Hello class! I hope you enjoyed the previous lesson at the lab. I'm sorry I won't be in school today because my 10-month-old son is still running a fever, so I'll need to stay at home to take care of him today. I hope you will still be able to do today's activity. For this session, you will need to work in groups of fours. 4J, please seat in your class groups (Yi En's group and Sean's group will have form one group of four and the rest to join other groups to make groups of fives). There will be 7 groups of fours and 2 groups of fives because there are 38 of you. There are five animals to choose from, and only a maximum of 2 groups is allowed per animal. Read on! :D Hope you'll have fun!
Introduction
The Singapore Zoological Gardens has been offering individuals and organisations to adopt endangered animals. Those who adopt these animals will receive a Thank You package, which includes an animal fact sheet.
Your Task
Your group's task is to write an information report on one of the endangered animals. Although information for the endangered animals is already available (which you will read later), they are too difficult to understand for young pupils who only want to find out about what animals eat, where they normally live (i.e. their habitat) and if there's anything special about the animals. Also, you will need to encourage people to adopt your animal by explaining briefly why your animal is endangered. Therefore you will need to select useful information from the report and re-write it your way.
Format
Use the graphic organiser found on Page 15 of your worksheet.
For 'Topic', write the name of the animal in the centre.
For 'Category 1', write 'Diet' and put diet-related information here.
For 'Category 2', write 'Habitat' and habitat-related information here.
For 'Category 3', write 'Special Traits' and fill it in if there's any special trait.
For 'Category 4', write 'Why they are endangered' and fill in the bubble.
Each pupil in your group will choose 1 category to work on. All categories must be taken.
When you have completed this, use page 17 to help you write your report. On your own for your own category, you need to:
1. think of interesting subheadings
2. include a topic sentence for your paragraph (use WS pg 16)
3. write at least 2-3 sentences in addition to your topic sentence. You may write more if you are confident of doing so.
(Subheading)
(Topic Sentence)(Sentence 1)(Sentence 2)(Sentence 3)
E.g.
Amazing Horses
Horses are amazing animals. They can run very fast. They can also sleep standing up.
As a group, you need to:
1. think of an interesting title,
2. include the general statement when you start the information report and when you end it.
Use the information reports in the textbook as your guide!
Alright, here are the five animals: (Click on the links)
Asian Elephant
Douc Langur
Bornean Orang Utan
Proboscis Monkey
Pygmy Hippo
You may use Yahooligans!, Google or any other search engines to help you with your search. You can also use the Cambridge online dictionary if there are words you do not understand.
You have exactly one hour for this task. Remember to plan, draft then edit. When you are done, take it home. Bring it back to school tomorrow and I will continue the activity with you. All the best!
Time Captain: 5 minutes to allocate roles (who's doing what), 20 minutes to read, 30 minutes to write, 5 minutes to pack up.
Task Captain: Please make sure everyone is on task. You have very little time.
Materials Captain: One pupil to one computer if possible. Otherwise, share.
Quiet Captain: Members can whisper and make sure they don't disturb others by talking too loudly.
4J Note: Today's spelling is postponed to tomorrow.
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