Vocabulary:
Descendants: a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
Carnivorous: animals eat other animals. Meat eaters.
Convenient: fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans.
Camouflage: to hide or disguise
Prey: an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Endangered: population decreasing. At risk for being extinct.
Vocabulary Exercise:
Complete the word-search below.
Grammar:
This blog entry is an informative piece on snow leopards. Informative writing involves using facts to describe what is being written about. Facts are A fact is something that is true and can be proven. It does not change, no matter who says it. Everything that was stated in this entry was factual. This entry is informative because the reader is now learning factual information about snow leopards.
Grammar Exercise:
Write an informative piece (one paragraph) about an animal of your choosing. Include as many facts as possible that describe what this animal is like!