| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- read an article about feral cats eradication policy;
- talk about ethics and urban animal issues;
- practise vocabulary related to wildlife and population management.
In this CRC lesson, students reflect on animals, review animal-related vocabulary and discuss New Zealand’s invasive predator eradication plan. They share their opinions, debate wildlife ethics and regulations and talk about animal-related problems that some cities face.
This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.
ACTIVITIES
This lesson starts with a warm-up. Students provide examples of animals in different categories (e.g. animals native to your country). After that, they complete the gaps in statements with words for wildlife and other animal-related terms (e.g. feral, pest, predator). Moving on, students choose an animal (e.g. stoat, weasel, ferret) and say what they know about it using the words from the previous exercise. Following that, they use various ideas (e.g. feral cats, eradicate, poison) and information about New Zealand’s invasive predator eradication plan to say what they remember about the article they read at home. Afterwards, students discuss questions evaluating feral cat control policies. Next, they read statements about ethics and regulations in animal and ecosystem management and say to what extent they agree with them. Finally, students analyse animal-related challenges in cities and discuss existing or potential solutions.
ARTICLE
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