Expanded Noun Phrases: peregrine falcon

Writing Ideas

• Write a sports commentary that describes a race down a mountain slope between a peregrine falcon and an Olympic skier. What techniques do the racers use to increase their speed? Who wins and by how much? What is the reward for the winner?
• Create a set of Top Trumps cards that feature the peregrine falcon and two or more different birds of prey. What will your categories(size, speed, lifespan etc.) be?
• Write a tanka poem about a peregrine falcon. Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables (5, 7, 5, 7, 7).