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Queen Camilla’s Trip to Kenya: Saving Wildlife and Sharing Culture

   

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Queen Camilla went to Kenya and danced with Maasai women. She also wore Maasai clothes at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary in Nairobi. Later, she gave milk to baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage.

Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya showed that she likes the local culture and wants to help save wildlife. Videos showed her having fun dancing and being with the animals. This trip shows that it’s important to keep Kenya’s special wildlife and culture safe.

Queen Camilla’s actions show that she wants to help save nature and share different cultures. By spending time with local people and helping places like the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage, she is making more people know and care about these important things. Her trip reminds us that we need to keep our nature safe and work together to help save it.

Original news source: Dancing Queen! Camilla in Kenya animal sanctuary visit (BBC)

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Group or Classroom Activities

Warm-up Activities:

– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs or small groups. Give each group a word or phrase related to the article (e.g. dancing, wildlife, culture, nature). One person from each group will act out the word or phrase without speaking, while the others try to guess what it is. The group that guesses correctly gets a point.

– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs or small groups. Give each group a list of vocabulary words from the article (e.g. Kenya, Maasai, elephants, sanctuary). One person from each group will choose a word and draw a picture to represent it, while the others try to guess what it is. The group that guesses correctly gets a point.

– Headline Creation
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs or small groups. Ask each group to create a headline for an article about Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya. Encourage them to use vocabulary and phrases from the article. Each group will share their headline with the class and explain their choice.

– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Ask the students to think about a time when they had a cultural experience or visited a place with special wildlife. Then, have them pair up with a classmate and share their experiences. After that, ask some students to share their partner’s experience with the rest of the class.

– Two Truths and a Lie
Instructions: Have each student think of two true statements and one false statement about Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya. In pairs or small groups, students take turns sharing their statements and the others have to guess which one is the lie. This activity can help students practice listening and speaking skills.

Comprehension Questions:

1. Where did Queen Camilla go in Kenya?
2. What did Queen Camilla wear when she visited the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
3. What did Queen Camilla do at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
4. Why did Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya show that she likes the local culture?
5. What did videos show of Queen Camilla during her trip?
6. What does Queen Camilla want to help save?
7. Why is Queen Camilla’s trip important?
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Listen and Fill in the Gaps:

Queen Camilla (1)______ to Kenya and danced with Maasai women. She also wore Maasai clothes at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary in Nairobi. Later, she gave (2)______ to baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage.

Queen Camilla’s (3)______ to Kenya showed that she likes the local culture and (4)______ to help save wildlife. Videos showed her having fun dancing and being with the animals. This trip shows that it’s important to keep Kenya’s special wildlife and culture safe.

Queen Camilla’s actions show that she wants to help save nature and (5)______ different cultures. By (6)______ time with local people and helping places like the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary and the (7)______ Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage, she is making more people know and care about these important (8)______. Her trip reminds us that we need to keep our nature safe and work together to help save it.
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Discussion Questions:

Students can ask a partner these questions, or discuss them as a group.

1. What did Queen Camilla do when she went to Kenya?
2. How do you think Queen Camilla felt when she danced with the Maasai women?
3. Do you like dancing? Why or why not?
4. What did Queen Camilla wear at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
5. What animals did Queen Camilla see at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
6. How do you think Queen Camilla felt when she gave milk to the baby elephants?
7. Do you like elephants? Why or why not?
8. What does Queen Camilla’s trip show about her?
9. Do you think it’s important to keep wildlife safe? Why or why not?
10. What can we do to help save nature?
11. Do you like learning about different cultures? Why or why not?
12. Why do you think Queen Camilla spent time with local people and helped places like the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?

Individual Activities

Vocabulary Meanings:

Match each word to its meaning.

Words:
1. Kenya
2. Maasai
3. clothes
4. elephants
5. culture
6. wildlife
7. nature
8. trip

Meanings:
(a) Going somewhere far away for fun or work
(b) Big animals with long noses and big ears
(c) A group of people who live in Kenya
(d) Animals and plants that live in the wild
(e) Things you wear on your body
(f) A country in Africa with lots of animals
(g) The world around us, like trees and animals
(h) The way people live and do things
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Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Where did Queen Camilla go on her trip?
(a) Kenya
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Germany

2. Who did Queen Camilla dance with?
(a) Spanish dancers
(b) Maasai women
(c) German musicians
(d) Kenyan children

3. What did Queen Camilla wear at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
(a) Spanish clothes
(b) German clothes
(c) Kenyan clothes
(d) Maasai clothes

4. What did Queen Camilla do at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
(a) Fed giraffes
(b) Played with lions
(c) Gave milk to baby elephants
(d) Swam with dolphins

5. What did Queen Camilla’s trip show?
(a) That she likes the local culture and wants to help save wildlife
(b) That she doesn’t care about the local culture or wildlife
(c) That she wants to be a dancer
(d) That she wants to be a veterinarian

