Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

Key
1 
make a web
 2 
Koko (the gorilla)
 3 
wire
 4 
to get food
 
5 
in Thailand
 6 
pulling up trees
 7 
because companies 
stopped selling wood
 8 
to make money to protect elephants
7 Discuss these questions with a partner or with 
the class.
Ask the children to read and discuss the first two 
• 
questions in pairs, using as much English as possible. In 
a weaker class, you may prefer to discuss them as a class. 
Ask them to justify their answers.
If the children have discussed the questions in pairs, finish 
• 
by reading each of the questions in turn and asking the 
children to answer/comment.
Now look at question 3 with the class. Start by describing 
• 
an animal yourself for the class to guess. Then let 
volunteers describe an animal to the class.

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 6 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
More words (page 54)
Check the words in your dictionary. Then complete 
the sentences.
In a stronger class, use the 
• 
More words
section to extend 
the children’s vocabulary.
Ask the children to turn to page 54, section 6 (
• 
Sea life
). 
Read the words in the box, and give the children some 
time to look up any words they are not familiar with in 
dictionaries. Model and drill pronunciation.
Read the example. Then let the children work individually 
• 
to write the correct word or phrase in each gap.
Check the answers as a class by asking volunteers to read