จูบ ใครคิดว่าไม่สำคัญ ถ้าเป็นจุมพิตแห่งความตาย

Title:  จูบ ใครคิดว่าไม่สำคัญ  ถ้าเป็นจุมพิตแห่งความตาย (Kiss on lips of Death)

Introduction:
         Bangkok Post, November 22, 2002, reported an incredible incident about a man who was showing off for friends by kissing his new rattlesnake was bitten on the lip and almost died, happened in Yacolt, Washinton. 

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Goal:
       The content is for students in Mattayom 5 to pratice reading skills and critical thinking.

Reading Content:
       Yacolt, Wasington - A man who was showing off for friends by kissing his new rattlesnake was bitten on the lip and almost died.Matt George, 21, was hospitalised in criticalcondition after the weekend incident and two days later his condition had been upgraded to serious.
       The man had been showing friends the snake he had caught on a recent trip to Arizona. Holding the half-meter rattler behind the head, he kissed it.
      "I said, 'OK, man, you're being stupid, put it away'," recalled friend Jim Roban.
      "He said: 'It's OK, I doo it all the time'," Mr. Roban said.
      After the second kiss, the snake bit him under his moustache. He dropped the snake on the kitchen floor and Mr. Roban kill him with his boot.

Discussion Issues:
 1.  What pet do you like to keep at home?
 2.  Do you think snakes should be kept as a pet?
 3.  Can you name 5 kinds of dangerous animal? And why?

Activity Suggestion:
 1.  Students' collection of animals' names and their pictures.
 2.  Student brainstorm about ways to protect themselves from dangerous animals.

Integration with other subjects:
 1.  Health: to gain knowledge of first-aid before going to the nearest hospital in case of emergency.
 2.  Biology: to gain knowledge about nature of dangerous and  poisonous wild animal.
 3.  English: to gain knowledge of new vocabulary shown in the content and reading skills.

References:

          https://www.virginiaplaces.org/graphics/rattler.jpg

               Bangkok Post, November 22, 2002
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