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VOCABULARY : ANIMAUX / ANIMALS - PAGE 2

Pictures, Cliparts and Flashcards - Vocabulary - Listening -
Conversation Questions -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Games - Interactive games - Games to print -
Interactive games - Games to print -
Interactive stories - Stories to read - Songs - Cartoons -
Idioms and Proverbs -
Poems - Animated cards - Videos - Cinema - Posters - Signs

(Updated on 18/03/2013)

 


Related pages :

DANGEROUS DOGS - WAR DOGS

Animals :
Facts - History - News -
Symbols and Superstitions - Jokes

+ Zoo + The circus + Insects + Birds + Dinosaurs + Fish and Shells + Sea / Seaside

 


 

 

Lesson plans :

  • EU bans sale of all animal-tested cosmetics (March 13, 2013) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
    "The European Union has introduced a complete ban on the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
    From Monday, no companies or stores will be allowed to sell cosmetics that were developed using animal testing."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  • Bamboo shortage a risk to pandas (November 13, 2012) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
    "The giant panda is already on the endangered list. The number of pandas in the world has been falling for decades.
    It is now facing another big threat to its survival – a shortage of food."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  • Koalas at risk in Australia (1st May, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio (newsenglishlessons.com)

 

 

  • Plastic Surgery For Pets Increasing (19th August, 2011) - a lesson plan
    (newsenglishlessons.com)

    Cosmetic Surgery For Prettier Pets + SCRIPT
    "Like their owners, pets are getting all types of cosmetic surgery - breast reductions, eyelifts, and even fat removal..."
    (cbsnews.com)

    Surge in plastic surgery for pets
    "Nose jobs and facelifts were once the preserve of Hollywood A-listers and ageing celebrities.
    However new figures show that Britons are spending millions of pounds a year on plastic surgery for their pets...
    Facelifts are commonly required in breeds with excessively drooping eyelids, skin grafts for wounds, soft palate trimming in short faced breeds."
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

  • BIRD BATHS: CLEANING UP WILDLIFE AFTER OIL SPILLS - a lesson plan
    "In this lesson, students will explore the causes and effects of events such as oil spills and contaminations.
    They will then experience first-hand the feel of oil spills, determine an environmental problem that affects their community, and develop an "action plan" to minimize the risk to one form of wildlife.
    Finally, they will examine ways in which public and private organizations partner to keep the environment, and its wildlife, healthy."
    (nationalgeographic.com)




    Oil-Coated Gulf Birds Better Off Dead?
    "Kill or clean? Either way, the birds may face stormy skies...
    Oil harms birds in two ways: internally and externally."
    (news.nationalgeographic.com)

  • Dog Dyed to Resemble Elvis Wins Contest - a lesson plan
    WARM-UPS : DOGS / DOG STUFF / MAN’S BEST FRIEND / SHOWS / CREATIVE
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

    Where Creativity Wags Its Tail
    "Angela Kumpe had won the “creative challenge” event the past two years at Intergroom, one of the more prestigious competitions on the calendar..."
    + a slideshow
    (nytimes.com)


    (Elvis Presley)

    (The seahorse)

    (Lady Gaga)

    (The Mad Hatter)

 

  • British Man To Live With Venomous Snakes - a lesson plan
    "David Jones, 44, hopes to spend 121 days in a room with 40 of the world’s deadliest snakes. His slithery companions will include deadly adders, cobras and green and black mambas..."
    WARM-UPS : WORLD RECORDS / CRAZY / COMPANIONS / SNAKE
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  • Countries Vote on Sale of Ivory - a lesson plan
    WARM-UPS :     POACHING / ENDANGERED / ANIMAL LIFE / ANIMAL PRODUCTS / ELEPHANT
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

    Ivory and bluefin tuna top agenda at UN wildlife summit
    "Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar."
    (BBC)

 

  • Animal conservation
    "involves the protection of  animals, especially from the damaging effects of human activity, to ensure they will not become endangered or extinct."
    "Take a look at the articles, story, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
    (British Council)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Polar regions. (British Council)
    "Have a look at the article, story, word games, cartoons, trivia and links."

