turtles

Swimming with Green Sea Turtles

WALT: use our senses to make our writing more interesting.

Imagine going snorkelling at a beach and seeing beautiful green sea turtles.
What do you think the experience would be like?

Task 1: Watch the video clip on the site. Imagine you were the person
snorkelling… Put yourself in their flippers.

Task 2: Brainstorm using your senses. What do you think you would be
able to see/hear/smell/touch/taste if you were swimming with Green Sea
Turtles?

In this table, write the descriptive words that you would be able to see/hear/smell/touch/taste.

What can I see?	What can I hear?	What can I smell?	What can I touch/feel?	What can I taste?
Hard-shelled	Whistling wind	Salt	Rough	Salt from the water

Need some help? - make sure that you use words that you know… even better - search what
some of these words mean and use them in your writing!

Task 3: Write a story about what it would be like to swim with Green Sea
Turtles.

Start writing here:

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They can be found  in the pacific Ocean and they are cool.The green sea
turtle eats crabs and jellyfish and sponges.Classified as endangered
green turtles are threatened by over harvesting of their eggs, hunting of
adults being caught in fishing gear and loss of nesting beach sites.

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