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 LISTENING GAP FILL

I think fish ____________________ interesting creatures on the planet. They are absolutely fascinating. I love their ____________________ , colours, social behaviour, everything. I can watch tropical fish ____________________ for hours. Even ____________________ fish are so beautiful. When I go to the city aquarium, I ____________________ whole morning or afternoon looking at the fish. I don’t have a favourite fish. I must ____________________ watching the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ I do now like clownfish. As well as looking at fish, I also love eating them. Tuna is my favourite, especially ____________________ . When I visit Japan, the first thing ____________________ a sushi restaurant. Raw fish ____________________ tastier than cooked fish. And probably ____________________ .

 CORRECT THE SPELLING

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 UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

 STUDENT FISH SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about fish in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

 WRITING

Write about fish for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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 HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about fish. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about fish. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FISH POSTER Make a poster about fish. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FISH LESSON: Make your own English lesson on fish. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on fish. Share your findings with the class.