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Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ seasonal adj. - changing from season to season
• ☐ ☐ ☐ immense adj. - very big
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cover v. - travel
• ☐ ☐ ☐ starve v. - not eat
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prey n. - food (animals) for predators
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a quest n. - a journey
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a pasture n. - land with grass (for food)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ migration n. - seasonal movement of animals
• ☐ ☐ ☐ onwards adv. - forwards
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pick up phv. - find / discover
• ☐ ☐ ☐ It is on. exp. - It has started.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ single out phv. - separate from the group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a calf n. - a baby caribou

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression

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1. The narrator describes the wolves' quest for food as...?
   seasonal.
   cruel.
   difficult.
   
   
2. How long have the wolves been looking for prey?
   for many hours
   for many days
   for many weeks
   
   
3. How far can caribou travel in a day?
   13 miles
   30 miles
   2000 miles
   
   
4. How far can caribou travel in one season?
   13 miles
   30 miles
   2000 miles
   
   
5. What pushes the caribou to continue traveling?
   insects
   the wolves
   looking for food
   bad weather
   
   
6. Which types of caribou are separated from the herd?
   the weaker caribou
   the young caribou
   the older caribou
   the smaller caribou
   
   
7. What type of caribou does the wolf capture?
   a young caribou
   an injured caribou
   an old caribou
   
   

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
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find / food / plain / difficult / wolf

Finding food on the plains is difficult for wolves.

wolf / prey / seasonal / and / hard / find

The wolves' prey is seasonal and hard to find.

wolf / search / prey / for / many / day

The wolves have been searching for prey for many days.

travel / far / as / 30 / mile / day / caribou / can / cover / near / 2000 / mile / summer / month

Traveling as far as 30 miles [a/per] day, caribou can cover nearly 2000 miles in (the) summer months.

caribou / stay / on / move / order / escape / insect / and / find / new / pasture

(The) Caribou stay on the move in order to escape insects and find new pasture.

one / wolf / finally / pick / trail / caribou / herd

One wolf finally picks up the trail of the caribou herd.

wolf / panic / herd / and / separate / calf / mother

The wolf panics the herd and separates a calf from its mother.

wolf / make / meal / calf

The wolf makes a meal of the calf.

1. What were the two most interesting facts that you learned about wolves or caribou from the video?
2. How did you feel at the end of the video (when the wolf ate the baby caribou)? Happy for the wolf? Sad for the caribou?
3. Do you know the sounds that caribou make? Do you know the sounds that wolves make? Can you imitate those sounds?
4. Do you know any stories, fairy tales or fables about wolves? What are they? Are there any famous stories from your country?
5. Which of these facts do you think refer to wolves? Which refer to caribou?
   • Each female can produce only one baby per year.
   • They can communicate with other groups many kilometers away.
   • They can emit a scent from their ankles that warns others of danger.
   • They can run as fast as 50-55 km/h.
   • Their image is on the Canadian quarter (the 25¢ coin).
   • The males are called bulls; the females are called cows.
   • They tend to mate for life.
   • They travel in herds of over 100,000 individuals.
   • They usually travel in packs of 4 to 10 members.