This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Bottlenose Dolphins’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Killer Whale’ asks students to answer questions about killer whales. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This oral language photo activity ‘Whale’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Make the Most Out of Your Whale-Watching Experience’ asks students to answer questions about going whale-watching. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This article, ‘All About Sea Creatures: Mammals’, describes marine mammals. It provides factual information and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘People Should Not Capture Whales’, asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about whales.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Strait Story: Dave Mattila’s Tale’ asks students to answer questions about Dave Mattila and how he saved a young whale named Strait. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This kids news activity, ‘Underwater Dolphin Rescue Caught On Video’ is about an unusual interaction between a diver and a dolphin captured on video.
This article, ‘Whale Tales’, describes the whales that live in Antarctica. It provides factual information about these whales and includes colourful and engaging photographs.