AMAZING DESERT ANIMALS - CONNECT PRIMARY 4 Term 1 - رابع ابتدائي
Unit 1: I feel good
Unit 2: Desert animals
Unit 3: Why do we grow plants
Theme 2: Myself and others
Unit 4: where do you live
Unit 5: where do you work
Unit 6: where do you do
UNIT 2 LESSON 2 AMAZING DESERT ANIMALS 20 1 What do you know about camels? Discuss with your partner 2 Read about camels and check your answers. What is surprising about camels? Camels are amazing! They're beautiful, strong animals. They help us to carry things and people to cross the desert. Their milk is delicious. We can use their fur to make clothes! Camels are perfect for the desert. Here's why: Camels have large, flat feet so they don't sink in sand. Camels can live without water for a long time. Camels have special ways to close their noses and eyes to stop the sand from coming in. But be careful! Camels are very noisy and they can get angry.
what do you know about camels discuss with your partner
read about camels and check your answes what is surprising about camels
3 Look at the fact file and read the differences between horses and camels UNIT 2 Horse Camel How tall is it? 1.4 - 1.8 m How heavy is it? 380 550 kg 1.8-2.0 m 400 - 650 kg How fast is it? 88 kph 65 kph How long does it live? 25-30 years 40 years Horses have large, beautiful eyes. Horses eat grass and drink fresh water. Horses can live in the desert, but they need people to look after them. 4 Read and answer T (True) or F (False) 1 Horses are slower than camels. 2 Camels are taller than horses. 3 Horses are heavier than camels. 4 Camels live longer than horses. LL F ☐ 21
look at the fact file and read the differences between horses and camels
Read and answer T (True) or F (False) Horses are slower than camels.
UNIT 2 5 Read again, and underline the long adjectives 6 Listen and complete the table tall fast beautiful delicious taller heavier bigger more LANGUAGE FOCUS shorter delicious 22 A mouse is smaller than an elephant. To make a comparative adjective, we add -er to the short adjective. strong - stronger old - older Some adjectives have special rules: Adjectives with 1 vowel and 1 consonant at the end: thin – thinner - Dogs are thinner than elephants. Adjectives that end in -y: noisy - noisier Parrots are noisier than spiders. Adjectives that end in -e: nice - nicer I think cats are nicer than dogs.
listen and complete the table tall
language focus
Read again, and underline the long adjectives
7 Write sentences to compare 1 (snake / fox / dangerous) A snake is more dangerous than a fox. 2 (elephant / hippo / big) 3 (horse/ giraffe / tall) 4 (crocodile / fish / dangerous) 5 (camel/fennec fox / small) 6 (ice cream / butter/ delicious) Think! What do you think? Are camels more beautiful than horses? ○ Find out What's in a camel's hump? Tip! To make comparatives, long adjectives stay as they are, but we add more before the adjective. Crocodiles are more dangerous than fish. UNIT 2 23
write sentences to compare these animals
To make comparatives, long adjectives stay as they are, but we add more before the adjective
What do you think? Are camels more beautiful than horses?
What's in a camel's hump?
