: 1. Deserts are dry regions. 2. Deserts have very little rainfall. 3. Few plants can grow in deserts. 4. Few animals can live in deserts. 5. Some deserts have a surface of sand. 6. Sand in deserts forms dunes. 7. Dunes are created by the wind. 8. Some deserts have a surface of stone or rocks.
Use of reference Study this short paragraph: Deserts are very dry regions. They have very little rainfall. Few plants live there. Some specialized animals do. Some deserts have a surface of sand. The sand often forms dunes. These are created by the wind. Others have stones or rocks.