Lesson 5/6 – May 19/26 Writing (EA) Task

E.A. – Writing

Aim 1: To write a a short paragraph about an Endangered Animal

Objective: To write a paragraph following a paragraph-writing format to give information.

Method: Research the internet about an endangered Animal. Follow the sentence structures below to write your short paragraph. There are seven sentences.

Procedure: Complete the sentences below

  1. Topic Sentence: Write a sentence to introduce your animal
  2. Main Point 1: Write a sentence to give information about this endangered animal
  3. Support Sentence 1: Give more details to explain the above point
  4. Main Point 2: Write a sentence to give information about this endangered animal
  5. Support Sentence 2: Give more details to explain the above point
  6. Opinion Sentence: Write your opinion
  7. Conclusion Sentence

Student Example: Oriental Stork

Technique 15

Teacher Example: Numbat

1. The animal ‘Numbat’ is an Australian marsupial found in Western Australia.

2. There are only 2 different areas where you can find this animal.

3. There are also some human habitats for this animal.

4. This animal only eats termites and eats only during the day.

5. They sleep at night and live in a protected place, so they only eat in the day time.

6. I think that we should try to protect this animal from other animals at night.

7. The ‘Numbat’ is a cute looking animal and we should help to protect and breed this animal.

Homework Activity: 45 – 50 seconds

  • Read your writing (draft) and check your information
  • Check your video notes: Did you use any key words or grammar sentences? (target language – T/L)
  • Try and add some key words or T/L sentences
  • Read and check again
  • Finish for HomeWork – show me (teacher) in the next class

Activity: Conversation Practice – Technique (5)

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Activity: Task 1 Title: Role Plays

Aim: To make a conversation; take lines 1, 2 and 3 from your script (assignment)

Steps the teacher will guide you through the steps; Technique (3b) follow up questions link

Demonstration

  • A. The animal ‘Numbat’ is an Australian marsupial found in Western Australia.
  • B. Ahah / Amm. What is a marsupial?
  • A. It’s the same meaning as mammal. It is “哺乳類” in Japanese.
  • B. I see.
  • A. There are only 2 different areas where you can find this animal.
  • B. Only two. That isn’t a lot of places.
  • A. Right.
  • A. There are also some human habitats for this animal. For example zoo’s and wildlife parks.
  • B. I see.

Homework May 26

  • finish Task 1 – speaking focus is on the information (FOI) Facts of Information [main points]
  • write your script (assignment) in Task 2
  • quiz 4
  • Next lesson is a RolePlay; worksheet upload; and a special activity

Task 3 Title: FOI – statistics (information with numerals) [統計 – Tokei]

For example: using percent %; rate of information = number with time

Steps: research the internet and ask a question? About your animal. 2 examples:

  • Polar Bear – 100% of Polar Bears live in Arctica
  • Forest elephant – forest elephants make up roughly 25% to 33% of all elephants in Africa
  • Green Macaw Parrot – this bird had dropped by over 50% in the last 10 years

Student Role Play example

  • A. Once, they lived in Asia and the number of tigers is decreasing now.
  • A [FOI]. For example, the population of tigers declined by roughly (95%) over the last 100 years.
  • B. Oh, no! Why!?

Task 4 Title: Role Play + FOI (re-write your role play and add the FOI;

  • after you rewrite your role play
  • make your groups
  • copy your role play to the speech card
  • highlight your key words [read; look up and speak]
  • practice with your partner
  • video record

HOMEWORK

  • Quiz 5
  • Video 6b. Culture: please watch and study; main points; english words; phrases – take notes on A4 paper/campus paper
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