A Visit to Hong Kong Wetland Park

Module

Places and Activities

Unit

Out for fun

Programme outline

Max and his cousin Judy go to Hong Kong Wetland Park on a beautiful sunny day. They find wildlife such as migratory birds, interesting plants, insects, mangroves, mudskippers and crabs in the wetland. Cuckoo, the puppet bird is also in the park to tell you more about the wildlife. Come and visit the park together.

Key Stage 1 Learning Targets

To develop an ever-improving capability to use English

~ to interpret and use simple given information through processes or activities such as

labeling, describing; and to follow simple instructions (K.S.b)

~ to state opinions using information and ideas in simple spoken and written texts (K.S.c)

Communicative Functions

1. Identify some animals, birds and plants and give simple descriptions

2. Seek and provide information and elucidation

3. State opinions and express feelings

Suggested Activities

1. Motivate the class by showing them pictures of wildlife such as migratory birds, crabs and mangroves in COPYMASTER 1. Write their names on the blackboard.

2. Tell pupils that the animals and plants can be found in Hong Kong Wetland Park in the New Territories.

3. Introduce the programme and the characters: Max, his cousin Judy and Cuckoo the puppet.

4. Watch the programme with pupils together. Draw their attention to how Max and Judy get there, the species and descriptions of the wildlife.

5. After watching the programme, ask pupils to fill in the missing words in the sentences that describe correctly the animals, insects and plants in COPYMASTER 2.

Answers:

Pui Pui the Crocodile
It is about 2.2 metres long now.
Its skin is thick and rough.
It is about 8 years old.
Dargonflies
They come in many different colours. They eat mosquitoes.
Mudskippers
They have a pair of very big/ large eyes.
Fiddler crabs
Only the male crabs have a big/ large claw to fight.
Kingfishers
They have colourful feathers and large heads, long and
sharp bills , but they have short legs.
Spoonbills
They have long legs, necks and bills. They are good fish catchers.
Mangroves
They have breathing roots that go above the ground to get more air.


COPYMASTER 1

A Visit to Hong Kong Wetland Park

Wildlife

Spoonbills / Kingfisher
Mangroves / Dragonflly
Fiddler crab / Crocodile
Mudskippers / Umbrella plants


COPYMASTER 2

A Visit to Hong Kong Wetland Park

Fill in the missing words.

large big 20 8 mosquitoes

short long thick

bills necks legs roots

Pui Pui the Crocodile
It is about 2.2 metres ______now.
Its skin is ______and rough.
It is about ______years old.
Dargonflies
They come in many different colours. They eat ______.
Mudskippers
They have a pair of very ______eyes.
Fiddler crabs
Only the male crabs have a ______claw to fight.
Kingfishers
They have colourful feathers and large heads, long and
sharp bills , but they have ______legs.
Spoonbills
They have long ______, ______and ______. They are
good fish catchers.
Mangroves
They have breathing ______that go above the ground to get more air.

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