The animals of the Russian North (writing an article)

Zhguleva Nadezhda Vladimirovnasecondary school №21

Murmansk 2014

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The list of the animals:Merlin

Muskrat

Marten

LemmingLynx

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***(s) live …

a) in and out of water

b) in or near the Arctic, in taiga and tundra regions

c) in high altitude forests with a lot of bushes and tall grass

d) in taiga…in trees…on the ground… in the forests across the northern hemisphere

e) everywhere…among low and medium-height vegetation with some trees

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Menu

Merlins eat

birds

mice

dragonflies

Choose from the options:

• nuts

• birds

• grass

• squirrels

• branches

• mice

• turtles

• dragonflies

• fish

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Menu

Martens eat

eggs

squirrels

rabbits

Choose from the options:

• birds

• eggs

• grass

• mice

• branches

• squirrels

• rabbits

• roots

• fish

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Menu

Lynx eat

rabbits

fish

Roe Deer

Choose from the options:

• mice

• branches

• leaves

• rabbits

• fish

• Roe Deer

• nuts

• frogs

• birds

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Menu

Lemmings eat

roots

leaves

bulbs

Choose from the options:

• roots

• birds

• eggs

• squirrels

• leaves

• mice

• bulbs

• dragonflies

• fish

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Menu

Muskrats eat

frogs

turtles

fish

Choose from the options:

• frogs

• birds

• grass

• squirrels

• Roe Deer

• mice

• turtles

• nuts

• fish

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Put the words in the correct order. very Merlins built are birds and strong heavily.

Merlins are very strong and heavily built birds.

animals thick Martens tails are large bushy with fur and.

a human may be Lynx’ larger paws hand or foot than.

aggressively people Lemmings towards behave.

15 minutes under Muskrats for up to water can swim.

Martens are large animals with thick fur and bushy tails.

Lynx’ paws may be larger than a human hand or foot.

Lemmings behave aggressively towards people.

Muskrats can swim under water for up to 15 minutes.

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Start each sentence with a suitable creature.

___ are about 40 to 60 centimeters long, almost half of that is a tail.

Muskrats

___ generally have long, soft fur, and very short tails. Lemmings

___ is the third largest predator in Europe after the brown bear and the grey wolf.

Lynx

___ make their house in a hollow tree or log. Martens

___ actually catch most prey in the air. Merlins

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Plan of the article

1Specific characteristics (size, colour, habits, etc.)

2 Kind of animal

3Food

4Place of inhabitance

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Thank you for your articles!!!

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