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Matching illustrations with texts

Tip! Illustrations support the words in texts.

Label the sentences A or B to match the illustrations.

A B

1 Komodo dragons are very large lizards.

2 Penny decided to have a party.

3 Penny wanted all of her friends to come to her party.

4 They hatch from eggs.

5 She asked Kookaburra to help her with the party invitations.

6 Then she thought about what food to have.

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7 Komodo dragons can grow to 3 m in length.

8 They eat birds, other lizards and small animals.

Note: Sentences about Penny are from an imaginative story. Sentences about the Komodo
dragon are from an informative report.

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aginativeMatching
texts illustrations with story titles
Tip! Story titles give clues to what a story is about.

Choose an illustration for each story title below.

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A B
rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

B
C D

re very large lizards.

E
ave a party.

of her friends to come to her party.

ggs.
1 Jungle rescue
urra to help her with the party invitations.
Cranky Chloe learns a lesson
2
about what food to have.
Mickey’s dream comes true
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4 The shark who ate vegetables

er lizards and small animals.

5 Loris in trouble

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 Writing story titles

Tip! Stories need titles that attract the reader’s interest.

Write a story title to match each story idea below.

1 Two children fetch water from the river every day. One day when
they get to the river there’s no water. It has disappeared! The
children work out what has happened to the water.

Title:

2 Two children fetch water from the river every day. One day they
find a baby possum that has been washed down the river. They help
it find its family.

Title:

3 Two children fetch water from the river every day. One day a wild
bear follows them. Will they be safe?

Title:
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4 Two children fetch water from the river every day. One day there is
a terrible storm. They hide in a cave and discover a magic ring.

Title:

Note: The underlined parts are the complications in each story. A complication sets off the
events in a story.

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aginative texts
Writing thoughts and feelings

Tip! Verbs are used for thoughts and feelings.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

Write
B about yourself. Finish each sentence.

1 I feel

I hope
2
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.
ave a party.
3 I think

of her friends to come to her party.

.

ggs. 4 I need

urra to help her with the party invitations. .

5 I wish
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6I love
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.
from an imaginative story. Sentences about the Komodo
mative report. Note: Verbs in stories can introduce what characters think and feel.

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 Writing thoughts and feelings

Tip! Animal characters in stories have thoughts and feelings.

1 Write what the cat is thinking.

I think

2 Write what the dog is feeling.

I feel

3 Draw an animal for a story you might

write. Tell readers what the animal is
thinking and feeling.

I think
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I feel

.
Note: Facial expressions and body language in illustrations show feelings.

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aginative texts Writing feelings

Tip! Facial expressions tell us what characters feel.

Write what each character might say about how they feel.
illustrations
1
with texts
I feel

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

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B
2 I feel

.
re very large
3 lizards. I feel

ave a party.

of her friends to come to her party. .

4 I feel
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.
about what food to have.
5 I feel
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.
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mative report. Note: You can ‘read’ people’s facial expressions to work out how they feel.

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 Using words for sounds

Tip! Some words sound like the noises they represent.

1 Read the poem. Circle words for noises.

My noisy home
Thump thump!
went my brother
Jumping down the hall.
Bang bang!
went my sister
bouncing on her ball.
CRASH SMASH!
went a glass
falling to the floor.
Ding dong!
went the chime.
“Someone’s at our door!”

2 Finish each sentence.

a Splish splash went .

b Woosh went .

c Buzz buzz went .

d Squawk went .
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e Whirr went .

f Squelch squelch went .

Note: Words for noises can make stories and poems sound more interesting.

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aginative textsSorting out a story plot
Tip! The plot is what happens in a story.

1 Write the numbers 1 to 4 to put the story plot in order.

illustrations with texts
Tim’s mother says they will get a new dog from the
animal shelter.
rt the words in texts.
Tim’s old dog has died and Tim is very sad.
o match the illustrations.
Tim takes his new dog home.
B
Tim’s mother takes Tim to the animal shelter and Tim
chooses a dog.

2 Draw four pictures to match the plot.

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ave a party.

of her friends to come to her party.

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After that Finally
urra to help her with the party invitations.

about what food to have.

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er lizards and small animals.

Note: story.
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has an orientation,
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a complication (when something goes wrong), some events
mative report. and finally an ending.

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 Planning stories

Tip! The plot is what happens in a story.

Plan a story where the two dogs have an adventure.

Orientation Complication
What goes wrong?

