The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (Rise and Shine)

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Peter A. Furley D. Phil. and Walter W. Newey Ph.D., GEOGRAPHY OF THE BIOSPHERE (London: Butterworth, 1983) p. 279. Ivan T. Sanderson and David Loth, IVAN T. SANDERSON'S BOOK OF GREAT JUNGLES (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965) p. 78. Knowlton, Timothy W., and Gabrielle Vail. "H ybrid Cosmologies in Mesoamerica: A Reevaluation of the Yax Cheel Cab, a Maya World Tree." Ethnohistory 57.4 (2010): 709-39. Print. Your class will be learning to use inverted commas in this activity and recognise the difference between direct and indirect speech. Direct and indirect speech has been taken from the story. Your class will explore the words from: the boa constrictor, bee, monkey, toucan and tree frog. The activity sheets are differentiated and you can choose the level to suit your abilities. Tobago's Avatar – 'The tree of life' ". Tobago News. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30.

Moments later, a toucan and a macaw flew down from the canopy and settled on the branches nearby. “Senhor!” squawked the toucan, “you must not cut down this tree. People set fires to clear the underbrush, and soon the forest disappears.” The power of three suggests that when words, phrases and sentences are written in threes they are funnier, more satisfying and are more persuasive than any other amount of words. This is a fun activity that encourages your class to recognise how the power of three is used in products they eat and companies they know. They are challenged to find out the companies behind the slogans.

To answer who, I know there were two men so I write two men under Who. To answer what, I read and see that they entered the rain forest. So, I write entered the rain forest and one pointed to the Kapok tree under What. To answer why, I have to think and make a connection between the words, illustration and what I know. The words don't tell me why, but the illustration does. The man has an ax, I bet he is going to chop down the tree. So, I write chop down the tree under Why. I will use the information on the chart to tell the main idea; two men entered the rain forest, and they were going to chop down the Kapok tree. The commercial tree is most heavily cultivated in the rainforests of Asia, notably in Java (hence one of its common names), the Philippines, Malaysia, and Hainan Island in China, as well as in South America. Forests are home to 80 percent of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity! We're preserving habitats for endangered species, conserving wildlife corridors, and saving breeding grounds. Please join our alliance to keep forests standing:

Buttress roots – large roots have ridges which create a large surface area that help to support large trees. Toki’s tribe expects him to bring home the head of the biggest animal possible. In return, he will receive honor and respect. However, this rite of passage does not turn out as planned. With the help of a colourful new friend, he achieves something much bigger. Teaching Ideas: – Recount of Toki’s daily routine. – Explanation of how the forest in important for Toki and his tribe. – Create a map of the tribe’s camp. – Create a tribe with different roles. – Non-Fiction – research existing tribes, although do your research first. Most masks from Burkina Faso, especially those of Bobo and Mossi people, are carved from C. pentandra timber. [22] Symbolism [ edit ]The tree and the cotton-like fluff obtained from its seed pods are commonly known in English as kapok, a Malay-derived name which originally applied to Bombax ceiba, a native of tropical Asia. [3] In Spanish-speaking countries the tree is commonly known as " ceiba" and in French-speaking countries as fromager. The tree is cultivated for its cottonlike seed fibre, particularly in south-east Asia, and is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton or samauma. There are several words in this book that may be unfamiliar to early readers. Here are some of them: Kapok tree-also known as a ceiba tree, a large tropical tree with large pods of silky floss used for making mattresses and life preservers Bontadi, Jarno; Bernabei, Mauro (March 2016). "Inside the Dogon Masks: The Selection of Woods for Ritual Objects". IAWA Journal / International Association of Wood Anatomists. 37: 84–97 – via Researchgate.