Reading Explorer, Unit 1

Amazing Animals
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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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Amazing Animals

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Think & Share:

1. What are some things animals can do that humans can't?

2. What are some things humans can do that animals can't?

3. Which is your favorite animal? Why?

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Read & match
1. Dolphins sleep by resting one half of their brain at a time.
2. A dolphin's tail doesn't have any bones, but it is full of muscles. 
3. Dolphins 'hear' through a special bone in their lower jaw.
4. The bones inside a dolphin's flippers are similar to the bones inside your arm and hand.
5. Dolphins breathe air using a special hole, called a blowhole. On top of their head.

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brain
tail
jaw
flippers
blowhole

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What do you do when you skim or scan a text?

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Skim the text on page 9 + 10. What is the text about?
A
types of dolphins
B
things dolphins do
C
what dolphins eat

Slide 6 - Quiz

Read the text together
- Carlijn switch to text. Read along with me
- Make question 1 - 7
- Discuss in ZOOM

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Reading a text
Step 1: Skim

Step 2: Understanding the gist


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Homework
Reading Explorer:
1. Make assignment A and B on page 12
2. Make assignment A and B on page 13

Extra:
- practice with the words of Unit 4 on Quizlet
- practice with the app DUOLINGO

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Lesson 2
Discuss page 12 - assignment A - B

Carlijn opens page on screen

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Page 13 - Assignment A
Match the red words with the definition
smart
method
specific
assist
advantage
1. a way of doing something
2. help
3. something that helps you succeed
4. exact
5. intelligent

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Orangutans and humans are 1. ________ in some ways. For example, did you know that the orangutan is a very 2.________ animal? Orangutans use a(n) 3.______ to stay dry when it rains: They take leaves from trees and use them like umbrellas. These animals don't have a complex 4._________ like humans do. But today, some orangutans are learning basic sign language. maybe, in the future, we will be able to have a simple 5._______ with them!

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Orangutans and humans are 1. ________ in some ways. For example, did you know that the orangutan is a very 2.________ animal? Orangutans use a(n) 3.______ to stay dry when it rains: They take leaves from trees and use them like umbrellas. These animals don't have a complex 4._________ like humans do. But today, some orangutans are learning basic sign language. maybe, in the future, we will be able to have a simple 5._______ with them!
alike
conversation
intelligent
language system
strategy

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Journal assignment
1. Watch Newsround
2. Describe in a minimum of 20 words what you have seen on the news
3. Use your OWN language, make mistakes!

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Slide 15 - Link

1. Use a minimum of 20 words to write down what you have seen on the news.
2. Use your OWN words, not google translate
3. If you need to know a word, ask Carlijn!

Slide 16 - Open question

Homework
Reading explorer - Go to page 14, 15, 16 

1. Skim / scan the text on page 15. Look at the headings and images
2. Make questions A - B on page 14
3. Now, read the text
4. Make the multiple choice questions 1 - 7 on page 16

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