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WRITING MISSION

Classification Writing You can organize your writing by placing information into categories Protect biodiversity.
or groups. You can define, compare, and contrast details to show how things belong to a
category or group. You can use words such as both, like, but, and unlike.

1 Read. Read about two types of copycat animals. How does the writer Think. Pair. Share.

classify them? What words does the writer use to show that the animals
are similar or different? Underline the words and expressions. • Think about your

community. How does
Animals That Imitate biodiversity affect it?

Some animals copy other animals to avoid
attack. Some species copy the appearance or the • What can you do to find out
sound of another animal. more about local species?
The monarch butterfly is poisonous to many • Why is it important to

predators. The viceroy butterfly is also poisonous preserve diverse species?
and it looks like the monarch butterfly. So
predators don’t eat it. Like the viceroy butterfly,

the ash borer moth changes its appearance to viceroy butterfly
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protect itself. It doesn’t have a stinger, but it looks
like a wasp so predators avoid it.
Other species copy the sound of another animal.
When termites feed under the leaves they make

a hissing sound, like a snake. A dormouse does
the same thing. When it is in a dark hole, it hisses
loudly. Predators leave both of these animals alone!

ash borer moth

2 Write. Write about animals that belong to a certain category. A Bengal tiger,
Bandhavgarh National Park, India
Describe the characteristics that they share and the characteristics

that are different.

3 Share. Share your writing. Work in a small group. Listen and take notes. “ We need to increase people’s interest and support for wildlife and wild places,
particularly children who are stewards of the future of nature. ”

Krithi Karanth, Conservation Biologist, National Geographic Explorer

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