Vishal Jaiswal loves flying drones. He uses them to take pictures of a big forest called the Sundarbans. This forest is in India and Bangladesh. It has lots of trees and animals like tigers. Vishal and his friends made a map of the forest in just three days.
The forest is not in danger, but it has some problems. People and nature are hurting the trees. Some trees are gone because of shrimp farms. There are also big animals like crocodiles, so it's hard to study the forest. That's why scientists use drones to help.
Original news source: Tigers and crocs make mangrove preservation tough work (BBC)
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– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into two teams. Write down vocabulary words from the article on separate pieces of paper. One person from each team will come to the board and draw the word without using any letters, numbers, or gestures. The team must guess the word in English to earn a point.
– News Summary
Instructions: In pairs, have students summarize the article about Vishal Jaiswal and the Sundarbans forest in their own words. Then, ask a few pairs to share their summaries with the class.
– Charades
Instructions: Write down actions related to the article (e.g., flying a drone, taking pictures, studying the forest) on separate pieces of paper. One student comes to the front and silently acts out the action while the rest of the class guesses in English what they are doing.
– Word Association
Instructions: Write down key words from the article (e.g., drones, Sundarbans, tigers) on the board. Have students call out words that they associate with each key word. Encourage them to explain why they made the association in English.
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Instructions: In pairs, ask students to come up with a catchy headline for the article about Vishal Jaiswal and the Sundarbans forest. They should try to use vocabulary and key information from the article in their headline. Share a few pairs' headlines with the class.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Vishal Jaiswal loves flying drones and taking pictures of the Sundarbans forest.
The Sundarbans forest is located in India and Bangladesh.
Animals like tigers and crocodiles can be found in the Sundarbans forest.
Vishal and his friends made a map of the forest in just three days.
Some trees are disappearing because of shrimp farms and other reasons.
It is difficult to study the Sundarbans forest because there are big animals like crocodiles there.
Scientists use drones to take pictures and gather information about the Sundarbans forest.
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Vishal Jaiswal loves flying drones. He them to take pictures of a big called the Sundarbans. This forest is in India and Bangladesh. It has lots of trees and animals like . Vishal and his friends a map of the forest in just three days. The forest is not in danger, but it has some . People and nature are hurting the trees. Some trees are because of shrimp farms. There are also big like , so it's hard to study the forest. That's why scientists use drones to help.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a drone?
2. Do you like taking pictures?
3. How would you feel if you saw a tiger in a forest?
4. Do you think it's important to protect trees?
5. Why do you think some trees are gone because of shrimp farms?
6. What do you think scientists use drones for?
7. How do you think Vishal feels when he flies drones?
8. Do you like big animals like crocodiles?
9. Why do you think it's hard to study the forest with big animals around?
10. What do you think a map is used for?
11. How long did it take Vishal and his friends to make a map of the forest?
12. Why do you think it's good to use drones to help study the forest?
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