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FAMILY
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environment
LESSON 6

WRITING

Writing about a wildlife organisation

Unit

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Family
Life LIFE
FAMILY
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OBJECTIVES
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o Practise writing about a wildlife organisation.

LESSON 6

Guessing game

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

Task 1: Answer the questions.

• Task 2: Complete the table.
• Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

PRODUCTION

WRITING

Peer check

• Wrap-up
• Home work

LESSON 6
WARM-UP

WRITING
Guessing game

Guessing
Game

Play now!

QUESTION
1

Which organisation is it?
# Panda
# 1961
# Non-governmental
organisation
# Endangered animal

Hint 1

Hint 2

Hint 3

Hint 4

THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

(WWF)

Originally called the World
Wildlife Fun.
Be the world's largest
environmentally
organisation.
Focus on endangered
animals and protection of
natural habitats.

QUESTION
2

Which organisation is it?
# ELEPHANT
# KENYA
# HUNTING
# 1993

Hint 1

Hint 2

Hint 3

Hint 4

SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
Founded by a renowned
elephant expert.
One of the world's largest
organisations to save
elephants.
Help secure a better future
for elephants.

Hint 1
What animal is it? - It's a
black and white animal
that lives in forests in
China. It eats bamboo.

PANDA

Hint 2

When was Yuri
Gagarin's first
travel into
space?

1961

Hint 3
What does NGO
stand for?
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATION

Hint 4

A type of animal that
might stop existing
because there are only
a few of that type
alive.
ENDANGERED
ANIMAL

Hint 1
It's a very large
animal with thick
grey skin, large
ears, two tusks and
a trunk. 
ELEPHANT

Hint 2
It's a country in East Africa
which has been described
as “the cradle of humanity”. 

KENYA

Hint 3
An action of chasing
and killing an
animal for food or
profit.
HUNTING

Hint 4
When was the song “I
will always love you”
by Whitney Houston
composed?
1993

LESSON 6

WRITING
Guessing game

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

Task 1: Answer the questions.

PRE-WRITING
PRACTICE

1

Work in pairs. Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1.Do you recognise the animal?
- A panda.
2.Where does it come from?
- It comes from China.
3.What do the letters WWF stand for?
- WWF stands for WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE
(formally The World Wildlife Fund).

LESSON 6

Guessing game

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

WHILE-WRITING

WRITING

Task 1: Answer the questions.

• Task 2: Complete the table.
• Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.

WHILE-WRITING

2

Read the text about WWF and complete the table.
World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF)

Kind of organisation (1) __________________________
non-governmental
organisation

Set up in

(2) _______
1961

Aims

- (3) _______________________________________________________
to stop the process of destroying the planet's natural
- to build
a future in which humans respect nature.
environment

Focus of their work

(4) ___________________________________________________________
the survival of endangered animals and the protection of

Number of projects
supported

their natural habitats
(5) ________
1,300

WHILE-WRITING

3

Write a paragraph (120-150 words) about Save the elephants, using the information in the
table below.
Save the Elephants (STE)

Kind of organisation

non-profit organization

Set up in/ by

1993/ lain Douglas- Hamilton

Aims

- to make sure elephants do not die out
- to protect the habitats in which elephants are found

Focus of their work

Protection
stopping the illegal hunting of elephants especially in Africa and Asia
Research
working together with scientists and experts to conduct research on elephant
behaviour
Awareness
raising people's awareness through films, television and new media sources

Number of projects supported

335 projects in 40 countries

LESSON 6

WRITING
Guessing game

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

Task 1: Answer the questions.

• Task 2: Complete the table.
• Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

Peer check

POST-WRITING
PRACTICE
Peer check
Sample writing:
Save the Elephants (STE) is a non-profit organisation. It was set up in 1993 by Iain
Douglas-Hamilton, and today it is one of the world's largest organisations to save
elephants worldwide. It aims to make sure elephants do not die out and protect the
habitats in which elephants are found.
Much of the work of STE focuses on stopping the illegal hunting of elephants
especially in Africa and Asia, working together with scientists and experts to conduct
research on behaviours of elephants, and raising people's awareness through films,
televisions and new media sources. So far, it has conducted 335 projects in 40
countries and helped to protect thousands of elephants worldwide.

LESSON 6

Guessing game

WARM-UP

PRE-WRITING

Task 1: Answer the questions.

• Task 2: Complete the table.
• Task 3: Write a paragraph about
Saving the Elephant.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

PRODUCTION

WRITING

Peer check

• Wrap-up
• Home work

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
o Practise writing a paragraph about a
wildlife organisation.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Do exercises in the Workbook.

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