Paragraphs: black mamba
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Write a heading for each of the paragraphs in the information text opposite. Your headings must contain at least two words.
Challenge 2
Write a heading for each of the paragraphs in the information text opposite. Your headings must be phrased as questions.
Challenge 3
Using some of the words from the Word Wall, write a fourth paragraph that is about how a snake sheds its skin.Your paragraph should include a topic sentence and two further sentences.
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Despite its name, black mambas aren’t black! The snakes scales range in colour from grey to light brown with a lighter underside. The black actually refers to the inky black colour inside their mouths, which they display when feeling threatened.
Black mambas like their environment to be hot and humid. You can find them living in grasslands, swamps and rocky areas of Africa. They feel comfortable in small, out-of-the-way places, so they spend a lot of time curled up in crevices between rocks or holes in trees.
The black mamba is a venomous snake, which means its bite is highly poisonous. A human can die from a mamba bite in under twenty minutes if not treated. Because of this, they are considered to be one of the world’s most deadly snakes.