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Sleep and the Brain Unit 4, Ch 15, p.162

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Sleep and the Brain. Unit 4, Ch 15, p.162. Pre-reading Questions. How many hours do you sleep daily ?. Would you like to sleep more? Less ?. True or False?. Our brains are completely at rest (they “turn off”) when we sleep. We spend only 2-4 percent of a night’s sleep time dreaming. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sleep and the BrainUnit 4, Ch 15, p.162

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Pre-reading Questions

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How many hours do you sleep daily?

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Would you like to sleep more? Less?

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True or False?Our brains are completely at

rest (they “turn off”) when we sleep.

We spend only 2-4 percent of a night’s sleep time dreaming.

Sleeping during the day can be good for your brain.

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Pre-reading Vocabulary

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Mammals: animals that get milk from their mothers when young.

Rapid: fastMuscles: Motor skills: skills that depend on the

body’s nerves and musclesDo you good: make you feel betterAdvantages: things that help you do better

and be more successfulReact: feel or do something because of

something that just happened

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Fast readingRead & listen to the text to understand the topic and the main

idea. Do not think about the vocabulary.

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Target Vocabulary

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schedule

nounplan or program, timetable

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divided:

adjnot togetherThe room was divided into two.

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pronounce

verb to say a word aloud In English, it is difficult to pronounce some

words.

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active

Adj In action, when you do an activityYou should be really active in class if you

want to learn something.

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period

nounan amount of timeThe circus will be in Gaziantep for a short

period.

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rate

nounhow quickly or slowly something repeats over

a certain period of time.The crime rate in Gaziantep rose by 5

percent.

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include

verbhave something or someone inside another

group or thing, containThe hotel price includes the dinner.

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series

nouna group of actions or events, with each one

following one after the other.There is a series of football matches today.

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nap

nouna short sleep during the day.Sometimes naps are good for brain.

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focus

verb to concentrate on… I couldn’t focus on the class because I was

sleepy.

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worse

adj-advopposite of betterMy grades are worse than my sister.

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get over

verb to get better usually after a problem I got over Sal’s death.

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effect

nouna result, or something that follows from a

causeThe effects of the Tsunami in Japan are so

great.

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up to

prepositionuntil I can jump up to 30 cm.

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set

verb to put a definite time. e.g set an alarm clock. I set the alarm clock last night but it didn’t

ring.

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Careful Reading

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Activity: Read-think-speak

Make a line Books open Right line: para 1-3-5-7 Left line: para 2-4-6-8 SS read the text para by para Think for 1 min after each para After thinking, one partner tells the other what he

read for 1 min (in turns)

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Reading SkillsMake groups of 4.

Students answer the questions in the book as a group. Check as whole class.

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True-False (5 minutes)

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Reading for Details (5 minutes)

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Cause & Effect (5 minutes)

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Summarizing (5 minutes)

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