Theme : Animals The Unit discusses the protection of endangered
species of animals Reading One: highlights the reasons why
elephants are endangered. Reading Two: focuses on the economic and
personal impact of protecting animals. Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi
Spring 2010
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A. PREDICTION: page 57 1. Which of these animals have you seen
only in pictures? 2.Which of these animals have you actually seen?
Where did you see them? Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010
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B. SHARING INFORMATION Page 58 Not in DangerEndangeredExtinct
HorseOwlMammoth CrowPandaDinosaur DeerTigerPterodactyl Elephants
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BACKGROUND PAGE 58 Read theses web pages. On 58-59 1. These
animals are in endangered because people kill them & cut down
their the forests where they live. 2. These organizations try to
save places where the animals live & stop people from killing
them. Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010
READING ONE: Save the Elephants Page 61 Read the title &
the first paragraph of the letter. Then answer the questions. 1.
Who is the letter to? Who is the letter from? The letter is to a
friend of Save the Elephants Fund. 2. What do you think the writer
of the letter wants? He wants a donation/money. Instructor:Rosa
Al-Remi Spring 2010
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READING FOR MAIN IDEAS Page 63 1. What is the general purpose
of Save the Elephants Fund? It`s to protect elephants. 2. Why are
elephants in Thailand endangered? Elephants in Thailand are
endangered for two reasons: First, they don`t have enough food to
eat because paper companies are cutting down the trees that they
like to eat. Second, hunters kill them for ivory in their tusks.
3.What can Save the Elephants Fund do to help protect elephants in
Thailand? To protect elephants in Thailand, Save the elephants Fund
can: a. Teach companies about trees that elephants can eat. b. The
companies can use. c. Pay for game wardens. d. Convince people not
to buy ivory. e. Help hunters find other jobs. Instructor:Rosa
Al-Remi Spring 2010
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READING FOR DETAILS Page 63 Read each statement. Decide if it
is true or false. ---T--1. Last year Save the Elephants Fund used
donation to open a wildlife park in Kenya. ---F--2. There are more
than 2,000 wild elephants in Thailand. ---F--3. Paper companies in
Thailand find banana trees useful for boxes and other paper.
---T--4. In Thailand, it is illegal to hunt elephants. ---F--5.
Save the Elephants Fund wants the paper companies to leave
Thailand. ---T--6. Save the Elephants Fund wants to help hunters in
Thailand to find other jobs. Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring
2010
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REACTING TO THE READIN Page 63-64 Answer the questions. 1. Dose
the writer of the letter know the reader? No. He doesn`t use the
reader`s name. 2. The letter says, we need your help. What kind of
help dose Save the Elephants Fund? Save the elephants fund wants
money to help protect elephants. 3. Why dose Save the Elephants
Fund tell the reader how many elephants there are Thailand? It
wants to show readers the elephants are endangered animals 4. Save
the Elephants Fund says it wants to convince people not buy ivory.
How dose this help save elephants? If people don`t buy ivory, then
hunters won`t kill elephants for their tusks. 5. Save the Elephants
Fund says it will help hunters find other ways to make money. How
dose this help save elephants? If hunters make money in different
jobs, they won`t kill elephants to make money. I Instructor:Rosa
Al-Remi Spring 2010
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READING Two: Save a Logger-Eat an Owl Page 65 1. Why is Ken
Waxter angry? He`s angry because the newspaper didn`t write about
loggers.It only wrote about owls. 2. Why did the logging companies
in Kin`s town stop cutting down so many trees? The government told
the logging companies to stop down the trees in order to save the
owl. 3. How does saving the northern spotted owl hurt Ken Waxter
& other people in his town? Because there is less logging, the
loggers don`t have as much work to do. Many loggers are out of
work, so they don`t have much money. Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring
2010
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LINKING READINGS ONE & TWO Page 66 Northern Spotted
OwlsAsian Elephants Their homes are being destroyed by loggers. a.
Paper companies are cutting down the trees they eat. b. They`re
hunted for the ivory in their tusks. 1. Why are the animals
endangered? Stop or slow down logging in owl areas. a. Plant other
trees that elephants can eat. b. Pay for game wardens to protect
elephants from hunters. c. Find other work for hunters. d. Convince
people to stop buying ivory. 2. What can people do to help save
these animals? Logging companies & loggers.Papers companies;
hunters; workers 3. Who might be hurt when people try to save the
animals ?why ? Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010
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Save a Logger- Eat on Owl(a letter to the editor) Page 66
VOCABULARY Words to be crossed out 1. fix 2. dogs 3. animals 4.
bird 5. plants 6. brought into a place 7. in 2010 8. get angry 9.
saving 10. animals Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010
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Ex. 2 page 67 1. native 2. protect 3. by the year 4. convince
5. illegal 6. wild 7. donation Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring
2010
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SYLE : Letter Writing Page 69 Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring
2010
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The Five Parts of a Letter Page 70 Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi
Spring 2010 Personal Letters has five parts: 1. Date: usually in
the top right corner of the paper. 2. Opening: a greeting to the
person you are writing to Dear, the person`s name, and a comma. 3.
Body: your message- one or more paragraphs. 4. Closing: a word or
phrase(like All the best, Best wishes, Yours truly) followed by a
comma. 5. Signature: your first name only for people you know: your
full name for other people.
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Business Letters Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010 Name &
address: come after the date (The name & address of Save the
Elephants Fund comes at the top of the page because it is already
printed on the paper. This kind of printed name & address is
called letterhead. Most businesses use letterheads on their
letters.) Name, title & address + specific person: comes before
the opening. To Whom It May Concern (for the opening) : if you
don`t know who will read your letter. Closing : use Sincerely,
Signature: your name (printed if you are not typing) and job title
(if you have one) go under your signature.
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GRAMMAR: Wh-Questions in the Simple Tense Page 71
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.Column A uses the base form of the verb with do column B uses
the simple present tense form of the verb. Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi
Spring 2010
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Let`s Practice Page 72 Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010
Answers: 1. Where do pandas live? 2. What lives in the water near
Hong kong? 3. Why do the chinese white dolphins die? 4. What do
elephants in Thailand like to eat? 5. When do game Wardens protect
the elephants? 6. Who kills many endangered animals every
year?
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Page 73 Instructor:Rosa Al-Remi Spring 2010 Answers: (1)Who Do
you work for ? (2) Why do you need to save the elephants there? (3)
Who kills the elephants? (4) Why do they kill them? (5) Where can I
send it? (6) Who do I write the check to?