Post on 12-Mar-2016
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6th grade
Iskra Petkova
Do you like animals?
What is your favourite animal? Where does your favourite animal live? Is it a pet? Is it a farm animal? Is it a wild animal? Does it live in your country? If you have 5-minute time to be an animal,
which one you would like to be?
Mammals
Click on the picture.
Types of animals
Mammals -have fur or hair; - are warm- blooded; -feed their babies with mother’s milk.
Birds -have two legs; -most fly with wings; -hatch from eggs.
Insects - have six legs (three pairs) ; - have antennae for feeling around; - usually have wings.
Reptiles -have dry, rough, scaly skin; -lay their eggs on or under the ground.
Vocabulary
Do you know the names of these animals? Click on the slide to see if you are correct.
mosquito horse elephant cat snake lion dolphin rabbit
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Match the pictures with the names of the animals
tiger
sheep giraffe shark goat whale
chicken ostrich
eagle dog cow
penguin
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Vocabulary
Next
Put these animals into groups.
Types of animals
Mammals:
Birds: Insects:
Reptiles
mosquito snake rabbit sheep
giraffe goat whale
chicken ostrich eagle dog
tiger
bee
crocodile
penguin
3 min
Next
Click on the picture.
2. It’s an animal which people often ride.
3. It’s a yellow and black flying insect which makes honey and can sting you.
6. It’s a large heavy animal with thick brown fur. It usually eats fruit and honey.
5. It’s a bird which lives on a farm.
bee
duck
horse
bear
4. It’s a domestic animal which is farmed for its wool, meat and milk. sheep
1. It’s a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head.
whale
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Next
How many pandas can you see? eight
/ g / / dʒ /
hedgehog
/ g / / dʒ / or 1.Listen and check then say the words. 2.Write in your worksheets these words under the correct symbol.
goat frog giraffe tiger budgie pigeon eagle penguin hedgehog
3 min
In pairs, read the quiz. What do you think? Which statements are true and which are false?
Write down the true statements.
1. Rabbits are better runners than lions. 2. Ostriches are taller than cows. 3. Sharks can be longer than snakes. 4. Penguins are faster than humans. 5. Sharks are more dangerous than bees. 6. Whales are louder than aeroplanes. 7.Elephants are heavier than whales.
3 min
Ostriches are taller than cows. Sharks can be longer than snakes. Penguins are faster than humans. Whales are louder than aeroplanes.
Look at these sentences
and make a rule.
We use/don’t use an article before plural nouns, when we refer to them in general terms.
• Ostriches are taller than cows. • Whales are heavier than elephants. • Wild cats are more dangerous than a
lot of other animals.
Remember !
The fastest animal in the world is cheetah. The most dangerous snake in the world is the
taipan snake in Australia.
Comparative forms of the adjectives:
Superlative forms of the adjectives:
• good – better – the best • bad – worse – the worst
Click on the picture and complete the crossword.
Biggest, smallest, best, worst
• a) The giraffe is /the longest / the tallest / the smallest /
animal in the zoo. It’s 5.5metres.
• b) Mr Collins is / the youngest / the tallest / the smartest / man who works in the zoo.Mr Collins is 1.9 metres.
• c) The elephant is / the heaviest / the youngest / the lightest / animal in the zoo. It’s 5 tonnes.
• d) The lion house is / the oldest / the widest / the smallest / building in the zoo. It was built in 1927.
Superlatives at the zoo Underline the best superlative adjective.
• e) The python is | the tallest / the
longest / the fastest / snake in the zoo. It’s 6 metres.
• f) The ostrich has / the fastest | the largest / the smallest / eggs in the zoo. They weigh 1.6 kg.
• g) The Shetland pony is / the tallest / the richest / the smallest / horse in the zoo. It’s 42 centimetres high.
• h) The Shire horse is | the strongest | the
heaviest | the longest | horse in the zoo. It can pull 50 tonnes.
• i) Mrs Yates is | the deepest | the newest | the oldest | woman who works at the zoo. She had her 68th birthday last year.
• j) Bruno, the baby lion is | the sharpest | the
highest | the youngest | animal in the zoo. Bruno is two days old.
Your homework
1. Energy for Bulgaria, Students’ Book for the 6th grade,
p.118, Memory Gym 1- ex.1 2. Energy for Bulgaria, Workbook for the 6th grade, p.35 - ex.1a or 1b p.35 – ex. 2a
Extra activity
• Design a zoo Click on the picture
Sources:
Energy for Bulgaria, Students’ Book for the 6th grade
Energy for Bulgaria, Workbook for the 6th grade
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/kidsenglish • http://www.longman.com • Multimedia Encyclopedia Encarta