Aim We are able to understand the main idea and details of the text.

Procedure Warm Up Comprehension Qs

Find the hidden animals in the picture and talk about what they have in common.

Choose the right the words and write a sentence about elephants.

Do Elephants Ever Forget?

Let’s listen to the whole text trying to figure out what is about. After listening to the whole text, let me ask you over twenty questions.^^

1.What was the name of the big elephant in the London Zoo? Jumbo 2. What does the word “jumbo” mean, as in jumbo burgers? Very big. 3. Where does the word “jumbo” come from? It’s from the name of the famous elephant in the London Zoo.

4. How big was he? Compare him with a car. He was as big as a truck. 5. Was he smart? Yes, he was. 6. What could he do? He could stand on his head, roll over, dance, and do many other things.

7. Where did the visitors come from to see him? From all over the world. 8. Why is the popular saying, “An elephant never forgets” not true? According to studies, they almost never forget. 9. How smart are elephants? Compare them with other animals. They are almost as smart as dolphins.

10. Who is smarter, an elephant, or a three- year-old child? They are almost the same. 11. According to scientist, what is special about the elephant? It has an amazing memory and hardly ever forgets its experiences. 12. How did they find that out? By studying elephants’ behavior over many years.

13. How does an elephant trainer give signals to an elephant? By touching the elephant behind its ear 14. What kind of signals can an elephant remember? Touching signals and spoken signals. 15. How many voice commands can an elephant remember? About forty.

16. Complete the sentence to be a summary of the text. An elephant is so _______ that it can ________________. smart learn many things

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True or False? 18. Trainer give signals to an elephant by touching its neck. False 19. The elephant can understand some voice commands. True 20. The elephant can remember written signs. False

21. Fill in the blanks. A : Did you know about the elephant has a good memory? B : Excuse me? A : The elephant has an amazing memory and almost forgets _____________. It is one of ____________________ on land B : Oh, really? It’s incredible. its experiences the smartest animals

Thank you.

Aim We are able to understand the language (words, phrases, structures) introduced in the reading, and culture related to the reading.

Procedure Reading Structure Final Test

Have you heard of the word "jumbo," as in jumbo boxes or jumbo burgers? It was also the name of a famous elephant in the London Zoo. The elephant Jumbo weighed about 6,600 kg and was as big as a truck. Jumbo was so smart that he could learn many things.

He could stand on his head, roll over, dance, and do many other things. Visitors came from all parts of the world to see him. How could Jumbo do those things?

There is a popular saying, "An elephant never forgets." Studies have shown that this is untrue. If we change the sentence to "An elephant almost never forgets," then it becomes true. The elephant has a large brain, and is one of the smartest animals on land.

It is almost as smart as a dolphin or a three- year-old child. It has an amazing memory and hardly ever forgets its experiences. Scientists have shown this by studying elephants' behavior over many years.

Because it has a good memory, an elephant can learn to do many things. A trainer can sit on an elephant and slowly teach it to follow signals. The trainer gives signals by touching the elephant behind its ears. The elephant can remember the signals.

It stands, turns around, walks forward and walks backward when it understands them. An elephant can also remember spoken signals. It can learn about forty voice commands. That's a pretty good memory!

Final Test