Ready Steady Read Together
Hamza's Wild World: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mosquito’?
True or False?
Hamza was born in Sudan and moved to England when he was eight.
False
True
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Biodiversity means the variety of…
A) rocks andmountains.
B) animals, plantsand fungi.
C) cars and buildings.
D) rivers and clouds.
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) a hole in the ground made by an animal to live in
1) decay
Check
B) animals that eat other animals
2) predators
Click if correct
C) places where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh water and salt water
3) estuaries
D) the process of something rotting or breaking down
4) burrow
Speaking Spotlight
Live Action
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
In groups, create a short live-action documentary about an extract from this week.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
facial expressions
gestures
aggressive
baring its teeth
show dominance
privileged
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From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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We use body language all the time – communicating using facial expressions and the way we move our body. For example, being ‘wide-eyed’ means excited and alert, ‘squaring up’ means making yourself big and threatening and getting close to someone as if you're about to fight.
Body language is our animal language! Other animals use it, too – although animals’ gestures might not always mean the same as ours. In many (though not all) human societies it seems friendly and honest to look someone straight in the eye, but to dogs – and gorillas – this is aggressive.
You probably know a lot of dog body language. Think of a dog with hunched shoulders, head down and tail between its legs – it's probably frightened. If it’s wagging its tail and panting, it's happy and excited. If it’s baring its teeth and has its tail sticking straight up, it might be angry.
If bears don't want to fight, they walk away, sit down, yawn and generally act like they are ignoring the other animal. If they want to show dominance and frighten the other animal, they stand up on their back legs, call out, slap the ground and even charge.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Apes and monkeys use a lot of facial communications.
Prey animals such as zebra and deer prick up their ears when they are frightened.
Rabbits drum their feet on the ground when they are alarmed.
Parrots can learn to copy human words and phrases. Chimpanzees can learn human sign language and have been able to have conversations with people they’ve got to know. I have had the amazing experience of talking with the chimp. At the Welsh mountain zoo there was a chimp called Tuppence, who had learned sign language. One day she pointed to my fizzy drink and to the gap in the enclosure fence, signalling that she wanted me to pour out some drink for her to have. Then she kept doing a gesture a bit like rubbing her hands. I asked the keeper what it meant and they said it means ‘me and you are friends.’ Tuppence was asking if she could be my friend! Then she signed to say she wanted to play the tackling game Round and Round the Garden. Phenomenal! I felt so lucky and privileged.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy two ways animals show how they are feeling using body language.
Accept any two of these answers copied from the text:
- hunched shoulders, head down and tail between its legs
- wagging its tail and panting
- baring its teeth and has its tail sticking straight up
- stand up on their back legs
- call out
- slap the ground
- charge
- prick up their ears
- drum their feet on the ground
Reveal Answer
In many (though not all) human societies it seems friendly and honest to look someone straight in the eye, but to dogs – and gorillas – this is aggressive.
2) Circle the word which has the closest meaning to aggressive:
calm
angry
happy
friendly
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show which statements are true or false:
True
False
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.
Bears show dominance by drumming their feet on the ground.
Rabbits drum their feet when they are alarmed.
Parrots can have conversations with humans using sign language.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) What does it usually mean when a dog has its tail between its legs and its head down?
Acceptable Answer:
Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
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EchoRead
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Ready Steady Read Together
Hamza's Wild World: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mosquito’?
True or False?
Hamza was born in Sudan and moved to England when he was eight.
False
True
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Biodiversity means the variety of…
A) rocks andmountains.
B) animals, plantsand fungi.
C) cars and buildings.
D) rivers and clouds.
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) a hole in the ground made by an animal to live in
1) decay
Check
B) animals that eat other animals
2) predators
Click if correct
C) places where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh water and salt water
3) estuaries
D) the process of something rotting or breaking down
4) burrow
Speaking Spotlight
Live Action
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
In groups, create a short live-action documentary about an extract from this week.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
facial expressions
gestures
aggressive
baring its teeth
show dominance
privileged
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
We use body language all the time – communicating using facial expressions and the way we move our body. For example, being ‘wide-eyed’ means excited and alert, ‘squaring up’ means making yourself big and threatening and getting close to someone as if you're about to fight. Body language is our animal language! Other animals use it, too – although animals’ gestures might not always mean the same as ours. In many (though not all) human societies it seems friendly and honest to look someone straight in the eye, but to dogs – and gorillas – this is aggressive. You probably know a lot of dog body language. Think of a dog with hunched shoulders, head down and tail between its legs – it's probably frightened. If it’s wagging its tail and panting, it's happy and excited. If it’s baring its teeth and has its tail sticking straight up, it might be angry. If bears don't want to fight, they walk away, sit down, yawn and generally act like they are ignoring the other animal. If they want to show dominance and frighten the other animal, they stand up on their back legs, call out, slap the ground and even charge.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Apes and monkeys use a lot of facial communications. Prey animals such as zebra and deer prick up their ears when they are frightened. Rabbits drum their feet on the ground when they are alarmed.
Parrots can learn to copy human words and phrases. Chimpanzees can learn human sign language and have been able to have conversations with people they’ve got to know. I have had the amazing experience of talking with the chimp. At the Welsh mountain zoo there was a chimp called Tuppence, who had learned sign language. One day she pointed to my fizzy drink and to the gap in the enclosure fence, signalling that she wanted me to pour out some drink for her to have. Then she kept doing a gesture a bit like rubbing her hands. I asked the keeper what it meant and they said it means ‘me and you are friends.’ Tuppence was asking if she could be my friend! Then she signed to say she wanted to play the tackling game Round and Round the Garden. Phenomenal! I felt so lucky and privileged.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy two ways animals show how they are feeling using body language.
Accept any two of these answers copied from the text:
Reveal Answer
In many (though not all) human societies it seems friendly and honest to look someone straight in the eye, but to dogs – and gorillas – this is aggressive.
2) Circle the word which has the closest meaning to aggressive:
calm
angry
happy
friendly
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show which statements are true or false:
True
False
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.
Bears show dominance by drumming their feet on the ground.
Rabbits drum their feet when they are alarmed.
Parrots can have conversations with humans using sign language.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) What does it usually mean when a dog has its tail between its legs and its head down?
Acceptable Answer:
Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.