8 ROCKS



IN THIS LESSON WE ARE GOING TO
•revise the vocabulary from the previous lesson
•give feedbacks and learn from the feedbacks
•learn new grammar (nominalization)
•talk about rocks and rock cycle
•learn new vocabulary
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DISCUSS
•Decide whether the following processes are natural, man-made, or a mixture of both
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•the eruption of a volcano
•an avalanche
•landslide
•fossilization
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ROCK CYCLE
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VOCABULARY
•to break down
•to form
•to become
•to interact
•to solidify
•to be exposed to
•to undergo
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•to be transported
•to be deposited
•to lithify
•to be buried
•to increase
•to melt
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•to cause
•to result in
•to be moved
•to be caused by
•to be formed
•react
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LISTENING
•What results in a metamorphic rock?
•What is the difference between regional and contact metamorphism? •What is formed from a limestone
when it undergoes metamorphism?
•How is plate tectonics related to metamorphism?
•What happens at subduction zones?

NOMINALIZATION
•Use the underlined nouns as verbs and transform the following expressions: A limestone formed from
the accumulation of clam shells = A limestone formed from the clam shells which were accumulated.
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•Coal is an organic rock that forms from the compression of plant remains …
•This reflects the slow cooling and solidification of magma.
•Sedimentary rocks are deposited by the precipitation of minerals from solution.
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SOURCES
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•http://www.cottonexpressions.com/media/ecom/prodxl/100-65-1.jpg (picture)
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjMEIxuaDUA (video)
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzOWwwjGlqk (video – metamorphic rock)
•McGeary, David. Physical Geology. 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill. New York 2001
•http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Nominalization/Nom%20LOC.html (grammar and exercises)
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