Skills: Reading for describing information about the sperm whale, then write a paragraph about the dolphin.. Read the table in page 100 to know what information about sperm whale you ha
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WEEK 20 – PERIOD 58
UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD-Writing
1 Educational aim:
Students should appreciate the nature
2 Knowledge
General knowledge: Students learn about the nature Language
New words: Words related to the nature, especially to whales.
Skills:
Reading for describing information about the sperm whale, then write a paragraph about the dolphin
• METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative
TEACHING AIDS:
pictures of whales and dolphins
Warm-up (4 mn)
Teacher shows a few pictures and ask
questions:
1) What is this / are these?
2) Which one do you like better?
Pre-writing (8 mn)
T: Work with partner Read the table in
page 100 to know what information about
sperm whale you have to find out
Now read the passage in page 99 and
answer the questions:
1 Where does the sperm whale live?
2 How big / long is a sperm whale?
3 What do sperm whales eat to live?
4 How often does a female sperm
whale give birth?
5 How long is a sperm whale’s life
span
6 What are their specials features?
Teacher walks around the class and offers
help when necessary Then teacher selects
a few students to give the answers
While-writing (18 mn)
Teacher assigns task: Work in pairs
And complete the table on page 100
Ss work in pairs Students’ answers
1) It is a dolphin/ a sperm whale, 2) I / we like….better
Students sit in pair, read the
Ss work in pairs
Ss work in pairs
Range
&habitat
All oceans; prefer waters with with high squid populations
Size M:18m in length,54t in weight
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Task 2
T: Look at the information about the
dolphin in the table on page 101 Write a
paragraph that describe the facts and
figures provided in the table You can refer
to the paragraph about sperm whale as an
example.
Teacher walks around the class and offers
help when necessary
Post-reading (13 mn)
Teacher gives suggestions and corrections
Teacher assigns homework
Comments (2 mn)
F: 12 - ,17 tons in weight Feeding
habits
Carnivores:
eat mainly squids up to 1.500kg of food daily
Offspring Give birth to one calf every 5-7
years
Gestation period:14-19 months Life span Up to 60-70 years
Special features
Biggest animals that have teeth on largest brain of all mammals
Conservatin concerns
At risk due to hunting and accidental fishing net entrapment
Suggested answer
Dolphins are not fish They are mammals that live
in the water.Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals on earth Although they can be found in all oceans in the world, dolphins prefer coastal waters and bays The size of dolphins varies greatly The smallest dolphin is just about 50kg in weight and 1.2 meters in length while the largest one can weigh up to 8,200 kg and is 10 meters long Dolphins are carnivores and they eat only fish A female dolphin give birth to one calf every two tears after a gestation period of eleven to twelve months A dolphin can normally live from 25 to 65 years and some species of dolphins can even live longer Dolphin populations are at risk due to the pollution of their habitat and accidental entrapment in fishing nets