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Grassland: Drongo Birds and Meerkats

BBC Earth’s video shows how meerkats and drongo birds live together in a grassland ecosystem.

Ecosystems involve the weather, the geography and the communities of plants and animals that live there. These plants and animals adapt to be successful in their ecosystem.

Write a paragraph about how meerkats and drongo birds live in their ecosystem.

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Rubric: Grassland Paragraph – Well Formatted

This rubric is for how well written your paragraph is.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Paragraph is disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding.Paragraph is somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. Paragraph is clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details.
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Rubric: Grassland Paragraph – 3 Facts from Video

This rubric is for writing three different ways that wolves adapt to their ecosystem. These facts should come from the video you watched from Nat Geo WILD.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Facts are not included in the paragraph. Only one fact from the video is used. Only two facts from the video are used.Three or more facts from the video are used.
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Oceans: Dolphin Parents

National Geographic’s video shows how dolphin mothers teach their babies how to live in the ocean ecosystem.

Ecosystems involve the weather, the geography and the communities of plants and animals that live there. These plants and animals adapt to be successful in their ecosystem.

Write a paragraph that describes how dolphins raise their young. Use three facts from the video in your paragraph.

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Rubric: Dolphins Paragraph – 3 Facts from Video

This rubric is for writing three different details about dolphins and how they teach their young. These facts should come from the video you watched from National Geographic.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Facts are not included in the paragraph. Only one fact from the video is used. Only two facts from the video are used.Three or more facts from the video are used.
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Rubric: Arctic Paragraph 1 – Well Formatted

This rubric is for how well written your paragraph is.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Paragraph is disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding.Paragraph is somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. Paragraph is clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details.
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Wildlife Relationships: Ants and Trees

National Geographic’s video shows how acacia ants have a helpful relationship with acacia trees

When plants and animals work together, it is called “mutualism”. Different plants and animals help each other in many different parts of the world.

Write a paragraph about the acacia ants. List 2 things that the ants do to help the acacia trees.

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Write a paragraph about the acacia trees. List 2 things that the trees do to help the acacia ants.

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Rubric: Acacia Ants Paragraph – 2 Facts from Video

This rubric is for listing 2 ways that acacia ants help acacia trees. Use the National Geographic video.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Facts are not included in the paragraph. Only one fact from the video is used.Two facts from the video are used.
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Rubric: Acacia Ants Paragraph – Well Formatted

This rubric is for how well written your first paragraph is.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Paragraph is disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding.Paragraph is somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. Paragraph is clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details.
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Rubric: Acacia Trees Paragraph – 2 Facts from Video

This rubric is for listing 2 ways that acacia trees help acacia ants. Use the National Geographic video.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Facts are not included in the paragraph. Only one fact from the video is used.Two facts from the video are used.
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