A very special baby alligator with white skin was born at a park in Florida. This little girl alligator is very rareβthere are only seven like her in the whole world. She looks different from other white alligators because her eyes are not pink. The man who runs the park said having this baby alligator is very, very special.
The baby alligator was born in a place called Gatorland where people go to see wildlife. There are not many alligators like her anywhere. She is white but not like alligators that are white because they have no color at all. People who like animals are very excited about this baby alligator.
The man in charge of Gatorland is very happy about the baby alligator. He thinks she is so special that it almost never happens. The park wants people to help choose a name for her. This little alligator shows us how many different kinds of animals there are and why we should take care of them.
Original news source: See 'beyond rare' white baby alligator born in US (BBC)
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– Word Association
Instructions: Give each student a word related to the article (e.g. alligator, white, rare, wildlife) and have them write down as many words as they can think of that are associated with that word. They can then share their lists with a partner or the whole class.
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Instructions: Choose 5-10 vocabulary words from the article (e.g. alligator, rare, wildlife) and write them on the board. Divide the class into teams and have one student from each team come to the front. Show them a word and they have to draw it for their team to guess. The team that guesses the most words correctly wins.
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The baby alligator at Gatorland is special because she has white skin and her eyes are not pink.
There are only seven other alligators like her in the whole world.
The baby alligator is different from other white alligators because she has some color in her skin.
The baby alligator was born at Gatorland, a park in Florida.
People are excited about the baby alligator because she is very rare and special.
The man in charge of Gatorland is very happy and thinks the baby alligator is very special.
The park wants people to help choose a name for the baby alligator.
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A very special baby alligator with white skin was born at a in . This little girl alligator is very rareβthere are only seven like her in the whole world. She different from other white alligators because her eyes are not pink. The man who runs the park said this baby alligator is very, very . The baby alligator was born in a place called Gatorland where people go to see wildlife. There are not many like her anywhere. She is white but not like alligators that are white because they no color at all. who like animals are very excited about this alligator. The man in charge of Gatorland is very happy about the baby alligator. He thinks she is so special that it almost never happens. The park wants people to help choose a for her. This little shows us how many different kinds of animals there are and why we should take of them.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a baby alligator?
2. How would you feel if you saw a baby alligator with white skin?
3. Do you like animals? Why or why not?
4. What makes this baby alligator special?
5. How many alligators like her are there in the whole world?
6. What is Gatorland?
7. Why do people go to Gatorland?
8. How do you think the man in charge of Gatorland feels about the baby alligator?
9. Why does the man think the baby alligator is special?
10. Do you think it's important to take care of animals? Why or why not?
11. If you could choose a name for the baby alligator, what would you name her? Why?
12. What can we learn from this baby alligator about different kinds of animals?
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