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NZ Animals Descriptive Writing

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NZ Animals Descriptive Writing

New Zealand native animals including kiwi, tuatara and kea

🐦 Part 1: Animal Vocabulary

1. Match each New Zealand animal with its best description. Draw lines to connect them.
Kiwi
Kea
Tuatara
Colourful, curious mountain parrot
Ancient reptile with spiky back
Nocturnal, flightless bird
2. Circle the best descriptive words for each animal:

Kiwi: fluffy / scaly / nocturnal / gigantic

Kea: curious / tiny / colourful / aggressive

Tuatara: ancient / furry / slow-moving / musical

3. Fill in the blanks with action words (verbs):

The kiwi can __________ through the forest at night.

The kea likes to __________ and explore new things.

The tuatara will __________ very slowly across rocks.

✏️ Part 2: Descriptive Sentences

4. Choose your favourite New Zealand animal and write 3-4 descriptive sentences about it. Use the sentence starters to help you:

My favourite animal is: _________________

The _____________ is ________________________________.
It has ________________________________________.
It can ________________________________________.
____________________________________________.
5. Write two sentences describing where your animal lives and what it eats:
6. Use linking words (and, also, because) to write one longer sentence about your animal:

🎨 Part 3: Creative Description

7. Draw your favourite New Zealand animal and label three special features:
8. If you could meet this animal, what would you want to ask it? Write your question and imagine its answer:

My question: ___________________________________

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