Why

Lead-in

  • What words do you associate bees with?
  • What do you know about bees?

Presentation

Pre

  • What bee products do you consume?
    • I consume …
    • I don’t consume …

Top Down

  • What is the text about? Read it and find out!
  • Why bees are important
  • How bees fly
  • Who likes bees
  • Why bees are important
  • How bees fly
  • Who likes bees

The need for bees

We need bees. We may take them and other pollinators like butterflies and hoverflies for granted, but they’re vital to stable, healthy food supplies and key to the varied, colorful, and nutritious diets we need (and have come to expect).

Bees are perfectly adapted to pollinate, helping plants grow, breed, and produce food. They do so by transferring pollen between flowering plants and therefore keeping the cycle of life turning.

The vast majority of plants we need for food rely on pollination, especially by bees: from almonds and vanilla to apples and squash. Bees also pollinate around 80% of wildflowers in Europe, so our countryside would be far less interesting and beautiful without them.

But bees are in trouble. There’s growing public and political concern at bee decline across the world. This decline is caused by a combination of stresses – from loss of habitat and food sources to exposure to pesticides and the effects of climate breakdown.

More than ever before, we need to recognize the importance of bees to nature and to our lives. And we need to turn that into action to ensure they don’t just survive but thrive.

Thanks to bees we can enjoy a range of foods from apples and pears to coffee and vanilla. And if you are wearing cotton, that’s because the cotton plant your threads came from was pollinated.

Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?
  1. Why are bees perfectly adapted to the process of pollination and plant growth? Because they transfer pollen between flowering and end the cycle of life.
  2. Why Europe’s countryside would be far less interesting and beautiful without the bees? Because they pollinate around 80% of wildflowers in that continent.
  3. Why do we say that bees are in trouble? Because public and political concern for them decline across the world.
  4. Why can we wear cotton clothes? Because they are synthetical. The bees aren’t responsible for them.
  1. Why are bees perfectly adapted to the process of pollination and plant growth? Because they transfer pollen between flowering and end the cycle of life. False
  2. Why Europe’s countryside would be far less interesting and beautiful without the bees? Because they pollinate around 80% of wildflowers in that continent. True
  3. Why do we say that bees are in trouble? Because public and political concern at them decline across the world. True
  4. Why we can wear cotton clothes? Because they are synthetical. The bees aren’t responsible for them. False

Post

  • Was the text about bees boring, neutral or interesting?
  • What other insects or animals are important to the environment?

Target Language

Explanations

Questions > Why?

  • Why do you like playing games?

  • Why are you watching this tv show?

  • Why do you travel a lot?

  • Why do you play guitar in a band?

Answers > Because.

  • Because I have fun playing games.

  • Because I really like the animation.

  • Because I have to do job meetings.

  • Because I love Rock music!

Controlled Practice

  • Practice your pronunciation of the following sentences and then use the target language to change it to interrogative form and practice again.

Example: She eats apples. > Why does she eat apples?

  1. You have a videogame.
  2. She travels all the time.
  3. You like to watch TV.
  4. I want to travel abroad.
  5. They watch netflix every Sunday evening.
  1. Daniel travels more than he should.
  2. She plays Call of duty!
  3. You watch a lot of YouTube vídeos.
  4. She travels but doesn’t like it.
  5. He plays Xbox, not PlayStation.
  1. Why do you have a videogame?
  2. Why does she travel all the time?
  3. Why do you like to watch TV?
  4. Why do I want to travel abroad?
  5. Why do they watch netflix every Sunday evening?
  1. Why does Daniel travel more than he should?
  2. Why does she play Call of duty?
  3. Why do you watch a lot of YouTube vídeos?
  4. Why does she travel but doesn’t like it?
  5. Why does he play Xbox, not PlayStation?

Freer Practice

  • Practice substitution drills with the target language.

Teacher: Play

Student: You play video games.

Teacher: He

Student: He plays video game.

Production

  • Create answers to the questions from Controlled Practice. Say the question and then say the answer.