Events Ending
What happens next? How does the story end?
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Note: Stories need an orientation, a complication, some events and an ending (resolution).

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aginative texts Planning stories

Tip! The plot is what happens in a story.

Plan a story you might write.

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orientation
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o match the illustrations.

complication

re very large lizards.

event
ave a party.

of her friends to come to her party.

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event
ending

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Note: story.
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 Chapter 8 Informative texts

Fact or opinion?

Tip! A fact is true, e.g. Insects have six legs. An opinion is what
someone thinks or believes, e.g. My mum is the best.

Is each statement a fact or an opinion? Tick (3) the correct column.

Statement Fact Opinion

1 Oranges grow on trees.

2 Chickens lay eggs.

3 Broccoli is delicious.

4 Bananas smell disgusting.

5 A baby frog is a tadpole.

6 Tadpoles look cute.

7 Spiders are scary.

Funny stories are better than adventure
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stories.
Books with photos are better than books with
9
drawings.
10 There are seven days in a week.

Note: You can disagree with an opinion but not a fact.

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aginative texts Fact or opinion?

Tip! Opinions don’t belong in factual reports.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

Colour
B the statements that give opinions.
Meerkats
1
Meerkats are small furry animals.

Meerkats are very cute.

2
re very largeMeerkats
lizards. live in groups called clans.
Meerkats are fun to watch.
ave a party.
3
Meerkats are my favourite animal.
of her friends to come to her party.
Meerkats dig burrows and tunnels.

ggs. 4Meerkats mainly eat insects but they also eat lizards, spiders, eggs
and plants.
urra to help her with not
I would the like
partytoinvitations.
be a meerkat.

5
about what food to have.
Meerkats live an easy life.
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Meerkats are eaten by eagles and jackals.

an grow to 3 m in length.
6
One meerkat acts as lookout when the clan is outside the burrow.
er lizards and small animals.
Meerkats should have more than one lookout.
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 Summarising information

Tip! Reports give facts about a topic.

Read the text. Cross out the following words:

Rhinoceros beetles / they / They.

Rhinoceros beetles
Rhinoceros beetles are big. They are the biggest beetles on earth. They

can grow to 6 cm long. Male rhinoceros beetles have a horn. They use

their horns in fights with other male rhinoceros beetles.

Rhinoceros beetles are strong. They are the strongest animals on earth.

They can carry many more times their own weight than an elephant

can.

Rhinoceros beetles hide in the day and feed at night. Adult rhinoceros

beetles feed on nectar, plant sap and fruit.

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Rhinoceros beetles don’t hurt people. They do not bite or sting.

Now do page 91.

Note: Crossing out words that don’t give new information helps to summarise a text.

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aginative textsOrganising information
Tip! You can organise information to make it easier to understand
and remember.

illustrations with
Choose six factstexts
from page 90. Write the facts in the parts of the circle.

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

re very large lizards.

Rhinoceros
ave a party.
beetles
of her friends to come to her party.

ggs.

urra to help her with the party invitations.

about what food to have.

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mative report. Note: Organising information in this way is useful for all kinds of texts.

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 Organising information

Tip! When you interview someone you ask them questions.

Interview someone you know. You might ask them what they are good
at; things they like to do; their favourite food; their favourite book; or
any other question.

Write their name in the middle of the circle below. Write six facts about
them around the circle.
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Note: Graphic organisers help sort out ideas for all kinds of texts.

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aginative textsWriting descriptions
Tip! Use words that describe (adjectives).

Describe something that you own.

illustrations with texts
Orientation What is it?
rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

BDetails What does it

look like?

What does it
re very large lizards. do?

ave a party. OR

What do you do
of her friends to come to her party.
with it?

ggs.

urra to help her with the party invitations.

Final How do you feel
about whatcomment
food to have. about it?
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 Writing information on posters

Tip! Posters need to look interesting so that people will read them.

Lost ring
Gold with a red stone
LOST in Ethel Street Park • Saturday 1 July
Please return to Jenny • Phone 0405 092001
Reward

Imagine you have lost something. Design a poster to tell people

about it.
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Note: This poster asks for help in finding a lost item.

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aginative texts Writing recounts

Tip! Recounts tell events in time order.

Last school holidays I went camping

illustrations with texts
with Dad and my sister. First Dad
rt the words in texts. put up the tent. Then Dad made a
safe cooking fire. After that we
o match the illustrations. made damper. Camping was fun.
B
Write about something you did last weekend or in the last school
holidays.
Orientation Last I went

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Sequence First
of events
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of her friends to come to her party.

