Grade8 Unit3 Lesson3

Grade8 Unit3 Lesson3

CB p30

WB p29

Warming up:

Watch the video and answer the questions:

• Have you ever seen a natural pearl ?

• What do people use natural pearls for ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyicXuQ9k_4

Learning Objectives :

• analyze a text about pearling in the UAE in the past

• use the simple past properly (statements and interrogative)

• appreciate the value of hard work

Open Ended

1- Would you like the job of a pearl diver ? Why /Why not ?

Open Ended

2- Have you ever seen a natural pearl ?

Open Ended

3- Have you ever eaten oysters ?

Open Ended

-Read the following selection and answer the questions :

Pearling has been a traditional and major industry in the area of the Gulf since 2000 BCE. The season for diving for pearl oysters, the shellfish that contain pearls, started in early June A huge fleet of pearling boats departed together for the oyster bank, and returned at the end of September.

How long did the pearl-diving season normally last?

Open Ended

Read the following selection and answer the question below :

The oyster boats either stayed near one particular bank or moved around to different banks. There were about twenty members of the crew on board the boat, one of whom led a rhythmic chant.

About how many people were there on board ?

Open Ended

-Read the following selection and answer the question that follows :

Pearl-diving was a difficult and exhausting job, involving long hours of work from soon after sunrise to just before sunset.

-When did the crew usually start work? When did they finish?

Open Ended

-Read the following selection and answer the question that follows :

The diver dived down into the water with a stone attached to his foot, gathered the oysters, then pulled on the rope as a signal for a crew member on board to bring him up to the surface. After a short rest, he went down again .

Why did the diver usually pull on the rope ?

Open Ended

-Read the following selection , then answer the question that follows :

The divers opened the oyster shells the following morning, with the captain looking on. Rainwater was used to store the oysters in, since it removed the greenish colour that the

oysters had .

Why did they always use rainwater for ?

Open Ended

Read the following selection, then answer the question that follows :

Then the oysters were wrapped in a piece of red cloth and were sorted according to size, weight and quality.

-How did they usually classify the oysters ?

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word :

1 A pearl oyster is a type of............

• shellfish

• chant

• rainwater

Multiple Choice

-Choose the correct answer :

It was helpful for the crew members to say a

.................... while they were working.

• stone

• weight

• chant

Multiple Choice

-Choose the correct answer

A........... helped the diver to stay under water for a long time.

• rainwater

• stone

• chant

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer :

The divers used .........to keep the oysters in

after the shells were opened.

• chant

• weight

• rainwater

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer : -

One way of sorting the oysters was by their............ that is, how heavy they were.

• weight

• stone

• shellfish

The Simple Past

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

-A pearl found inside an oyster .............

• fleet

• shell

• crew

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

Something you find inside an oyster ..........

• surface

• pearl

• crew

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

A large group of boats .......

• fleet

• shell

• pearl

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

The people working on a boat ..........

• crew

• fleet

• shell

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

A poem that has a regular beat is a ........ poem .

• surface

• rhythmic

• quality

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

Very tiring

• rhythmic

• fleet

• exhausting

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

The time when the sun goes down

• shell

• fleet

• sunset

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

How good or bad something is

• quality

• surface

• crew

Multiple Choice

- Choose the correct word :

The top part of the sea

• pearl

• shell

• surface

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