Unit 1
Lesson 6
Student’s Book page 17
VOCABULARY: Animals, trees and flowers
5 Write the animals, trees and flowers from the email in exercise 2 in the correct column.
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Animals |
Trees |
Flowers |
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hyena |
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Answers
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Animals |
Trees |
Flowers |
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Hyena Wolf porcupine |
Pistachio Strawberry Carob |
Black iris Orchid Tulip |
READING
6 Read this leaflet about two types of trees. Why are they special?
The Oldest Trees on Earth
The Bristlecone Pines
They are in California, USA. They are the oldest trees alive in the world today. Some are more than 4,000 years old. The rings in their wood show how much they’ve grown. Scientists use these rings to see how the world’s climate has changed. They grow very slowly: about fourteen metres in 3,000 years!
The Wollemi Pines
They are the oldest species of tree in the world. Fossilised remains show they existed 110 million years ago. They grew in the rainforest before Australia became a continent. They grew when there were dinosaurs on Earth. The climate was different then. They still grew when plants and animals died and the climate changed. Some trees of this type still exist in Australia. Nobody knows how old these trees are. Scientists want to save them; they still didn’t reveal their precise location. They grow very fast; some are forty metres high!
Answers
They are the Oldest Trees on Earth.
SPEAKING AND WRITING
7 How are the Bristlecone Pines and the Wollemi Pines different? Read the information again and take notes. Compare and contrast ideas with a partner.
Suggested answers
Bristlecone Pines grow very slowly, but Wollemi Pines grow very fast. Nobody knows how old these trees are, but some Bristlecone Pines are more than 4,000 years old. The exact location of the Wollemi Pines is a secret, but the Bristlecone Pines are found in California.
8 Use the information in exercise 6 and your notes from exercise 7 to write a leaflet about two other old trees in the world. Use the leaflet above as a model. Add your own research and include a picture. Then present your work to the class.
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Students’ own answers
Unit 1
Lesson 6
Activity Book page 14
WRITING: A LETTER
10 Imagine you are on holiday. Make a list of all the things there are to do and see in and around your holiday destination.
11 Which of the things in exercise 10 have you already done? Put a tick next to them on your list. Which ones haven’t you done yet? Put a cross next to them on your list.
12 Now write a letter to a friend. Tell your friend what you have already done / haven’t done yet on your holiday.
Page 14, exercises 10-12
Students’ own answers