6. What did videos show of Queen Camilla on her trip?
(a) Her sleeping and being bored
(b) Her having fun dancing and being with the animals
(c) Her eating and being tired
(d) Her crying and being sad

7. What does Queen Camilla want to do by spending time with local people and helping places like the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
(a) Make more people know and care about fashion and music
(b) Make more people know and care about food and sports
(c) Make more people know and care about nature and different cultures
(d) Make more people know and care about movies and technology

8. What does Queen Camilla’s trip remind us?
(a) That we need to destroy nature and not care about it
(b) That we need to forget about different cultures and only focus on our own
(c) That we need to stop helping animals and only focus on ourselves
(d) That we need to keep our nature safe and work together to help save it

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True or False Questions:

1. Queen Camilla wants to help save wildlife.
2. Queen Camilla is not fond of the local culture in Kenya.
3. Queen Camilla is not interested in making more people know and care about saving nature and sharing different cultures.
4. Queen Camilla did not go to Kenya and dance with Maasai women.
5. Queen Camilla gave milk to baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage.
6. Queen Camilla had fun dancing and being with the animals in Kenya.
7. Queen Camilla’s trip does not remind us to keep Kenya’s special wildlife and culture safe.
8. Queen Camilla wore Maasai clothes at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary in Nairobi.
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Write a Summary:

Write a summary of this news article in two sentences.




Writing Questions:

Answer the following questions. Write as much as you can for each answer.

1. Where did Queen Camilla go on her trip?
2. What did Queen Camilla wear when she visited the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
3. What animals did Queen Camilla give milk to?
4. Why is Queen Camilla’s trip important?
5. What does Queen Camilla want to help save?

Answers

Comprehension Question Answers:

1. Where did Queen Camilla go in Kenya?
Queen Camilla went to Kenya.

2. What did Queen Camilla wear when she visited the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
Queen Camilla wore Maasai clothes when she visited the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary.

3. What did Queen Camilla do at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
Queen Camilla gave milk to baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage.

4. Why did Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya show that she likes the local culture?
Queen Camilla’s trip to Kenya showed that she likes the local culture because she wore Maasai clothes and danced with Maasai women.

5. What did videos show of Queen Camilla during her trip?
Videos showed Queen Camilla having fun dancing and being with the animals during her trip.

6. What does Queen Camilla want to help save?
Queen Camilla wants to help save wildlife.

7. Why is Queen Camilla’s trip important?
Queen Camilla’s trip is important because it reminds us to keep our nature safe and work together to help save it.
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Listen and Fill in the Gaps Answers:

(1) went
(2) milk
(3) trip
(4) wants
(5) share
(6) spending
(7) Sheldrick
(8) things
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Vocabulary Meanings Answers:

1. Kenya
Answer: (f) A country in Africa with lots of animals

2. Maasai
Answer: (c) A group of people who live in Kenya

3. clothes
Answer: (e) Things you wear on your body

4. elephants
Answer: (b) Big animals with long noses and big ears

5. culture
Answer: (h) The way people live and do things

6. wildlife
Answer: (d) Animals and plants that live in the wild

7. nature
Answer: (g) The world around us, like trees and animals

8. trip
Answer: (a) Going somewhere far away for fun or work
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Multiple Choice Answers:

1. Where did Queen Camilla go on her trip?
Answer: (a) Kenya

2. Who did Queen Camilla dance with?
Answer: (b) Maasai women

3. What did Queen Camilla wear at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary?
Answer: (d) Maasai clothes

4. What did Queen Camilla do at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
Answer: (c) Gave milk to baby elephants

5. What did Queen Camilla’s trip show?
Answer: (a) That she likes the local culture and wants to help save wildlife

6. What did videos show of Queen Camilla on her trip?
Answer: (b) Her having fun dancing and being with the animals

7. What does Queen Camilla want to do by spending time with local people and helping places like the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage?
Answer: (c) Make more people know and care about nature and different cultures

8. What does Queen Camilla’s trip remind us?
Answer: (d) That we need to keep our nature safe and work together to help save it
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True or False Answers:

1. Queen Camilla wants to help save wildlife. (Answer: True)
2. Queen Camilla is not fond of the local culture in Kenya. (Answer: False)
3. Queen Camilla is not interested in making more people know and care about saving nature and sharing different cultures. (Answer: False)
4. Queen Camilla did not go to Kenya and dance with Maasai women. (Answer: False)
5. Queen Camilla gave milk to baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage. (Answer: True)
6. Queen Camilla had fun dancing and being with the animals in Kenya. (Answer: True)
7. Queen Camilla’s trip does not remind us to keep Kenya’s special wildlife and culture safe. (Answer: False)
8. Queen Camilla wore Maasai clothes at the Brooke Donkey Sanctuary in Nairobi. (Answer: True)
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