Chester Zoo ELA Worksheets: Descriptive Writing
Part of the Heart of Africa collection!Ranger tales! Our friends at the Chester Zoo have put together some written accounts of real-life rangers' animal encounters. Read about:
- Waiting to catch a poacher
- Setting a snare
- Finding an elephant
- And more!
Then you'll use those to reflect on how descriptive writing can enhance storytelling and eventually write your own!
These worksheets accompany a Chester Zoo interactive lesson on descriptive writing.
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What can English language skills teach us about protecting wildlife? Head to the African savanna with Chester Zoo and discover the lives of the people working on the front lines of conservation. Start with a close-up look at a rhino, then explore real-life stories from rangers who protect animals and their habitats.
Read about the challenges rangers face and the incredible encounters they have, from tracking poachers and finding snares to caring for newborn animals and following the clues left behind by elephants. Along the way, you'll discover how vivid, descriptive language can help readers picture a place, understand an experience, and connect with the people and animals at the heart of a story.
Then it's your turn! Use the African savanna as inspiration to experiment with descriptive language, imagine what happens next, and create your own account of an encounter in the wild.
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