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Humps and Eyelashes: Developing a Camel Report

Choose facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations and examples to develop a grade 5 report about how camels live in the desert.

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Aligned toW.5.2.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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Students choose facts, concrete details and examples that develop a topic.
Students tell apart definitions, quotations, examples and concrete details.
Students write a paragraph that develops a topic with several kinds of details.

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Read the article and the interview notes together. Let students answer the questions on their own, then plan and write the paragraph in the last section.

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W.5.2.b

Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

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Humps and Eyelashes: Developing a Camel Report

Choose facts, definitions, details, quotations and examples that develop a topic.

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Lucia is writing a report about camels. Read the article she found and the notes from her interview with an animal doctor.

Camels: Built for the Desert

1For thousands of years, people have crossed hot, dry deserts with the help of camels. These large animals can carry heavy loads over long distances, which is why they are often called "ships of the desert." Camels can survive where food and water are hard to find because their bodies have many adaptations. An adaptation is a body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its home.

2There are two main kinds of camels. Dromedary camels have one hump, and most of them live in the hot deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. Bactrian camels have two humps. They live in the deserts of Central Asia, where summers are hot but winters can be freezing cold. In winter, Bactrian camels grow thick, shaggy coats, and they shed them when the weather warms up in spring.

3Camels are herbivores, which means they eat plants. Their tough mouths let them chew thorny desert plants that many other animals avoid. Many people believe that a camel's hump is full of water, but that is a myth. A hump actually stores fat. When food is hard to find, a camel's body can use this fat for energy. If a camel goes a long time without eating, its hump shrinks and may even flop over to one side.

4Camels are also very good at saving water. They can go for many days without drinking, and they lose very little water from their bodies. When a thirsty camel reaches water, it can drink a huge amount in just a few minutes.

5Other adaptations protect camels from blowing sand and the hot ground. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes that help keep sand out of its eyes. It can close its nostrils tightly during a sandstorm. Its feet are wide and flat with tough, leathery pads, so they spread out on soft sand instead of sinking in. Thick pads of skin on its knees protect it when it kneels down on the hot ground to rest.