Thursday, May 30th, 2013: 10:00-12:00pm

Pre-video activity: Vocabulary

(i.e, distinct, boasting, sparsley, lies, adjacent to, hilly, rugged, consists of, spells, prevailing)

Video: Climate and Geography

Example:


So, what is the United Kingdom?

To give it its full title it’s ‘The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’. You might hear it referred to as Britain, Great Britain or more often, simply as ‘The UK’.

Four countries make up the UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It consists of a group of islands - 2 large ones and several hundred smaller ones. By far the largest island is that which is divided into three countries - England, Wales and Scotland. This island is about 700 miles long and is 300 miles at its widest point. At its nearest point only the 22 miles of the English Channel separate it from the coast of France.

Comprehension Task: Multiple Choice Question & Answer

Activity: Matching the numbers to the facts