  • The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
    with Lessons & activities
    How Amelia Got Her Camera - Amelia's Trip to the Zoo - Amelia's Game in the Park - Amelia Visits the Battery - Amelia Goes Home...
    (science.hq.nasa.gov)

 

  • Hopes fading for future of Indian tigers
    - a lesson plan     (Breaking News English)


    (pocanticohills.org)

  • Horses in the Movies
    "A Western wouldn t be a Western without stampedes, stagecoaches, shoot-outs on horseback or simply cowboys riding into town. So, who does the producer call when he needs stagecoaches, buckboards and real horses to make the script come alive? And how much will it cost to bring those horses and wagons to a movie set? Give your students the back story and show them how math plays a role in keeping a movie from going over budget."
    (thefutureschannel.com)

 

 

  • Using a story: Miko the monkey (BBC) with worksheets - niveau 6ème/5ème - UPDATED
    The worksheets contain:
    - Pre reading quiz
    - Picture labelling exercise
    - Comprehension check questions
    - Text completion exercise
    - Vocabulary word search


Webquests :

  • EARTH PROBLEMS - a webquest
    I. Air Pollution - II. Energy Depletion - III. Overflowing Landfills - IV. Rain Forest Destruction - V. Vanishing Species -
    VI. Water Pollution

 

  • Endangered Animals Webquest (.doc) / ( PDF )
    - niveau 1er trimestre de 5e en relation avec l'Unit 2 de New Live sur les animaux
    - Travail proposé par Sylvie Chateau (Collège du Géhan - Saulxures sur Moselotte 88)
  • Pet WebQuest (yesnet.yk.ca)
    Task
    "You are going to create your own Pet Trading Cards to exchange with others!"
    Process
    "Choose from the following pets: Cats, Corn Snake, Gecko, Gerbil, Dogs, Ferret, Goldfish, Guinea Pig, Hamsters, Iguana, Parakeet, Parrots, and Rabbits..."




  • Animals and Records : A Webquest
    proposée par Armelle Meyer de Pau - Travail sur les superlatifs à partir du site : Extreme Science (Creatures)

 

  • Unusual pets - The Feasibility of Raising Unusual Pets - (maxwell.syr.edu)
    "You will research certain animals, learn their characteristics and determine if they can be pets.
    We will develop a policy for allowing or restricting certain animals as pets."

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

  • Find the animal!
    Click on ENGLISH / Word Level: Spelling & Phonics (Part 3) / Anagrams, Words Searches & Games
    (primaryresources.co.uk)

 

  • Australian Animals
    "Game Board au format powerpoint sur les animaux australiens.
    Le jeu est accompagné d'une fiche à l'intention du professeur et des élèves."
    Niveau visé: A2
    Classe visée: 5ème
    (Ac. Martinique)

 

 

 

  • Animal Quizzes - interactive
    (sheppardsoftware.com)
  • Cat Games - interactive + Quizzes and Articles
    (sheppardsoftware.com)

 

  • Tiger Adventure Games
    "These interactive games are appropriate for kids age 10 and higher.
    All games are courtesy of the Tiger Information Center, a tiger conservation website that was developed by the Minnesota Zoo and is currently funded
    and maintained by the Save The Tiger Fund."
    (mnzoo.com)

 

 

  • Animals : jeux pour réviser les noms d'animaux (voir en particulier Animal Quiz).
    (kidsplanet)

 

  • Animaland about companion animals and endangered species, pet care and games (animaland.org)

 

  • Animaux (mots croisés interactifs) -
    "Trouve l'animal dont on te donne le cri."
    (Ghislaine Wulles)
  • My First Cross Word Puzzle -
    "Write the name of the     baby animal next to each clue. Then write the baby animal word in the puzzle." (tlsbooks.com)

  • Animals - Crossword - advanced (BBC)

  • Who owns the Dragon? (english-online.org.uk)
    "You will see spaces for the personal details about four people. One of them has a dragon as a pet.
    You have to find out who it is by completing the table according to the information which appears below it."




  • Trigger Finger (english-online.org.uk)
    "Pick a category and then click as many things as you can find in that category in one minute...
    There are 25 words in each category."
    BODY / ANIMALS / FOOD / CLOTHES
  • Gone Fishing (english-online.org.uk)
    "Sort out what you catch."

