Chapter 8: What can we do?

Go to this post: http://ceipanimalsindanger.blogspot.com.es/2010/11/task-3-gorillas-in-mist.html

You have the task there. 

Chapter 6 (1). Task ordered by Cristina and Alejandra

Read chapter 6 (pages20-21) and write a sumary to answer these questions:

1. How many different species or parrots are in the world?
2. What is the percentage of birds which die before they arrive in the shops?
3. Where can you see a Spix´s Macaw?
4. How do you call kakapos when they move at night?
5. How long do kakapos live?
6. How much kakapos were there in 1995?

Chapter 5.- In the water

Bye, bye, Bijii River Dolphin!!!

Write one or two sentences from every paragraph to 
summarize pages 16-17.

Chapter 4: On land (1)

Write one or two sentences to summarize every paragraph on Chapter 4. Write a draft on your notebook. 

Read your summary and check if you answered these questions. If not, try to answer them:

• Are humans interested in animals´  behaviour?
• How are tapirs like?
• Are tapirs dessapearing? 
• What do you know about mountain tapir?

Animals matter

Are you mad about pandas?????

An energy lesson from panda poop

Vocabulary:

biomass Matter that contains carbon and can be used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity. Plants are a kind of biomass.

renewable energy Energy from a source that is not depleted by use, such as water, wind or solar power.

fossil fuel A natural fuel such as coal or gas that forms over a very long period of time from the remains of living organisms.

microbe A microorganism — such as bacteria, viruses and some fungi — too small to see with the naked eye.

bacterium (plural is bacteria) A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms, including some that can cause disease. Bacteria occur widely in soil, water and air, and on or in the tissues of plants and animals.

Read the article linked above and write your comment.

Final Task year 2010: Comic book

Now it´s your turn to draw and write: Let´s make a comic book. Follow the link to inspire you. You have chosen your own chapter:

1.- Javi and Carolina

2.- Magdalina and Agata

3.- Baldo and Alejandro

4.- Ivan and Ladislao

5.- Lorena and Gabriel

6.- Razvan and George

7.- Pepe

8.- Michelle and Angela

9.- Jesús and Alvaro

10.- We´ll decide who is doing chapter 10: the best group!!!!!!

Follow the link to inspire you!!!!!

Task 6.- Chapter 10: "New" animals

Magic horses..... beautiful unicorns.....This is a fantasy......of course!

Now, read again chapter 10 and answer the questions:
1.- Do we know about all the animals?
2.- Why do we look for new animals?
3.- Why is it important for us to protect the home of animals?

Task 5.- Chapter 9: What can zoos do?

After watching Kate´s presentation, write a summary of chapter 9 and answer the final questions . Compare good and bad zoos traits and tell us what you think about them. To finish, write your own comment, your own opinion and post it.

Task 4.- Let´s study pronunciation and vocabulary with Kate....

This is the second entry for eavesdropping and a challenge for you. You can create one presentation with the words we studied with Kate. Will you try?

Task 3.- Gorillas in the mist

Do you want to watch part of the movie? Go to the PbWork and follow the link. Enjoy the film.

After sending your task related to chapter 7, you should read chapter 8. Besides you can watch Kate´s presentation in the PbWork.

Then make a list with the unknown words. Write the glossary in your notebook. Revise the mistakes. Do you understand all of them?

Send it in a post. use your favourite ones and be free to write sentences with them.

Task 2.- Chapter 7

After reading chapter 7, you can have a look at the PbWork (go to the botton of the blog). Write the words you didn´t understand and check the meanings. Try to summarize the information you read and write your own text. Kate´s work can help you. After that, answer the questions you have in Kate´s last slide and post it in the comments. Have a nice day!

Task 1.- Thanks to the people who sent their comments. Now you can read the information in your notebook and....

Write a new post. 45-50 words. Don´t forget to follow the writing steps. Follow the link.

To begin with, why don´t we read the latest posts?

Endangered animals in North America.

As you know, we have two new language assisstants: Kate and Sarah. Kate told us about animals in North America. You can download her presentation and write some comments about what you have learnt.

To find the ppt, go to the school website: bilingual project: materials and: there you are!!!!!!

Task 2.- A visit to the National History Museum in London

• Write the nouns of the animals you have seen in the Museum.
• How many of them have pouches?
• How many skeletons did you see?
• There is a boy telling us about his favourite kind of animals. Which are they?
• The guy gives us the address of the Museum, where in London?

Task 1.- Choose one of your favourite animals.

Answer these questions:

• How is it?
• What does it eat?
• Where does it live?
• Why is it in danger?
  

First of all....

Follow the link bellow to find translations, definitions, ...

all what you need if you want to write proper English.