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Project: wild animals poster
Textbook: p. 59
GoalProject: a wild animals poster; describe an animal and write a riddle.
New words
wild · yovvoyiforest · o‘rmonfast · tezstrong · kuchli
Explanation
For the poster choose an animal and answer: Where does it live? What does it eat? What colour is it? How big is it? What can it do? Use the Present Simple for facts: “A jaguar lives in South America.” Riddle: “This animal lives in rain forests. It is very strong. It has a hard shell on its back. What is it?” — “An armadillo.” Comparatives and superlatives: “A cheetah is faster than a lion.” “The blue whale is the biggest animal.” The poster needs a picture and 5–6 sentences. Begin your presentation with “Today I want to tell you about …”.
Worked examples
“The jaguar”. Today I want to tell you about the jaguar. A jaguar lives in the rain forests of South America. It is big and strong, and it is a very good swimmer. It eats fish, deer and other animals. Its coat is yellow with black spots. Jaguars are in danger because people cut down the forests. We should protect them.
— It lives in Australia. It hops. It has a pouch. What is it? — It’s a kangaroo!
Class activity
“Listen and guess”: a pupil says a 3-sentence riddle; the partner guesses “It’s a …!”
Practice
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Solve: It lives in Australia. It hops. It has a pouch.
A kangaroo.
2
Make a question: where / a jaguar / live
Where does a jaguar live?
3
Superlative: blue whale – big animal.
The blue whale is the biggest animal.
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Why should we protect wild animals?
They are part of nature, and they lose their homes when forests are cut down.