Headings and subheadings: alligator
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Read the first paragraph opposite. Can you think of a suitable subheading for this paragraph? You could phrase your heading as a question.
Challenge 2
Read the subheading (number 2). If you were asked to write a short paragraph below this subheading what would it include? Make some brief notes on your whiteboard. Some of the words and phrases on the Word Wall may help with this challenge.
Challenge 3
Using your knowledge of the American alligator and some of the words/phrases that appear on the Word Wall, write a short paragraph (2 or 3 sentences) under the subheading – ‘How a male American alligator attracts a female‘
Whiteboard Challenges
1) American alligators almost became extinct. They were poached heavily for their meat and their skin. Although they are no longer an endangered species, other threats now exist such as the human destruction of their wetland habitat.
2) How is an alligator different to a crocodile?