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Activity 1
Look at this picture of elephant below.


1. Which parts of its body attract you the most?
2. Tell your reasons to the class.
3. What is this elephant doing?
4. Is the elephant old ? How do you know?


Parts of the elephant’s body: head, trunk, eyes, ears, tail …
Label each part of its body.


Activity 2

Elephants are amazing animals. Do you agree?
Complete the following sentences. Use the suitable words below.

1. Elephants are the ______ land animals.
2. Elephants’ ______ are strong enough to pick up trees.
3. Elephants are good swimmers and use their trunks like _____.
4. Elephants live together in _____ groups.
5. Elephants ______ each other when in trouble.
6. Elephants’ trunks are _______ enough to pick up flowers.

help (v) family (n) snorkels (n)
largest (adj) trunks (n) sensitive (adj)

Activity 3

Match the words with their definitions.

1. earth 2. discover 3. trunk 4. pick up 5. scratch 6. swat	a. to find unexpectedly b. animal’s body apart from the limbs and head. c. the planet on which we live d. to rub (a part of one’s body) with one’s fingernails to relieve itching e. to take hold of and remove f. to hit or crush with a sharp blow

You can check in this dictionary
 

Activity 5
Read the following report text about elephants. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Elephants: The Amazing Animals

Elephants are the largest land animals on earth. They have the largest brains of any mammal. Elephants talk to each other. Researchers have discovered more than 50 different types of calls that they use to communicate with each other. Their trunks are strong enough to pick up trees but sensitive enough to pick up a flower. They use them as tools to sweep paths, to scratch themselves, to swat flies, and to draw in the dirt. They are good swimmers and use their trunks like snorkels. They live together in family groups. They help each other when in trouble. They join together to care for and rescue their young.


Comprehension questions

1. What kind of animal is reported in the text?

2. What is its brain like?

3. Mention its parts of the body as described in the text.

4. Which of the following descriptions is not correct?

5. a. Elephants can’t take flowers.
    b. They can communicate well with their babies.
    c. They are cooperative among others.

6. How do they sweep paths?

7. Who discovered that elephants have different types of calls they

    use forcommunication?

8. Do elephants like to isolate themselves from other elephants?

    Why or why not?

Note

When a writer reports something, he or she begins with some definitions and then goes on with some descriptions.

Activity 7
Work in pairs.
Which of the following sentences may be included in a general description or definition of a snake?. When you finish, discuss your work with your teacher.

• I saw a snake this morning.
• Snakes are reptiles.
• Snakes have a scaly skin and no legs.
• We don’t like snakes.
• A female snake is laying eggs in the basket.
• Female snakes lay eggs.
• When the baby snakes hatch out of the eggs they are small,
  sticky and have abright scaly skin.
• I think the baby snakes are very small but strong.
• The mother is not doing anything to help the babies come out
  of the eggs.
• Baby snakes have to look after themselves and find their own food.
• The snake ate a big frog and a rat.
• Some snakes kill animals such as frogs, fish, rabbits, rats and mice.
• First she killed them, and then swallowed them slowly.
• They can kill these animals in two ways.

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Activity 8
Find an animal from the internet and copy it then find the definition and the description