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Why We Can’t Breathe Underwater
English for Science and Technology 2
A. ORIENTATION
Try to solve the following riddle:
We breathe in air to live.The air we breathe contains oxygen which is symbolized by theletter ‘O’. Look at the following symbol – H2). How manyelements vital for human life can be found in H20?What are they?
B. LANGAUGE FOCUS
1. In paragraphs 1-4, the writer compares one thing to
another. How do you know this? What words or phrasesindicate this?
2. Get into 4 groups. Each group will read one paragraphand list the items being compared and contrasted in thatparagraph. What are the items being compared inparagraphs 1-4? Complete the table below to show this.
Paragraphs Item Abeing
compared to
Item B
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3. How did the writer make comparisons?What techniques did the write use to make the comparisons?
C. CONTENT FOCUS
1. In your groups, discuss why some compounds are made up of thesame elements and yet are different.
2. When we combine the elements of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen,we get different compounds. What are these products?
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Why We Can’t Breathe Underwater
English for Science and Technology 3
3. What kind of graphic organizer or graphic form would you use toshow their cause – result relationship?
4. If water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, why can’t we breatheunderwater like fish?
D. FOLLOW-UP
Why do oil spills kill a lot of fish and other marine life?What is your explanation for this?