How do different people react to varying extreme environments?

It would be-good if you can appreciate that extreme

environments are beautiful but dangerous.

-even better if you could understand that they way we see extreme

environments has changed.-amazing if you could understand why different people view environments in

different ways.

Settler – write the date, copy the title and the underlined parts of the outcomes.Underline your date and title neatly. Thank you.

Extreme Environments.

Quick Fire Re-cap!!!!!!!What can you remember from last lesson – Q&A.

Antarctica because it is so cold that vegetation will not grow and therefore food is scarce.

Difficult for people to survive.

Hazardous.

Unstable

LandscapeHarsh climate.

Remote

Give a named example and explain why it is unstable.

How does this image make you feel?

Task – List 5 adjectives to describe this image.

Can you name any mountains?

What do you know about them?

Would you go up there? Why/why not?

Extract of a poem written by William Wordsworth in 1815.

How clear, how keen, how marvellously bright.

The effluence from yon distant mountain’s head,

Which, strewn with snow smooth as the sky can shed,

Shines like another sun – on mortal sight

Uprisen........

Discuss with partners – a What words does the poet use to describe the mountain? b Are there any words that you don’t understand? Use a dictionary to find out the meanings.C How do you think he feels about the mountain?

3

Read the extract from Touching the Void. Try to picture the action in your mind.

It would be good if you could put the following statements into

the correct order.

a. Joe was hanging on the ice axe to out the hammer into the

ice.b. Joe lowered himself over the

edge of the cliff.c. Everything was still. The pain

was flooding down Joe’s leg.d.The ice gave way and

everything started to fall. His knee shattered.

e. Joe fell down the mountain, head first, on his back and jerked to a sudden stop.

It would be amazing if you could – Imagine what might happen next. Continue the story in your own words.

Choose your task.

Top Tip – Think about SPaG.

Discuss with your partner.

a How did the extract from ‘Touching the Void’ make you feel?

b What does it tell you about mountains?

c How is the extract different from the poem?

Task – Write a short paragraph explaining how the two extracts show that the way we think about mountains has changed since 1815?

How do different people react to varying extreme environments?

It would be-good if you can appreciate that extreme

environments are beautiful but dangerous.

-even better if you could understand that they way we see extreme

environments has changed.-amazing if you could understand why different people view environments in

different ways.

Reflection – Put a smiley face next to the objective that you think you have achieved today.Peer assessment – Your partner will now look at your work and write a star and a wish for you using the objectives to guide them.