Let’s adapt!

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environment during permafrost
1 Read the text “Flora and Fauna” and choose the climate hibernate tundra
correct answers.

1. What is a biome? 3. The largest biome on Earth is the . . .

a. It is a group of animals and plants that share a. forest biome.
similar traits. b. desert biome.
b. It is a group of animals living together. c. tundra biome.
c. It is an area with a distinct climate where d. grassland biome.
plants and animals live. 4. What is a way that animals adapt to their
d. It is a complex network of food chains in a environment?
certain area. a. They hibernate during the hot weather.

2. What is the permafrost layer? b. They hibernate during the cold weather.

a. It is the top layer of ground in the rain forest. c. They make friends with other animals.

b. It is the layer of ground below the top layer in d. They become endangered by human activity.
the tundra.
c. It is the layer to which grasses grow their
taproots.
d. It is the layer of ground found in cold deserts.
th e b e ar
Draw ating.
2 Write three more questions based on the information
in “Flora and Fauna.” Then, ask a classmate to
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answer them.

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3 How does a biome affect the plants and the animals that live
there? Write a cause and effect of the biomes in the chart. There
is one example.

Cause Effect
Tundra Only the top layer of ground thaws in No trees can grow in the tundra.
the summer.

Desert

Grassland

4 Get into teams. Choose one biome from the text.

Each of you will be a “talking” animal from that
biome. Role-play a common day in your lives.
Write the dialogue in the spaces provided.
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Draw a
humid biome.

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 Track

1 Listen to the text about water use and fill in the

blanks. Water

1. If there is a of rainfall during

KEY WORDS
the growing season, farmers have to water
aquifer
their crops.
farmers
2. Precipitation that falls on land flows slowly through
permeable
the layers of soil to replenish the aquifer, an
rainfall
layer of permeable rocks. precipitation
root
    

3. Precipitation rivers and lakes.

4. Water is a resource.

2 Analyze your answers in activity 1 and answer the

following questions. Prefixes are letters added before a root word
that change its meaning. Some of the most
1. What smaller word is a part of each word that you
common prefixes in English are re-, under-, dis-,
filled in the blanks?
or un-.

Example:
2. What is that “smaller” word called?
Water is a renewable source.
a. prefix b. suffix c. root

3. Write an example of a prefix from your answers in Suffixes are letters added after a root word that
activity 1. change its meaning. Some of the most common
English suffixes are -age, -ful, -y, or -ly.

4. Write an example of a suffix from your answers in Example:

activity 1. Be careful with the dishes!

3 Write a prefix or a suffix to change the meaning of the following

words. Then, add a new example of your own.

1. drive    

2. play      

3. friend    

4. agree    

5. honest    

6.    

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4 Read the following sentences. Add a prefix or suffix to the underlined root
word and write the new word. Then, write a sentence using the new word.

1. Aquifers are a source of water.

2. Water is short because there is no rain.  

3. We must suggest new ideas to improve the company’s image.

Name two
nonrenewable

4. You have to use extreme care when you handle a puppy.

resources.

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Work in teams to make words.

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• Choose eight words with different prefixes and suffixes and write
them below.
• Create a pair of cards for each of the words. Write the prefix/suffix on
one card and the root word on the other. Exchange your cards with
another team and see which team can form all the words first.
• Your team should then write sentences using each word.

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 1  ead the following lines. Write an “S” next to each simile
R
and an “M” next to each metaphor.
KEY WORDS
1. The wind was a torrent of darkness.
as
--

2. The water’s surface was smooth as glass. each

like
--

3. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

rhyme
--

4. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor. traits
vivid
--

5. The car chugged like a train. --

6. She was a fish in the water. INDFU

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--

B
7. After I finished eating, my stomach felt like a stone. 

Focus and
--

8. He is as brave as a lion. --

2  se the graphic organizer to help you write similes and metaphors

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about your favorite animal.
write a
• First, draw your favorite animal in the middle.
metaphor about
•
•
Then, write two physical characteristics in the squares on the left.
Write two behavioral traits in the squares on the right.
your best
• Finally, write things that share the same characteristics in the
outer boxes.
friend.
Physical Behavior:
characteristic:

Animal:

Physical Behavior:
characteristic:

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3  rite a 12-line poem about how your favorite animal looks like. Use a
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rhyme dictionary to help with words that rhyme. Include similes and
metaphors.

