Task


 * OVERALL GOALS FOR THE STUDENTS: **

Lesson 1. - Locate where Rainforests are around the world. - locate the closest rainforest to you. - locate the amazon rainforest on a map. - find rain forests on atlases and sketch them. - assessment

Lesson 2. - Have students draw description of a particular rainforest like or is close to them. - Find the animals and plants that live in the Amazon Rainforest. - Find the main dangers to the rainforest. Example - extinct animals. - Present information in information reports. - assessmen ts.

Lesson 3.

- Discuss the history of rainforests. - Make a timeline of the rainforests since a 100 years ago. - Share written and visual texts such as Where the Forest Meets the Sea (Baker, 1988). Seek students’ responses to such questions as: Have you been to a place/heard about a place like this? Where is it located? What might you hear, smell, feel, touch, see there? What does the text tell us about the rainforest?