20 UNIT 1 MODULE 1 LESSON 3

LESSON 3 Total globalization

You will...

read and identify theme, characters, setting

and main features of a story.

link ideas using either …or / neither…nor

complete a graphic organizer.

write an imaginary ending.

What for?

OA 11: To demonstrate comprehension of a literary text about globalization.

OA 12: To use different strategies to support comprehension.

OA 16: To identify and use expressions to link ideas.

OA B: To develop cultural awareness and comprehension.

Preparing to read

Brazil Canada Egypt England France Russia

OPENING DEVELOPMENT CLOSURE

1. Observa el mapa del mundo. Encuentra en el mapa los países del cuadro y márcalos en el lugar correspondiente.

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a. energetic center of the world b. fresh water reservoirs c. “large wasteland” d. lungs of the world

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2. Une cada imágen (1 – 4) con el concepto del cuadro.

3. Localiza las áreas en las imágenes (1 – 4) del ejercicio 2 en el mapa de página anterior.

4. Responde.

a. Busca el significado del termino "Globalization" y escribelo en el cuadro en blanco. b. You will read a science-fi ction story about globalization. Brainstorm and write a list of ideas you think you

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Focusing on reading

Total Globalization

Smart reading

Read the text carefully. Then

write the following in your

notebook:

Name

Genre

Setting

Theme

Main characters

Key words

spread

summit

supported

wasteland

Strategy in mind

Making predictions

Completing a visual organizer

At the beginning of the twenty fi rst century, the economic crisis spread almost all over the world. In March 2075, the world oil resources were over and people changed gasoline cars to electric means of transportation. They were cheaper but much slower. Trucks could not move faster than fi fty kilometers per hour which made the process of logistics last about twice longer than usual.

In June 2076, the United Nations called the World Energy Summit. In the opening, the delegate of the host country said: “The world is facing a serious problem today, a problem which requires us to be united more than ever… We face a crucial dilemma: we either give more political power to the United Nations, or we establish a new global government.”

A few days later, the Canadian delegate spoke. “The region of the Middle East is no longer the energetic center of the world.” She added: “Which energy is more pure than solar energy? The huge desert of Sahara, which has been a “large wasteland” till now, can become an important economic region and a global government could control this area.”

UNIT 1 MODULE 1 LESSON 3 OPENING DEVELOPMENT CLOSURE

1.

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Adapted from: KDRZAZGA (2012). Total Globalization. Retrieved from: http://yourstoryclub.com/short-stories-social-moral/short-story-science-fi ction-total-globalization/

Your analysis

a. Why is the story settled in

the future?

b. What’s the main problem

in the story?

c. What are the possible

solutions?

d. Was the problem solved?

How?

e. How many members

do you think the global

government included in

the end? Why?

f. What do you think

happened afterwards?

Think critically

Make text-to-world

connections

Have you ever read a story

of this genre? Which one?

Explain the main topic to

your classmates.

Are you familiarized with the

topic of this story? Discuss

with your partner.

Make text-to-self

connections

Can you think of any other

solutions to the problem in

the story? Discuss.

Does the story help you

develop cultural awareness

and comprehension of other

cultures? How?

“I suggest”, she continued,” that this global government should have neither more than one thousand nor less than fi ve hundred members; maybe one hundred per each continent. That would make six hundred members. It’s a pretty big number, but they will rule the whole world.”

The motion was signifi cantly supported by many countries.

The next day, it was the President of Egypt’s turn.

“Today, all the countries of the desert are speaking one voice. You want to build the power plant on the territory of our Sahara and take away our land. The area which you fi nd a wasteland, is however our home…” he spoke for a long time before he made his point.

“We must have additional seats in the global government. They will be the guardians of the territory, and will ensure appropriate exploitation of the desert!”

At this time, a political market began. Brazil asked for extra places in the government, as owner of the Amazon rainforest, the lungs of the world.

England and France also claimed for extra power but they were weak countries in the second half of the twentieth century.

Russia was another political player in problems. Only two third of the citizens of Russia were Russians, and ethnic minorities and others were the rest of the society. So, it got few less places in the global government than the other empires did.

Thus, after about a year of negotiations, a new global government was established.

(Try to guess the number of members and what happened further!)

UNIT 1 MODULE 1 LESSON 3OPENING DEVELOPMENT CLOSURE

1. Responde estas preguntas.

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After reading

a. Spread

i. to gradually affect or cover a larger area.

ii. to cover a surface with a thin layer of a soft food.

b. Summit

i. the top of a mountain.

ii. a meeting or series of meetings between leaders of two or more countries.

c. Supported

i. to be approved and helped to be successful.

ii. to be provided with money, food, shelter, or other things that someone needs in order to live.

d. Wasteland

i. an area of land that is empty or cannot be used.

ii. an area, situation, or time that is boring and has no interesting features.

Vocabulary in context

- We either give more political power to the United Nations, or we establish a new global government.

- This global government should have neither more than one thousand nor less than fi ve hundred members.

Work it out! Connecting alternatives

You will summarize the story you have read and write a possible ending.

1. Organizing the ideas

a. Copy the “sequence organizer” in your notebook and fi ll it to summarize the main events in the story. Don’t

complete the last row of the chart yet.

Setting: Confl ict:

Characters:

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4

Solution: Further events:

b. In your group, agree on some possible further events to continue the story. Fill in the last row of the chart with

your ideas.

Writing workshop Describing globalization

UNIT 1 MODULE 1 LESSON 3 OPENING DEVELOPMENT CLOSURE

1.

a. (✔)

i. additional options ii. alternatives iii. opposite options

b.

i. affi rmative options: / ii. negative options: /