Expanded noun phrases: sloth bear
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Copy and improve the first sentence by putting two adjectives before the noun ‘snout.’
Challenge 2
Copy and complete the second sentence. Your sentence must contain an expanded noun phrase. Can you replace the adjective, ‘dangerous’, with an excellent alternative?
Challenge 3
Using some of the words from the Word Wall, write your own scintillating sentence about the sloth bear and/or her cubs. Your sentence must include a noun phrase that has been expanded with at least one adjective.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) The sloth bear used his ______ , _______ snout to suck up the ants.
2) Sloth bear cubs escape dangerous predators by climbing onto their mother’s …
Word Wall
sloth bear
shaggy coat
omnivore
mischievous cubs
clambered
clinging
protected
predator
grunting and snorting
formidable claws