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This time, you will have the opportunity to choose your final task. In this document, you can find 8 projects, choose the one that suits your group characteristics.
For this activity you may need to spell some words. Let's refresh your memory:
- Listen to the English Alphabet.
- Read it.
DICTATION
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
Tropical rainforests are found across the world usually between the ____________________ and the ____________________. Rainforests have covered large portions of the Earth for millions of years, and can have trees that are 1,000 years-old or more. At present, they cover about ____________________ of the world. They are called rainforests because they are among the wettest areas on Earth, receiving anywhere from 100 to 150 inches (____________________) of rain a year. It rains every day!
In most rainforests, the temperature ranges from ____________________ degrees Fahrenheit all year long, and the air is almost always humid. Tropical rain forest biomes contain ____________________ of plants and animals on Earth.
Rainforests have ____________________ very distinct layers of trees. The first is ____________________, which has giant trees growing from 100 to 240 feet tall. These trees have ____________________ that grow high above the rest of the forest. They have their own distinct plant and animal life, such as the harpy ____________________.
The next layer is called ____________________. These trees grow up to ____________________ tall, and they form a tight canopy, or covering, over the rest of the forest which allows ____________________ to come down. ____________________ and air plants grow on canopy branches. About ____________________ of all rainforest animals live way up high in the canopy, for example, ____________________, hummingbirds, toucans, ____________________ or orangutans.
The third layer is ____________________, and it's very shady. Only about 15% of the sunlight from the canopy falls, and it tends be ____________________. Trees and leafy plants that require little sun grow here, with the trees growing to about 60 ft. This layer has many smaller trees, ____________________, vines, and plants, but little air movement. There are many animals and ____________________ living in this layer.
The final layer of the rainforest is the ____________________. It is surprisingly dark and less than ____________________ of the sun's light reaches this area so there is very little plant life on the forest floor.
It is an area covered with ____________________, seeds, dead flowers, and fruits and branches that decompose very quickly. It also has a distinctive variety of animals and plants that live here for instance, ____________________.
Animals adaptations
____________________ ---The tropical rainforest is densely populated with trees. Many of the animals of the forest have adapted to living most of their lives in trees. These tree dwellers have highly evolved limbs, feet, ____________________ and coloring.
____________________ ---Because there are so many different species living in the rainforest, each species has evolved ____________________ and often loud ____________________.
Food---____________________ is the most abundant food source in the rainforest so many of the animals in the rainforest have diets that rely heavily on it.
____________________ ---Many animals in the rainforest blend in very well with their surroundings. There are even some that change ____________________ to specifically ____________________ the plant on which they live.
Much of the rainforest particularly in South America is being cleared because of ____________________, at the rate of 4000 football pitches an hour which is pretty fast! Farmers sometimes want to have space to ____________________. Companies cut down trees to make ____________________. The problem is that the heavy rain tends to wash away the soil once the vegetation is removed and that makes the farmland very poor quality. It also means that many creatures and plants are losing the ____________________ which provides them with their homes
Rainforest Facts
• Rainforests produce about ____________________ of the world’s oxygen.
• About 25% of all medicines come from ____________________.
• 1,400 plants in the rainforest are believed to offer cures for ____________________.
- Listen to the English Alphabet.
- Read it.
DICTATION
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
Tropical rainforests are found across the world usually between the ____________________ and the ____________________. Rainforests have covered large portions of the Earth for millions of years, and can have trees that are 1,000 years-old or more. At present, they cover about ____________________ of the world. They are called rainforests because they are among the wettest areas on Earth, receiving anywhere from 100 to 150 inches (____________________) of rain a year. It rains every day!
In most rainforests, the temperature ranges from ____________________ degrees Fahrenheit all year long, and the air is almost always humid. Tropical rain forest biomes contain ____________________ of plants and animals on Earth.
Rainforests have ____________________ very distinct layers of trees. The first is ____________________, which has giant trees growing from 100 to 240 feet tall. These trees have ____________________ that grow high above the rest of the forest. They have their own distinct plant and animal life, such as the harpy ____________________.
The next layer is called ____________________. These trees grow up to ____________________ tall, and they form a tight canopy, or covering, over the rest of the forest which allows ____________________ to come down. ____________________ and air plants grow on canopy branches. About ____________________ of all rainforest animals live way up high in the canopy, for example, ____________________, hummingbirds, toucans, ____________________ or orangutans.
The third layer is ____________________, and it's very shady. Only about 15% of the sunlight from the canopy falls, and it tends be ____________________. Trees and leafy plants that require little sun grow here, with the trees growing to about 60 ft. This layer has many smaller trees, ____________________, vines, and plants, but little air movement. There are many animals and ____________________ living in this layer.
The final layer of the rainforest is the ____________________. It is surprisingly dark and less than ____________________ of the sun's light reaches this area so there is very little plant life on the forest floor.
It is an area covered with ____________________, seeds, dead flowers, and fruits and branches that decompose very quickly. It also has a distinctive variety of animals and plants that live here for instance, ____________________.
Animals adaptations
____________________ ---The tropical rainforest is densely populated with trees. Many of the animals of the forest have adapted to living most of their lives in trees. These tree dwellers have highly evolved limbs, feet, ____________________ and coloring.
____________________ ---Because there are so many different species living in the rainforest, each species has evolved ____________________ and often loud ____________________.
Food---____________________ is the most abundant food source in the rainforest so many of the animals in the rainforest have diets that rely heavily on it.
____________________ ---Many animals in the rainforest blend in very well with their surroundings. There are even some that change ____________________ to specifically ____________________ the plant on which they live.
Much of the rainforest particularly in South America is being cleared because of ____________________, at the rate of 4000 football pitches an hour which is pretty fast! Farmers sometimes want to have space to ____________________. Companies cut down trees to make ____________________. The problem is that the heavy rain tends to wash away the soil once the vegetation is removed and that makes the farmland very poor quality. It also means that many creatures and plants are losing the ____________________ which provides them with their homes
Rainforest Facts
• Rainforests produce about ____________________ of the world’s oxygen.
• About 25% of all medicines come from ____________________.
• 1,400 plants in the rainforest are believed to offer cures for ____________________.
Follow-up activity: Matching exercise