Exploring Fossils: Extensive Reading for Grade 6
Discover the world of fossils with this Grade 6 English lesson on extensive reading. Students will learn about fossils, museums, bones, nests, scientists, clues, and footprints. The lesson includes pre-reading activities, matching exercises for new words, reading passages about fossils, and comprehension questions. Engage in a fun and educational exploration of the prehistoric world through this fascinating reading material.
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English Family and Friends Grade 6 Semester 1 ( Extensive Reading - Part 1) Fossils
Lesson Objectives 1. To identify new words related to a text. 2. To read a text for specific information. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils
Pre-reading Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of these words. 1. fossil 2. museum 3. bones 4. nest 5. scientist 6. clue 7. footprint English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils Ministry of Education - 2020
Check your answers New Words After reading the words, match each word with its meaning. Write the correct letter in the box beside each word. 1. fossil A. a place created by an animal especially a bird for its babies or eggs. B. people who study types of science. C 2. museum E C. The shape of a bone, a shell or a plant or animal shown in rock which belong to a very long time. D. a hard part of the skeleton. 3. bones D 4. nest A E. a building where historical, scientific or artistic things are kept. F. the mark made by a person s or animal s foot. 5. scientists B 6. clue G G. a sign or some information that helps you find the answer to a mystery, question or a problem. 7. footprint F English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils Ministry of Education - 2020
Reading Time! Remember! Use the section headings to help you understand what each paragraph is about. Open your class book p. 36 Look at the pictures. What can you see? Pictures of fossils and skeletons of dead creatures. English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils Ministry of Education - 2020
While-reading Read the first section with the heading What are fossils? . Read the questions. Click the correct answer. Fossils help: What are Fossils? A A animals and plants. they are animals and plants. shapes of animals and plants in rocks which lived thousands of years ago. by giving some clues about life on Earth thousands of years ago. B B C C bones. in making animal s nests. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils
While-reading Read the second section with the headings Why are fossils important? and Where can you find fossils? . Read the questions. Click the correct answer. Fossils tell about: You can find fossils: A A rocks only. in most parts of the world. C B on mountains and deep sea floors only. the future of animals. C B the past of animals that lived very long time ago. only under the ground. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils
While-reading Read the second section with the headings Why are fossils important? and Where can you find fossils? . Read the questions. Click the correct answer. To see fossils people can: A buy them or look for them on beaches and rocks. C visit museums B A and B Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils
Possible answers Post-reading Answer the following questions. Would you like to find a fossil? Why? Yes. I want to see how animals looked like thousand ----------------------------------------------------------------------- years ago. Do you like learning about the past? Why (not)? Yes, because I want to compare the past with the ----------------------------------------------------------------------- present and find out the differences. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part1-Fossils
English Family and Friends Grade 5 Semester 1 ( Extensive Reading - Part 2) Dinosaurs of Arabia Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Lesson Objectives 1- To identify new words of a text. 2- To read a text for specific information. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Pre-reading Use a translator app, listen to the pronunciation of the following words and check their meaning. 1. peninsula 2. ancient 3. creatures 4. suitable 5. species 6. collection English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia Ministry of Education - 2020
Click for answers New Words After reading the words, match each word with its meaning. Write the correct letter in the box beside each word. 1. peninsula A. right or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion. B. a set of animals or plants that are similar to each other. C. an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land. D. a living thing, real or imaginary, that can move around, such as an animal. E. belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. F. the process of getting things from different places and bringing them together. C 2. ancient E 3. creatures D 4. suitable A 5. species B 6. collection F English-Grade 6-Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia Ministry of Education - 2020
Reading Time! Remember! Try to guess the meaning of words you don t know from the sentence, or use a dictionary. Open your class book p. 37 Read paragraph 1 and answer the following questions. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Click for answers While-reading Write (T) for true sentences and (F) for false ones. F 1- Hundreds of years ago, there were dinosaurs all over the world._______ T 2- There weren t many dinosaur discoveries in Arabia. _______ T 3- Millions of years ago the Arabian peninsula was under the sea._______ F 4- All types of rocks in Arabia are suitable for creating fossils. _______ Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Reading Time! Read paragraph 2 and answer the following questions. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Click for answers While-reading Write (T) for true sentences and (F) for false ones. F 1- In 2014, the first Arabian dinosaur footprints in Yemen. _______ T 2- In 2008, the first Arabian dinosaur bones in the Red Sea. _______ F 3-Scientissts found teeth from a huge meat-eating Titanosaur. _______ F 4- Tyrannosaurus Rex is a giant plant-eating dinosaur. _______ Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Reading Time ! Read paragraphs 3 and 4, then answer the following questions. Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Click for answers While-reading Write (T) for true sentences and (F) for false ones. T 1- In 2015, a collection of dinosaur fossils were found in Oman. _______ T 2- Scientists called Hadrosaurs dinosaurs duck-billed dinosaurs. _______ F 3- Hadrosaurs only lived in North America. _______ F 4- There were some dinosaur fossils found in Bahrain. _______ Ministry of Education - 2020 English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia
Click for possible answers Post-Reading Answer the following questions. Are you interested in dinosaurs? Why? Yes. I want to know all about them and about the reason ----------------------------------------------------------------------- they disappeared. Imagine you found a new dinosaur fossil. What would it tell you? It would tell about its size, looks, where it lived and ----------------------------------------------------------------------- whether it was meat-eating or plant-eating dinosaur. English-Grade 6- Extensive reading-Part2-Dinosaurs of the Arabia Ministry of Education - 2020
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