Then
ggs.

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After that
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and small animals.

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mative report. Note: A final comment in a recount often tells how the writer feels about the events.

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 Writing instructions

Tip! Instructions tell how to do something.

How to keep my sister happy

Equipment Steps
none • Make her laugh.
• Stay out of her room.
• Leave her things alone.
• Do what she says.

Write instructions.
How to make my teacher happy
Equipment

Steps
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Note: Steps in instructions can be numbered if the sequence is important.

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aginative texts Writing recipes

Tip! Recipes tell how to make something.

Recipe: to talk to animals

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Note: This recipe is imaginative. It is not true.

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Makelizards.
up a recipe of your own.

Recipe:
ave a party.
Ingredients
of her friends to come to her party.

ggs.

Method
urra to help her with the party invitations.

about what food to have.

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 Chapter 9 Persuasive texts

Writing reasons for a point of view

Tip! It’s important to have reasons for a point of view.

Complete the statements.

1 What is your favourite bird: an eagle, a canary or a penguin?
My favourite bird is because

.
2 Which of these animals is the most interesting: a gorilla, an
elephant or a lion?
The most interesting animal is because

3 What is your favourite food?

My favourite food is because

4 What item of clothing is your favourite?

My favourite item of clothing is because

.
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5 What is your favourite game?

My favourite game is because

.
Note: Your opinions might not be the same as someone else’s opinions.

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aginative texts
Writing reasons for a point of view

Tip! It’s important to have reasons for a point of view.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

B1 What is a friend? Write your ideas on the lines.

A friend
A friend is someone who:
●

re very large
●
lizards.

ave a party.
●
of her friends to come to her party.

ggs.
2Interview a classmate or family member. Ask them what a friend is.
Write their answer on the lines.
urra to help her with the party invitations.

about what food to have.

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 Writing reasons for a point of view

Tip! Persuasive texts try to persuade others to agree with a

point of view.

Write your point of view about each topic.

Topic 1: Schools should give children free lunches.

I think that

.
Topic 2: Schools should grow vegetables for children to eat.
I think that

.
Topic 3: Schools should have a movie cinema.
I think that
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Note: These texts are persuasive.

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aginative textsWriting a book review
Tip! A book review gives a point of view about a book.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

Choose
B a story book that you have read. Write about it on the lines.

Book title:

Author and illustrator:

Main character:

Where
re very large does the story take place?
lizards.

ave a party.
.
of her friends to come to her party.
My favourite part was

ggs.

urra to help her with the party invitations.

.
about what food to have.
I ( recommend / don’t recommend ) this book because
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 Writing a point of view

Tip! It’s important to have reasons for a point of view.

1 Which do you like best? Tick (3) the box.

a scary story

a funny story

a book about real people, animals or events

Write your reasons.

2 What is your favourite TV show?

Write your reasons.
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Note: Different people prefer different kinds of books and TV shows.

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aginative texts
Writing different points of view

Tip! There are always reasons for or against a point of view.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

Should
B lunchtime at school be longer? Write reasons below.

Reasons FOR Reasons AGAINST

a longer lunchtime a longer lunchtime

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 Writing an advertisement

Tip! Advertisements persuade people to buy things.

Toy Planet
Massive Beach Toy Sale • Everything half price
Fun items: Buckets Spades Pool toys
SALE ON NOW!
Store open 9 am–9 pm • One Day Only

Write an advertisement to sell something.

What is for sale?

Reasons to buy it

Where and when

can you buy it?
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Note: Advertisements try to make things seem better than they are.

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aginative texts Collecting evidence
Tip! Collect evidence so you can make a judgement.

illustrations with texts

rt the words in texts.

o match the illustrations.

Find
B evidence of ways that your school is a good school. Write or draw
the evidence.
My school
My school is a good school.

Evidence Evidence Evidence

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 Recognising texts for different purposes

Tip! Titles and illustrations give readers clues about texts.

Label each text as informative, imaginative or persuasive.

