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STAGE 3 Unit focus: Coasts Text focus: Information Text (740L) The British Coastline Coastlines around the world are home to hundreds of different species of wildlife. Each shoreline has its own ecosystem. The Brish coast is no excepon. There are lots of different habitats. These include rocky cliffs, muddy estuaries and sandy beaches. Did you know that nobody in Britain is more than 80 miles from the sea? How amazing is that? Brish coastlines are vital for many species. 80% of the gannets in the world breed around the Brish coast. There are nearly 700 species of seaweed in the world. Most of these can be found on Brish shores. There are also seals, crabs, starfish, sandhoppers and even dolphins. Over 1,200 different species of animals and plants live on the Brish coast. You can see just how diverse life is in the shallow waters just off a beach if you’ve ever walked along a beach and looked into a rock- pool. all resources ©2019 Literacy Shed http://www.literacyshedplus.com

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Page 1: Unit focus: Coasts Text focus: Information Text (740L) STAGE 3 · more than 80 miles from the sea? How amazing is that? Briti sh coastlines are vital for many species. 80% of the

STAGE 3Unit focus: CoastsText focus: Information Text (740L)

The British CoastlineCoastlinesaroundtheworldarehometohundredsofdifferentspeciesofwildlife.Eachshoreline

hasitsownecosystem.TheBritishcoastisnoexception.Therearelotsofdifferenthabitats.These

includerockycliffs,muddyestuariesandsandybeaches.DidyouknowthatnobodyinBritainis

more than 80 miles from the sea? How amazing is that?

Britishcoastlinesarevitalformanyspecies.80%ofthegannetsintheworldbreedaroundthe

Britishcoast.Therearenearly700speciesofseaweedintheworld.Mostofthesecanbefound

onBritishshores.Therearealsoseals,crabs,starfish,sandhoppersandevendolphins.Over1,200

differentspeciesofanimalsandplantsliveontheBritishcoast.Youcanseejusthowdiverselifeis

intheshallowwatersjustoffabeachifyou’veeverwalkedalongabeachandlookedintoarock-

pool.

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RETRIEVAL FOCUS1.FindthreetypesofanimalthatliveontheBritishcoast.

2.Wherecanyouseehowmanydifferenttypesofanimalliveintheshallowwater?

3.WhereisoneofthebestplacestofindfossilsinBritain?

4.WherewasKingArthursaidtohavebeenborn?

5.HowmuchofthecoastdoestheNationalTrustlookafter?

VIPERS QUESTIONSE Attheendofthefirstparagraph,theauthorasksthereaderaquestion.Whatdoesthis

makeyoudoasareader?

V Whichwordmeans“alotofdifferenttypes”? Shallow Mention Diverse

I Whymustweremembertolookafterthecoast?

V Findawordthatmeans“makingsomethinglikeitwas”.

S WhatkindofworkdoestheNationalTrustdoonthecoast?

TherearelotsofislandsoffthecoastofBritain.Someofthemarequitelarge.Theseincludethe

IsleofWightandIsleofMan.Othersaremuchsmaller.Thismakesmeasuringthelengthofthe

Britishcoastlinedifficult.Itisabout19,491milesifyouincludetheislands.Itiscloserto7,000

milesifyoudon’t.TheNationalTrustisresponsibleforlookingaftermorethan780milesofthe

coast.Itcoststhemaround£3,000foreachmileeveryyeartolookafterit.Thisinvolvesclearing

litterandrestoringthecoastlinetoitsnaturalstate.Theyalsomakesurethattherearen’ttoo

manybuildingsspoilingthelandscape.

Goingtothebeachisn’tjustaboutseeingtheseaorpaddlinginrockpools.Therocksonthesouth

coastofBritainwereoncehometodinosaurs.Youcanoftenfindfossilsbypickingthroughthe

stones.DorsetisoneofthebestplacestogofossilhuntinginBritain.

TherearedozensofcastlesandfortsdottedaroundtheBritishcoast.Someofthesewerebuilt

thousandsofyearsago.TintagelCastleinCornwallissaidtobethebirthplaceofKingArthur.

There’sevenacavenearbythatmanylocalsthinkwaswhereMerlintheWizardlived.

Coastlinesareagreatplaceforhumans,animalsandplants.Thingshavechangedovertheyears,

butthereisstilllotstoseeanddo.Wejusthavetoremembertotakecareofit.

Page 3: Unit focus: Coasts Text focus: Information Text (740L) STAGE 3 · more than 80 miles from the sea? How amazing is that? Briti sh coastlines are vital for many species. 80% of the

Answers:

1. Gannets,seals,crabs,starfish,sandhoppersanddolphins

2. Rock-pools

3. Dorset

4. TintagelCastle

5. 780miles

E:Itmakesthereaderaskthemselvesthequestionandkeepstheminterested

V:Diverse

I:Lotsofanimalsrelyonitfortheirhabitat/itishumanswhoaremostdestructive

V: Restoring

S:Theyclearlitter,restoreittoitsnaturalstateandpreventbuildingsspoilingit

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