Unit 5: One world, many creatures

In this unit, you’re going to find out more about wild animals from around the world. Sometimes, wild animals threaten humans, and sometimes they are threatened by us. Therefore, this unit is also about finding out how humans and wild animals can share this planet.

In this unit you’re going to … 

• read articles about chimpanzees and mountain lions
• write an information page about mountain lions
• listen to a presentation about polar bears
• talk about a special experience with an animal

Language focus: false friends, phrasal verbs (verbs with prepositions), talking about helping endangered animals.

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Exposure

Three pen pal sites (only some services are free):

• Official website of Jane Goodall
• Film clip: Portrait of Jane Goodall (National Geographic)

Your task

• Information about mountain lions
• Information about brown bears
• Information about wolves
• WWF about human – bear and wolf conflict

Product stories

• Information about mountain gorillas

Focus on skills

• Film clip: Polar bears in Churchill
• Information about polar bears

Everyday English

Three out of the many organisations which help endangered animals:

• Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots
• World Wildlife Foundation WWF
• Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia