CLIL MATERIAL ADAPTATION CHART.
Class: Grande 6TH Subject Matter: Natural Sciences
English Level: A1 Name of the class: Animals & Habitats
Teacher´s name: José Carlos Link of the material:
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Audiovisual complement:
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Principles of CLIL: This material reflects the principles (CLIL) since language is used to learn as well as
to communicate and work on cognitive skills but also to make students part of a society.
Think critically
Active participation
Principle Skill being developed Possible activity
Teacher will read the text (animals and
habitats) aloud and write on the board each
classification found in it.
(habitats, groups)
Then, He will show students the image that
appears in the text and ask them … (Lost
To according Bloom taxonomy, the open and closed questions)
cognitive skills that will be used by Where is the monkey?
the students in this activity are Can you identify this animal? (pointing to the
(Identifying, classifying and sorting, dog)
reasoning, applying knowledge) What is its name?
Cognitive skills -Teacher will take students from a Where do dogs live? / In the river? / In the
Lots desert? or on in our house?
to a Hots through open and closed After that, the teacher will show students a
questions. video about wild animals and their habitats.
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Finally, the students will do an activity where
they have to classify different animals
according to their habitat.
The kind of interaction we will use in The teacher shows students a big picture of a
this material will be SS- SS so that jungle and a farm and asks them
students will have the possibility to what animals can live there?
interact and learn them work as a What animals can live in a jungle? or on a
Communication skills team. farm or in a house?
and vocabulary The vocabulary of the content will Or other questions like
be (Animals, habitats, domestic, Can a lion live in the sea?
wild animals and pets) Where does the lion live?
the grammar of the content will be Then, the teacher will show students a video
verbs and expressions or structures about animal abilities
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example, (jump, swim) and also After that, Students will play (What Animal I
where animals live, what they eat, Am?)
and their characteristics. This game consists, teacher pastes a picture
(prepositions of place in/ at/ on and of an animal on the back of a student. The
adjectives) student turns around so the other students
can look at it. Then the student asks
questions to find out what the animal is.
(These questions are written on the board by
the teacher to help them)
What does it eat?
Where does it live?
Can it run or fly?
Has it got stripes?
The teacher starts by asking open-ended
questions to the students about animals and
nature so that they get familiar with the main
topic of the class without them realizing.
Example:
Subject matter: Hello everybody!! Do you like animals?
Content Natural Sciences Do you have any pets at home?
Related topic: How many animals do you know?
Animal Adaption Do you think I can have a lion at home?
Name of the class: Animals &
Habitats Then, teacher asks students to draw in their
notebook all the animals they know.
After that, the teacher starts reading the main
text of the class. (animals and habitats)
-The teacher will emphasize the First, the teacher asks questions in order to
importance of caring for animals make students aware of the importance of
and promote the well-being of caring for nature and animals.
wildlife. Examples:
-Teacher will take examples from If we throw garbage into the sea or river.
the text emphasizing that some Aquatic animals would be happy or sad?
animals cannot survive if they are Why?
forcibly removed from their natural If mommy bear is separated from her cubs
habitat. Will she be happy or sad?
Culture -Students will be involved in Then, the teacher will show students a video
different activities that will promote about abuse Animals
the care of animals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-
-This will help them to make part of 11Au4KgfQ
a more conscious society. After that, students will create posters or
crafts with messages about the care of
animals.
(these messages will be written by the
teacher on the board with the help of the
students.)
For example
Help us save the bears.
Don't throw trash in the sea.
Finally, teacher will ask the students to bring
a picture with their favorite pet accompanied
by a little reflexion of 20 words.
