Autumn has arrived and with it lots of spiders.
Warming Up
You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Name two or more other typical autumn things.
b You can see lots of spiders before and during Halloween. Name two or more other typical Halloween animals or decorations.
Your Reading Text:
Top 10 Facts About Spiders!
Read the text with 10 interesting and fun facts about spiders.
Words
a Find the words in the left column in the text.
b Connect the words to their correct definition. Use the context of the reading text to help you.
| 1. awesome | a. ability to see; eyesight |
| 2. eight-legged | b. an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food |
| 3. vision | c. calm, kind, mild |
| 4. prey | d. covered with a lot of hair |
| 5. to leap | e. have a feeling that something or someone wants to hurt you |
| 6. hairy | f. to jump |
| 7. skills | g. not dangerous |
| 8. gentle | h. powers to do something well; abilities |
| 9. harmless | i. small insects |
| 10. feel threatened | j. strange and scary |
| 11. ropes | k. very impressive |
| 12. spooky | l. very strong thick strings |
| 13. bugs | m. with 8 legs |
Questions About the Text
a True or false?
1 All spiders can make silk.
2 All spiders can see very well.
3 Some spiders can jump very far.
4 Spiders are not insects, but arachnids.
5 Spiders are special insects called arachnids.
6 There are no spiders on Antarctica.
b Choose all animals that belong to the same group as spiders.
1 beetles
2 flies
3 mites
4 mosquitoes
5 scorpions
6 ticks
c Which spider is very big, has lots of hair and is not as dangerous as it looks?
1 Black Widow
2 Jumping Spider
3 Tarantula
4 Wolf Spider
Follow-up Task
Do some or all of the following assignments.
a Ben has made a video about his adventures with spider Earl.
1 Watch the video up to 3:24.
2 Write down the three goals Ben has with Earl.
3 What happens on the sixth day?
b 1 Look up information about kinds of spiders found in the Netherlands.
2 Pick one kind.
3 Make a short list, in English, of all the things that are typical for this spider.
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