English: Level A1

WEEK 19

Let’s help endangered animals*

Activity 1 Endangered Animals

LET’S SELF-ASSESS
El Perú es uno de los países con mayor biodiversidad en el mundo, aunque muchas especies
que habitan en nuestro país están en peligro de extinción, ¿qué animales salvajes viven en
el Perú? ¿Cómo y dónde viven? ¿Por qué están en peligro de extinción? ¿Puedo describir a
estos animales en inglés?

LEAD IN
Match the pictures with the names of the animals.

A. B. C.

Example: turtles C

D. E.
1. jaguar D _
2. puma
F

3. alpaca B
4. dolphin E

5. monkeys I ___
H
6. macaws ____
G
7. condor F. G.
A
8. bear

H. I.

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LISTEN AND READ

Listen to and read the articles about wildlife rescue centres in Ucayali and Cusco 1:

Ucayali Wildlife Rescue Centre

Ricardo is a veterinarian here at the Ucayali Wildlife Rescue Centre. We asked Ricardo about some of the
rescued animals.

This is a Taricaya This is a macaw. Her

turtle. His name is name is Luisa. She lives
Carlos. He lives in the in the rainforest. She is
river. He is green. He blue and yellow. She has
has a hard shell and strong wings and she has
he has small legs. He colourful feathers. She
swims very well. flies very fast.

What animals live here?

Spider monkeys, These are spider
Taricaya turtles and
monkeys or maquisapas.
macaws live here at the What message do you
They live in the jungle.
rescue centre. have for teenagers?
They are black. They
have long arms and long Let’s protect these
legs. They have a animals because they are
big tail. endangered.

Cusco Wildlife Rescue Centre

Melissa is a volunteer here at the Cusco Wildlife Rescue Centre. We asked Melissa about some of the
rescued animals.

What animals live here?

Pumas and condors live here in
the rescue centre. This is a puma.
Her name is Naga. She lives in
the highlands. She has brown fur.
She has a long tail and strong
legs. She jumps very high.

These are condors. They live

in the mountains. They are What message do you have
black and white. They have big for teenagers?
wings and a white neck. They Wild animals are not pets.
eat a lot of meat. Let’s protect these animals.

1. Ambos centros de rescate de animales presentados en los textos son fictic

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LET’S UNDERSTAND

UNDERSTAND- EXERCISE 1
Complete the sentences with the information from the articles. Follow the example:

Example:
1. Ricardo is a veterinarian in Ucayali .

a. volunteer – Cusco
b. veterinarian – Ucayali
c. veterinarian – Cusco

2. Spider monkeys and a turtle and macaw Luisa, the macaw has colourful feathers.
live at the Ucayali Wildlife Rescue
d. colourful
Centre.
e. yellow
a. A spider monkey, a puma and a
macaw f. blue

b. Spider monkeys, a turtle and a macaw 5. Naga, the puma has strong legs .

c. Spider monkeys, turtles and macaws a. wings

3. Maquisapa monkeys have long arms b. arms

and legs. c. legs

a. Long 6. Condors have big wings and a white

b. strong neck.
c. black a. feathers - black
4. Carlos, the turtle has a hard shell. b. wings – white
a. green c. legs - black
b. small
c. hard

LET’S PRACTISE!
b. feathers
PRACTISE –
EXERCISE 1
:
Choose a or b for
each picture and
complete the
sentences using
have or has and
the part of the
body. Follow the
examples:

Parts of the body

a. f
u
r

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a. wings
b. arms

b a

Example: A monkey has arms and a condor has wings .

a. ears
b. horns

1 b 2 a

I. Rabbits have long ears and bulls have big horns .

a. claws
b. hands

3 a 4 b

II. A gorilla has hands and a condor has claws .

a. fins
b. legs

5 b 6 a

III. Pumas have strong legs and dolphins have flexible fins .

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PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2
Complete the description of Mina, the jaguar. Complete the text with have
or has:

Mina

Mina is an otorongo or jaguar. She lives in Tambopata. She has

(1) strong legs. She has
(2) a long tail.

Jaguars have (3) brown fur with black spots. They have
(4) large teeth.

She is beautiful!

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 3
Listen to a conversation about the Animal Conservation Park of Tarapoto. Complete the
brochure with the correct information. You will hear the conversation twice. Number one
is the example.

Animal Conservation Park

Welcome to Tarapoto!
You can meet these animalshere:

At the Animal Conservation Park, we have different

rescued animals. Thereis a jaguar (1) and big and
small
turtles (2).

Come visit the famous Andean bear (3),

different types of monkeys (4) and a
colourful
macaw (5).

Your collaboration will help us rescue more

animals from trafficking.

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Activity 2 Do it yourself – D.I.Y.

LET’S CREATE!
Let’s help endangered animals!
Los adolescentes realizan diferentes actividades en su tiempo libre. Tú has decidido ser un
voluntario en un centro de rescate de animales salvajes o silvestres. Una de tus tareas en el
centro es crear los carteles que describen a los animales, de tal manera que los visitantes
que vienen de distintas partes del Perú y el mundo conozcan más sobre ellos. Para realizar
tu desafío, puedes escoger una de las dos opciones:

Option A:
Fact sheets about Jaguars and
Felipe, the dolphin

Option A: Facts sheets about the jaguars and Felipe, the dolphin.

Step 1: Read the information about the animals and complete their
characteristics:

JAGUARS FELIPE, THE AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN

From: Peruvian jungle. From: Amazon river.

Characteristics: Characteristics:
Spots onthe body • Long beak
Strong legs .
• Pink belly .
Small ears .
• Small eyes .

Step 2: Write your sentences using “have” or “has” to describe jaguars and Felipe, the
dolphin.

Step 3: Create the animals’ fact sheets including pictures of

them.

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For option A or B, you can use the suggested template:

Picture Jaguars andTITLE

Felipe, the dolphin. Picture
of of
animal animal
1 1

They are Felipe the dolphin and the jaguar.

The jaguar lives in the Amazon, has spots on the body, have strong legs and have small
ears
Felipe, the dolphin, lives in the Amazon River. It has a long bill, a has pink belly, and has
small eyes.

They are both beautiful animals.

¡NOTEMOS ALGO!

Luego de realizar las Actividades 1 y 2, puedo concluir que el verbo “have” o “has” se

usa de la siguiente manera:

A. En los carteles sobre el puma o el mono, utilizo los verbos “have” y “has” para

describir sus características físicas. Por ejemplo:

I. Spider monkeys have strong arms.

II. Naga, the puma has a very strong tail.

B. Puedo traducir el verbo “have” como “tienen” y el verbo “has” como “tiene”.

C. El orden correcto de la siguiente oración sería:

NOTA
HAS THIS MACAW BEAUTIFUL WINGS. Sujeto + have/has + parte del cuerpo

This macaw has beautiful wings.

D. El cuadro con las conjugaciones del verbo “have” completo sería el siguiente:

Pronombres Have/has
I have
You have
He has
She has
It has
We have
the have
y