First World War: Animals at War By Philippa Werry
WALT: Summarise author's main purpose
SC: Show animals as other war heroes
- Find these words in the text. Describe their meaning
- Cavalry : soldiers who fight on horses
- regiment : a unit of soldiers in the army
- troops : soldiers
- tram : a passenger vehicle that is like a bus but runs on rails
- quarantine : when a person or animal is kept away from others for a period of time to help a stop the spread of disease
mascots : animal that supports a team.
- The text talks about how the animals were good for the troops morale, think about your own pet (or a friends pet), what purpose do they have?
Well done Mary, you've learned a lot of new vocabulary about wartime. Pet animals do make us happy, and they did during wartime too.
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