Unit 9. Deserts

Deserts
trees
animals
Unit 9: Deserts
B: Speaking

What trees/ animals might exist in deserts?
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 1
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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 1


Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 2
Finding out as many natural features of a desert as possible.(group-work)
Deserts
Rainfall
Climate
Plants
Animals
Soil
Seasons
Hot in the daytime;
cold at night
Some kinds
Little/ rare
Some kinds
Dry
Hot/ cold


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 2
Using what you have done to make conversations
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3
Choosing the five most important things to bring with
you when going on an expedition across a desert
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Why do you choose them?
Explaining the choice:
Food/ water: The most important thing -> survive -> hardly find food/ water in a desert -> bring as much as possible.
A knife: help eat easily/ protect from the attack of animals.
A camel: not need much water/ food -> save -> move easily.
4. A box of match: make fire at night to warm/ cook food.

Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3


In not more than 50 words, write a passage to say “why desert is not a favorable place for people and animals to live.”