GL_H5_Getting Started

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 1

Who makes that sound?

Australia

Doel: Ik weet meer over de dieren in Australië.

Planning:

- exercise 1 (watch and listen)

- exercise 2 (read)

- exercise 3 (verdiep)

- exercise 4 (puzzle)

- Done? rescue file

Exercise 1

You are going to listen to a video about the echidna (ee-kit-na). 

During the video you will answer these five questions:

1. Why is the name of the echidna 'three foot'?
2. An echidna is one of two mammals (zoogdieren) that lays eggs. 
3. How long is the tongue of an echidna?
4. How does an echidna find food?
5. How does an echidna defend itself?  

00:01

Why is the name of the echidna three foot?

a. he was born with three feet

b. he lost one foot in a fight

c. he lost one foot in an accident.

00:39

The echidna is one of two mammals that lay eggs.

true or false?

00:56

How long is the echidna's tongue?

a. 8 cm

b. 18 cm

c. 80 cm

01:27

How does the echidna find food?

a. with his nose

b. with his feet

c. with his eyes

01:50

How does an echidna defend itself?

a. they dig a hole in the ground

b. they push out their spikes

c. they dig a hole and push out their spikes

00:39

Why is the name of the echidna 'three foot'?

1. He was born with 3 feet
2. He lost one foot in a fight.
3. He lost one foot in an a pool accident
4. All echidnas have three feet

00:56

The echidna is one of two mammals that lay eggs.

1. true
2. false

01:27

How long is the echidna's tongue?

1. 8 cm
2. 80 cm
3. 18 cm
4. 180 cm

01:50

How does the echidna find food?

1. with his nose
2. with his feet
3. with his eyes
4. with his spikes

02:15

How does an echidna defend itself?

1. they dig a hole in the ground
2. they push out their spikes
3. they dig a hole and push out their spikes

Exercise 2

You are going to read a text about animals in Australia, after reading the text you will answer some questions about the text.

Read the questions :

1. What is true?

a. Cats are being hunted by native animals.

b. The animals inside the fence will be safe from cats.

c. Australians keep their cats inside a fence.

2. Which sentence in 'that's a lot of chainlink fence' explains how cats became a problem?

a. Then Europeans arrived.

b. That was about 200 years ago.

c. The cat population grew and grew.

3. What is the MAIN IDEA of this text?

Write down what you think is the main idea (hoofdgedachte) of this text.

now read the text, you can answer the questions after the text.

Vocabulary help.

native animals = Dieren die oorspronkelijk voorkomen in dat land.

main idea = hoofdggedachte van een tekst.

chainlink fence = hek van gaas

sentence = zin

Read out loud

Klik op de tekst om het groter te maken

1. What is true about this text?

1. Cats are being hunted by native animals.
2. The animals inside the fence will be safe from cats.
3. Australians keep their cats inside a fence.
4. The black-footed rock-wallaby is a dangerous animal.

2. Which sentence (zin) in 'that's a lot of chainlink fence' explains how cats became a problem?

1. Then Europeans arrived.
2. That was about 200 years ago.
3. The cat population grew and grew.
4. People from Europe brought cats.

3. What is the MAIN IDEA (hoofdgedachte) of this text?

1. Australia is protecting its animals from wild cats by building a fence.
2. Wild cats are hungry animals that eat everything.
3. People from Europe should never have brought wild cats to Australia.
4. Building a fence will cost Australia a lot of time and money.

Exercise 3

The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial (buideldier). The Tasmanian devil is very fast, can swim and climbs trees. It is carnivorous, which means it eats other animals.

The Tasmanian Devil lives in Tasmania (see map) an island state in Australia. This island was once discovered by a  Dutch Captian.

What do you need to do?

- Find out who discovered Tasmania.

- Find out when Tasmania was discovered.

- Use the internet to find your answers.

Who discovered Tasmania?
When was Tasmania discovered

Exercise 4

make the puzzle (link is on the next page)

Need some help with the puzzle? watch this video.

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Did you learn more about Australian animals?

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Done? start on your rescue file

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