Dates English Teacher

Activity 3a Look, listen and repeat. 5 min

Objectives: to introduce the new words; to revise the old vocabulary: jungle, helicopter, river; to teach pupils to say the new words correctly
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the picture. Ask: What can you see in the picture? Accept all answers. Encourage them to use the words they know: jungle, river, helicopter.
STEP 2: Ask the pupils to look at the new words. Ask the questions:

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   What‟s Brazil? (Answer key: acountry)
   
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   What‟s Amazon? (Answer key: ariver)
   

PointtoHeggyintheboatandsay:Heggy‟sintheboat.Checktheyknowtheword„boat‟inthemothertongue.Helpto establish the meaning of„scared‟.
STEP 3: Ask the pupils to repeat the words after you/the DVD in chorus, in rows/pairs, individually.

Activity 3b Read Heggy‟s letter. Match the animals and texts. 10 min

Objective: to practise reading for gist
The pupils read the text silently and match the parts with the pictures.
Answer key: 1c; 2d; 3a; 4b

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   Post-activity
   

Activity 3c Work in pairs. Play “Listen and Guess”. 8 min
Objectives: to practise describing animals; to practise listening for detailed information
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the example.
STEP 2: Explain that the pupils will work in pairs and play a guessing game as in the example: Pupil A describes an animal from the text in Activity 3b, Pupil B guesses the animal.

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   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 105. Check that everybody understands what to do with the task. If necessary, explain that they must write about three animals but not write the animals‟ names.

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