English
The thirteenth of September
Class work
Our changing planet
In the animal world
Work with Student’s Book
LISTENING
You will hear Gina
Student’s talking to her uncle
Book about some photos of
animals. Where did he
(ex.1, p.17) take each photo? For
each question, choose
the correct answer
You will hear Gina talking to her uncle about some photos of animals. Where did he take
each photo? For each question, choose the correct answer
You will hear Gina talking to her uncle about some photos of animals. Where did he take
each photo? For each question, choose the correct answer
COUNTRIES
PHOTOGRAPHS A. Argentina
0. lion B. England
1 . monkey C. India
2 . snake D. Kenya
3 . penguin E. Mexico
4 . dolphin F. New Zealand
5 . elephant G. Scotland
H. South Africa
Work with Student’s Book
Work in pairs. Look
Student’s at the photos of the
Book two animals below.
Use the prompts 1-9
(ex.3, p.17)
to write questions
about these animals
Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the two animals below. Use the prompts 1-9 to write
questions about these animals
1. What kind of animal / it?
What kind of animal is it?
2. Where / from?
Where is it from?
3. Where / live?
Where does it live? kakapo
4. What / eat?
What does it eat?
5. How much / weigh?
How much does it weigh? sand cat
Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the two animals below. Use the prompts 1-9 to write
questions about these animals
6.
6.How
Howmany / left ininthe
many/left thewild?
wild?
How many are left in the wild?
7.What
7. What/babies/called?
/ babies / called?
What are the babies called?
8. How many babies / female have?
How many babies does the female have? kakapo
9. How long / baby stay with / mother?
How long does the baby stay with its
mother ? sand cat
Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the two animals below. Use the prompts 1-9 to write
questions about these animals
Student A, on page 136 you have information
about the kakapo
Student B, on page 138 you have information
about the sand cat
Work with Student’s Book
WRITING
Student’s Prepare to write
Book An article about an
( p.17) animal
GET READY
Underline the prepositions between,
about, around and including in the
article about the pandas on page 16.
Think about their meaning. Which
two have the same meaning in the
article?
Underline the prepositions between, about, around and including. Think about their
meaning. Which two have the same meaning in the article?
Learning about the GIANT PANDA
When I planned my trip to China, one of things I really wanted to do was to work at the
Dujiangyan Panda Base in Chengdu. I spent seven days there, looking after pandas, giving them
food and cleaning their enclosures.
While I was there, I learned a lot about pandas. Wild pandas live in bamboo forest, high in the
mountains of central China. In the past, they also lived in other parts of China and in Myanmar and Vietnam, but they don’t
any more. They spend about 12 hours a day eating bamboo, but they sometimes eat other plants or small animals. At
Dujiangyan, we also gave them fruit, like apples, and special panda cakes made of rice, eggs, and flour and other things.
Adult giant pandas weigh between 75 and 135 kilograms. Females usually only have one baby panda, or cub, at a time.
The cubs only weigh about 85 grams when they are born! The little cub drinks milk for about four
months and then begins to eat bamboo. Young pandas stay with their mothers for around 18
months.
Scientists think there are now between 1,500 and 2,000 pandas in wild. This is a low number, but it’s
double what it was in the 1970s. The reason the number is going up is because of all the work
scientists are doing at places like the Dujiangyan Panda Base in Chengdu. There are also about 325
pandas in zoos in a number of different countries, including the United States, Mexico, Japan and
Germany.
Complete the sentences with between, about, around or including
around the
1.This competition is for anyone __________
ages of 10 and 14.
about
2.There are ___________ 40,000 African lions
left in the wild.
between January and
3.The zoo is closed __________
March.
4.I’ve got lots of pets, __________
including rabbit and two
cats.
An article about an animal
PLAN Plan your article about an animal. Choose on of the
animals in Vocabulary Ex/1 or a different one. Write three
paragraphs. Make notes for what to include in each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 the kind of animal is it / where it lives / what it
eats
Paragraph 2 what it weighs / information about its babies
Paragraph 3 how many are left in the wild / in zoos
WRITE Write your article. Try to include the prepositions from
Get Ready.
IMPROVE In pairs, compare your articles. Can you improve
them?
Read the notes about African elephants. Then write the information in the correct place in
the paragraph plan below
Paragraph 1: when they live / food
African elephants
forests and grassland in 37 countries in
leaves, grass, fruit / now 470,000
leaves, grass, fruit
Africa,____________________________
– 690,000 wild elephants / forests
Paragraph 2 : size / what they weigh /
and grassland in 37 countries in
age they live until
Africa ( Tanzania, Kenya, South
adults very big – 2,268 kg – 6,350 kg,
_________________________________
Africa, etc.) / live in wild until
live in wild until around 70
_________________________________
around 70/ females have one
Paragraph 3 : babies / how many wild
baby (‘calf’) every two-four years,
African elephants today
heavy – about 91 kg when they’re female have one baby (‘calf’) every
__________________________________
born / adults very big – 2,268 kg –
two-four years, heavy – about 91 kg
________________________________
6,350 kg
_________________________________
when they’re born, now 470,000 -
690,000 wild elephants
__________________________________
Ending of the lesson. Say “Goodbye!”
