UNIT 6: ANIMALS AND PLANTS
ACTIVITIES
I ANIMALS …………………………………………………………………….. 174
1 Parts of animals — dictionary work & information exchange ………………………… 174
2 Names of animals — identifying descriptions …………………………………………. 175
1. Guessing meaning …………………………………………………………….. 176
2. Classifying animals — groupwork ……………………………………………. 177
3. Characteristics of some classes of animals — groupwork ……………………. 178
3.4+ Writing a definition ……………………………………………………………. 179
3.5 Which class of animals does the bat belong to? — groupwork ……………….. 181
7. An animal poem( — reading …………………………………………………. 182
4 Dictionary entries about animals — reading …………………………………………… 182
6 MONOLOGUE 1: The evolution of birds …………………………………………… 184
6.3 Note-taking ……………………………………………………………………. 184
7 Animals on the move — reading ……………………………………………………….. 184
8* An amusing cartoon — identifying …………………………………………………….. 185
9+ Pond fish — reading for main idea …………………………………………………….. 185
1. DIALOGUE 1: Rabbits and hares ………………………………………….. 186
2. Monkeys — interaction ………………………………………………………. 186
3. Butterflies and moths — reading & pre-writing ……………………………… 187
10.4+ Similarities and differences — language round-up …………………………… 187
10.5 Writing ………………………………………………………………………… 189
11 Animal names and traits — reading & discussion ……………………………………... 190
12 Aesop’s fables — reading for general impression …………………………………….. 191
1. MONOLOGUE 2: A modern fable — listening ……………………………... 191
13.2 The modern little red hen — reading ………………………………………… 192
1. Listening for main idea ………………………………………………………. 193
14.3 Guessing meaning from context ……………………………………………… 193
4. Discourse organization ……………………………………………………….. 193
5. Extension & reading for opinions ……………………………………………. 194
15.1 News from newspapers — reading ……………………………………….….. 195
2. News from radio...