1 How to look after 2 Keep away! 3 Why you must

your hermit crab recycle

4 Bushfires set to 5 Getting to know 6 How to cook

get worse the insects in vegetable curry
your garden

7 A new home for 8 Buy now! 9 The adventures of

Boris Everything on Emmaline
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aginative texts
Page 70 8 apples, bananas, oranges, watermelons,
peaches,
The giant panda is a type of bear that is native to
China. It eats bamboo. It has a black and white 9 so
coat. This thick coat keeps it warm in the cold 10 but
mountains where it lives.
Panda cubs only weigh around 100 grams at birth.
Chapter 7 Imaginative texts
They are born pink and blind and they have no
teeth.
illustrations with
Panda cubs drink textsmilk until they are
their mother’s Page 78
a year old. 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 A 7 B 8 B
The panda is an endangered species. It is Page 79
rt the words in texts.
endangered mainly because its forests have been
chopped down to make way for farms. 1 E 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 C

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o match the illustrations. Answers will vary. Teacher or parent to check, e.g.
One day a dog went out to play. It sniffed
something it liked. It sniffed along the top of a 1 The mystery of the river; Where did the river go?
B Its nose took it on the trail of something it
wall. 2 Possum rescue; Possum needs help; Possum finds
wanted to find. help
Then it stopped. It had found two shoes. They were 3 Bear danger; Escape from a bear; Look out! Bear!
very smelly. 4 The magic ring
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seal, tail, whiskers, nose, flippers, fur Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.
water, river, ocean, lake, creek, pond
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transport, train, ferry, car, plane, bus
Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check, e.g.
vegetables, peas, carrots, potatoes, onions, pumpkin
re very large lizards. 1 I think I will pounce if you move.
elephant, trunk, feet, ears, tusks, legs
2 I feel sad and lonely.
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ave a party.
1 The Tasmanian tiger is extinct.
Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check, e.g.
2 The last tiger died in 1936.
1 angry, cranky
3 The tiger looked like a dog.
2 happy, pleased
of her friends toa come
4 It had big head to
andher
a tail.party.
3 shocked/scared/worried/frightened
5 Its fur was brown with black stripes.
4 sad/angry
6 The female carried her baby in her pouch.
5 puzzled/sad/worried
ggs. Page 74
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1 [2, 3, 1] 2 [3, 1, 2] 3 [2, 1, 3] 4 [2, 3, 1]
1 Thump thump! Bang bang! CRASH SMASH!
5 [1, 3, 2] 6 [2, 1, 3]
urra to help her with the party invitations. Ding dong!
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1 and 2 but 3 because 4 so 5 so a the bathwater sloshing on the floor
about what food 7toand
6 because have.
8 because b the plane flying in the sky
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d the cockatoo sitting in the tree

1 but 2 but 3 but 4 but 5 because
an grow6tobecause
3 m in length.
7 because 8 but
e the fan hanging above my bed
f my gumboots stepping in the puddles
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er lizards1 and
we 2 small
They 3animals.
He 4 it
1 [2, 1, 4, 3]
5 Panda bears have a black and white coat.
2 Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.
6 Pandas are born without fur.
from an imaginative story.
7 Pandas eat Sentences about the Komodo
bamboo. Page 86
mative report. Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.

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sample text as a model.

Chapter 8 Informative texts Page 96

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Facts: 1, 2, 5, 10. Opinions: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 Page 97

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sample text as a model.
1 Meerkats are very cute.
2 Meerkats are fun to watch.
3 Meerkats are my favourite animal. Chapter 9 Persuasive texts
4 I would not like to be a meerkat.
5 Meerkats live an easy life. Page 98
6 Meerkats should have more than one lookout. Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.

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Rhinoceros beetles are big. They are the biggest 1 and 2 Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check,
beetles on earth. They can grow to 6 cm long. Male e.g. A friend is someone who is kind to you. They
rhinoceros beetles have a horn. They use their horns help you if you get hurt. They play with you.
in fights with other male rhinoceros beetles. They share with you. They help you do things.
Rhinoceros beetles are strong. They are the strongest They come to your home. You visit their home.
animals on earth. They can carry many more times Page 100
their own weight than an elephant can.
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Rhinoceros beetles hide in the day and feed at
night. Adult rhinoceros beetles feed on nectar, plant Page 101
sap and fruit. Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.
Rhinoceros beetles don’t hurt people. They do not
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bite or sting.
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e.g. any six of these facts: Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check.
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2 males have a horn/to fight other males Answers will vary. Teacher/parent to check. Use
3 strong/strongest animals on earth sample text as a model.
4 hide in the day/feed at night Page 105
5 adults feed on nectar, plant sap and fruit
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6 don’t hurt people/don’t bite or sting
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1 informative 2 imaginative 3 persuasive
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4 informative 5 informative 6 informative
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I have a bicycle. It is red and black. I ride it in the
park. I like to ride my bike.
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sample text as a model.

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