LESSON PLAN

Let’s help endangered animals

ACTIVITY 1 Endangered animals

Complete the sentences about the animals in the picture. Number one is the example: EN EL CUADERNO

What animals are they?

What animals are there in the picture?

Example: 1. It’s a bear
2. There is a .
3. They are .
4. It’s a .
5. It’s a .
6. It’s a…………………………………………
7. There is a …………………………………….
8. They are ………………………………………
9. They are ………………………………………

LISTEN AND READ

Listen and read the articles about the wildlife rescue centres in Ucayali and Cusco

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 Ucayali Wildlife Rescue Centre
Hi! My name is Ricardo and I am a veterinarian at the Ucayali Wildlife Rescue
Centre. We rescue and take care of animals that were affected by trafficking in the
region of Ucayali.
There are a lot of animals here. These are some of the most popular animals that we
rescued.

These are the spider monkeys These little ones here are the These are my personal favourites,
or maquisapas. They live in the Taricaya turtles. They live in the the macaws. They live in the
Peruvian jungle. They have long Amazon river. They have a hard Peruvian rainforest. Macaws can
arms and legs and a big tail. They shell on their backs to protect fly and they have strong wings and
can jump and they can climb trees themselves from predators. They colourful feathers. They can learn
to get fresh fruit. can’t run very fast, but they can to repeat some words, but they
swim quickly. can’t have conversations like us.
All these animals are endangered. We have to take care of them or they will go extinct.

Cusco Wildlife Rescue Centre

Hello! I’m Melissa and I am a volunteer at the Cusco Wildlife Rescue Centre.
We rescue and take care of animals that are affected by trafficking in the region
of Cusco. We take care of rescued animals until they can return to their native
habitat. These are some of the most popular rescued animals that we rescued.

This is Chico, the condor. We rescued him I love these

from a restaurant. He has a white neck and animals and
big wings. They cut his feathers so he can’t it makes me
fly. But, don’t worry. His feathers can grow sad that many
back. people sell
them like
objects. We
have to be
responsible
This is Naga, the puma. She is three years and protect our
old and we rescued her from an illegal zoo. wildlife.
She has a strong tail and brown fur. She
has muscular legs so she can jump almost 6
metres horizontally.

LET’S UNDERSTAND

UNDERSTAND: EXERCISE 1

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Answer questions
1. Who is Ricardo? 6. What can Naga do?
………………………………………. …………………………………………….
2. What do Ricardo and Melissa do? 7.what can’t Macaws do?
…………………………………………………… …………………………………………….
3. Where do spider monkeys live? 8. Does Naya have a small tail?
……………………………………………………. ……………………………………………..
4. Why do spider monkeys climb trees? 9.what does Macaws have?
…………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………..
5. Why do Taricaya turtles have a hard shell on their backs? 10. What’s your favorite animal?
…………………………………………… …………………………………………………

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2:

A. Match the pictures of the animals with the abilities they have.
une las imágenes de los animales con sus habilidades. En el cuaderno.

B. Now, make one sentence for each animal using “can” and “can’t”. Make sure to add additional

1.
2.

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2:
Complete the description of the spectacled bear. Use “have”, “has”, “can” or “can’t”.

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 Maya

Maya is a spectacled bear. She is originally from the jungle of Cusco, but now she lives in a wildlife rescue centre.
Spectacled bears ______ (1) very strong arms. They ________ (2) climb tall trees and sometimes hunt animals to
eat. Maya_________ (3) a smaller body because she is a female. Males are bigger than females.

Maya was rescued from trafficking and she _________ (4) go back to her habitat yet because she needs to recover
completely.

ACTIVITY 2: LET’S CREATE!

Let’s help endangered animals!
Teenagers do different activities in their free time. You have decided to be a volunteer in a wild animal rescue centre. One of
your duties in the centre is to create the animals’ fact sheets, in order to describe their characteristics and abilities, so that,
visitors from all parts of Peru and the world can know more about them. Choose one of the options:

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. RUBRICA

BEGINNING IN PROCESS ACHIEVED OUTSTANDING

INICIO PROCESO LOGRO ESPERADO LOGRO DESTACADO
The fact sheets have a title and starts with an
introduction of you (as a volunteer) of the rescue
centre.
La hoja de datos tiene un título y empieza con una
introducción de ti (como un voluntario) en el centro de
rescate.

The fact sheets include five sentences describing the

physical characteristics of an animal, using “have” or
“has” correctly.
La hoja de datos incluye cinco oraciones describiendo las
características físicas de un animal, usando have or has
correctamente
The fact sheets include at least three sentences to
describe an animal can or can’t do correctly.
La hoja de datos incluye 5 oraciones para describir lo que puede o no
puede hacer correctamente
The fact sheets include a final quote you created
about protecting our animals .Include pictures

La hoja de datos incluye una cita adicional, creada para

la protección de los animales. Incluye imágenes.
La evidencia se envía en el tiempo establecido