Gottfried-Arnold-Gymnasium Perleberg

Fachlehrer: Herr Wünschmann

Klasse: 10.3 Fach: Englisch

Aufgaben für den Zeitraum von 19.3.2020 bis 2.4.2020:

Tag Ziele Material

19.03. Background knowledge – protection of the environment

People and the Planet (Anhang 1) Vokabelliste (Anhang 2) Übungen (Anhang 3)

24.03. Reading Comprehension Writing Practice: Comment

The Crowdfunded Conservationist Tb pp. 78-81 Tasks: Step1 (p.81) List arguments for and against Slat’s project and the ways the article’s author presents these arguments. (see Step 2, point 2) Choose task a) or b) as given in Step 3 (p.81). Write about 150 words.

26.03. Revision of grammar Reading Comprehension

Active/Passive: Grammar parts 9 and 10 (Tb pp. 158-161) Exercises: Anhang 4 “When the bees buzz off” (Tb p.58/1) Characteristics of a feature article (Tb p.59) Why can the text be called a feature article? (see points 1 and 2)

31.03. Feature article Revision Relative Clauses

Wb p. 35/7 a-c; p.36/7 d, e Grammar part 20 (Tb pp. 180-181) Unterschied zwischen Defining und Non-defining relative clauses erarbeiten und Übungen auf diesen Seiten absolvieren Wb p. 37/7f

02.04. Mediation Writing Practice: E-mail

Zero Waste (Wb p.51/13 a, b)

additional Describing and analysing cartoons and pictures

Anhang 5 Anhang 6 The tasks are given under the cartoons/pictures.

Anhang 1

Anhang 2

Anhang 3

Anhang 4

The Passive

This is a report from a scientific magazine of the 1990s. Use the correct active or passive forms of the

verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Look out for signal words.

Since the catastrophe of Tchernobyl, which ______________________________ (shock) the whole

world in 1986, scientists all over the world ______________________________ (try) to prove that

alternative energies that ______________________________ (produce) electricity can easily

______________________________ (develop) and must ______________________________

(sponsor) more intensively than before. The question, however, ______________________________

(remain) if atomic power is really the great disaster for mankind.

The fact is that all the atomic power plants cannot ______________________________ (switch off)

completely because 35% of our energy for private households and for our industry

______________________________ (currently/come) from these plants. Although nuclear energy

______________________________ (involve) great dangers to our health, the risk of being

______________________________ (kill) by an atomic disaster is relatively low. Our sources of

energy, like wind, the sun and water ______________________________ (test) for years, but the

traditional energies like coal, oil and nuclear power ______________________________ (be) still

efficient. Unfortunately, the problem of storing the atomic waste safely

______________________________ (still/not/solve), which is obviously the most dangerous

disadvantage.

Maybe it ______________________________ (take) hundreds of years to find a solution to this

problem, maybe it ______________________________ (never/solve) at all.

Complete the text with the necessary passive forms of the verbs in brackets.

Biometric security?

For many centuries, keys have been a common part of everyday life. But keys and combination locks

could eventually 1 … (make) obsolete by a new kind of technology: biometrics. Some time in the

future, a person’s entry into rooms and buildings 2 … (control) by special computers that 3 … (design)

to recognize personal characteristics such as fingerprints or voice. If the computer (or biometric

machine) 4 … (show) the correct “personal data”, the door 5 … (automatically open). But permission

to enter 6 … (not/give) to any “unauthorized” person trying to work the machine.

The advantages of such a system are obvious. Copies 7 … (can/make) of keys, combination locks 8 …

(may/crack) and the computerized cards that 9 … (often/use) for hotel bedrooms 10 … (frequently/

lose or steal). Biometric locks would mean that buildings 11 … (could not/break into) so easily, and of

course no more problems 12 … (would/cause) by “forgetting your key”.

In the USA biometric lock systems 13 … (produce and sell) at the moment. So far they 14 …

(mainly/install) in banks, research laboratories, and other institutions with a major interest in

security. The most common version of the new computer is the “fingerprint scanner”, which 15 …

(now/introduce) for domestic use in Japan. Because of the high price, it 16 … (not/expect) to be

installed in many American homes yet, but in time biometric security systems 17 … (probably/make)

widespread use of.

Anhang 5 Analysis of cartoons

source: https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/

source: https://mooselakecartoons.com/science-tech

Tasks

1. Choose one cartoon and describe it.

2. Analyse the cartoon and explain how it relates to the topic “Advances in science and

technology”.

3. Comment on the author’s intention.

4. Give an evaluation of the cartoon.

Anhang 6 Analysis of pictures

source: https://www.contractpharma.com/issues/2015-01-01/view_features/using-

technology-to-improve-study-startup/

source: https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/what-is-the-most-advanced-

robot-around-today/

Tasks

1. Choose one of the pictures and describe it.

2. Analyse the picture and explain how it reflects advance in technology.

3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a changing world. How is life changing due to

technological progress?