Course : Αγγλικά A' Λυκείου 2024-2025

Course code : EL795160

EL795160  -  ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΤΣΗ

Units - Animal Rights

Animal Rights

from 1/10/21 till 1/31/21

In this module you are going to:

  • discuss whether animals have rights or not.
  • read an article entitled "scientists told to stop wasting animal lives" and do comprehension activities
  • learn vocabulary relevant to animal rights
  • study passive voice
  • write a summary of a text about Animals on Factory Farms
  • watch a video and discuss the idea of de-extinction
  • make a mindmap with five reasons why keeping animals in captivity is wrong.
  • choose an endangered species to make a donation for and explain the reasons of your choice.
  • take part in a debate about animal-testing experiments.
  • write an essay for the school magazine to express your opinion about whether animal-testing experiments are ethical or not.
Multimedia
Passive Voice presentation

Watch the following presentation to see how active voice becomes passive voice.

Assignments
Passive Voice-theory and practice

Rewrite the following sentences in passive voice.

Links
Module 5 Animal Rights

Here's the link to Module 5 of the digital book. 

Exercises
4. Animal Rights

Decide if the following sentences are true or false.

Exercises
6. Match the words to their definitions.

Match the words below in the text (1-8) with their definitions (a-h).

Assignments
7. Make a concept cube for each of the above words make a mindmap.

Make a mindmap with any of the words in ex. 6. Follow the sample mindmap as a model. 

Documents
Passive Voice
Rewrite the sentences from active voice into passive voice.
Assignments
Animals in captivity-five reasons why it is wrong

Brainstorm five reasons why it is wrong to keep animals in captivity. Then make a mindmap and upload it on the assignments' section.

Assignments
Endangered species-let's save one of them

You and your classmates have the chance to make a donation for an animal that belongs to a species under extinction.

Decide on the animal its survival you wish to sponsor for, and then work in pairs to make a 4-5 google slides presentation about it.

 

Assignments
Debate over the issue of animal-testing experiments.

You are going to take part in a debate about animal-testing experiments. In pairs, prepare arguments for both the researchers and the campaigners against those experiments. 

You may search in the following web pages for extra ideas, but make sure you use your own ideas, too. 

You can create a mind map to help you organise your ideas. 

Then submit it on the assignments' section. 

https://animal-testing.procon.org/

https://crueltyfreeinternational.org/

Assignments
An essay about animal-testing experiments.

animal testing experiments

You have had a class discussion about animal-testing experiments to develop new medicines and cosmetics. Some people argue that these experiments are not ethical while others are in favour of them as long as they benefit humanity. 

Write an essay (120-150 words) for the school magazine to express your opinion.

Assignments
Final draft of essay on "animal-testing experiments"

Over here you may submit the final draft of your essay about animal-testing experiments.

Assignments
Animal-testing experiments

Here you can write your essay as an online text on whether using animals in experiments is ethical or  not.