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Compare and Contrast
Probable, Possible, Plausible
elusiveassuringferryqueasy

Task

Grammar

Vocabulary

Narrative inference

Today's Lesson

Reading

Level 7 Unit 2 Lesson 5

Beautiful Birds

Get Thinking!

Do you like to travel?

Idioms

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Reading

Prereading

Do you think it is easy to find a specific bird?
smaller road, which we followed for hours. We drove slowly through large grasslands for hours. My father kept seeing movement and pointing, so I’d turn off the road and take a detour, driving on dusty gravel roads through fields and past small towns. But we didn’t find the Hoopoe.
After a lot of preparation, We landed in the capital of Morocco, rented a car and set off to look for the elusive bird. I had joined many birding groups on social media and traced a path we should follow on the map. Traffic in the city was hectic and scary, but we soon got onto a
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He was certain we would find the Hoopoe eventually. When we checked in to the hotel, for the fourth night, I checked my messages and had to tell my father, “Bad news, The birding group now says that the Hoopoes have all moved north out of Africa, dad.”
My birding group kept assuring me that the Hoopoe was just a little bit further north, so we kept driving. The weather was hot and dry, so we stayed in the air conditioned car for the majority of the day. By the third day, I was tired, sore and a little bored, but my father remained upbeat and excited.
assuring

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obsessed with some common bird; a pigeon, for instance. I spent some time talking to the man at the front desk and found out there was a ferry to Spain that left early the next morning. We got up at the crack of dawn, registered the car and drove it onto the ferry.
My father looked at me with determination in his eyes. “Well, then we’ll have to go north as well.” “We only have 3 more nights before our flight home,” I told him. “We can do it, son.” He stood and looked at the new maps the group had sent. “We’ll have to go to Spain.” I groaned and wondered why my father couldn’t have become
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from people who had seen Hoopoes in a large park, so we headed straight there. My father hummed along to the radio while I tried not to throw up.
A few long hours later, we drove the car off the ferry and headed north east toward Cadiz. My stomach was still queasy from the rocking of the boat and my head was pounding. I asked my father to drive for a while and tried to nap while we drove toward the city. I had received three alerts
queasy

Reading

Why did the characters get on a ferry?What is the writer using to help them find the Hoopoe?

Comprehension

feeling like throwing up
telling someone you are sure something is true
hard to find
large boat that can carry passengers and cars
elusive
assuring
queasy
ferry

Matching

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Choose

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  • queasy
  • cheesy
  • quetzal
  • retired
  • assuring
  • asking
  • increasing
  • queasy
  • elusive
  • organised
  • retired
  • queasy
  • ferry
  • bicyrlce
  • car
  • train
  • truck
  • retired
  • refrained
  • removed
  • eluded

I hate the ! The boat always smells terrible!

The Hoopoe is not really an bird, they were just in the wrong place.

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My grandpa from work when he was only 60!

My mom kept me that she knew how to get to the station.

When the boat rocked, I felt really .

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Inference

Character Analysis

Character

Narrative

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Grammar

plausiblepossible, fair or reasonableIt is plausible that she was late because of a traffic accident.

It is possible that there is homework in the box, but it is more probable that it is a birthday gift.

probablevery likelyIt is probable that I will pass the test. I know all the information
possible able to be doneIt is possible to take a ferry to Spain.

Things that are possible are not always probable.

Probable

plausiblepossible, fair or reasonableIt is plausible that she was late because of a traffic accident.
probablevery likelyIt is probable that I will pass the test. I know all the information
possible able to be doneIt is possible to take a ferry to Spain.

Probable

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Practice

Compare

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What are the two different solutions the speakers give?

Listening

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Extension

Be ready to talk for 1 to 2 minutes about the animals you like and why animals are important to you.
Prepare a short speech to be presented in lesson 7.
What do you think is possible for humans in the future?

Exit Interview

Goodbye