trees
Deserts
animals
Unit 9: Deserts
B: Speaking
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 1
What trees/ animals might exist in deserts?
Trees/
animals
Banana
Eucalyptus
Cactus
Date palm
Grass
Frog
Horse
Buffalo
In
deserts
Trees/ animals In
desert
s
Crocodile
Camel
Fox
Dog
Lizard
Rabbit
Goat
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 1
Explaining the choice:
A: What trees/ animals do you think
might exist in deserts?
B: Date palm, cactus, grass can exist in
deserts because they don’t need a lot
of water and can stand the severe
climate there.
A: What about banana trees?
B: I don’t think they can live in such hot
weather.
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 2
Finding out as many natural features of a
desert as possible.(group-work)
Hot in the daytime;
Climate
cold at night
Rainfall
Little/ rare
Deserts
Plants
Some kinds
Animals
Some kinds
Soil
Dry
Seasons
Hot/ cold
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 2
Using what you have done to make
conversations
A: What do you know about the climate
in the desert?
B: It is said that it’s very hot in daytime
and cold at night.
A: Please tell me about the rainfall. How
often does it rain there?
B: It rarely rains there so everything is
very dry.
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3
Choosing the five most important things to bring with
you when going on an expedition across a desert
Things
Your
choice
Things
Why do you choose them?
A knife
A box of
match
Water
A gun
A car
A mosquito
net
A horse
A camel
A cell phone
Food
A blanket
A walkman
Your
choice
Unit 9: Deserts- speaking- task 3
Explaining the choice:
1. Food/ water: The most important thing ->
survive -> hardly find food/ water in a
desert -> bring as much as possible.
2. A knife: help eat easily/ protect from the
attack of animals.
3. A camel: not need much water/ food ->
save -> move easily.
4. A box of match: make fire at night to
warm/ cook food.
In not more than 50 words, write a
passage to say “why desert is not a
favorable place for people and
animals to live.”