Overall aims for the week
Greater range and flexibility in word and
sentence formation.
Grammar focus:
Conditionals,
participle clauses
Vocabulary/Pronunciation
focus:
Describing behaviour, wildlife, lifestyles
Skills
Argumentation
Can-do statements/sub-aims
By the end of this week students will be able to…
Exchange opinions in
genuinely difficult debates. Fluently discuss issues around wildlife in today's world.
Opening discussion
How do the following words get used when talking about wildlife?
train
breed
reward
dropping
behaviour
threat
migrate
introduce
rare
monitor
habitat
variety
disappear
poach
obey
reserve
conserve
domestic
vet
trot
rights
master
Agree or disagree?
A native animal should have more rights than an introduced one.
Trees are intelligent.
We should reintroduce extinct megafauna to our environment.
Animals are innocent.
Vegans are fanatics.
Zoos suck.
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers were probably more intelligent than so-called civilised people.
Animals can be racist.
Animals can be left/right 'handed'.
Some animals can make and appreciate music.
Some animals can and do dance.
guilt
anger
love
fear
humour
freedom
joy
boredom
thoughtfulness
rationality
depression
despair
hope
remorse
full of ideas
reflectiveness
resentment
anxiety
shame
jealousy
gratitude
insignificance
disapproving
awe-inspired
If it's not emotional or mental states that distinguish humans from other animals, what is it?
What are these grammar terms?
The third conditional
A participle clause
A relative pronoun
A mixed conditional
What's the opposite of...
human
exotic
humane
endangered
cruel
release
the black market
lawful
domesticated
obedience
Verbs - what do these ones mean?
to ward off
to sanction
to range
to exploit
to meander
to quintuple
to graze
to give off
to mimic
What's the adjective of "reptile"?
What's the K-T boundary?
Is there such a thing as animal telepathy?
What does "re-wilding" mean?
What is the holocene extinction?
What's a trophic cascade?
What's paleoecology?
What's the Gaia Hypothesis?
What does "re-wilding" mean?
What is the holocene extinction?
What's a trophic cascade?
What's paleoecology?
What's the Gaia Hypothesis?
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