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

 

 

 

  • Animal Opposites - A Coloring Book to Print - (enchantedlearning)
    "The student can color the pages and learn about the concept of opposites."
  • A Spanish/English coloring book about animals. (Enchanted Learning)
  • A Spanish/English coloring book about opposites, illustrating the concepts with animals. (Enchanted Learning)

 

 

  • Animals - word search - 3 levels (discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk)

 

 

INTERACTIVE stories WITH SOUND :

 

 

  • The Wolf and the Crane - animated - with sound - activities (anglofile)

  • Stories (with SOUND) :
    The Fox and the Crow - Three Little Bears - The Mouse and the Lion - The Three Billy Goats Gruff -
    Country Mouse and City Mouse - The Three Pigs - The Enormous Carrot - Baking Bread
    (kizclub.com)

  • I wish - a story about a caterpillar (with SOUND) - (kizclub.com)
  • A story with a cat and a mouse - read to you. (révision des prépositions) - (kizclub.com)

 

Stories TO READ :

 

  • So THAT'S how the elephant got its trunk (in a lucky escape from a crocodile)
    "How the elephant got his trunk: The Rudyard Kipling tale was brought to life at the African waterhole."
    (dailymail.co.uk)

    VOCABULARY :
    waterhole / mud
    youngster : impending danger / distress / painful / pull / stretch
    event : attack / tug-of-war
    crocodile : hide / jaws /clamp (teeth) / thresh (tail)
    elephants : herd / scatter / scare off / trumpet / stamp the ground
    the end : rescue /     escape / safety / recover / take a stroll

 

 

  • A STORY : Favourite animal

    Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken."
    She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, everyone else in the class laughed.

    My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal.
    I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA.
    He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.

    Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened, and he laughed too.
    Then he told me not to do it again.

    The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken.
    She asked me why, just like she'd asked the other children.
    So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.
    She sent me back to the principal's office again. He laughed, and told me not to do it again.

    I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am.
    Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most.

    I told her, "Colonel Sanders".

    Guess where I am now...

     

  • ANGEL! LOOK OUT! - Animated short story
    + "an activity to practise the names of the different animals in the story." 
    (British Council)

     

  • A missing cat - a story
    Listen to it. + Interactive activities
    (rong-chang.com)

  • Socks (cat) - (1989–2009)
    "was the pet cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton's family during his presidency."
    1 Biography 2 Investigation 3 Cultural references 4 References 5 External links
    (Wikipedia)

 

  • The Gingerbread man
    "Click on the picture to read the story then play the game."
    Activity created by Renée Maufroid
    (Niveau 5ème avec PRETERIT)

 

 

 

 

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

    • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
      1 Protagonist 2 Character histories/descriptions 3 Plot 4 Literary techniques
      5 References 6 External links
      (Wikipedia)

    • Mark Haddon - an interview
      + an extract of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" read to you
      "The narrator of the story is an autistic teenager who is obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and who must prove his innocence when a neighborhood dog is killed."
      (npr.org)


    • Study Guide for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
      - Literary Elements
      - Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis
      - Overall Analysis
      - Questions
      (thebestnotes.com)

    • 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
      Proposition d'exploitation pédagogique Page 14
      (trf.education.gouv.fr)

     

 

 

 

Songs :

 

 

  • A WORKSHEET to go with the video : Deadly Animals (Come to Australia)
    Sent by Virginie Henriet     (Ac. Grenoble)
    Deadly Animals (Come to Australia) by "The Scared Weird Little Guys"
    + LYRICS (hotlyrics.net) :

    "Redback, Funnel-Web, Blue-ringed octopus
    Taipan, Tigersnake and a Box jellyfish
    Stonefish and the poison thing that lives in a shell
    That spikes you when you pick it up

    Come to Australia 
    You might accidentally get killed..."

