Reading an article

Guess the word!
A type of small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts, and often two pairs of wings.

Name the insects you know.

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​Insect

​Ērce

​Tick

​a very small creature like a spider that lives on and sucks the blood of other animals.
e.g. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
How to remove a tick the right way.

a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting (produce a small, painful skin injury)

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​Lapsene

a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting (produce a small, painful skin injury). Sting-stung-stung
She had a puncture wound in her arm, from a wasp sting.

I got stung by a wasp yesterday.

My foot swelled up to three times the normal size when it was stung by a wasp.

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​Wasp

a very small jumping insect that feeds on the blood of animals and humans

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Blusa

a very small jumping insect that feeds on the blood of animals and humans

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Flea

an insect that is active during the night and whose tail produces light

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​Jāņtārpiņš

an insect that is active during the night and whose tail produces light

​e.g. It is the flash of a firefly in the night.

​Firefly

​Uts

​a very small insect that lives on the bodies or in the hair of people and animals.

a very small insect that lives on the bodies or in the hair of people and animals.
e.g. Students diagnosed with live head lice do not need to be sent home early from school

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​Louse (lise pl.)

a small, long animal with many legs that feeds on the leaves of plants, and develops into a butterfly or moth

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​Kāpurs

a small, long animal with many legs that feeds on the leaves of plants, and develops into a butterfly or moth

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​Caterpillar

Zina izplatītāko kukaiņu nosukumus;
Izprot avīzes rakstu par kukaiņu izmantošanu pārtikā;
Prot pārstāstīt teksta galveno domu un argumentēti atbildēt uz jautājumiem.

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​Sasniedzamais rezultāts:

​The insects are the largest group of animals. In fact, about 75 percent of all animals are insects.

Only about 1% of the insects on earth are harmful to people. Most insects are beneficial, and we need them to keep balance on the earth.

There are more than 5.5 million species of insects on our planet.

A ladybird might eat more than 5,000 insects in its lifetime!

Large groups of fireflies sometimes flash in unison.

​Caterpillars have 12 eyes!

(566) Minuscule - Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind - YouTube

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​Watch a short video.

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K46ow7JxpTE
Minuscule - Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind / Qui sème le vent récolte la tempête (Season 2) - video Dailymotion

You have to deal with the bad effects or results of sth. that you originally started

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​You reap what you sow -

ko sēsi, to pļausi!

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​You reap what you sow -

• Get divided in groups;

• Read the article;

• Consult unknown words in the dictionary;

• Write summary of the article;

• Think of 5 questions on the text;

• Complete the exercises.

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​Task:

​a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops

​​Sisenis

​a brown jumping insect that makes a loud, high, often repeated noise that you hear esp. at night

​​Circenis

an insect with wings that is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to light

Kode/nakts taurenis

a form of an insect or an animal such as a frog that has left its egg but has not yet developed into a pupa

​​Kūniņa

​a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops

​​Locust

​a brown jumping insect that makes a loud, high, often repeated noise that you hear esp. at night

​​Cricket

an insect with wings that is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to light

Moth

a form of an insect or an animal such as a frog that has left its egg but has not yet developed into a pupa

​​Larva/maggot