Wild Shots, They’re My Life

Wild Shots, They’re My Life

Author: Tui De Roy

Map of North, Central and South America

South America

Galapagos Island

Waved Albatross Pair-Bonding     

creatures

The creatures of the Galapagos Islands were her friends.

Genre

Magazine Article A magazine article is a short piece of text that is published

in a magazine.

Building Background

ChartAnimal Where I saw it How I Spotted It

Deer In Bronx Zoo I was playing around with other deer.

Starfish At the beach I looked carefully in between the rocks.

V Vocabularybulr

Curious

Animals can be very curious about things they have never seen.

marineMarine

animals look for food in the sea.

DelicateYou must be

careful not to break the delicate glasses.

Some animals have delicate pouches.

collapsedMy dad

collapsed after a long, hard day at work.

survivedI didn’t think I would, but I survived

the dust bowl of the 1930’s.

Your vocabulary words are:

creaturescuriousmarine

delicatecollapsedsurvived

Let’s practice using some of the new vocabulary words:

1. The students were very _______so they asked many questions.

creature curious collapsed

2. Glass is very ______. It can break easily. survived marine

delicate

3. ________ animals live in the sea. Marine Creature Curious

4. The building __________when the airplane crashed into it. collapsed survived marine

5. The fire-fighter rescued the family. They all __________ the fire. survived collapsed delicate

6. Another word for animal is ____________________. creature curious collapsed

Classify the AnimalsWild Animals

and Their Habitats

Jungle Ocean Desert

Name _________________________________________________________________________________

Author’s Purpose ChartDetails A uthor’s Purpose

Her best f riends were animals.

She started taking pictures at age 10. She has been taking pictures f or 30 years.

The thick f eathers work like a coat to keep the chick warm.

…Galapagos means ‘tortoise’ in Spanish.

…the kind of action shot you can snap…

First I put my camera into a waterproof case.

Watching animals fight can be pretty wild-and scary.

I n a few months, her babies would hatch and, with luck, head out to sea too.