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Do you like Riddles?

For a child who’s small and short Picking flowers is just sport. With a neck as long as ours It takes hours, simply hours.

THESE ANIMALS ARE, OF COURSE, SECOND COUSINS OF THE HORSE. THEY ARE STRIPED FROM HEAD TO TOE, IN THE GRASS THEY DO NOT SHOW, SO THEY RUN ABOUT AND PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK THE LIVELONG DAY.

DON’T I LOOK JUST LIKE A SACK, ONE PART WHITE, THE OTHER BLACK?

AREN’T THEY HAVING FUN, THESE TWO, PLAYING LEAPFROG IN THE ZOO! IF YOU WERE A ……. YOU COULD JOIN THEM TOO!

IS IT TRUE OR FALSE?

THE FASTEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD IS A CHEETAH. IT CAN REACH A SPEED OF 100 KM PER/HOUR.

YOU MUST BOIL AN OSTRICH EGG FOR 40 MIN TO BE COOKED.

A CAMEL IS AN ANIMAL, WHICH CAN DO WITHOUT WATER LONGER THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL.

А DOLPHIN SLEEPS WITH ONE OPEN EYE.

CROCODILES SWALLOW STONES TO SINK DEEPER.

THREE SPECIES OF ANIMALS DISAPPEAR FROM OUR PLANET EVERY DAY.

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF OUR LESSON? Animals in Danger

WHAT WILL WE DO AT THE LESSON? Play games and have competitions. Learn the new words. Work in teams and create stories. Read analyze new texts. Discuss the topic and say how we can save animals.

TASK 1 Write down as many words as possible related to the topic “Animals in Danger” on these sheets of paper Work in groups. (You have one minute).

TASK 2 Each group will read a short text about extinct animals. Find 6 key words and write them on these sheets of paper. Then try to reproduce the text, based on the key words.

RHINO

HORNS

TO BE BRED IN CAPTIVITY

SMUGGLE

SNAPPING TURTLES

TEXT 1 ABOUT RHINOS I found out about the dangers rhinos face through a nature documentary on TV. Rhinos live in eastern and southern Africa. They weigh from three to five tones and can reach a speed of around 45 kilometres per hour. Although it is illegal, hundreds kill them for their horns, which are very valuable. Now they are in danger of becoming extinct. I think that rhinos should be bred in captivity until they can live safely in the wild, and people must stop buying products made from rhino.

TEXT 2 FRESHWATER TURTLES We’re trying to save this species of turtle, which is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. In fact, it is facing extinction because it’s killed for its meat. Snapping-turtle meat is often used in soups or sold in restaurants. Snapping turtles only breed once a year. We believe that if people stopped buying these turtles as pets and stopped eating snapping-turtle soup, the turtles would have a chance to breed and survive.

TEXT 3 GREEN-CHEEKED PARROTS I first learnt about green-cheeked parrots at school. They are usually found in Mexico and are really good at copying people’s voices. In the last twenty years, many have been smuggled across the border to the USA, to be sold as pets. People value them as pets because they are attractive and have amusing personalities. Green-cheeked parrots are difficult to breed, so the species is slowly dying out. In my opinion, people should only buy parrots which have been bred in captivity. Then the greencheeked parrot could be left in the wild, where it would have a better chance of survival.

ACTION SONG. Here is the alligator Sitting on a log. Down in the pool He sees a little frog. In goes the alligator Round goes the log. Splash goes the water, Away swims the frog.

TASK 3 Open your books, page 118. Read the text “Animals in Danger”. Write down on the margins : + for I KNOW THIS, Ø (the first group) Ø (the second group) Ø (the third group) I AGREE, I DON’T AGREE. - for I DIDN’T KNOW it. * Discuss it with your group mates.

TASK 4 LET’S DISCUSS: Life of the people on Earth depends on nature, all people must take care of nature. What people should do to protect animals? personally you can do to save nature? How can you help animals?

THE MODEL. HOW TO PROTECT ANIMALS. Not to kill insects and animals. Take care of rare species of extinct animals. Protect nature. Animal’s habitats. Not to pollute rivers, seas, forests and parks. What can I do? To clean parks and playgrounds of our city. Not to leave rubbish in parks and forests. Make bird’s houses. Feed birds in winter. Not to harm animals and birds in the streets.

SUMMARY. What new information have you learnt at the lesson? What part of the lesson was the most interesting? What task was the most difficult? Did you like the lesson?