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Onthe boardwrite up the wordscatton, silk,woolandleatherandaskthe students if theycanthinkof anything madefromeachof thesematerials. Next,putthe studentsintopairsand askthemto spenda coupleof minutes makingnotesaboutwhattheyknow aboutthesematerials.
Putthe studentsin newgroupsof four, withonestudentfromeachof the groupsin activity1 workingtogether. i.e. In the newgroupsthereshouldbea studentfor eachof the texts/materials. Tellthe studentsto turn the¡rtextsover sotheycan'treadthem (buttheycan lookat themquicklyif theyneedto checksomeinformation). Explain thattheywillworktogether andhelpeachothercomplete the table (e.9.at the momenttheyonlyhaveone but workingtogether columncomplete, theyshouldbe ableto complete the wholetable). Tellthemnot to lookat eachothers tables,but to askeachotherfor the relevantinformation. 5 Monitorandhelpwherenecessary.
Aska fewstudentsto tell youtheir 6 Finally, checkthe completed tableas a information andwriteit up on the board. class. 4 Next,divideyourclassintofourgroups, 5 Handoutthetableandtellyourstudents
thatyouwill givethema text aboutone of the materials. Theyshouldreadthe text andcomplete the columnin the chartfor theirmaterial. So,¡f the phrase is correctfor the¡rmater¡al theyshould y', t¡ckthe box if it isn'tcorrectthey shouldput a crossX, Handout copiesof the textsto the students. Makesurethat everyone in a groupgetsthe sametext. 'fhrs
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hide(n) the skin of an animalsuchas a cowwhichis usedfor makingleather irrigation(n) the processby which enoughwateris broughtto a pieceof landthrougha seriesof pipesto help cropsgrow
putrefy(v) to decayor becomerotten Askstudents to workin the samegroups B of fourastheydid in activity2. 9 raw (adj)somethingwhichhasnot been cooked Explain thattherearequitea few new/ difficultwordsin the textsandnow to findoutthe theywillhavea chance meanings. 3 Handout the worksheet.
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12 spin (v) to twist fibresof a materialsuch as cottoninto a thread 5 Tostartwiththeyshouldfindthe wordin the text andtry andusethe contextto 13 sufficient(adj) as muchas is needed/ helpthem. enough Thentheyshouldlookat the definitions 14 synthetic(adj) madefrom artificial andtry to matchthe wordsto the materialsor substanceínot natural correctdefinition. ones 7 Monitorandhelpwherenecessary. 8 Finally, checkasa class.
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1. ls a natural material 2. Comesfromanimals 3. Needswater 4. ls easyto produce 5. Canbewoven/turned intothread 6. ls a by-productof anotherprocess 7. Wasthe centreof trade 8. Comesfromdifferentanimals Now talk to other students and find out informationabout the other three materials.
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sitk Thereis an interesting legendsurrounding silk.According to the legenda Chinese princess, Xi Ling-Shi, wassittingundera treewhena cocoon dropped intothecupof tea shewasdrinking. Thesilkunravelled in theteaandsilkwasdiscovered. TheChinese tried to keepthe mysteries of silk production secretandthe fabricwasso soughtafterthat tradebetween Europe andchinaflourished alongthe silk Road. Thesilkwormis an amazing creature. It feedsonthe leavesof the mulberrybushbefore spinning a cocoon madeoutof silk.Eachcocoon canproduce upto about1,000metresof silkfilaments. Twoor threeof thesearespuntogetherto createthe threador yarnwhich canthenbewoven.In recentyearsanimalrightsactivitists havecriticised silkproduction asthe process of harvesting killsthe silkworm. F----
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Gotton Cottonis a fibrethat growsaroundthe seedof the cottonplant.It hasbeenusedfor thousands of years,but it wasthe inventions duringthe Industriat Revolution in the l8th century, including EliWhitney's cottongin inL793,whichledto masscottonproduction. Cottonis a verythirstycrop,requiring quitea lot of water.So,unlessthereis sufficient rain,theonlyalternative is irrigation. Ofcourse, waterresources arebecoming scarcer so thisis a threatto the production of cotton.In otherrespects the production of cottonis veryefficient asonlyaboutten percentof theweightis lostin the process. Tobeginwith the cottonbollsareharvested. Oncecollected the cottonneedsto beseparated fromthe seed.Thiscanbe doneby handor by usinga cottongin.Onceseparated the cottonis spunintothreadswhichcanthenbewoven. F----
Wool Woolis a fibrethatcomesfromthe fur of animals. Themostcommonanimals usedare sheep,but someof the mostexpensive woolscomefromotheranimals suchas rabbits (Angora), goats(Cashmere) andAlpaca.Woolhasbeenusedfor thousands of yearsto makeclothes andisstillimportant in textiles although itsusehasfallenwiththeincreased useof synthetic fibres.CurrentlY 25 percentof all our woolcomesfromAustralia while it is the biggestexportfrom NewZealand. Theprocess of gettingwoolis very easy.Thesheepare shearedandthenthe fleeceis cleaned to removegreaseanddirt.Thiscanbe doneby washingit in warmwater,or by usingspecial detergents to cleanit. Thewoolis thensorteddepending on its quality, beforebeingspunintothreadwhichcanbe usedto knitclotheslikejumpers. k---
Leather Unlike manyothernaturalmaterials usedin clothing, leatheris essentially a by-product. In otherwords,leatheris produced fromtheanimalskinswhicharethrownawayafteran animalhasbeenkilledfor its meat.Todaymostleatheris madefromthe skinsof cattle (cowsetc),although it is possible to makeit fromothertypesof animalaswell.Thereare threemainstagesto turningthe hidesintoleather. Thefirststageis cleaning, removing the hairandraw meatfromthe skins.Afterthistheyaretanned.Thisis an important stageasit is at thispointthatthe raw-hides areturnedintoa materialthatwon'tputrefy and will becomesoft and flexible.The finalstageis knownas crustingand includes dyeing, splitting andstripping the leather. In manycasesthe leatheris also'finished'so thatit looksniceor becomes waterproof. k---
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cocoon(n)
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to separatefibresfrom each otherso you haveone strandor thread
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to grow or be very successful
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13. sufficienf(adj)
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somethingwhichhas not beencooked
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