Informative Writing - Mammoth

Organize the notes about Mammoths to write

an information article.

Your text should include:

• An introduction
• Three paragraphs
• Subheadings
• Facts and information

Think about:

• An effective introduction to give the reader an

overview of the topic.
• How to organise the text using paragraphs.

• The use of decriptive language to engage the

reader.

Write at least 150 words.

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• The woolly mammoth was a herbivore!
• About 4,000 years ago, the woolly mammoth became extinct.
• Their tusks were 15 feet long!

• Mammoth ivory is sometimes used in making violin bows today!

• The main reason for the disappearance of this species was climate

change.

• This animal existed during the last ice age between 200,000 and

4000 years ago.

• The woolly mammoth was so big that it weighed about 6 tons!

• It is known to have lived in northern Europe and Asia, as well as

North America.
• This animal evolved to live in extremely cold weather and planet.

• Another reason it became extinct is because humans began

hunting is for the ivory of its tusks.

• It was covered with long fur to help it keep warm.

• It also had two very long ivory tusks.

• Mammoths and elephants actually come from the same family of

animals.

• Mammoths used their curved tusks to dig up the ground for plants

to eat.

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