G7-U8-L4 (BIRDS)

G7-U8-L4 (BIRDS)

CB page 134

Learning outcomes:

1- To scan a text about UAE birdlife in the UAE.

2-To listen to other’s suggestions regarding possibility and impossibility.

3-develop more awareness of the fauna of the

UAE

4-discuss opinions about possibility

Open Ended

Starter :

Do you see birds when play sports outside or in the park.

Describe the birds, what they look like, they have large or small beaks, do they have talons or claws?

Look at the two bird pictures.

Have you ever seen these birds before ? where?

Bird 1 called hoopoe.

Bird 2 called rose-ringed parakeet

Let's watch this video about Hoopoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZy3HnAJZw&t=34s

Read the text silently .

Open Ended

Why can't we see migratory birds when it's winter in the UAE ?

because the country is blessed with milder coastal climates in winter

Read the text and answer the questions true (T) or false (F).

(Reading)

Multiple Choice

1 -Birds from other countries fly to the UAE when it is winter in their home countries.􀀁

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2 Migrating birds stay in the UAE all year.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3- The UAE is in a good place for birds to migrate to.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

4 -Only scientists can see birds from huts at Ras Al Khor.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

5- The rose-ringed parakeet and the hoopoe are in the UAE all year.􀀁

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

6- Hoopoes have long tails to help them balance.

• True

• False

1 T; 2 F; 3 T; 4 F; 5 T; 6 F; 7 T; 8 T

"Could" is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests.

EXAMPLES

Could possibility:

 1. John could be the one who stole the money. 2. John could have been the one who stole the money.

3. John could go to jail for stealing the money

Multiple Choice

5 Complete the sentence from the text and then match it with the correct letter.

You _______ leave small nuts and seeds in your garden.

• It is not possible to do this.

• It is possible to do this.

Open Ended

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3 Use the word prompts to write suggestions.

1 You / leave fruit and nuts / birds come and eat them.

Open Ended

2 You / water in a bowl / birds can drink.

Open Ended

3- You / plant flowers / birds come to eat nectar or insects.

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/603562afbfb297001b9b6f73/could-couldn-t

Let's practice more

prepare your answers !!

Open Ended

What other things could you do to help birds?

Open Ended

Write two things you have learnt today .