An Eel Pet

An Eel Pet

Pre-Reading Activities

A: Discussion

1. Look at the picture below and answer the questions.
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a. What is the name of this animal?
b. Where does it live?
c. What does it eat?

2.Today's article is about a German family who has a pet eel. Think about these questions.
a. Where does the family keep the eel?
b. What do you think the family feeds the eel?
c. Do you think an eelwould be a good pet?


B: Vocabulary

Look at these words below. Use your dictionary to find their meanings. Then put them under the correct heading. The first one is done for you as an example.

German,     to train,     eel,     bathtub,     bucket,    to wash,    to catch,      fishing trip,
supper,    fall in love with,     to kill,     to cook,    to share,    to move,     part of the family|Adjective |Noun |Verb |Phrase |
|German | | ||

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C: Predicting

What do you think today's article will be about? In groups discuss the questions below. The questions will help you to think about today's article.

1.What did the family train the eel to do?
2. What is the bathtub for?
3. What is the bucket used for?
4. Who is part of the family?
5. Who caught the eel?
6. Who went on the fishing trip?
7. Who fell inlove with the eel?
8. Who moved house with the family?

Reading Activities

A: Main Idea

Read today's article quickly and circle the best answer below.

Today's article is about... 
a. an eel.
b. afamily that keeps an eel in a bathtub.
c. a 1969 fishing trip.

|Family Keeps Pet Eel in Bath--for 33 Years |
|Berlin Tues Jan 7 (Reuters) - AGerman family has kept an eel in (1)its bathtub for the last 33 |
|years and even trained (2) it to swim into a bucket when someone needs to wash. |
|"He's part of our family, " said...