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Unit 10
Fantastic Animals

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“There are lots of fantastic creatures around us!’’ exclaimed Andy. “The seahorse is one them. I just found some interesting information about seahorses in this encyclopedia.”

3. SEAHORSES Seahorses are strange-looking sea creatures with heads
Like horses. They may look like horses but they are actually fish.
Fish With Snouts
Just like a fish, a seahorse has gills and fins. Unlike other fish, it does not have scales. When tiny sea animals swim by, the seahorse sucks them up with its long snout.
Hiding From Enemies
Seahorses are clever at hiding. They come in many colours. They can also change their colours very quickly. This makes it hard for enemies like birds and see them.
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Fantastic Fathers
The most unusual thing about seahorses
is that male seahorses give birth!
The male keeps the eggs safe in his
pouch until they become baby seahorses.
Dangers
In many parts of the word seahorses face danger.
Some people catch seahorses to make medicine.
Others keep seahorses as pets, but pet seahorses often die
Because it is not easy to care for them.
Seahorses are beautiful and creatures, but they will die out
easily if we do not take care of them.

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Jack spent afternoon in the the library reading about animals. Here are some things he learnt. Birds make nests. Ducks find safe resting places. Monkeys pick fruits. Eagles catch food.

6. Jack found more information about the animals.
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Jack found more information about the animals.
Birds make nets for their mates.
Ducks find safe resting places for their ducklings.
Monkeys give fruits to their babies.
Eagles give food to their eaglets.

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A few days later, Jack’s class went to the Atoll Reef, an aquarium in Ocean Park. This is jack’s account of the outing. The Atoll Reef is an aquarium With lots of unusual fishes. We saw angelfish in tanks with clear glass sides. The guide told us more about angelfish in a room with a film screen. Before leaving, some of my classmates bought souvenirs with angelfish picture on them.

8. Besides going to Ocean Park, Jake’s class also
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Besides going to Ocean Park, Jake’s class also
Went to the Zoo and learnt many new things
about different animals.
“Cobras are poisonous snakes” said Jack.
“However, not all snakes are harmful.
Some snakes are harmful. .

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We add ‘-ous’ ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ to the end of some words to make adjectives.

10. -ous Poison poisonous Some snakes are filled with poison.
Some snakes are poisonous.
For some words that end with e, we drop the final e before adding—ous.
Fame famous
Giant pandas enjoy a lot of fame in China.
Giant pandas are famous in China.
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11. Watch out for words ending in ge though. These
Words keep the final e before –ous
Courage courageous
Many people think that lions are full of courage.
Many people think that lions are courageous.
For words ending with f, we replace the final f with a V before adding -ous.
Mischief mischievous
Monkeys are full of mischief.
Monkey are mischievous.
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12. The ‘-ous’ at the end of the words means ‘filled with’ or ‘full of’.
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The ‘-ous’ at the end of the words means ‘filled with’ or ‘full of’.

13. -ful -less Book p.64 Watch watchful tear tearful
Power owerful grace graceful
Swans are full of grace.
Swans are graceful.
-less
Fear fearless claw clawless
tooth toothless help helpless
The tiger does not fear anything.
The tiger is fearless.
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The ‘-ful’ at the end of the words means ‘filled with’ or ‘full of’. The ‘-less’ means ‘without’.

15. Jack and his friends are planning an information report provides facts and descriptions about a topic.
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Since our information report is about hummingbirds, our title should be ‘hummingbirds’.
We should start with a general statement telling readers what the report is going to be about

16. title----------- Hummingbirds
---- Hummingbirds are amazing birds. They can
fly left, right, up, down and backwards.
They can even fly upside down.
Let’s break our report into small paragraph tells
the reader about a special feature of hummingbirds.
let’s use subheading to tell the reader what each section is about. The topic sentence will say what the main idea of the paragraph is.
Subheading Wing beats
Hummingbirds’ wings beat very fast.
they can beat their wings from 50 to 200
times per second! Their wings beat so fast
that they make a humming sound. That was
how hummingbirds got their name.
General
statement
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Topic
sentence

17. Hummingbirds have needle –like breaks.
Here are some beautiful photographs of hummingbirds
Great! Let’s include them in our information
report and label them with captions.
Needle—like Beaks
Hummingbirds have long breaks like
Needles to help them reach the nectar in flowers. About hummingbirds feed on nectar, insects and pollen.
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photograph
caption
Hummingbirds have needle –like breaks.

18. Now our information report is complete! General statement
We should end our information report with another general statement on hummingbirds.
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Large Appetites
Hummingbirds breathe very fast and have quick heartbeats. They use up so much energy that need to eat large amounts of food. They eat every 10 to 15 minutes. In fact, hummingbirds have one of the largest appetites in the world of birds!
Now our information report is complete!
General
statement

19. Where does the animal live? How does the animal move around?
Choose an animal to write about. Remember to do research and to organise your information before you write your report. Here are some question to help you in your research.
Where does the animal live?
How does the animal move around?
What does the animal eat?
How does the animal look after and feed its young?
What special features or habits does the animal
have?
Who or what is a danger to the animal?
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20. Then, think about where to find the information.
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Where can we find information about lions?
In encyclopaedias like the Encyclopaedia Brittanica!
We can also find information on the Internet! National Geographic also has a website:
In newspaper and magazines! We can search in the National Geographic Kids magazine.

21. been keep peel sleep weep
Long Vowels
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Listen to the sound of these words. Then, read words aloud. Do you notice a pattern in the way the vowels sound in the words? ee
been keep peel sleep weep oo
boot loop moon roof shoot