Gladys works with a group that helps both people and animals stay healthy and live together without problems. She has been working hard for many years to make sure there are more gorillas. But because the weather is changing in bad ways, the gorillas still need help. We need to find ways to keep the gorillas and their homes safe. Gladys and other women like her show us that we can help save animals and the places they live if we try.
Original news source: Climate change: Saving Uganda's mountain gorillas (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a set of animal flashcards, including a gorilla card. Each group takes turns acting out the animals on their flashcards while the rest of the class guesses what animal they are. The group with the most correct guesses wins.
– News Summary
Instructions: Read the article aloud to the class. Then, ask the students to write a short summary of the article in their own words. Encourage them to use simple sentences and focus on the main idea. After they finish writing, have a few students share their summaries with the class.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write a list of vocabulary words from the article on the board, such as "gorilla," "doctor," "animals," "weather," "help," etc. Divide the class into pairs. One student from each pair comes to the front of the class and chooses a word from the list. They have to draw a picture on the board to represent the word, while their partner tries to guess the word. The pair with the most correct guesses wins.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Ask the students to think about and write down one way they can help protect the gorillas and their homes. Then, have them pair up with a partner and share their ideas. After they have discussed with their partner, ask a few students to share their ideas with the whole class.
– Two Truths and a Lie
Instructions: Have each student come up with two true statements and one false statement about the article and write them down. Then, have the students take turns sharing their statements with the class. The rest of the class has to guess which statement is the lie. This activity helps students practice their listening skills and comprehension of the article.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
The mountain gorillas live in Uganda.
The mountain gorillas are in trouble because the weather is getting too warm.
Gladys is a kind doctor who helps animals. She helps the mountain gorillas and other animals.
Gladys is on a special list because she does great things by helping the animals.
Gladys works with a group that helps people and animals stay healthy and live together without problems.
The gorillas still need help because the weather is changing in bad ways and their homes are not safe.
We can learn that we can help save animals and the places they live if we try.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
Big, furry animals called mountain gorillas live in Uganda, but they are in because the weather is getting too warm. This is not good for their or their bodies. A very kind doctor who helps animals, named Gladys, is to keep them safe. She has so many gorillas that there are more of them now than before. She is on a special list of women who do great things because she helps these animals. Gladys works with a group that helps both people and stay healthy and live together without problems. She has been working hard for many years to make sure there are more gorillas. But because the is changing in bad ways, the gorillas still need help. We need to find ways to the gorillas and their homes safe. Gladys and women like her show us that we can help save animals and the places they live if we try.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a mountain gorilla?
2. How would you feel if your home was getting too warm?
3. Do you like animals? Why or why not?
4. What do you think Gladys does to help the gorillas?
5. How would you feel if you saw a gorilla in real life?
6. Do you think it's important to help animals? Why or why not?
7. What are some ways we can keep animals and their homes safe?
8. Have you ever seen a gorilla before? Where?
9. Do you know any other animals that live in Uganda?
10. How do you think the weather changing can affect animals?
11. What can we learn from Gladys and other women like her?
12. Why do you think it's important to have more gorillas?
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