V2J's English Lesson (25-05-2023)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

HV2's English Lesson 

Today's Programme

*Animal conservation

*Recap of the words (lesson 2,3 about exotic animals) + the future tense (toekomstige tijd), adjectives and adverbs 

* Start with: Unit 5, lesson 6 (Reading text: 'Out of Bounds') 

Someone who hunts animals because they can earn money by selling off their parts at the black market is called a:

My aunt works for the WWF. The organization tries to protect animals from being killed off entirely. She works in animal _________

1. carnivore
2. capture
3. poaching
4. conservation

Extinction (uitsterving) or conservation (behoud)

Some animal species died out in the past. Think about the Dodo bird. The Dodo bird used to live on the island of Mauritius (an island next to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean). Also, a lot of other animal species have been threatened by humans (people build cities and towns which destroy animal habitat or hunt animals for their meat). In order to gain an overview of their conservation status (status van behoud). They use different classifications to get an idea how much the animal species is threatened.

* Het woord: species (soort) gebruik je zowel in het enkelvoud als het meervoud!

The Australian Koala Bear is a ________ species. They lose habitat due to forest fires (driven by climate change). However, there are still enough koala bears living in the wild. They need to be carefully tracked by scientists though.

1. vulnerable
2. extinct in the wild
3. critically endangered
4. extinct

The black rhino is a___________ species. There are still some living in the wild, but they are fiercely protected by rangers because poachers have killed off many.

1. extinct
2. extinct in the wild
3. vulnerable
4. critically endangered

The Brazilian Blue Macaw doesn't live in the rainforest anymore. Instead the government has captured the last remaining ones and has started a breeding programme (fokprogramma) to get the numbers back up again.
The conservation status of the black macaw is _____.

1. extinct
2. extinct in the wild
3. vulnerable
4. critically endangered

The Dodo is a bird species that lived on the island nation of Mauritius (off the coast of South Africa). The dodo is....

1. extinct
2. extinct in the wild
3. vulnerable
4. critically endangered

The future tense...

A few lessons ago we learned to talk about the future (toekomst). We learned about which tense (tijd) we use in which situation... 

If you have plans for the weekend we typically use: 'am/are/is' + going to + infinitive form' for example..

I am going to watch a movie with friends. 

The train _______(leave) in five minutes. If we can't catch this one, we can surely take the one that ______(leave) ten minutes later.

1. leaves
2. is leaving
3. will leave

She hopes she ________ (pass) her exams. She still has two more exams to go. If she passes her exams, she _______(throw) a big party.

1. is going to pass, is going to throw
2. will pass , will throw
3. passes, throws

My father _______(travel) to Morocco in a few days for a business meeting. He's already booked his accommodation.

1. is going to travel
2. will travel
3. travels

Adjectives and adverbs

We were 1. __________(incredible) happy that the fire alarm didn't ring during class.
A few lessons ago, it rang and the noise was 2. __________(unbearable) loud.

1. 1. incredible 2. unbearable
2. 1. incredibly 2. unbearably
3. 1. incredibly 2. unbearable
4. 1. incredible 2. unbearably

Yesterday a criminal broke into a car. The neighbourhood inhabitants had seen a man walking around 1. ____________(suspicious) the day before. He had been walking around 2. _______(aimless) and seemed like he was observing his surroundings. At around 8 p.m. one of the neighbours heard a 3. ________(loud) noise. The car window had been smashed and many valuable belongings were stolen.

Before we start with Unit 5, lesson 6.
What do you see on the photo?

First: do ex.1:  the pre-reading exercise (and write down your opinion based on the quotes - What do you think? Do you agree/ disagree with the person) 

Then: Read the text

Do: exercises 2,3,4

time: till 12.45 

outcome: we'll check the answers together 

Finished earlier: You can finish the writing assignment (the one in which you describe how everything is going on the foreign planet).