Parenthesis: bull shark
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Re-order the first sentence so that a parenthesis appears in a different part of it.
Challenge 2
Use your knowledge of bull sharks to rewrite the second sentence, adding a parenthesis into the gap. Will you use commas, dashes or brackets? Does it make a difference which of these punctuation marks you use?
Challenge 3
Write your own scintillating sentence about the bull sharks that inhabit the golf course. Your sentence must contain a parenthesis that adds additional information to the sentence. Try to use some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall.
Whiteboard Challenges
1) Bull sharks, usually found in warm coastal waters, are skilled hunters that cruise the oceans for anything they can get their teeth into.
2) The bull shark ______ is one of a few species found to attack prey almost as big as itself.