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LESSON 6 WRITING
Writing about a wildlife organisation
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OBJECTIVES
o Practise writing about a wildlife organisation.
LESSON 6 WRITING
WARM-UP Guessing game
PRE-WRITING Task 1: Answer the questions.
• Task 2: Complete the table.
WHILE-WRITING • Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.
POST-WRITING Peer check
• Wrap-up
PRODUCTION
• Home work
LESSON 6 WRITING
WARM-UP Guessing game
Guessing
Game
Play now!
QUESTION
1
Which organisation is it?
# Panda
# 1961 Hint 1 Hint 2
# Non-governmental
organisation
Hint 3 Hint 4
# Endangered animal
THE WORLD WILD FUND FOR NATURE
(WWF)
Originally called the World
Wildlife Fun.
Be the world’s largest
environmentally
organisation.
Focus on endangered
animals and protection of
natural habitats.
QUESTION
2
Which organisation is it?
# ELEPHANT
Hint 1 Hint 2
# KENYA
# HUNTING
# 1993 Hint 3 Hint 4
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
Founded by a renowned
elephant expert.
One of the world’s largest
organisations to save
elephants.
Help secure a better future
for elephants.
Hint 1
What animal is it? - It’s a
black and white animal
that lives in forests in
China. It eats bamboo.
PANDA
Hint 2
When was Yuri
Gagarin’s first
travel into
space?
1961
Hint 3
What does NGO
stand for?
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATION
Hint 4
A type of animal that
might stop existing
because there are only
a few of that type
alive.
ENDANGERED
ANIMAL
Hint 1
It’s a very large
animal with thick
grey skin, large
ears, two tusks and
a trunk.
ELEPHANT
Hint 2
It’s a country in East Africa
which has been described
as “the cradle of humanity”.
KENYA
Hint 3
An action of chasing
and killing an
animal for food or
profit.
HUNTING
Hint 4
When was the song “I
will always love you”
by Whitney Houston
composed?
1993
LESSON 6 WRITING
WARM-UP Guessing game
PRE-WRITING Task 1: Answer the questions.
Task 1: Read the text about WWF and complete the table.
World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF)
Kind of (1) __________________________
non-governmental
organisation organisation
Set up in (2) _________________________
1961
Aims - (3)to
___________________________
stop the process of
_______________________________
destroying
- to build a future in which humans
thenature.
respect planet’s natural
environment
Focus of (4) ____________________________
their work the survival of endangered
______________________________
animals
Number of and the protection of their natural
(5) ____________________________
1,300
projects habitats
supported
Write a paragraph (120-150 words) about a wildlife organisation, using the information in the
table below.
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS (STE) MONKEY WORLD
Kind of non-profit organization non-profit organization
organisation
Set up in/ by 1993/ lain Douglas- Hamilton 1987/ Dorset, England by Jim Cronin
Aims - to make sure elephants do not die out - to rescue many different species of primates to make
- to protect the habitats in which elephants are sure they do not die out
found - to provide homes for rescued and endangered primates
Focus of their Protection - work with foreign governments to stop the illegal
work stopping the illegal hunting of elephants smuggling of wild primates
especially in Africa and Asia - save primates from the pet trade, smuggling, theme
Research parks and restaurants.
working together with scientists and experts to - raise people’s awareness through films, television and
conduct research on elephant behaviour new media sources
Awareness
raising people’s awareness through films,
television and new media sources
Number of 335 projects in 40 countries Many projects in various contries including Vietnam, Chile,
projects South Africa, Spain, etc.
supported
LESSON 6 WRITING
WARM-UP Guessing game
PRE-WRITING Task 1: Answer the questions.
• Task 2: Complete the table.
WHILE-WRITING • Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.
POST-WRITING Peer check
POST-WRITING
PRACTICE
Peer check
Sample writing:
Save the Elephants (STE) is a non-profit organisation. It was set up in 1993 by Iain
Douglas-Hamilton, and today it is one of the world’s largest organisations to save
elephants worldwide. It aims to make sure elephants do not die out and protect the
habitats in which elephants are found.
Much of the work of STE focuses on stopping the illegal hunting of elephants
especially in Africa and Asia, working together with scientists and experts to conduct
research on behaviours of elephants, and raising people’s awareness through films,
televisions and new media sources. So far, it has conducted 335 projects in 40
countries and helped to protect thousands of elephants worldwide.
LESSON 6 WRITING
WARM-UP Guessing game
PRE-WRITING Task 1: Answer the questions.
• Task 2: Complete the table.
WHILE-WRITING • Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.
POST-WRITING Peer check
• Wrap-up
PRODUCTION
• Home work
CONSOLIDATION
1 Wrap-up
o Practise writing a paragraph about a
wildlife organisation.
CONSOLIDATION
2 Homework
Do exercises in the Workbook.
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