Basic/ Low Intermediate

Northstar

Unit 7Organic Producer

Is it worth the Price?

1. Artificial colours : not original2. To ripen apples : to become red/ to grow3. Vines : grapes leaves and trees4. It’s worth the work: It deserves5. Old fashioned : not stylish6. Fresh : not artificial

Vocabulary page 123Vocabulary page 123

Answer key page 124

• Page 123• 1. e 2. a 3. f 4. c 5. b• 6. d• Question 2• Chemicals: herbicides – pesticides• Senses: taste • Produce: • Plants 4: weeds• Insects; • Illnesses: cancer

Answer key page 124

• Chemicals : herbicides - pesticides• Produce : apples –oranges- broccoli- lettuce• Plants: flowers- vegetables- weeds• Senses: feel- smell- hear –taste• Insects: mosquitoes- flies- ants• Illnesses: the flu- a cold- cancer

Reading 1- Ask Mr. Green;Organic Produce vs. Regular Produce

• Dear Confused Shopper:• 1. You’re right.• Sometimes organic produce doesn’t look as nice

as regular produce , and it generally costs up to 50% percent more .

• 2. Since about 1950, farmers in the United States have used chemicals to grow their fruits and vegetables . They use pesticides to kill insects that eat their plants . These chemicals are a great help to farmers . By using them., farmers can grow more produce on the same amount of land. This means that shoppers can find more produce in the stores.

• 3.Farmers even use chemicals to artificially ripen fruits and vegetables. Most tomatoes, for example , are picked from the vine while they are still green. They are put in a box to go to a

Ask Mr. Green:

• supermarket . They turn red ( ripen) because of of a chemical put in the box with the tomatoes. Because produce can be picked early, it can travel long distances to stores. As a result, we can find most kinds of fruits and vegetables all year long.

• 4. Some people argue, however, that there are problems with using all these chemical. When we eat produce, we’re also eating a little bit chemicals build up in our bodies. Some scientists believe that this buildup of chemicals can even cause cancer. Because of worries like these some farmers now grow produce the old-fashioned way- without chemicals. We call this kind of produce organic .

• 5. organic produce is more expensive than other produce for several reasons. Many organic farmers can’t grow as much produce as other farmers.

• Their farms tend to be smaller, and, of course, they don’t use herbicides and pesticides. Also, because no chemicals are used, the produce has to arrive at the store very soon after it’s picked . This too, costs money.

• 6. Is organic produce worth the extra cost? Should you buy organic produce or regular produce? That’s up to you . But I you’re not familiar with organic produce, you might want to try it. More and more shoppers are buying organic produce.

Many of these shoppers say that they’re not just concerned about their health. They say organic fruits and vegetables taste fresher and better.

Answer key page 127-128

• Reading for main ideas; Check ; 3-4-5-6• Reading for details: • 1/ F 2/ T 3/ F 4/ F 5/F• 6/T 7/TReacting to Reading page 128:Question 1: Agree: 1-4-5 Disagree: 2-3-6Question 2: Organic 1-3-6 regular : 2-4-5

Focus on Vocabulary page 131

1.Herbicides: xinsects- weeds- farms2. Ripe: yellow banana- xgreen strawberry- red apple3.Vines: tomatoes- grapes- apples4.Natural: stone- wood- Xplastic5.Artificial: caramel color- monosodium glutamate,

xcarrot6.Produce: potato- apple- x soup7.It’s worth it: xit will be a problem- it will be useful- ,

you’ll gain by it 8.Taste: bad – xhard- fresh9.Old fashioned; milking cows by hand,Xseparating

eggs with an electric machine- planting corn with a as stick

Answer Key page 132

10: fresh: Xtomatoes from the can- grapes off the vine- apples from the tree11. insects: bee- x bird- fly• ________________________________• Fresh- herbicides- insects- it’s worth it – natural-

old fashioned- pesticides- produce- ripen- tastes- vines- weeds-

• 1. vines 2- ripen- 3- old fashioned- 4. produce 5. herbicides- 6- pesticides 7. insects 8. natural

• 9. weeds 10. it’s worth it 11. tastes • 12. fresh

Writing

Audience- Content- and Tone In any kind of writing , audience refers to the

people who read what you write what you say – content- and how you say it – tone- will depend on the audience.

Tips on Tone*A letter to a close friend may have a lot of slang

and may sound very casual.• A letter to a teacher or a boss will not use any

slang and will be more formal.• When you write to a friend, you can use express

negative emotions like anger. When you write to a teacher, to a boss, or to people you don’t know, you should avoid expressing these emotions directly.

Tips on contentsWrite about what your audience needs to know,Write what will interest your audienceWrite about what will be appropriate for you

audience. A letter to a friend will be about personal thingsA letter to a boss will probably be about

professional thing.

WritingWriting

Answer Key page 136

• Question 4• To Manager: 1-3-4-7-8• To friend: 2-5-6

Grammar count- and non-count nouns

• 1. Count nouns refer to people or things that can be counted . They can be singular or plural

• Shop- shoppers- vegetable- vegetables• Use a or an before a singular count noun . a pen

• Plural count nouns need only s- or es . Pens/Tomatoes

• Non count nouns ( milk) don’t take /s/es/ or /a/.• Numbers can be used with count but not non

count/• I need 3 onions- I need milk•

• 2Non –count nouns refers to things that cannot be counted . Do not use a- an or a number before non- count nouns. Do not add s/es to non- count nouns : they do not have a plural form.

• I have milk.- I buy bread.• 3 .Some can be used with plural count and non- count

nouns in affirmative statement. • I need some bread- I need some onions• 4.Use any count with plural nouns [ negative]• I don’t have any onions• And non-count in negative• I don’t have any water.• 5. A lot of can be used with plural count and with non

count• I have a lot of onions- I need a lot of milk. •

Answer Key page 138-139

• Question 3• 1. eggs 2. rice 3. spaghetti• 4. milk 5. bread 6. produce• 7. lettuce 8. tomatoes 9. bananas• 10. grapes 11. watermelon• Page 1394. She doesn’t have an onion. She needs to buy one.5. She doesn’t have a green pepper. She needs to buy

one.6.She has a lot of salt . She doesn’t need to buy any.7. She has some oil, but she needs to buy some.