Reading, Unit 6 - Lesson 2 (D' Class)

Andrew, Nick, Sophia and Betty are at the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre. They are watching a video about the Sea Turtle. Read and find out: "Where does caretta caretta lay its eggs?"

..... the loggerhead sea turtle or caretta caretta lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nests in Greece.It is about one metre long and weighs about a hundred kilos. Its shell is red-brown, it has got lungs and breathes air and moves with its front and rear flippers. It lays its eggs on land, on beaches in Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete. Each sea turtle lays about 115 eggs every two or three years, but there are many dangers for the baby turtles. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives and there are only about 4,000 caretta caretta sea turtles in Greece today........

 

(simplified and abridged from www.archelon.gr, www.medasset.gr and www.wwf.gr)

The loggerhead sea turtle

Read the sentences and say if they are true or false (Διάβασε τις προτάσεις και πες αν είναι σωστές ή λάθος)

Endangered Animals

Find information about an animal in danger of extinction and write a similar text like the one about caretta caretta. Write about:

  • where it lives,
  • what it looks like,
  • what it eats.
  • Does it lay eggs or does it have babies (how many and how often)?
  • How many animals are there today and what are the dangers it faces?

Use photos from books, magazines or websites. 

GOOD LUCK!!!

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