trees
Deserts
animals
Unit 9: Deserts
B: Speaking
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 1
What trees/ animals might exist in deserts?
Trees/ animals
Banana
Eucalyptus
Cactus
Date palm
Grass
Frog
Horse
Buffalo
In
deserts
Trees/ animals
Crocodile
Camel
Fox
Dog
Lizard
Rabbit
Goat
Sheep
In
deserts
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 1
Explaining the choice:
A: What trees/ animals do you
think might exist in deserts?
B: Date palm, cactus, grass can
exist in deserts because they
don’t need a lot of water and can
stand the severe climate there.
A: What about banana trees?
B: I don’t think they can live in
such hot weather.
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 2
Finding out as many natural features of a
desert as possible.(group-work)
Hot in the daytime;
Climate
cold at night
Rainfall
Little/ rare
Deserts
Plants
Some kinds
Animals
Some kinds
Soil
Dry
Seasons
Hot/ cold
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 2
Using what you have done to make
conversations
A: What do you know about the
climate in the desert?
B: It is said that it’s very hot in
daytime and cold at night.
A: Please tell me about the rainfall.
How often does it rain there?
B: It rarely rains there so
everything is very dry.
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3
Choosing the five most important things to bring with
you when going on an expedition across a desert
Things
Your
choice
Things
Your
choice
Why do you choose them?
A knife
A box of
match
Water
A gun
A car
A mosquito
net
A horse
A camel
A cell phone
Food
A blanket
A walkman
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3
Explaining the choice:
1. Food/ water: The most important
thing -> survive -> hardly find food/
water in a desert -> bring as much
as possible.
2. A knife: help eat easily/ protect
from the attack of animals.
3. A camel: not need much water/ food
-> save -> move easily.
4. A box of match: make fire at night to
warm/ cook food.
In not more than 50 words, write
a passage to say “why desert is
not a favorable place for people
and animals to live.”