Lesson 1 Do you like dancing? Date

Activity 3b Read and answer. What animals and plants live in
forests? 5 min Objectives: to practise reading for specific information;
to raise awareness of the forest as a habitat for
animals and plants. Let the pupils read the text for two minutes. Then discuss with the class and elicit what lives in forests. Ask: 'What animals and plants live in forests?' Accept anything reasonable including animals and plants. Also discuss what animals and plants need to live (answer: food, water, air and sun)
Activity 3c Listen and write. 10 min
Objectives: to practise listening for specific information;
to raise awareness of the other habitats for animals
and plants.
STEP 1: Get the pupils to think in mother tongue about what animals, fish and people eat (answer: food e.g. other animals, fish, plants). Get the pupils to think what is a very big animal under the water (answer: whale (this is NOT a fish)). Get the pupils to think about what is a very big plant (answer: tree) and small plant (answer: flower). Get the pupils to think about what makes the desert, water, air hot (answer: sun) and why does it get cold (answer: no sun)
STEP 2: Tell the pupils that they are going to listen about other habitats of animals, fish, birds and plants. Ask them to listen carefully to find out where they live. Play the DVD two or three times if necessary. Then ask them to open their Workbooks at Page 51 and write them for the habitats in the table.
Answer key:

desert	water	mountain
animal, bird, plant, insect	animal, fish, plant	animal, plant, bird, in­sect, tree, flower, bear