Project 2
A wildlife poster
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                                                                                              tiger
                                                   flamingo
              ants
  Look
  1	 Read the text. Match the
        descriptions with the photos.
          1   They’re pink and they’ve got very long legs. They
              live in Africa, South America and parts of Asia –
          usually near water. They don’t usually swim but they
          can fly. They’re very sociable animals and they live
          in big groups. They eat shrimps and plankton in the       Prepare
          water.
                                                                    2	 Work in groups of three. Choose three
          2     They’re usually black, orange and white.
                They’ve got big teeth and are very strong and
          fast. They live in India, Russia and China. They’re
                                                                       animals from your country. Use the
                                                                       Internet, books or magazines to find
                                                                       information about them. Think about …
                                                                       •	 physical appearance.
          very territorial and can swim very well. They’re
                                                                       •	habitat.
          carnivores and they eat other animals like buffalo
                                                                       •	abilities/behaviour.
          and deer. They’re an ‘endangered species’ – there are        •	food/diet.
          only about 3,000 left in the world!
                                                                    3	 Find photos of the animals in Exercise
          3    They’ve got six legs and are usually brown. They
               live together in big colonies. They live all over
          the world except in Antarctica. There are usually
                                                                       2. Make a poster with the photos and
                                                                       the information about each animal. Put
                                                                       the photos in a different order from the
          thousands in each colony. There are soldiers, workers        information.
          and a queen. They can carry very heavy things and can
          find their colony from long distances. They eat plants,   Present
          fruit, fungus and insects.
                                                                    4	 Present your poster to the rest of the
                                                                       class in your group. Can they guess
124 Project                                                            which information is about each animal?