West Indian Manatees

West Indian Manatee

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

West Indian Manatees are known as the sea cows of the coast.
Have you ever seen one before?

Task 1: Watch the video clip on the site. Make sure you watch carefully
so you can see what West Indian Manatees look like..

Task 2: Brainstorm using some of your senses.
What can you see/hear/feel if you were to ever see a West Indian Manatee?
Think about the shape of the Manatee, what you think it’s skin might feel like.
Take a note of its environment. What does a West Indian
Manatee need to survive?

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 touch/feel?	What is in its environment?
Long-shaped	Splashes	Rough	Seaweed

Need some help? - make sure that you are using your own words…
if you happen to find a word that you don’t know the meaning of, search what it means and then
you can use them in your writing!

Task 3: Write a description about what a West Indian Manatee is.
Keep in mind what needs to be in its environment

Start writing here:

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West Indian Manatees are really delicate to sea life.

Manatees are mammals who roam around the africian
and indian ocean they’re cute to.

The West Indian Manatee can glide around and swim gracefully
on the water planet. 

The manatee ancestor is called a steller’s sea cow because manatees
are related to elephants. The steller’s sea was discovered in the 1800s

But then sadly less than 3 decades it was hunted down to extinction.

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