Lesson 11 - The river Nile

Warm up activity – Look at the map

Look at the picture and write a short comment

• Introduction
• Analysis
• Conclusion

class discussion

Which are the most remarkable geographical features in Egypt?

The Nile

Watch the video and answer the questions

• How long is the Nile river?
• Who were the first to build instruments for indicating the level of water (water gages) along the river?
• Why were water gages built?
• Which is the volume of water flowing through the Nile?

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/discovery-atlas-egypt-the-nile-then-and-now/

Answer the questions:

• What’s this story about?
• Who are the main characters?

. .. and now we find out the locations!

Homework

1- Write down a short plot summary (8/10 lines)
Please, post it