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English TeacherIn the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying.
Scientists may finally know why
Level 2: Intermediate
b. Ask students to work individually or in pairs to
Article summary: This article discusses the
effects that climate change has had on bird complete the sentences using words from the
populations in the Amazon. previous activity.
Time: 60 minutes Key:
1. suspect 9. isolation
Skills: Reading, Speaking, Writing 2. flower 10. shrinking
3. remote 11. the dawn chorus
Language focus: Word forms 4. species 12. rare
5. fragile 13. decline
Materials needed: One copy of the 6. vanishing 14. pesticides
worksheet per student 7. ornithologist 15. impact
8. habitat loss
3. Comprehension check
1. Warmer
a. Students can work individually or in pairs. Ask them
a. This activity aims to get students thinking about to choose the correct answer from the three options
the effects that climate change has had on bird (a, b or c). Encourage students to underline the part
populations in areas of the Amazon largely where they found the answer in the article and to
untouched by humans. Ask students to work in pairs give reasons why the other answers are incorrect
to discuss the questions. Get feedback from one or based on the information in the text.
two pairs on what they discussed. You could extend
the activity by asking students to work in pairs to Key:
list the different bird species they know, e.g. birds of 1. c
prey, sea and garden birds. 2. a
3. c
2. Key words 4. a
5. a
a. Ask students to work individually or in pairs to find 6. b
the words in the article and then match them to the
definitions. Allow a few minutes for students to check 4. Key language
answers in pairs or groups before checking answers
with the whole class. a. Students work individually or in pairs, this time
to find forms of the words in the article. Remind
Key: students that they will need to look for adjectives,
1. ornithologist 9. the dawn chorus nouns, verbs and suffixes or prefixes. You may want
2. impact 10. species to extend the activity by asking students to work in
3. habitat loss 11. vanishing pairs or small groups to identify any other forms of
4. shrinking 12. suspect the words in the box that they know.
5. pesticides 13. isolation
6. decline 14. fragile
7. remote 15. flower
8. rare
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In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying.
Scientists may finally know why
Level 2: Intermediate
Key: 5. Discussion
1. comparing
2. ecologist a. Students discuss the questions in pairs or groups.
3. generations Ask them to justify their opinions, referring to their
4. lowered own experiences whenever possible.
5. rainfall
6. widespread 6. In your own words
7. survival
8. worldwide a. This task can be done individually or in pairs. It could
also be given as homework. Ask students to identify
b. Ask students to work individually to complete the their search terms with you before they begin, so
example sentences with the words from task a. To they know where to find any relevant information.
extend the activity, ask students to work in pairs to
write their own example sentences using the forms b. Ask students to share the information they found with
of the words they found in the article. the class.
Key:
1. comparing
2. rainfall
3. ecologist
4. generations
5. worldwide
6. widespread
7. survival
8. lowered
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