TASK 3: WWW LESSON PLAN

THE EXTINCTION OF TIGER

LEVEL: 4

TIME: 45 minutes

AIMS: To find specific information from the article from the Website and to practice writing.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
One computer per group of 2 students with an internet connection and a Web browser.
Website: www.thefreelibrary.com; Article: “Tiger’s Last Stand: Could a radical plan save the world’s wild tigers from extinction? The debate roars on.”

PREPARATION:
1. Locate the sites and search for article title “Tiger’s Last Stand: Could a radical plan save the world’s wild tigers from extinction? The debate roars on.”
2. Using the information from the article; prepare a worksheet.

PROCEDURES:

1. Teacher shows students picture of tiger. Ask the students what they know about the causes of the extinction of tigers.
2. Send the students to the sites chosen. Ask them to type in the title of the article “Tiger’s Last Stand: Could a radical plan save the world’s wild tigers from extinction? The debate roars on.”
3. Ask the students to read the article. While they are reading the article, they are given the worksheet prepared and ask them to complete the worksheet.
4. When all the students have finished, discussed their answers. Discuss any unusual facts they learned.
5. Write examples of topic sentence (which had been learned on previous lesson) using the information from the worksheet. Ask them to write their own topic sentence using the information from the worksheet.

FOLLOW-UP:

1. Tell the students to prepare an essay using the information from the worksheet.