© Eleanor Curtain Publishing Animal Close-ups Written by Anna Porter AlphaWorld Animal Close-ups Topic: Animals Curriculum link: Living Things; Environment Text type: Description Reading level: 11 Word count: 211 High-frequency words: what, is, this, a, like, can, up, its, it, to, has, in, with, and, at, the, of, they, their, two, look, for, too Vocabulary: butterfly, tongue, scorpion, tail, bull ant, mouth, jaws, moth, wing, fly, eye, spider, head, beetle, foot Possible literacy focus: Understanding the structure of a report about specific features and behaviour of animals. Understanding the purpose of close-up photography in studying animals. Follow-up activities What am I? Write the names of the animals’ body parts from the book on cards: butterfly’s tongue, scorpion’s tail, bull ant’s mouth and jaws, moth’s wing, fly’s eye, spider’s head, beetle’s foot. Choose a child to come to the front of the room. Stick one of the cards above the child’s head so that they cannot see what is written, but the other children can. The child tries to guess what body part they are by asking the class questions. The questions must be able to be answered with Yes or No. For example: Do I belong to an insect? Am I part of the insect’s head? Does the insect I belong to have wings? Using microscopes Set up a microscope/s for the children to use, or supply magnifying glasses. Provide parts of animals for the children to look at, e.g. butterfly’s wing, hair from a dog or cat, beetle’s shell, snail’s shell. Ask the children to examine these objects close-up and draw what they see. They can then write about their drawing following the format from the text. For example: “What is this? This is a butterfly’s wing.” Animal body parts Ask the children to look through the book to find all of the animals’ body parts. Ask them to make a list of these words: tongue, tail, mouth, jaws, wing, eye, head, foot. Then have the children sort the words according to their first letters. Ask them if they can add other body parts or animals’ names starting with the same letter. For example: tongue tail toes feet fox wing wasp eye ear mouth moth monkey jaws jaguar
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© Eleanor Curtain Publishing
Animal Close-upsWritten by Anna Porter
AlphaWorld
Animal Close-upsTopic: AnimalsCurriculum link: Living Things; EnvironmentText type: DescriptionReading level: 11Word count: 211High-frequency words: what, is, this, a, like, can, up, its, it, to, has, in,with, and, at, the, of, they, their, two, look, for, tooVocabulary: butterfly, tongue, scorpion, tail, bull ant, mouth, jaws, moth,wing, fly, eye, spider, head, beetle, footPossible literacy focus:Understanding the structure of a report about specific features andbehaviour of animals.Understanding the purpose of close-up photography in studyinganimals.
Follow-up activities
What am I?Write the names of the animals’ body parts fromthe book on cards: butterfly’s tongue, scorpion’stail, bull ant’s mouth and jaws, moth’s wing, fly’seye, spider’s head, beetle’s foot. Choose a child tocome to the front of the room. Stick one of thecards above the child’s head so that they cannotsee what is written, but the other children can.The child tries to guess what body part they are byasking the class questions. The questions must beable to be answered with Yes or No. For example:Do I belong to an insect? Am I part of the insect’shead? Does the insect I belong to have wings?
Using microscopesSet up a microscope/s for the children to use, orsupply magnifying glasses. Provide parts ofanimals for the children to look at, e.g. butterfly’swing, hair from a dog or cat, beetle’s shell, snail’sshell. Ask the children to examine these objectsclose-up and draw what they see. They can thenwrite about their drawing following the formatfrom the text. For example: “What is this? This isa butterfly’s wing.”
Animal body partsAsk the children to look through the book to findall of the animals’ body parts. Ask them to make alist of these words: tongue, tail, mouth, jaws, wing,eye, head, foot. Then have the children sort thewords according to their first letters. Ask them ifthey can add other body parts or animals’ namesstarting with the same letter. For example:
tonguetailtoes
feetfox
wingwasp
eyeear
mouthmothmonkey
jawsjaguar
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Draw and labelYou will need:paper, pencils
1. Choose an animal from the book Animal Close-ups.2. Draw a line down the middle of your paper.3. Draw the animal on one side of the line.4. Draw a close-up of a part of the animal
on the other side.5. Label the parts
of the animal.
Animal modelsYou will need:pipe cleaners, egg cartons, material, coloured paper,plastic containers, sticky tape, scissors
1. Choose an animal from the book Animal Close-ups.2. Use the materials to make a model of this animal.3. Write a sentence that tells something you know
about this animal.
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What is this?Write and draw.
What is this?
What is this?
What is this?
What is this?
What is this?
What is this?
What is this?
Instructions Ask the children to write and draw to answer the question “What is this?”.
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Word clozeWrite in the missing words.
Instructions Ask the children to use their knowledge of high-frequency words to complete the cloze activity.
What is this?
This _____ a butterfly’s tongue.
A butterfly’s tongue is like a long straw.
A butterfly ______ roll up its tongue.
It uses its tongue _____ drink nectar.
What is _______?
This is a scorpion’s tail.
A scorpion ______ poison in its tail.
It can sting other animals _______ its tail.
What _____ this?
This is a bull ant’s mouth ______ jaws.
A bull ant’s mouth is at ___ front of ___ head.
A bull ant can use its strong jaws ____ carry
food back to its nest.
_______ is this?
This is _____ moth’s wing.
A moth has two pairs _____ wings.
It uses its wings _____ fly.
This moth is resting with ______ wings out.
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