Possessive Apostrophes: gentoo penguin
Learning Objective
We are learning how to use the apostrophe to indicate possession.
Context: gentoo penguin
Credit: BBC Two - Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Clip Description
With their flamboyant red-orange beaks, white-feather caps and peach-coloured feet, the gentoo penguins stand out against their drab, rock-covered habitat. They are the world’s third biggest penguin species and they gather in large colonies within the coastal plains, cliffs and sheltered valleys of the Falkland Islands.
In this fascinating clip, the gentoo penguin chicks, who are feeling ravenous, sing for their supper as they search for their parents to feed them. How do you think the adult penguins feed their hungry young?
Discuss the meaning of each word highlighted in bold.
Word Challenge
Write a list of phrases using powerful verbs and adverbs to describe how the gentoo penguin moves.
e.g. swimming gracefully, soaring speedily, …