Урок 6 SOS: Endangered Species!

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Level: Pre-intermediate (B1)             

Unit 3. Environmental and Greener Living.

Lesson 6. SOS: Endangered Species!

Type of the lesson: combined

Objectives:

1. Communicative competence developing:

1. to develop students’ skills in listening and speaking;
2. to read the text in order to understand the main idea.

2. Language skills developing:

lexis competence: to introduce and practice specific lexis on the topic.

3. Sociocultural competence developing:

to get students acquainted with people’s attitude to the animals in Britain.

4. Strategic competence developing:

to teach students to express their opinion.

5. Brining up Objectives:

1. to teach students to care for the environment;
2. to encourage students to protect animals and help them.

Aids: textbooks, workbooks, CD, pictures.

Procedure:

1. Introduction. (9 min)

1. Greeting. (2 min)

T: Good morning, students. How are you today? Are you fine? Ok. I see you are in right mood and we can start our lesson.

2. Warming up. (2 min)

T: Look at the blackboard, please. You see a symbol: ---…---. What does it mean?

P₁: It’s SOS.

T: Right you are. You know that SOS stands for

S – Save

O – Our

S – Souls.

3. Brainstorm. (5 min)

T: The theme of our lesson is SOS: Endangered Species. The word Endangered translates as in danger of being extinct. Species is the synonym of the word Kinds. So we speak about animals whose population is so small that is in danger of becoming extinct.

P₂: I think animals, birds, plants ask for help. We should take care of them. We must save them from extinction.

T: What endangered species can you name?

P₃:  Asian Elephant, Tiger, Polar Bear, Grey Whale.

T: Look at the photos on page 74 and say what you know about these animals.

P₄: Orangutans are big apes. They live in trees in rainforest. They have long arms and swing from tree to tree.

P₅: The Green-Cheeked Parrot is a small long-tailed parrot. They live in the jungles of South America. Although the capture and sale of the Green-Cheeked Parrot is now prohibited, the trade still continues and populations in certain areas are almost disappeared.

2. Main part. (33 min)

1. Listening. (10 min)

T: Now you will listen to the text about endangered species and what we can do to protect them.

Pre-listening activity.

Match.

1. Endangered   a) forbidding hunting, banning habitat
2. Laws offering protection b) is in danger
3. Conservation status  c) known threats, breeding success rates
4. Factors     d) an indicator of the endangered animals

Post-listening activity.

Complete the sentences.

Ex. 1, p. 74

P₁: An endangered species is species whose population is so small that is in danger of becoming extinct.

P₂: Many countries have laws offering protection for these species – forbidding hunting, banning their habitats from development.

P₃: The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the endangered species continuing to survive.

P₄: Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of species: breeding success rates, known threats and so on.

2. Speaking. (10 min)

T: Look at the ex. 2, p. 74. Work in small groups. Discuss the questions.

P₁: Why is the protection of animals important?

P₂: Protection of animals preserves wildlife. If species become extinct, we may lose a potentially valuable product.

P₃: What different factors threaten their existence?

P ₄: Disease, pollution threatens their existence. Our planet is endangered today. Many lovely creatures are included in the list of extinct species. This happens because we damage their habitat.

P₁: Do you think endangered species of animals should be bred up in captivity or live in the wild?

P₂: I believe zoos are prisons for animals because they live in cages. We can breed animals in nature reserves or nature centers. Endangered species need a lot of care which make their existence possible.

P₃: Are there any organizations which try to save the animals for future?

P₄: There some organizations which try to save animals for future. The most famous is Greenpeace.

3. Reading. (8 min)

T: We are going to read two texts.  Divide in groups of four. Groups A, B read the first text, groups C, D – the second one. Find out the answers to the questions while you are reading the texts:

1. Who is the author of the letter?
2. What is the letter about?
3. Why is the orangutan currently endangered?
4. Has Lewis decided what to do to help the orangutan?
5. Rebecca writes about lions, doesn’t she?
6. Does Rebecca ask the editor to give her a piece of advice?

Post-reading activity. (5 min)

Read ex. 4, p. 76 and say if the statements are true or false.

1. True.
2. True.
3. False.
4. False.
5. False.

3. Summing up. (3 min)

You’ve done well at the lesson.

So your marks are …

Your home assignment is to do ex. 9, p. 39 (Workbook). You must choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.