Соколова Надежда Сергеевна
Учитель английского языка высшей категории
Fragments of the lesson “Hoopoe – the
Bird of the Year”
in Games and Poems.
•
Look at the dialogue. Read and correct the information in
italics.
Example: 1=29 cm not 39
Boy: Can I ask you some
questions about hoopoes, please?
Zoo keeper: Yes, sure.
Boy: How big are they?
Zoo keeper: Oh, the
grow to about 39 cm.
Boy: And what do they
eat?
Zoo keeper: Large insects and their larvas and small birds.
Boy: Where do they make
a nest?
Zoo keeper: In close areas and in the edge
of the park.
Boy: And how many eggs
do they lay?
Zoo keeper: They
usually lay six or ten and in the tropics – one or two.
Boy: Thank you very
much.
Answers:
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29 cm 2. small 3. animals 4. open 5. forest 6. five
or nine 7. four or seven
•
Copy the table. Complete the information for the hoopoe as quick
as possible.
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Hoopoe
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Height
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Main food
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Nest
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Number of eggs
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A Poem
Who cries up-upa near
our car?
Such a wonderful bird
we see
In the hollow of the
tree.
Кто кричит
«Уп-упа»
В дупле
дерева с утра?
Птичка с
хохолком сидит
И на нас с тобой
глядит.
•
Haiku.
Hollow in the tree,
Hoopoe with crest flies
in-
The sounds of strong
wings.
Дупло
дерева!
Удод с
хохолком летит в-
Слышен шум
крыльев.
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Just right at my feet-
When did you happen to
get here,
Little bird
hoopoe?
Прямо у
моих ног-
И как ты
оказался здесь,
удод ?
•
Lovely thing to see:
through the hollow in
the tree.
Hoopoe`s crest is seen.
Видно
чудесное существо:
Сквозь
дупло дерева
Хохолок
удода виднеется.
•
Desert . Hills area.
Hoopoe’s voices are heard
by.
All are so happy.
Пустыня. Холмистая местность.
Голос удода
Все счастливы.
•
Guess.
What bird is painted on
the stamps of many countries and in the bank note of the Gambia? (hoopoe)
•
Find ten words in this snake .
Hoopoegyptailongreyellowoodeceptioneck
(Hoopoe , Egypt ,tail
,long ,grey ,yellow ,wood ,deception ,neck)

•
Divide the class into groups. In five minutes each group has to
write as many birds as it can in English. Students can use dictionaries of
course! The group with the most names is the winner.
(Some useful words
which you may wish to have at hand: pelican, swan,
goose,duck,eagle,woodpecker,sparrow,toucan,hummingbird,redstar,swift, hoopoe,owl,cjndor,thrush,black
bird, budgerigar, chicken, albatross.)
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Riddle.
It is a bird with a long orange crest on its head. It differs
from other birds by its black and white feathers in its wings and tail. The
colour of its head, neck and chest may change from pink to brown . When landing
the bird spreads its crest like a fan. What
is it? (hoopoe)
•
Game “Snowball”
Name the parts of the hoopoe’s
body
(crest, beam, feather,
fan, head, chest, neck, tail, claw, leg)
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