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Tro
pic o
f Ca
prico
rn
Arctic C
ircle
Wh
ere are the w
orld
's ho
t and
cold
places?
OD
DIZ
ZI A
CT
IVIT
IES ©
Od
dizzi 20
16
Tro
pic o
f Ca
ncer
An
tarctic C
ircle
1.L
ab
el th
ese
3 fe
atu
res o
n yo
ur m
ap
: Eq
ua
tor, N
orth
Po
le an
d S
ou
th P
ole.
Co
ld P
laces
2.C
olo
ur a
ll of th
e la
nd
an
d se
a so
uth
of th
e A
nta
rctic
Circ
le b
lue
, to sh
ow
that this is a
regio
n w
he
re c
old
pla
ce
sa
re fo
un
d.
3.C
olo
ur e
veryw
he
re n
orth
of th
e A
rctic
Circ
le b
lue
too
.
4.
Write
the
na
me
and d
raw a p
icture of a
n a
nim
al yo
u’d
see
in:
a.the
Arc
tic:
b.th
e A
nta
rctic
:
Ho
t Pla
ces
5.C
olo
ur th
e b
elt o
f lan
d a
nd
sea
be
twe
en
the
Tro
pic
of C
an
ce
r an
d th
e T
rop
ic o
f Ca
pric
orn
in o
ran
ge o
r red. T
his is
the re
gion
wh
ere th
e w
orld
’s ho
t pla
ce
s are
fou
nd
.
6.
Write
the
na
me
and d
raw a p
icture of an anim
al you
’d se
e in:
a.a tro
pic
al ra
info
rest:
b.a
ho
t de
sert:
Wh
ere are th
e wo
rld's h
ot a
nd
cold
pla
ces?
OD
DIZ
ZI A
CT
IVIT
IES ©
Od
dizzi 20
16
Describing the rainforest
Recognise the features of a hot and cold place.
ODDIZZI ACTIVITIES © Oddizzi 2016
The world’s deserts are very dry places. Not much rain falls in a desert.
It is hot in the day, but it can be cold at night.
Deserts are found on the coast.
Plants live in deserts. To survive in these dry places, they must have special features.
The cactus is the most famous desert plant.
The shape of this cactus means that it can swell up to store water when it rains.
People called nomads live in the desert.
Deserts
Sahara Desert
Cactus
Desert in Mongolia
Nomad tent
desert nomad survive
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Dubai
The Sahara Desert stretches all the way across North Africa.
Key words:
Nomads don’t stay in one place, but move around.
They are also found a long way from the sea.
There are also cities in the desert. Have you heard of Dubai?
cactus coast
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Comprehension Activity
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DESERTS
Finish the sentences.
1. Not much _____________________ falls in a desert.
2. Deserts can be _________ in the day and __________ at night.
Tick the answer.
3. Which is a famous desert plant?
A cactus Rose
Snowdrop Daisy
4. Cactus swell up to store...
Water Sand
Sunlight Snow Answer the question below.
5. What is a nomad? ___________________________________
___________________________________________________
Tell Odd one thing you know about deserts.
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
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cactus swell survive nomads
DESERTS
1. Draw lines to fix the broken sentences.
2. Name three things found in a desert.
_________________________ _________________________
_________________________
3. The capital letters and punctuation mark are missing.
Put them back in.
have you heard of dubai
______________________________________________________
4. Choose a word from the box to finish the sentences.
A cactus can ____________________________ up to store water.
________________ are people who move around between places.
Deserts are
The cactus is a
but cool at night.
famous desert plant.
very dry places.
It is hot during the day
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DESERTS
The thorny devil is a desert lizard
A tent pitched in the desert
Camels have long lashes and can close their nose
Deserts are places on Earth where hardly any rain falls. The weather is dry all year round. Deserts can be hot or cold.
They may be mountain areas or really flat – and can be rocky or sandy. Deserts are all different!
Animals find smart ways to survive in deserts. How is a camel suited to life in a desert?
• Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyesfrom dust.
• They can close their nostrils too!
• Camels store fat in their humps. They get energyfrom this fat, so they can go for many days withoutfood.
People live in deserts. Some of these people are called nomads. They don’t have a home in one place. Instead, they move around, sleeping in tents.
Oases are places where water is found in a desert.
Dry places
Desert plants
Desert Animals
A cactus covered in spikes
People and deserts
Special plants like cacti grow in deserts. Be careful, cacti are spiky!
Desert plants often have long, deep roots to tap into water stored underground.
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DESERTS
Key words:
An oasis in the Sahara Desert
The Atacama Desert is in Chile
The Sahara is a massive desert in North Africa. It is about the size of the USA!
Sand dunes in the Sahara can grow taller than a stack of 40 double decker buses!
The Atacama Desert, in South America, is the driest desert in the world.
In the Atacama, plants and animals use water in the fog that forms over the hills to stay alive.
The Sahara
The Atacama
Penguins in Antarctica
Antarctica is a desert, even though it is the coldest place on Earth. This is because the weather is very dry. Antarctica is also the windiest place on Earth.
It is home to millions of penguins !
Antarctica
Antarctica Atacama cactus dune mountain
nomad oasis Sahara
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© Oddizzi Guided Reading 2015Page 1
DESERTS
The thorny devil is a desert lizard
A tent pitched in the desert
Camels have long lashes and can close their nose
Deserts are places on Earth where hardly any rain falls. The weather is dry all year round, but they can be hot or cold. Deserts are also windy places. They may be rocky or sandy, covered in dunes or mountainous. Deserts are all different!
Animals find smart ways to survive in deserts. How is a camel suited to life in a desert?
• Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyesfrom dust.
• They can close their nostrils too!
• Camels store fat in their humps. They get energyfrom this fat, so they can go for many days withoutfood.
People live in deserts. Some of these people are called nomads. They don’t have a home in one place. Instead, they move around, sleeping in tents.
An oasis is a place where water is found in a desert. People grow food in desert oases, including fruit like dates and olives.
Dry places
Desert plants
Desert Animals
A cactus covered in spikes
People and deserts
Special plants grow in deserts. The cactus is the most famous. Be careful, because just like the desert lizard, it’s spiky!
The ribs of this cactus can swell as the plant’s roots suck up water after a rain shower.
The little lizard (shown above) uses camouflage to hide from other animals that might eat it. Its spikes or thorny scales also help to protect it.
Image Credits: Thinkstock/Getty Images
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DESERTS
Key words:
An oasis in the Sahara Desert
The Atacama Desert is in Chile
The Sahara is a massive desert found in North Africa. It is about the same size as the USA and covers parts of eleven different countries!
Sand dunes in the Sahara’s sand seas (ergs) can grow to 180 metres in height. That’s taller than a stack of 40 double decker buses!
The Atacama Desert, in South America, is the driest desert in the world. In some areas, weather stations have never recorded rain.
Plants and animals that live in this extreme place use water in the fog that forms over the hills in the Atacama to stay alive.
The Sahara
The Atacama
Penguins in Antarctica
Antarctica is a desert, even though it is the coldest place on Earth. This is because the weather is very dry. Antarctica is also the windiest place on Earth. But it’s still home to millions of penguins – so, huddle up!
Antarctica
Antarctica Atacama cactus camouflage dune
mountain nomad oasis record Sahara
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Ch
eck Yo
ur U
nd
erstan
din
g - Deserts
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dd
izzi Gu
ided
Read
ing 2
01
5
1. W
hich
senten
ces are true an
d w
hich
are false? Tick th
e answ
er. Se
nte
nce
Tru
e
False H
ardly an
y rain falls in
the
desert.
The
Sahara is fo
un
d in
No
rth
Am
erica.
Desert p
lants h
ave lon
g roo
ts to
suck u
p w
ater u
nd
ergrou
nd
Ch
ile is in A
frica.
