• Should we bring back extinct species?
• What have we lost?
• Bring back the mammoth: An expert’s view
• The Tasmanian tiger
• Could Jurassic Park really happen?
• “If it’s gone, it’s gone!”

Year Level:  5

Reading Level: V

Text Type:  Persuasive

Content vocabulary: conservationists de-extinction deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) descended/ing dinosaurs ecological ecosystems endangered ethical exterminated extinct/ion fossilised mammoth mastodons organisms preserved reintroduce species Tasmanian tiger technical threatened

Key concepts: Many plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Scientists know how to bring back extinct species, but there are technical, ethical, and ecological issues that must be solved first. Some people believe we should focus on endangered animals instead of de-extinction.

Reading strategies: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.

Paired text: Back from Extinction / The Return of the Woolly Mammoth

Paired title ISBN: 9781761073274

Supporting material:  Lesson Plan - Extinction is Forever: Or is It? (9781761073649)

Series: Flying Start to Literacy

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Series information: Flying Start to Literacy is an award-winning comprehensive literacy program. It reflects best practice in literacy instruction and supports the systematic development of students’ reading strategies and skills.

Each Student Book is part of connected pair, a narrative book and an informative book, both presenting the same key concepts and vocabulary. These titles have been trialled with a range of readers, including English language learners.

Each pair of Student Books is supported by a Lesson Plan. These visually appealing resources are durable and easy-to-use. They integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

Reading strategies, phonics and phonemic awareness and repetition of high-frequency words are all developed through this series, enhancing the reader’s fluency and comprehension. With an array of engaging titles to choose from, readers will laugh, explore and share in the adventure whilst learning and expanding their vocabulary.

Flying Start to Literacy resources are suitable for use as part of an early intervention program and provide effective support for English language learners.

This series is supported by a wealth of teacher resources, which can be obtained by visiting www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au.

Flying Start to Literacy is supported by an array of free teacher resources, including:

• scope and sequence documents
• phonics and phonemic overviews for each reading stage
• reading and writing across the curriculum overviews of text types, text features, curriculum links, key concepts, and content vocabulary for the books at each of the reading stages
• records of reading behaviour are provided for books at each stage
• ongoing assessment checklist forms
• getting started tips and guidance
• title-level correlations to the Australian Curriculum
• information about the research that underpins the series
• percentage of decodable words tables for Levels 1—10.

Visit www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au to access these free resources.