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Ann drew these six sharks for a class project on scary things in the sea. She wrote a description of each, but forgot to number them.
“Now I don’t know which is which,” she said.
Hammerhead shark. Up to 4 metres long. It is slate-grey in colour. It has a wide flattened body and an oddly-shaped hammerhead with eyes on the head and mouth underneath. It has pointed, very fine saw-like teeth.
Blue shark. Length - up to 5 metres. Its back is blue-black, getting lighter in colour, with grey-white underbelly. It has a very slim, streamlined body and long pointed snout.
Man-eater shark. Length from 3 to 6 metres (also up to 12m). Its colour is dark grey-brown to slate blue along back, dirty white underneath. The powerful rounded body has a blunt snout. It has long gill slits. Its teeth are large and triangular with saw-like edges. This shark is very dangerous to man.
Thresher shark. Up to 3 metres long. It is dark blue to light greyish-blue in colour. The body is slender with a blunt snout. It has a very long upper tail (almost half its body length). It uses this long tail to herd shoals of sardines, mackerel and herrings.
Smooth hound. Up to 2 metres long. Its colour is grey to grey-brown, lighter underneath. It has white spots on its back and slender body. Its snout is long and blunt.
Grey shark. From 1 to 2 metres long (sometimes up to 6 m). It is grey in colour, lighter underneath. It has a long upper tail, and only one dorsal (back) fin. It has six gill slits. This shark usually lives in deep waters.
Do you know any more about sharks? See if your group can find more facts and stories about them.
BECOME FEARLESS
Would you believe it that some people have a FEAR OF WORDS? It is called VERBOPHOBIA. I would like to ensure that you never suffer from this phobia. Here are some exercises to show you that words can be FUN.
LITTLE MISS MUFFET
Little miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet
Eating her curds and whey.
There came a big spider
And sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away!
MODERN MISS MUFFET
Remains on her tuffet
And hasn’t been frightened away.
The spider, downhearted
And dizzy, departed
Repelled by her pressurised spray.
Isn’t that clever? You can do it too. You need to notice two tricks:
Now you try these two tricks on a well-known nursery rhyme. Use “Three Blind Mice” or “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and see what fun version you can create.
MORE FEARLESS FUN WITH WORDS
Neil, an alien
Party trap
1. …………… 2. ……………… 3. …………..…… 4. ………………………...……
Words to help you
solos noon ewe kayak civic bib level eye mom nun deed dad
This is a PALINDROME sentence and Napoleon Bonaparte wrote it when he took ill at a place called Elba . “ Able was I ere I saw Elba.”
LEARNING OUTCOME 3: READING AND VIEWING The learner is able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and to respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts.
Assessment Standard
We know this when the learner:
3.10 understands and responds appropriately to information texts:
3.10.1 identifies main and supporting ideas; 3.10.2 scans for specific details in texts (e.g. weather reports, bus timetables, maps);
3.10.2 scans for specific details in texts (e.g. weather reports, bus timetables, maps);
3.10.3 follows short printed instructions and directions.
LEARNING OUTCOME 4: WRITING The learner is able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes.
Assessment Standard
We know this when the learner:
4.4 applies knowledge of language at various levels:
4.4.1 word level.
Activity 1
Hammerhead shark- 1
Man-eater shark - 3
Blue shark - 2
Thresher shark - 6
Smooth hound - 5
Grey shark - 4
Activity 2
It herds its prey (small fish, such as sardines, herrings and mackerel).
The hammerhead
The man-eater
To breathe
Activity 3
1. eye
2. nun
3. ewe
4. kayak
5. level
6. noon
7. bib
8. mom
9. dad
10. solos
11. civic
12. deed
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