Grade 6 English: Comprehension - Wildlife

Netsport

Description

A short comprehension with a wildlife theme.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Collège
• Secondary education in France
• collège
• Collège
• Collège
• Post-primaire

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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E n g lis h 1 s t L a n g u a g e

C o m p r e h e n s i o n : W il d l if e

 G r ad e 6

R e a d t h e p a r a g r a p h a b o u t G a r e t h P a t t e r s o n a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t io n s w h ic h f o llo w :

W ell- k nown for his work on the African lion, G a r e t h P a t t e r s o n is an env ironmentalist, in- dependent wildlife researcher and author who has work ed tirelessly for more than twenty - fiv e y ears for the g reater protection of African w ildlife. G areth’s lov e for the wild has spurred v arious proj ects surrounding animal rig hts. He is the author of C ry for the Lions ( 1 9 8 9 ) , W here the Lion W alk ed ( 1 9 9 1 ) , T he Lions’ Leg acy ( 1 9 9 1 ) , Last of the F ree ( 1 9 9 4 ) , W ith My S ou l Am ong st Lions ( 1 9 9 5 ) , Dy ing to be F ree ( 1 9 9 8 ) , Mak ing a K illing ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T o W alk wi thLions ( 2 0 0 1 ) and T he S ecret E le- phants ( 2 0 1 0 ) .

He liv es on the edg e of the K ny sna forest, where he rediscov ered and studied, the most southerly elephants on earth – the elus iv e K ny sna e lephants.

My L io n ’s H e a r t , released on 2 3 October 2 0 1 4 , is G a reth’s tenth book and is probably the most important book he has written. I t tells hi s life story , a story of tears and smiles, about his attempts to protect the iconic animal sy mbol of thi s continent, the African lion. Adapted from http: //www. my lionsheart. com/? pag e_ id= 4

1 . G iv e a short description of what the book “My Li on’s Heart” is all about and why it may be v iewed as the most im portant book that G aret h Patterson has written: ( 2 )

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W ould y ou consider G areth Patterson to be a cel ebrity ? Motiv ate y our answer. ( 3 )

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3 . According to the article, how many book s has G ar eth Patterson written and what is the name of the first book ? ( 2 )

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