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WRITING MISSION

Information Report When you write an information report, include statistics and details. For Ask questions.
example, if you are writing about an animal, include information about its habitat, food, and
other characteristics, as well as expert opinions. You can also use words that describe size,
shape, color, pattern, and origin.

1 Read. Read the report. Number the order in which you find the Think. Pair. Share.

information on the list below (1–6). • What do you think

1 you know about the
food species an interesting fact
beetle?
habitat conclusion size and color
• What would you
like to know
An Interesting Sea Creature about this

The delicate Denise pygmy seahorse is a species of animal?

fish that is found in Asia. Its natural habitat is in coral
reefs deep under the sea. The reefs are anywhere from • How can you
13 to 90 meters under the surface. The seahorse uses find out more
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camouflage to hide in the reefs. It also eats the soft about this
coral in the reefs. animal?
The Denise pygmy seahorse is light orange in color,
with a long, thin, pointed tail and a strange head that
looks like a horse. It grows to a total length of 16

millimeters (about 0.6 inches). According to the Australian
biologist Rudie Kuiter, its small size helps it to escape from predators.
An interesting thing about the Denise pygmy seahorse is that males

have the babies, not females. Males can carry from 10 to 1,000 babies
during their lives. Scientists think that, even though the Denise pygmy
seahorse is such a small and delicate creature, it has been able to survive
because it uses camouflage to hide and lives so deep in the corals.
Front foot of the
Acilius diving beetle

2 Write. Write an animal report. Include statistics, facts, and an expert

opinion. Remember to use descriptive words.
“ The more questions I asked, the more it became clear to me that much about

3 Share. Share your writing. Work in a small group. Listen and take notes. our natural world still remained a mystery. ”
Mireya Mayor, Primatologist/Conservationist, National Geographic Explorer

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