10A - DANGEROUS CREATURES - 31 MARCH

​Dangerous

Creatures

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1. Learn about great white sharks

2. ​Research a dangerous Thai animal

3. ​Develop a ​short podcast about a dangerous creature

​Which animals are you most afraid of?

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In a moment you'll have the chance to show your opinion.​

Poll

Which animals scare you the most?

​Get ready to talk about your choice.

Audio Response

You just made a choice about an animal that scared you the most. Now explain why you made that choice. Talk for no more than 30 seconds.

Open Audio Recorder

​We're now going to listen to a tape about a shark.

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As you listen, put the topics in order.​

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Reorder

Listen and put the topics in order

• size of animal

• color of animal

• its main weapon

• food

• speed

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Fantastic!

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Now let's listen again in a bit more detail. Get ready to provide the following information.

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Multiple Choice

The average length of a great white shark is ____ metres.

• 4

• 5

• 4-5

• 45

Fill in the Blank

Great whites aren't actually very white; in fact they are mostly ___.

Fill in the Blank

A great white shark has got approximately ____ teeth.

Fill in the Blank

___ or seals are the great white's favorite type of food.

Fill in the Blank

Sharks swim very fast because of their powerful ___.

Multiple Choice

--- is their most powerful sense.

• smell

• sight

• hearing

• touch

A while back you told me what you thought was the scariest animal in Thailand.

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Now you are going to make a podcast about that animal.

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First of all, what's a podcast?​

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Open Ended

What's a podcast? Write a few sentences.

When we produce a podcast, we have to be specific.

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You only have one minute, so you can't -- for example -- talk about all the snakes in Thailand.

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Instead, you will need to choose one example of a dangerous snake that you'd like to talk about. For example, on the right, you can see a krait.​

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Quckly do some research and tell me some information about a krait.

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Open Ended

What can you tell me about a krait?

Now tell me exactly what animal

you will be researching and talking about.

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Open Ended

Write the name of the animal you will be talking about.

Research Time

OK, now is the time to do some research about your animal.

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You have 5 minutes to find out as much as you can about the following topics.

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1. ​SIZE

2. COLOR

3. MAIN WEAPON

4. FOOD

5. MAIN PHYSICAL ABILITY​

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Are your ready?

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You are now going to speak for one minute about the animal you have selected. Make sure you cover all five main topics.

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1. SIZE

2. COLOR

3. MAIN WEAPON

4. FOOD

5. MAIN PHYSICAL ABILITY​

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​After you have finished recording, we will listen to two examples and critique them. Then you will have the opportunity to record your final version.

Audio Response

Speak for 60 seconds about your animal. Make sure you cover the topics you can see in the picture.

Open Audio Recorder

Audio Response

Now record your final version. Speak for 60 seconds about your animal. Make sure you cover the topics you can see in the picture.

Open Audio Recorder

Poll

How did you do?

• Awesome! I did an amazing podcast!

• Pretty good. I thought I provided some good information about this animal.

• So-so. I could have done better.

• Ah, I think that wasn't very good at all :-(

Open Ended

Give me one reason for your assessment.