CEFR Y5 Unit 3: Writing (Animals In Danger)

CEFR Y5 Unit 3: Writing (Animals In Danger)

Plus 1 Student's Book (Year 5)

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The Philippine Eagle

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The Philippine Eagle

Let's Write

Follow the following steps to write about an endangered animal.

What animal is this?

Multiple Choice

It is ______________.

• the Malayan tiger

• the Singaporean tiger

• the Indon tiger

• tigreal

1st Paragraph:

What is the animal?

• Where does the animal live?

• What does it eat?

• What other facts about it?

The Malayan Tiger

• southern and central parts of Peninsular Malaysia 

• deer/ wild boar/ cattle/ goats; can eat about 40 kilograms of meat at one time

• almost looks like the Indochinese tiger; smaller than the Bengal tiger

• newborn Malayan tiger cub is born with its eyes closed, it can't walk; it depends on its mother for 18 months

2nd Paragraph:

What is the problem?

• How rare is the animal?

• Why is it in danger?

It's an endangered animal.

• the number of tigers has fallen sharply

• only two hundred tigers left in Malaysia

• endangered because of human activities - farming and logging

logging

3rd Paragraph:

How can we help?

• Where can we find information about it?

• How can we help to protect it?

Save and protect it.

• WWF-Malaysia Community

• make donations: camera-traps and anti-poaching

Multiple Select

Check your writing:

• comparative / superlative forms

• can / can't

• correct spelling

• three paragraphs

• give examples (such as/ like/ for example)