The document provides reading activities about rivers and lakes in El Salvador, including a paragraph describing important lakes such as Ilopango, Coatepeque, and Guija, and questions about these lakes. It also includes an article about the Lempa River, El Salvador's most important river, describing its source and dams along the river. Vocabulary and practice questions are provided to help students describe rivers and places using adjectives such as calm, fresh, and beautiful.

1. Unit 5
1. Rivers and Lakes
Objective: The students will be able to promote the Salvadorian rivers and lakes.
Reading
Activity 1: Read the following paragraph about rivers and lakes of El Salvador and
then fill in the blanks with the correct words given below.
Pacific important were
only volcanic rivers

2. Several small ________flow through El Salvador into the ________ocean, including the Goascoran,
Jiboa, Torola, Paz and the Rio Grande de San Miguel. ______ the largest river, the Lempa, flowing from
Honduras across El Salvador to the ocean, is navigable for commercial traffic. ________craters enclose
scenic lakes, the most ________ of which are Ilopango (70 sq km/27 sq mi) and Coatepeque (26 sq
km/10 sq mi). The largest natural lake is Lake Guija (44 sq km/17 sq mi). Several artificial lakes _______
created by the damming of the Lempa River, the largest of which is Embalse Cerron Grande (350 sq
km/135 sq mi).
Writing: Activity 1. Read the following paragraph and then answer the question
Natural beauties are the wonderful lakes throughout the nation’s territory. The most important lakes
in El Salvador are: Ilopango, Coatepeque and Guija, shared with Guatemala.
Coatepeque Lake, considered among the 10 most beautiful lakes in the world, Coatepeque is a
volcanic lake situated about an hour from San Salvador. It is much older than Ilopango, though created
by a similar catastrophic eruption some five to six thousand years ago. Named Lago de Coatepeque, it
is on the eastern slope of the Santa Ana volcano. It is a beautiful, clean, and sparkling blue.
Lake Ilopango is about 15 km east from San Salvador and is the largest lake in El Salvador covering an
area of about 72sq km and about 230m deep. Created by a volcanic eruption. Ilopango has several
islands that are home to native birds and a sanctuary to migrating ones. The water temperature is
around 26Cº (77Fº) and up throughout the year which makes scuba diving a great activity any time of
the year. This lake can also be seen from the El Boquerón National Park which is about 30 - 40
minutes from San Salvador.
1- What are the more important lakes of El Salvador?
2- According to the reading mentioned the lake that is considered among the
10 most beautiful lakes in the world:

3. 3-Mentioned some characteristic about Ilopango lake
With a partner read the following article about Lempa River
LEMPA RIVER:
The Lempa River is the most important river in El Salvador and is a 422 km long river in Central
America. Its sources are located in between the Sierra Madre and the Sierra del Merendón in
southern Guatemala. In Guatemala the river is called Río Olopa, The river continues its course for
another 360 km in El Salvador, flowing in a generally southwards direction until it reaches
the Pacific Ocean in the department of San Vicente. The river forms a small part of the
international boundary between El Salvador and Honduras.
The river's watershed has an extension 18,246 km², of which 10,255 km2 (56%) is situated in El
Salvador, 5,696 km2 in Honduras and 2,295 km2 in Guatemala. 49% of El Salvador's territory is
covered by the Lempa river basin, and 77.5% of the Salvadoran population lives in cities, towns,
and villages that are located in its basin, including the capital city of San Salvador.
There are several hydroelectric dams along the river. In El Salvador there is the Guayojo dam,
the Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam, the 5 de Noviembre dam, and the 15 de Septiembre dam
which can be easily seen from the Pan-American Highway.
After read the passage, decide whether or not, the following questions are true or false.
1- The Lempa River is the less important river of El Salvador.

4. True False
2- The sources of Lempa River are located between the Sierra Madre and the Sierra del
Merendón in southern Guatemala.
True False
3- One of the hydroelectric dams along the Lempa river is Amatepec dam
True False
Grammar
Adjectives that describe rivers and places
Read the following adjectives to describe places and then practice with a partner
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_nice_adjectives_to_describe_place#
Practice: Write the opposite of these adjectives that describe places
Examples
Beautiful ugly_
Beautiful _____________
Clean _____________
Warm _____________
Calm _____________

5. Expensive _____________
Read the article about the Sumpul River and then answer the question given
below
http://www.elsalvador.travel/en/rio-sumpul/
 What is the length of the Sumpul River?
 Mentioned one benefit that this river offers:
 Investigate why this river played an important role during the armed conflict
of the 1980
Read the following description and then practice the highlighted words
Rio Guajoyo is located in the municipality of Metapan, department of Santa Ana, at
km 100; you will find this beautiful and calm landscape, one of the rivers that allow
year-round practice extreme sports since it is very evident flow that is
contemplated, also this river is very clean with a fresh climate where you can
enjoy with your family or friends.

6. See the image below about a lake and then writte a short
description using the following words:
Clean, beautiful, fresh, big, and colorful.
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7. Vocabulary
Calm: calm means when you are at peace, when your not panicking, not all over
the place. Just like how water is still, that's kind of calm in a way.
Fresh: extremely nice, superior quality.
Length:The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinctionfrom breadth
or width; extent of anything from end to end.