Level: Form 2 (Lower Intermediate – Upper Intermediate
Level)
Time: 70 Minutes (2 periods)
Theme / Topic: Genetic Engineering / Interspecies
Hybrid Animals
Language Content: Grammar – Verbs:
Action verbs
Previous Knowledge
1. Students have been taught about the form and
functions of action verbs.
2. Students have been taught how to use the modal 'can' before a verb.
Aims
By the end of the lesson, students should be able
to:
1. Create a new interspecies
hybrid animal using the features of the website as instructed by their teacher.
2. Incorporate at least four (4) action verbs in four (4) sentences to describe the actions that can be done by their hybrid animals.
3. Write a short essay utilizing five (5) action verbs.
3. Write a short essay utilizing five (5) action verbs.
3. Any
suitable websites to extract information on animal characteristics, such as http://www.wikipedia.org or http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/
Educational Emphases
- Thinking Skills - making inferences/ reasoning
- Multiple Intelligence – verbal-linguistic
- ICT Skills
Technical Requirements
- Desktop computers in the Computer Laboratory (5 students to one computer)
- Internet connection
- Web Browsers
- Microsoft Paint
Preparation
1. Print
out three pictures of real hybrid animals (Zorse, Selembu, and Liger).
2. Cut out 24 strips of
coloured paper and write various animal species on each paper strip. Six (6) are blue in colour and have six animal names written on it according to the animals listed in the website) .
3. Prepare
two worksheets for students to apply their understanding of the topic.
4. Prepare guidelines for the
students’ presentations, i.e. the animal’s characteristics.
5. Ensure that the whiteboard
in the language lab is usable and prepare markers.
PROCEDURE
SET INDUCTION (5 minutes):
1. Teacher asks students
about what they think the future holds in store for them.
ACTIVITY 1 (12 minutes):
1. Teacher and students if they recall and practice the form and functions of action
verbs. Action verbs can be preceded with the modal
‘can’ or ‘can’t’, but the ensuing verb must be in its base form.
Can + base form
e.g. The elephant can’t jump because it is
too heavy.
2. Teacher distributes Worksheet 1 to students to complete within 5 minutes.
Each worksheet contains six (6) sentences in which they would have to fill in
the blanks with the appropriate action verbs.
1. Teacher
shows three (3) pictures of real intra-species hybrid animals to students and informs them that scientists have successfully created animal hybrids by manipulating living organisms’ genes, such as
cross-breeding to get hybrid animals.
2. Students divide themselves into six groups of five and to each group goes to one computer and connect to the Internet.
3. Students are asked to imagine themselves as scientists who want to create a new
interspecies hybrid animal by going to http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm
4. Students have to pick three (3) strips of coloured
papers out of 18 at random. Each strip of paper contains an animal name written on it and the students to choose only one (1) of the six (6) blue strips of paper. The animal name displayed in their one blue paper strip will have to use on the website to conduct their
experiment.
5. Students are instructed to click on the name of the animal they received in their blue paper strip and to proceed with the creation of their hybrid animal.
5. Students are instructed to click on the name of the animal they received in their blue paper strip and to proceed with the creation of their hybrid animal.
6. Students are reminded to use the three species of animals when creating their hybrid animal, but they are free to choose any animal that falls under
that species category.
e.g. A student
receives ‘Reptile’ as one of the species they must incorporate in their experiment. Using their
knowledge on reptiles, they are able to select one out of several reptiles
listed in the website, such
as an alligator, chameleon or a giant tortoise.
7. Students are given 12 minutes to come up with their own hybrid animal
creations. They are encouraged to research on what animals found in the website fall under what species through http://www.google.com.my/
8. Students are required to print screen (prt sc) a picture of their creations, then pasting and saving it using Microsoft Paint to be used in the upcoming activity.
Activity 3 (25 minutes):
1. Students to describe the actions that their newly-created
hybrid animals can do using at least four (4) action verbs in four (4) short
sentences. They must also come up with a name for their
hybrid animal. They are given 12 minutes to complete the task.
2. Students must find information about the actions their given animals
can do through any suitable websites, such as http://www.wikipedia.org or http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/. They must abide to several guidelines that they teacher poses when describing
the actions their hybrid animal can do.
E.g.
(a) How it
makes sounds
Does it
bleat? Roar? Howl? Hiss?
(b) Ability
to reproduce
It lays
eggs or gives birth?
(c) How it
moves
Does it
hop? Slither? Glide? Swim?
4. Teacher
distributes Worksheet
2 to students, in which they must individually write a short 80-word
essay to describe the actions that their respective hybrid animals can do. They are given 15 minutes to write their essays.
Conclusion (5 minutes):
1. Teacher recaps the lesson by asking students questions based on the lesson.
2. Teacher reminds students that although genetic engineering has its benefits, it can also cause many disadvantages. Therefore, we must weigh the pros and cons thoroughly before making any decisions that may affect our ecosystem.
1. Teacher recaps the lesson by asking students questions based on the lesson.
2. Teacher reminds students that although genetic engineering has its benefits, it can also cause many disadvantages. Therefore, we must weigh the pros and cons thoroughly before making any decisions that may affect our ecosystem.
Follow-Up Activity:
1. Students are instructed to save their hybrid animal picture file into their thumb drives and print the picture file at home and paste it on Worksheet 2. They must complete their essays if they had not and edit it if they are done and submit it in the next class.
1. Students are instructed to save their hybrid animal picture file into their thumb drives and print the picture file at home and paste it on Worksheet 2. They must complete their essays if they had not and edit it if they are done and submit it in the next class.
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| The First Page of the Website http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm |
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| An example of a hybrid animal that the students can create using the website |
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| Search for information using http://www.google.com.my |
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| An example of a print screen of a hybrid animal edited in Microsoft Paint |
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| Examples of the four (4) compulsory sentences with four (4) action verbs describing the hybrid animal |
