WhimsicalLL

The Nile

The Nile River flows north 4000 miles, or 6400 kilometers, from the (1) __________ of central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. The last 600 miles, or 960 kilometers, is in Egypt. There the river cuts a narrow, green valley through the desert. (2) _________ before the Nile reaches the sea, it branches to form a fan-shaped area of fertile land called a delta. Most ancient Egyptians lived in this delta area. For a long time they were (3) ___________ from foreign invasions by the desert, the sea, and waterfalls called cataracts.
The Egyptians had an advantage over the people of the other river valley (4) ___________. They knew that every year, about the middle of July, the Nile would (5) __________ its banks. By November the flood waters would go down. But the waters left behind large amounts of rich soil good for (6) _________ crops.
The Egyptians learned to control the flood waters. To do this, they built a (7) ____________ of dams and ditches to drain the extra water from the land. They also dug out basins, or bowl-shaped holes. They used these to hold and store the extra water. A machine called a shadoof lifted the water from the river to the basins. To bring the water to the fields during the dry season, the Egyptians dug irrigation canals.
The Nile River valley is only 3 percent of Egypt’s land area. Yet most Egyptians lived and worked in this area. In this wall (8) ____________ farmers harvest grapes to make wine.
1) Mount
2) Short
3) Protection
4) Civil

5) Flow
6) Grow
7) Systematic
8) Paint
 

A feladat a szokásos - sima szóképzés. DE! Ez a képes ökörködés tényleg nem kizárólag blogokra való. Fel lehet dobni iskolai órán, de egy alig szopogatott Tibi csoki reményét akár magántanulókban is fel lehet kelteni a megfejtéshez. Akárhogy is, a fejtörés csak tanít.

Classroom-ready handout here.

(Egyébiránt a képhez: LeiterJakabon edzett kollégák mindenképpen előnyben)