Let’s help endangered animals*

LEAD IN
Choose the correct answer and circle the endangered animals only. (Elige la respuesta correcta y luego
encierra en un círculo los animales en peligro de extinción)

a d
What are endangered animals?

a. Small animals with many predators.

c b. Big animals from habitats in danger.

c. Animals in danger of extinction.

b e
LISTEN AND READ
Listen to and read the stories of two rescued animals:

Web page

The Story of Naga, the Puma

It is believed that Naga was
She did not have enough
from the highlands of
food to eat or a large
Arequipa. When she was still a
place to move around.
young cub she was captured
She became skinny
and brought to an illegal zoo
and weak. She lived
where she was kept in a small
like this for five
cage.
months.

Fortunately, she was

When Naga recovered, the
rescued by volunteers from
volunteers from the rescue
the Cusco Wildlife Rescue
centre released her back into
Centre. At the centre she
the mountains of Arequipa.
received the care that she
We hope that she is happy
needed for a complete
and free in her natural
recovery.
habitat.

Moral of the story: Wild animals belong in the wild.

The Story of Sergio the Macaw

Sergio is from in the jungle
After one year living in a
of Tambopata. Sadly, he
restaurant, the volunteers of
was captured by poachers.
the Ucayali Wildlife Rescue
They cut his feathers and
Centre rescued him. He was
he was sold on the black
skinny and his feathers had
market.
started to fall out.

Sergio now lives at the rescue centre. The volunteers hope he can recover
and that one day he can return to live in the rainforest again.

Moral of the story: Wild animals are not pets.

LET’S UNDERSTAND

UNDERSTAND- EXERCISE 1 Lo
ok!
Poaching =
Example: Naga lives with her mother and five brothers in Arequipa.
illegal
hun
C) DOESN’T SAY ting
A) TRUE B) FALSE Poacher =
illegal
hu
nte
r
1. Naga was victim of poaching.
4. Sergio’s life was in danger at the restaurant.
A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY
A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY

2. Naga is not in captivity anymore.

5. Sergio is now recovered and back in the
A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY rainforest again.

A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY

3. Naga took a long time to fully recover at the
rescue centre.
6. The final message of both stories is about all
A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY animals.

A) TRUE B) FALSE C) DOESN’T SAY

LET’S PRACTISE!

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 1:
Unscramble the story below. Write the letters in the correct order. (Ordena las partes de la historia
y escribe las letras en el orden correcto)

a. Then, she opened the box and found three little cats. 1 c
.
b. After that, my aunt fed them and took them to the veterinarian. 2
.
c. One day, my aunt heard a noise coming from a box next to the garbage can.
3
d. Finally, my aunt took them to a wildlife rescue centre. .

4
e. When the veterinarian saw them, he was very surprised. They were wild .
Andean cats.
5

Look!
Sequence words:
One day, after that, then, when …, finally.
PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2
A. Look at these sentences and analyze. When do we use he/she and when do we use him/her?

Naga is a Puma LOOK!

She lived in Arequipa. Him and her are object pronouns. They
Hunters captured her replace the noun when it is an object.

Sergio is a macaw.
He was skinny.
Volunteers rescued him.

B. Complete the blanks with “he”, “she”, “him” or “her”.

11. Margarita is an eagle. lives in a rescue

centre. The volunteers love .

22. Marco is a jaguar. The volunteers rescued

from a restaurant. is still weak and skinny.

33 Lili is a little frog. is so cute. People bought

on the black market.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 3
Listen to a conversation between Oliver and Marta. Unscramble the pictures according to the story.
One picture is NOT used. You will hear the conversation twice. Number one is the example:

DORITA’S STORY

A. B. C. D.

E. F G.
.

1. F 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
 Activity 2 Do it yourself – D.I.Y.

LET’S CREATE!
Story about an endangered animal
You are a volunteer in a wildlife rescue centre. They need to raise awareness about endangered
animals and animal trafficking. Nobody loves what they don’t know. As a volunteer you decided to
write the story of an animal for the rescue centre’s web page.

For this task you can choose option A or B:

OPTION A: Write the story about Felipe the dolphin.

Step 1: Lea los hechos que forman parte de Felipe, la historia del delfín. Decide la secuencia de la historia. Recuerda
los verbos en tiempo pasado. Agregue al menos un evento más:

FELIPE THE DOLPHIN

1. Volunteers from a rescue 4. A teenager/see/Felipe/in the zoo.

centre/find/Felipe.
2. Felipe/live/in a pool in an illegal zoo. 5. Felipe/live/in the Amazon river.

3. Hunters/capture/Felipe. 6.

Step 2: Escribe la historia de Felipe usando "él" o "él"

. cuando sea necesario. Utilice la secuencia
de palabras del cuadro:

finally – then – after that – when - one day

Step 3: Agregue cuatro imágenes sobre cada parte de la

historia.