Parenthesis: giraffe-necked weevil
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Rewrite the first sentence, changing the parenthesis inside the brackets.
Challenge 2
Rewrite the second sentence by adding your own parenthesis (using either brackets, dashes or commas) after the phrase “giraffe-necked weevil.”
Challenge 3
Write your own scintillating sentence about the giraffe-necked weevils featured in the film clip, and include a parenthesis. Try to use some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) The weevil (whose neck resembled a miniature crane) knocked its opponent off balance.
2) The defeated giraffe-necked weevil had to find a new leaf.
Word Wall
giraffe-necked weevil
Madagascar
rainforest
parasites
veins
refereed
folded
creased
curled
constructed
crane-like
guarded