 

 

  • The Mean Kitty Song
    - with the LYRICS :
    "I got this little kitty about 2 months back
    he was the nicest little kitty, now a pain in my crack
    This little kitty is a ninja, always stalking my feet
    This little kitty is a warrior you know what I mean"
    (YouTube)

 

 

 

  • Animals Belong In Class by Teacher and the Rockbots
    "We are going to give you clues
    So you can figure out
    Which of the six main animal classes
    That we're talking about"
    (teacherandtherockbots.com)
    Listen!
    (myspace.com)

 

 

  • A HORSE WITH NO NAME :

  • POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK :

     

     

     

  • The Spider.
    "A Song by Mar - Listen to Mar's song and try to understand as much as you can. You know nearly everything!"
    Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search
    + a list of terms used in these activities.
    Activities created by: Renée Maufroid

 

 

  • "Skidaddle" by Buck Howdy.
    "    Listen to this fun song and practise pronunciation.
    "Skiddadle" is a slang word and means "to move along in a hurried manner"
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

 

 

  • A Bird In The Hand by Ice Cube :
    "But a bird in the hand is worth more than the bush"
    (Proverb :
    'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.')

 

  • Animal House - an animated song with the lyrics
    Use of "There is..."
    (British Council)

 

  • At night by De Vision :
    "But at night all cats are grey"
  • Breakthrough by Galactic Cowboys :
    "Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop "
  • Bull By The Horns by Millencolin :
    "Well, if you can't solve your problems, got to make things happen
    You gotta take the bull by the horns"
    (Proverb : 'You must take the bull by the horns')

 

  • Early In The Morning by Gap Band :
    "Now I gotta get up early every morning
    'Cause the early bird always catches the worm"

  • Esprit De Corps by And Oceans :
    "Seducer sun shine on me
    Familiar scene, fever dream, hallucination
    This beauty of paradise
    Even pigs might fly"

  • Every Dog Has His Day by Cadillac Moon

  • Get down by Gilbert O'Sullivan :
    "You're a bad dog baby...
    Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof"
    (lyrics007.com)

  • Honor to Us All by Mulan :
    "We're going to turn this sow's ear
    Into a silk purse"
    (Proverb : 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear')

 

  • Hungry Years by Survivor :

    "Will you stand beside me like you did before
    When the storm is at the window
    And the wolf is at the door"

 

  • Jeans On by Keith Urban :
    "When I wake up in the mornin' light
    I pull on my jeans and I feel all right...
    I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank
    And I'm king of the road again"

 

  • Jeopardy by Skyclad :
    "In jeopardy - welcome to the lion's den,
    We skate on thin ice - dice with death"
    (to put your head in the lion's den)
  • Love To Love You by Caravan :
    "Yes, indeed, I do love you, love you
    My, my, pigs might fly"
  • Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan :
    "He saw an animal that liked to growl,
    Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
    Great big furry back and furry hair.
    "Ah, think I'll call it a bear."

 

  • One More Heartache by Marvin Gaye :
    "My heart is carryin' such a heavy load
    One more ache would break it
    Just like the camel with the heavy back
    One last straw was added, they say it broke the camel's back "
    (Proverb : 'That's the last straw that breaks the camel's back')
  • People Lead by Ben Harper :
    "for you can lead a horse to the water
    but you cannot make him drink
    you can put a man through school
    but you cannot make him think"
    (Proverb :
    You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink')

 

  • Silly Goofball Poems ( Kerouac LP ) by Juliana Hatfield :"The Moose is a noble dolt.
    The Elk is a fool.
    The Rhinoceros is the biggest bore of them all.
    The Hippopatamus is a Giant River Pig.
    The Hyena is a striped dog who thought he was a laughing Horse.
    The Lion is a Queer Cat who by the power of his Queerness became a great Jowled Cat.
    The Tiger is a pure cat
    The Panther hates cats.
    The Cheetah is a dog who thought he was a Fast Cat..."
  • Stray cat strut by Stray Cats :
    "I don't bother chasing mice around
    I slink down the alley looking for a fight
    Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night..."
  • Terrifying by The Rolling Stones - UPDATED
    "I'm faithful as a swan
    I'm darker than a bat
    I'm friendly as a bear
    And tougher than a rat..."
    (sing365.com)
  • The Camel's Heart by Dolly Parton :
    "She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart"
    (Proverb : 'That's the last straw that breaks the camel's back')

 

  • "The elephant song" by Eric Herman.
    "First, watch the video and write down the name of the animals as they appear on the film.
    Next do the activity and check your answers..."
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  • "Turn to me" - a song by Vanessa Amorosi (transience.com.au)
    - with an animation about kidnapped animals
    - see the lyrics

 

 

  • When Pigs Fly by Farmer Boys :
    "But loving you is like when pigs fly"