Wildlife in the English class

Professorat estrangeres30/01/24  

Students of 3rd of ESO have been learning about wildlife while describing some of their favourite animals in class and linking each description with its corresponding picture. Here you have the results, with  a very well-organized text, the correct use of grammar and quite accurate vocabulary about wildlife around the world! You can also listen to the student’s reading and enjoy their different Englilsh accents, if you want.

Student’s initials: PG:

Hello, I am going to describe an eagle. An eagle is a type of bird that has very big and sharp tallons on its two claws. It has got a strong, yellow and hooked beak and its wings have a lot of feathers because they are massive. Its legs are very powerful because it has to capture and carry its preys. It also has very good sight so they can spot their food.

Student’s initials: MC:

Today, I’m describing to you the cobra because it’s one of my favorite animals.The cobra isn’t an endangered species so it can live in peace. The cobra is a very dangerous reptile, because it has a lot of neurotoxic  poison and if it bites you, you  have to go very fast to the hospital because as I said before it has a neurotoxic poison that affects directly to your nervous system. To inject the poison to you,  the cobra has two very long fangs that it uses to protect itself or to hunt animals to eat. Also, the cobra has got a forked tongue to track its preys. The cobra is an invertebrate animal, that means that it hasn’t got bones on its body. So it moves crawling itself on the ground.

Student’s initials: JG:

In this activity, I’m going to describe an animal named Hedgehog. This animal is a little mammal. Yes, it’s tiny, but its coat, mainly its back, is composed of large spikes that are useful to defend itself from the predators that want to hunt it. Apart from spikes, its coat is covered with brown fur. The Hedgehog also has a round and browny snout . It also has tiny whiskers. They have paws to dig into the dirt. The Hedgehog’s spikes and unique qualities that make it a fascinating mammal to observe.

Student’s initials: BC:

In this activity, I’m going to describe a Betta fish. This species of fish is considered one of the most beautiful fishes in the world. It has the normal things that all the fishes have, like scales, gills… But it also has beautiful and colorful fins and also an incredible tail. The Betta fishes don’t have any  predetermined colours because there are a lot of different colours depending on the place that they live in. The most common one is blue that gives a magical and mysterious vibe. This animal is also recognised because it is very territorial and aggressive with other species.

Student’s initials: LS:

Today I am going to talk about my favourite animal called Parrot.A Parrot is a beautiful , talkative, colourful bird. A Parrot is a type of bird which has a hooked beak and claws.  A Parrot also has wings and  feathers with different colours and four toes on each foot,two pointing forward and two projecting backward. Most parrots eat fruit , flowers, buds, nuts, seeds and some small creatures such as insects . Parrots are found in warm climates all over most of the world.  A Parrot can also fly fast and mimic sounds and speech.

Student’s initials: MB:

Today I am going to describe the Golden Oriole. The Golden oriole is a type of bird that is yellow and black, it has got an orange, long beak, a long tail, with black,  little  yellow wings and four toes and claws. This bird lays its eggs in a nest and the eggs can be white, cream or a pale pink and are decorated with black spots.

Student’s initials: BM:

In this activity, I am going to describe a Clownfish. This animal lives in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, especially along the coasts of Japan, Southeast Asia and Oceania. It’s an amphibian animal. Its skin has scales to protect it, and its skin colour is orange, black and white.The clownfish has a tail. It has different types of fins, such as, anal fin, ventral fin, pectoral fin and dorsal fin. Finally, this animal also has a gill that it uses for breathing. And this is the clownfish.

Student’s initials: AS:

In this activity, I am going to describe a Cheetah.This animal has a brown coat of fur with little black spots and a line in its muzzle. Moreover it’s got a slender body and a long tail. It lives in Africa, especially in the north, southern and eastern part. It is the fastest mammal on earth,  therefore it has long and slender legs that are adapted for high speed. Cheetahs can reach up to 130 km/h. And this is my favorite animal.

Student’s initials: RB:

In this activity I’m going to describe a butterfly. A butterfly is a small black animal with colorful wings that before being a butterfly it was a caterpillar. This animal is born in warm weather  and when winter starts it creates a cocoon and it stays  for some time in the same place. There the cocoon start to grow wings and at the beginning of spring the cocoon is destroyed and a butterfly starts to fly with its colorful wings .

Student’s initials: UT:

Today, I am going to describe a cow because it’s beautiful and interesting. The cow is black and white, and I like its coat. The cow is a mammal. It has a very important job, which is to produce milk for making more food or for drinking. The cow has a big mouth and a very, very big nose. It also has two ears which are larger than the ears of a dog or a cat. The cow has a long tail. It is a safer species than other animals such as the lion or the panda. The cow has not whiskers, a trunk or antlers, but it is very very beautiful.

Student’s initials: AG:

The animal I’m going to describe in this activity is the hummingbird, a little bird with a beautiful meaning for me because of its legends and myths. The hummingbird is a strange bird with wonderful blue feathers. This species has a really long, thin and pointed beak with a gray tone to it. Its wings move very fast in the air, although they aren’t minuscule compared to its body which they are provided with. I really love the form in which the hummingbird flies; I think it is so funny watching  how its wings move so fast!