Unit 10
PLANET EARTH
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

OPTION 1

WARM-UP

Brainstorming

OPTION 1

WARM-UP
PLANTS

Brainstorming

ANIMALS

LISTENING

1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions below.
Questions:
1. Which animal do you see in picture A?
A beaver.
2. What is it doing in picture A?
It is gathering dead plants and tree branches.
3. What do you see in picture B?
A small / large pond which is divided into
two by dead plants and branches.

LISTENING

2 Listen to a conversation and choose the correct answer
A, B, or C.

1. Mr An is talking about ______.
A. effects of the habitats on plants and animals
B. the effects of habitat loss
C. effects of plants and animals on the habitats

2. What did Mr An suggest humans should do?
A. Bring plants and animals from one place to another.
B. Preserve habitats.
C. Use pesticides.

LISTENING

3 Listen again and fill in each blank in the summary with ONE
word.

Effects
from plants

Effects
from animals

We should

– They help or (1) ______
harm the environment.
– They make a place more beautiful.
– They (2) _____ over the resources of local plants.

take

– They can cause harm to or (3) improve
________ a habitat.
– Beavers can build dams and ponds, which helpssome
plants and animals.
– Beavers may (4) ______ the homes of other plants and
flood
animals.
– (5) _________
preserve habitats.
– stop destroying forest habitats.
– stop using (6) __________.

pesticides

Mr An: As you see, habitats affect their flora and fauna, but the flora and fauna also affect
their habitats.
Mi: Can you be more specific, Mr An?
Mr An: Well, plants can help or harm their environment. For example, when someone
brings a plant to a new place, the plant can make the area more beautiful.
Mi: Yes, it can.
Mr An: But that plant can also grow so fast that it takes over the resources of local plants.
And these local plants may die out.
Mi: How about animals? Do they affect the environment too?
Mr An: That's a good question. Similarly, animals can cause harm to or improve a habitat.
Beavers, for example, build dams and ponds and this helps plants and animals which
need water.
Mi: How do beavers harm the environment?
Mr An: These dams may flood the homes of other plants and animals.
Mi: Ah, yes. So what should we do, Mr An?
Mr An: We should preserve habitats by not bringing plants and animals from different
places. We shouldn't cut down forests because that destroys the habitats of many species,
or use pesticides which pollute the environment....

EXTRA ACTIVITY

- Work in pairs to ask and answer questions about
one of the aspects in 3:
1. the effects of plants on the environment
2. the effects of animals on the environment
3. the possible threats to the environment
4. the possible activities to deal with the threats
to the environment

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Example:
A: What are the effects of plants on the environment?
B: Plants can beautify a place.
A: Exactly. Is there any other way they can affect a habitat?
B: They can take over the resources of local plants.
A: What do you mean?
B: They grow very fast and use the soil and space of
surrounding plants.

WRITING

4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What is the main topic of Mr An's talk?
2. How do plants affect their habitat?
3. How do animals affect their habitat?
4. What should humans do?

WRITING

Model answers:

1. What is the main topic of Mr An's talk?
Mr An and Mi are talking about the effects of plants and
animals on the habitats.

2. How do plants affect their habitat?
Plants can help or harm the environment. Plants can
make places more beautiful, but they can harm the
environment by taking over the natural resources of local
plants.

WRITING

Model answers:
3. How do animals affect their habitat?
Animal can harm or improve the environment. An example is
beavers. Beavers can build dams and ponds, which help other
plants and animals. But they can cause floods to homes of
other plants and animals.
4. What should humans do?
Humans should preserve habitats, stop destroying the
habitats of many species, and stop using pesticides.

WRITING

5 Write a summary (100 - 120 words) of the main points of the

conversation. Use the information in 3 and answers in 4.
- Use the information in 3 and answers in 4.

Mr An talked about the effects of plants and animals on their
habitat and the things people should do. Firstly, plants help
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

WRITING

Example:
Mr An talks about the effects of plants and animals on the
habitats. He said that plants can harm or protect the
environment. Plants can make places more beautiful and they
can harm the environment by taking over the natural resources
of local plants. He also said that animal can harm or improve the
environment as well. He gave an example of beavers. Beavers
can build dams and ponds which help some plants and animals.
But beavers can cause flood to homes of other plants and
animals. He concluded that humans should preserve habitats,
stop destroying forest habitats, and stop using pesticides.

CONSOLIDATION

1

Wrap-up

What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Listen about about the effects of living things on the
environment;
 Write a summary.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

- Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks.
- Do exercises in the
workbook.

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