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4  ork in pairs. Exchange books and use the

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following checklist to revise each other's
poem. Give suggestions on how to improve it.

Criteria Yes No
The poem rhymes.
The poem has 12 lines.
There are at least two similes.
There are at least two metaphors.
The poem expresses strong feelings.
The poem includes vivid images.

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 1 Unscramble the adjectives.

1. siwe    5. rahd  

2. libdn     6. kadr  

3. witeh   7. gronts  

4. etuiq     8. ubys  

2 Use the adjectives from the previous exercise to

complete the similes.

5. as -. -,.; as nails

1. as -. -,.; as an ox

6. as -. -,.; as an owl
2. as -. -,.; as a bee

3. as -. -,.; as a bat 7. as -. -,.; as a mouse

8. as -. -,.; as a ghost
4. as -. -,.; as night

KEY WORDS
bee ghost
What animal skill
bat
nails
ox
similar would you like
to have?

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3  isten to the conversation. Use the words in the box

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to describe what each person is like.
Just the Way You Are

ox  bee  bat  night  
nails  owl  mouse  ghost

1. Ann: -.    .;-_--;;;;,;

2. Tyler: -.;  .;-_--;;;;,;

3. Isabella: -..;-_--;;;;,;

4. Grandma: -,.;-_--;;;;,; 5 Work with a classmate and guess the simile.

• Describe a person you chose in activity 4.

4  o you know a famous person who is similar to an
D • Your classmate listens to you and guesses
animal? Write down a description of that person and the animal this person is similar to.
the reasons why they are like an animal. • Take turns guessing the simile.

Person Characteristics

What’s your
grandma like?

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 Test Yourself
Reading and Writing - Part 5
Look at the picture and read the story. Write some words to complete
the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2, 3, or 4 words.

The Contest
My name’s Jane, and I live in a big city with my brother and
my parents. My brother’s name is John. Our city is very near a
beautiful forest that has enormous trees.

Last Monday, my friend Sara visited us and we went hiking there.

When we were in the forest, we saw some squirrels. John said,
“Look, I can run faster than the squirrels!” Sara said, “So can I!”

Then John said, “Let’s see who can run across the bridge the
fastest! Let’s have a race!” John likes to have competitions, and so
does Sara, but I don’t because I always lose. As always, I was last so
I felt really disappointed.

Sara said, “OK. Let’s have one more competition. Let’s see who can
climb that tall tree. Jane, you go first.” I started climbing, then Sara,
and finally John. I was last, and Sara first.

Sara shouted, “I am the best climber in the whole world! I am the

best!” But when she was shouting, a squirrel climbed up the tree
so fast that we lost sight of it. We started laughing and I said, “No,
Sara, that squirrel is the best!”

Examples
Jane and her family live in a big city near a beautiful forest .

The name of Jane’s brother is John   .

Questions

1 Jane, John, and Jane’s friend went - ; -..;; in the forest.

2 Sara is -; -..;; .

3 They saw -; -..;; in the forest.

4 Jane -; -. .;; because she always loses.

5 When Jane finished last in the race she was - ;- ..;; .

6 The second competition was to -; - ..;; .

7 When Sara was shouting, a squirrel - ;- .;; than her.

Strategy: Read a text and complete summary sentences to confirm understanding.

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It’s time to write your personal reflection! Imagine living a day as your favorite
animal. What would you do? Where would you live? Who would you be with?
How would you survive? Fill in the organizer describing a day as your
favorite animal.

in the morning in the afternoon

What would happen if I

were a/an... ?

at night in the evening

BE Aware of Your Progress

Write “yes” or “not yet” for each category.

According According to According to

Can I . . . ? to me my classmates my teacher

summarize causes and effects

modify root words using prefixes and suffixes to form
new words
write a poem using metaphors and similes

use similes to compare people and animals

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