Home Plan - [GR2-L6-U1-LC1-16 Saving the Last Wild Tigers]

The document provides educators with tips on teaching vocabulary related to tigers and their conservation, focusing on essential words, reading strategies, conservation programs, and the impact of poaching on endangering tigers. It then discusses the endangerment of tigers due to habitat loss, human activities leading to fragmented habitats, conflicts with farmers, efforts to save tigers through reserves, conservation programs, poaching prevention, awareness-raising, and the importance of protective laws, conservation groups, and global collaboration in saving the declining tiger population.

Contents

• Pages 1—27: Educator tips on tigers
• Pages 28—49: Tiger habitat loss.

This section of the document provides tips for educators on ways to introduce and teach new vocabulary words related to tigers and their conservation. It includes learning objectives for students such as using content words, connecting to prior knowledge, and identifying cause-and-effect relationships. The section also presents essential words to know like conservation, extinct, habitats, hoofed, and poach. The focus question “Why are tigers in danger of becoming extinct?” is highlighted. The text further discusses conservation programs in countries where tigers live and the issue of poaching, which contributes to the endangerment of tigers. Additionally, there are reading strategies provided for educators to help students understand the text, such as connecting to prior knowledge and questioning the importance of tigers. Various activities and questions are included to engage students in learning about the importance of tigers, reasons for their endangerment, and potential solutions to address the threats they face.

The section discusses the endangerment of tigers due to habitat loss caused by human activities such as building houses, farms, and roads. As a result of habitat destruction, tigers are forced to live in smaller, fragmented areas, making survival more challenging. The text also highlights how tigers, when deprived of their natural prey due to habitat loss, may turn to hunting farm animals, leading to conflicts with farmers. Efforts to save tigers include creating reserves, increasing conservation programs, deploying guards to prevent poaching, and raising awareness globally. It also mentions the importance of laws to protect tigers and the role of conservation groups and governments in this endeavor. The document ends by emphasizing the importance of collaborative efforts to save the declining tiger population.