Example: Why are you watching this tv show? / Because I really like that animation.

Homework

Match the questions and answers. One is done for you.

  1. Why are the students laughing?

  2. Why are your clothes wet?

  3. Why are you so happy?

  4. Why is Peter feeling healthy and strong?

  5. Why is your mother crying?

  6. Why do you wear a mask when you go outside?

(   ) Because he exercises every day.

(   ) Because she is cutting an onion.

(   ) Because I don’t want to get COVID.

(   ) Because it’s raining.

(1) Because the joke is really funny.

(   ) Because it’s my birthday.

  1. Why are the students laughing?

  2. Why are your clothes wet?

  3. Why are you so happy?

  4. Why is Peter feeling healthy and strong?

  5. Why is your mother crying?

  6. Why do you wear a mask when you go outside?

(4) Because he exercises every day.

(5) Because she is cutting an onion.

(6) Because I don’t want to get COVID.

(2) Because it’s raining.

(1) Because the joke is really funny.

(3) Because it’s my birthday.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: your / do / tell / Why / secrets / you / her > Why do you tell her your secrets?

  1. friend / my / she / Because / is

  2. angry / he / Why / so / is

  3. computer / doesn’t / Because / work / the

  4. you / sweater / are / a / Why / wearing

  5. tonight / cold / is / Because

  1. Because she is my friend.

  2. Why is he so angry?

  3. Because the computer doesn’t work.

  4. Why are you wearing a sweater?

  5. Because is cold tonight.

Match the questions with the correct answers

  1. Why are you studying English?

  2. Why do you want to live abroad?

  3. Why do you play piano?

  4. Why are you requesting a passport?

  5. Why are you watching this horror film if you are afraid?

(   ) Because I love classic music and I want to play Beethoven’s symphonies.

(   ) Because I want to travel next summer.

(   ) Because I want to study at the USA.

(   ) Because I’m keeping my sister company, but my eyes are closed.

(   ) Because I like to know other language and culture.

  1. Why are you studying English?

  2. Why do you want to live abroad?

  3. Why do you play piano?

  4. Why are you requesting a passport?

  5. Why are you watching this horror film if you are afraid?

(3) Because I love classic music and I want to play Beethoven’s symphonies.

(4) Because I want to travel next summer.

(1) Because I want to study at the USA.

(5) Because I’m keeping my sister company, but my eyes are closed.

(2) Because I like to know other language and culture.

Make questions using “why” and answer them using “because”.

Example: Go to the zoo / Want to see animals > Why do people go to the zoo? / Because they want to see animals.

  1. Use the internet / Want to find information

  2. Take medicine / Are sick

  3. Go to the movie theater / Want to see a movie

  4. Go to English classes / Want to learn English

  5. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables / Want to be healthy

  1. Why do the people use the internet? / Because they want to find information.
  1. Why do the people take medicine? / Because they are sick.
  1. Why do the people go to the movie theater? / Because they want to see a movie.
  1. Why do the people go to English classes? / Because they want to learn English.
  1. Why do the people eat a lot of fruits and vegetables? / Because they want to be healthy.

Put the dialogue in the correct order.

(   ) Why? Don’t you like restaurants?

(   ) Let’s go to my house. I don’t want to go the restaurant.

(   ) No, because I like to cook.

(   ) Hi Ted! I’m sad, it’s true. Because I’m hungry.

(   ) Cool! I need to learn how to cook. Thank you!

(   ) Hi Mark! How are you? Why do you look sad?

(4) Why? Don’t you like restaurants?

(3) Let’s go to my house. I don’t want to go the restaurant.

(5) No, because I like to cook.

(2) Hi Ted! I’m sad, it’s true. Because I’m hungry.

(6) Cool! I need to learn how to cook. Thank you!

(1) Hi Mark! How are you? Why do you look sad?

Writing

Write a text about why something is important in your life.

Example: Hanging out with my friends is really important in my life because…