An
tarctica is a desert.
2.
Nam
e two
anim
als that live in
ho
t deserts.
____________________
____ &
_______
___
_______
______
3. If yo
u visited
An
tarctica, wh
at wo
uld
you
see an
d h
ow
migh
t
you
feel?
_______________________
________
____
______
____
_____
_______________________
________
____
______
____
_____
_______________________
________
____
______
____
_____
4. C
om
plete th
e senten
ce by tickin
g the co
rrect answ
er.
San
d d
un
es in th
e Sah
ara
can
gro
w ta
ller tha
n a
stack o
f
__________ do
ub
le decker b
uses!
twen
ty
fo
rty
fifty
thirty
5. So
me p
eop
le that live in
deserts are called
no
mad
s. They
do
n’t h
ave a ho
me in
just o
ne p
lace. The
y mo
ve arou
nd
.
Wh
y do
you
thin
k no
mad
s mo
ve so o
ften?
6.
___________________________
______
____
______
______
_
___________________________
______
____
______
______
Extensio
n A
ctivity: C
reate a fron
t cover fo
r a new
bo
ok
abo
ut d
eserts. Inclu
de a title an
d p
ictures. Lo
ok at o
ther b
oo
k co
vers to give yo
u id
eas!
Tell me, O
dd
, on
e thin
g yo
u h
ave lea
rned
ab
ou
t deserts th
at yo
u d
idn
’t kno
w b
efore.
Vo
cabu
lary Bu
ilder - D
eserts
© O
dd
izzi Gu
ided
Read
ing 2
01
5
1. Th
ink o
f on
e wo
rd th
at describ
es a cactu
s.
__________________
2.
Find
two
wo
rds th
at describ
e d
eserts.
____________________
___ &
______
___
___
______
_____
3. D
raw a lin
e to lin
k each key w
ord
to its d
efinitio
n.
Terms
D
efinitio
ns
4.
Circle th
e adjectives an
d u
nd
erline th
e no
un
s belo
w.
a) Cam
els have lo
ng eyelash
es.
b) Th
e Sah
ara is a massive d
esert in N
orth
Africa.
5. C
ho
ose tw
o o
f the ke
y wo
rds b
elow
and
write a n
ew
senten
ce for e
ach.
dese
rt came
ls cactus n
om
ad
Wo
rd
Senten
ce
Example: n
om
ad
A n
om
ad lives in
a tent in
the d
esert.
____________________________
____
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
6. M
ake th
e sen
tence b
elow
mo
re descrip
tive.
Cacti are p
lants.
____
_____
______
____
___
___________ _________________________________________________
No
mad
Oases
Survive
Wh
ere water is fo
un
d in
the d
esert
To stay alive
A p
erson
wh
o m
oves
arou
nd
Explo
re Text Features
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dd
izzi Gu
ided
Read
ing 2
01
5
1. W
hat typ
e of text is th
is? Ho
w d
o yo
u kn
ow
?
Co
mp
lete the sen
tences.
This is a(n
) ___________________________
___ text. I kn
ow
this b
ecause __
_____
______
____
_____
____
______
______
_
______________
______
____
_______
____
______
____
____
2. W
hat is th
e main
title of th
e text?
3. Fin
d a su
btitle an
d co
py it b
elow
.
4. H
ow
do
the su
btitles h
elp yo
u u
nd
erstand
the text?
Sub
titles help
me u
nd
erstand
the text b
ecause __
______
___
________________________________________
__________
________________________________________
__________
5. D
raw a n
ew p
icture an
d w
rite a captio
n fo
r it.
6. W
hy are cap
tion
s inclu
ded
generally b
elow
pictu
res?
___________________________
______
____
______
______
_ _______________________
________
____
______
____
_____
7.
Create yo
ur o
wn
key w
ord
s! Ch
oo
se five wo
rds
from
the text th
at you
thin
k are very imp
ortan
t.