Lesson 8

• English
• Secondary Education

Summer Skills Initiative

Level 5

What are we going to do today?

Look at the lesson and decide.

Learning Objectives

(1) Read and understand a text about carnivorous plants.

(2) Answer text-based questions.

(3) Learn about carnivorous pants.

Talking time

What do know about plants?

What do you want to know about plants?

Types of plants

What are the different  types of plants?

What are the different types of plants?

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What are the different kinds of plants?

What is the most interesting information you learned from this presentation? 

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Read again

What other interesting information you would like to add to this presentation?

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Carnivorous Plants

What do carnivorous plants eat?

What do carnivorous plants eat?

What else did you learn about carnivorous plants?

Reading Time

Why do carnivorous plants catch insects?

1. They ae very poor.
2. The soil they grow in is very poor.
3. Insects are trapped.
4. They have colourful flowers.

The word "nectar" means --------

1. the coloured parts of a flower.
2. The stem of the flower.
3. The root of the plant.
4. the sweet liquid that bees collect from flowers.

What kind of trap does the Jungle Lantern flytrap use?

1. flypaper trap
2. pitfall trap
3. snap trap
4. lobster pot trap

What kind of trap does the Venus Flytrap flytrap use?

1. flypaper trap
2. pitfall trap
3. snap trap
4. lobster pot trap

How does the Lobster pot trap work?

1. The walls are dark and the exit is light.
2. The walls are light and the exit is dark.
3. The walls and exit are dark.
4. The walls and exit are light.

The bladder trap -----

1. sucks in insects very fast.
2. sucks in insects very slowly.
3. has a wide opening
4. is very close to insects.

Reading Quiz

Reading Journal

Reading Journal

What other interesting information do you know about plants?