Spying on Animals

Spying on Animals is an informational explanation.  The text explains that scientists use clever ways of spying on animals so that they can learn how to protect the animals and their habitats.  Examples of how scientists spy on polar bears and tiger sharks and how they use seals to spy on fish support the main idea.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into four sections, an introduction and three sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Apostrophes are used for plural possessives.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning.  Labelled diagrams and inset maps provide another layer of information.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as satellite-tracking, clamp, fins, and dart may require clarification.  Several words are used in both singular and plural: spy/spies, scientist/scientists, battery/batteries.

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