Activities:
- Pre-reading – reviewing vocabulary from previous lesson: endangered, survive, nature, food, habitat, at risk, climate, rainforests, hunting, affect, extinct, destroy.
- Ask the students if they know some animals which are endangered.
- Read the following text with your students (or have them read it on their own in small groups).
Endangered Animals
(The text below is based on the two websites listed.)
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/more-find-out/special-events/endangered-animals/
https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/the-10-most-endangered-animals/#java
Many animals living on Earth today are endangered, which means they are at risk
of becoming extinct (dying out) on Earth. Endangered animals, for example, are
tigers, rhinoceroses, orangutans, turtles and many more. There are less and less
every year and only a few now live in the wild.
The biggest threat (איום) for animals comes from humans. People are destroying animals’ habitats, such as rainforests. They are using the trees to build houses and the lands to have more farms. As human cities take up more of the planet, it leaves less room for wild animals. The animals also have less food and places to raise their young. Many wild animals are also hunted by humans, for example for their fur (פרווה) or horns (קרניים). Others are killed by pollution and global warming, which changes the climate and affects animals’ survival rates (אחוזים).
The most endangered animal today is the
Rhinoceros. There are only 67 Javan rhinos in
the world, making this species (זן) tagged as a
critically endangered animal. Today they are
all in one park on the Indonesian island of Java.
All animals and plants are important to our planet. However, habitat destruction (הרס) is the main threat to 85 percent of all endangered species. You can help reduce (להפחית) this threat by planting trees or cleaning up beaches in your area.
- Comprehension questions to check for understanding. (20 min)
Complete the following sentences: (can be done orally or in writing)
- Endangered animals are ______________________________________
- Examples of endangered animals are: _____________ ______________
- The biggest threat to animals is __________________
- When people build on the land, animals have less ____________ and less ____________
- Another reason people harm animals is ________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
- Animals also die because of ________________ or ____________________
- The Javan Rhinoceros is a _______________________________________
- We can help the animals if we ______________________ or ______________________
- Other reading texts, at different levels, followed by some exercises:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Natural_Science/Animals/Endangered_Animals_lr404933sv