CALL Teaching Instructions for
“Animals Around the World”
Level: Middle School or Young Adult
Low intermediate/Intermediate/High
Intermediate
Time: 40-50 minutes
Objective: Talking about animals from around
the world. Reinforcing the “wh” questions. Practice “how” questions. Talking
about sounds; words used to describe sounds.
This CALL lesson should follow the classroom lesson “Danger”
from Shine, Book 2, Unit 7
Procedure:
Activity 1- Learn About Endangered Animals Around the World
a)
Begin the lesson with a brief discussion: Did you know that
there are about 9,900 different kinds of birds? Did you know that about 1,200
of those kinds of birds are in danger of extinction? That’s about 12% of all
birds. What does extinct mean? What does species mean? Let’s find
out. [Teachers may wish to use more examples. For good background information,
and a list of endangered animals, go to the website: http://www.redlist.org/info/tables/table1.html
b)
Review (or teach) relevant vocabulary found on the Student’s Page. For
this activity teachers may wish to have the students use the computer dictionary
to look up the words as they learn about the animals. There are too many “incidental”
words to include them all on the vocabulary list.(Note: It is helpful if students
have the English/Korean dictionary open at all times.)
From the textbook, review
“The Panda” on page 87. These questions will
Teachers log on to: http://www.epatrol.org/ep-endangered.html
Click on the
“Asia” link below the map. Then click on the icon.
Model the dialogue:
What is it? It’s a humpback whale.
Where does it live? It lives in the oceans
and seas of Asia.
How does it live? The humpback whale is a graceful creature
known for it’s underwater song.
What about young ones? Babies are 15 feet long
and will be nursed by their mothers for almost a year.
How big is it? The humpback whale is over 50 feet
in length.
Why is it in danger? It is endangered because
they were over hunted by man. Pollution in the Earth’s oceans may be the cause
of their population’s slow recovery.
[Teachers should point out that sometimes
there may be no information for some of the questions above.]
e)
Pair Work or Small Group Work. Assign pairs or small groups
one of the seven continents. Have them work together to answer the questions
above for at least two of the animals listed under their assigned section. Offer
support as needed. This will be a challenging (but interesting) task for some
students, however, in groups they will likely perform better.
f)
Have the pairs or groups tell the rest of the class about
the endangered animals they looked at. Teachers may want to bring the animals
up on the front screen as students talk about them.
g)
End with a discussion. Did you know the names of any of
these animals? Have you seen their pictures before? Which one was your favorite?
Why? What is the reason (why are) these animals are all endangered?
Activity 2 – Learn Animal Sounds on an Animal Safari
a)
This is an activity that can be played as a game. The objective of this game,
aside from simply being fun, is learning words we use to describe sounds. This
game could be played in pairs, but because it is a game which requires students
to listen to animal sounds with their earsets, it might be more simple to play
it together as a class, with the teacher contrilling the sounds and directing
the game.
b)
Go over the new vocabulary words for this game, as found on the students’
page. Teachers may wish to actually take the students through the sounds on
the website as they go over these animals and sounds.
Teachers log onto:
http://www.wildsanctuary.com/safari.html
c)
Go over the animals and their sounds with the students.
Have students pick out the words used to describe the sounds. [Teachers may
wish to allow students a few minutes to listen to the sounds on their own over
the headsets.
d)
Teachers should turn off the projector (press button
marked on/off once, wait a moment, then press it a second time). Chose and animal
and play the sound over the speakers. Allow the students to look at the pictures
and names of the animals on their own computers (but not listen to the sounds).
Have them try and guess which animal it is.
Ask: What is this animal? Where does
it come from? What is the sound like? (Students should be able to answer by
reading the sound description on the animal’s page). Repeat until finished all
the animals.
Teachers
May want to visit Kids Planet. It has a more extensive list of endangered animals
than the site above, although the description are considerably longer. This
site would be better suited to higher level students (Intermediate/ High Intermediate).
Activity one could be tailored to this website.