1_12_Adv_U_4_Listening_2_The_Penguin’s_Polar_Pilgrima

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Chapter four

Compete or Cooperate?

12 Adv.

Listening 2: Lecture: The Penguin’s Polar Pilgrimage – for Better, for Worse

Listening 2 – Pages 68 - 74

Learning Objectives
of the section
Listening 1

By the end of this lesson, we will be able to:

Listening: To Listen and outline main ideas and supporting details in a lecture.

Listening: To listen to and answer questions of pragmatic.

Speaking: To share observations of cooperation and competition; comparing outlines; using an outline to summarize a lecture

Speaking: To compare and use outlines to summarize a lecture

Vocabulary: To use words related to animal behavior and terms related to the Antarctic food chain.

Language Focus: To identify main ideas and supporting details and use in a pyramid chart.

Critical Thinking: To using graphic organizers to brainstorm and predict lecture content.

Starter - Speaking

What do you think the penguin's polar pilgrimage is?

Antarctica – Antarctica Penguin

Listening Page 68

Listening Page 68

Topic Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.

1. In general, do you think the basic nature of animals, birds, and insects tends to be more cooperative or more competitive? Give examples of teamwork and rivalry that you’ve observed among animals.

2. What about people? Do you think humans are instinctively more cooperative or competitive? Give examples of teamwork and competition that you’ve observed among your own family members and friends.

Enter your Answer questions here

watch this video about Emperor Penguins.

Take notes while watching to discuss how they are adapted to survive the freezing weather

5 minutes

There will be a quiz after the video .

Watch the video about “Emperor Penguins” and answer the quiz that follows

Vocabulary items of the lesson

Choose one new word you learnt, use it in a meaningful sentence

desolate

affectionate

catastrophic

ecosystem

migratory

ferocious

retreat

pilgrimage

reserves

teem

disposition

predatory

awkward

Listening Page 69

Considering the topic Brainstorm answers to the following questions in small groups. Take turns sharing ideas and write them in the small circles of the graphic organizer. Afterward, share your

group’s ideas with the whole class.

Listening Page 70

Considering the topic Brainstorm answers to the following questions in small groups. Take turns sharing ideas and write them in the small circles of the graphic organizer. Afterward, share your

group’s ideas with the whole class.

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Listening Page 70

Listening Page 71

Listening Page 71

Listening Page 71

two males may fight over a female

a male and female may fight over when and how to mate and where to build a nest

Winners begin relationships with females

Disturb nests and play jokes

Listening Page 71

Outlining the lecture (Part 1)

• Listen to the first half of the lecture, paying special attention to the part about mating habits. Then listen a second time and fill in the information that is missing from the outline in 4. Compare your outline with a partner.

Suggested answers:

I. Mating habits of penguins

A. Need for order leads penguins to build nests in rows

B. Order often interrupted by small wars between penguins

1. two males may fight over a female.

2. a male and female may fight over when and how to mate and where to build a nest.

C. Winners begin relationships with females

D. Losers move to edge of nesting ground

1. Steal unguarded eggs

2. Disturb nests and play jokes

Listening Page 72

Eggs are laid in stone nests but up to 75 percent of them are lost to climate, death of parents, or predatory birds.

They often go off to feed in large groups.

Parents take turns feeding chicks by going off to feed in large groups, walking or sliding in single file lines on their way from their nesting ground to the ocean.

The sea leopard feeds on swimming penguins.

Food is shared with the orphaned chicks and adult penguins share babysitting duties.

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7. Comparing outlines

• Share your outlines of the lecture with a small group of classmates. Discuss similarities and differences in the structure of the outlines and in the information that you included.

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8. Pragmatic understanding Answer the following questions. Listen to the extracts from the lecture to get your answers.

8. Pragmatic understanding Answer the following questions. Listen to the extracts from the lecture to get your answers.

Listening Page 73

Listening Page 73

Listening Page 74

phytoplankton, kelp

krill, shrimp

sardines, squid

sea leopard, Adelie penguin, skua

orca

Krill

Shrimp

Skua

Orca

Sea

Leopard

Kelp

Adélie penguin

Squid

Sardines

Phytoplankton

Thinking Critically

Listening Page 74

Listening Page 74

• Did anything you learned about Adélie penguins in the lecture surprise you?

• Antarctica is a fragile ecosystem that has been affected by global warming, pollution, and even tourism in recent decades. How do you think this adversely affects the Adélie penguin and other species that make their home in Antarctica?

• What do you know about global warming and the gradual melting of the polar icecaps? What can be done to prevent it?

Quiz time

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Plenary

How do you think penguins survive the harsh weather?

In groups, discuss your ideas and give reasons