Text 1
What is a reptile?
The word reptile means that which crawls. A reptile is an animal that crawls, though some prefer to swim. Reptiles usually have scales on their bodies, like fish, but they breathe through lungs as people do. Reptiles are cold-blooded. This means that the temperature of their blood changes when the air temperature changes. Snakes, turtles, and lizards are all reptiles. So were the ancient dinosaurs. (Taken from Charlie Brown’s Cyclopedia. Volume 2. 1990. Animals through the Ages: From Alligators to Zebras)
Text 2
What is a reptile?
The word reptile means that which crawls. A reptile is an animal that crawls, though some prefer to swim. Reptiles usually have scales on their bodies, like fish, but they breathe through lungs as people do. Reptiles are cold-blooded. This means that the temperature of their blood changes when the air temperature changes. Snakes, turtles, and lizards are all reptiles. So were the ancient dinosaurs. (Taken from Charlie Brown’s Cyclopedia. Volume 2. 1990. Animals through the Ages: From Alligators to Zebras)
Text 2
Huge reptiles called Dinosaurs lived on earth about 180 million years ago. They flourished and ruled the earth for more than 120,000,000 years. But today we can’t see even a single one of them because all of them died out about 60 million years ago.
Why such strong and flourishing creatures should suddenly disappear completely is a question that still puzzles the scientists today. The most probable explanation is the climate of the earth changed too much about 60 million years ago for the dinosaurs to continue living.
The huge sized reptiles called Dinosaurs existed in a great variety of sizes. Most were 25 to 30 feet long and weighed from five to ten tons. Some were much smaller, and a few early varieties were as small as chicken! (Adapted from All Colour Treasury of Children’s Knowledge by Jayant Gupta. 1993)
1. Do the texts contain the same type of information?
2. What linguistic similarities/differences can you identify? (e.g., the use of verbs, the use of adjectives, etc.)
3. In terms of presentation format and writing, what similarities/differences can you identify from the two texts? Discuss these
Why such strong and flourishing creatures should suddenly disappear completely is a question that still puzzles the scientists today. The most probable explanation is the climate of the earth changed too much about 60 million years ago for the dinosaurs to continue living.
The huge sized reptiles called Dinosaurs existed in a great variety of sizes. Most were 25 to 30 feet long and weighed from five to ten tons. Some were much smaller, and a few early varieties were as small as chicken! (Adapted from All Colour Treasury of Children’s Knowledge by Jayant Gupta. 1993)
1. Do the texts contain the same type of information?
2. What linguistic similarities/differences can you identify? (e.g., the use of verbs, the use of adjectives, etc.)
3. In terms of presentation format and writing, what similarities/differences can you identify from the two texts? Discuss these
The huge sized reptiles called Dinosaurs existed in a great variety of sizes. Most were 25 to 30 feet long and weighed from five to ten tons. Some were much smaller, and a few early varieties were as small as chicken! (Adapted from All Colour Treasury of Children’s Knowledge by Jayant Gupta. 1993)
1. Do the texts contain the same type of information?
2. What linguistic similarities/differences can you identify? (e.g., the use of verbs, the use of adjectives, etc.)
3. In terms of presentation format and writing, what similarities/differences can you identify from the two texts? Discuss these aspects: number of paragraphs, length of texts, and style in writing.
1. Do the texts contain the same type of information?
2. What linguistic similarities/differences can you identify? (e.g., the use of verbs, the use of adjectives, etc.)
3. In terms of presentation format and writing, what similarities/differences can you identify from the two texts? Discuss these aspects: number of paragraphs, length of texts, and style in writing.
