Rainforest Stories
Write a story about the rainforest and send it to the e-mail list
Ideas
- Saving Rainforests: Details of your school or home Project
- Visting Rainforests: Tell us about your trip to a rainforest.
Include...
- Location details.
- Climate and weather conditions
- Animal and plants identified.
- Special features.
Poems
Write a poem about the rainforest and send it to the e-mail list
Here are some ideas for Rainforest Poems
- An Acrostic Poem
Think of a rainforest key word. Write it down the page then think of other rainforest words that start with each letter and write a short sentence.
- A 5 Senses Poem
Use all of your senses to create a poem like this...
| Line 1 is a color. | Rainforests are very green. |
| Line 2 is a taste | Taste the moisture in the air. |
| Line 3 is a sound | Leaves rustle and birds sing. |
| Line 4 is a sight | The longer I look the more I see. |
| Line 5 is a smell | Damp air, crisp air. |
| Line 6 is a feeling | What a beautiful place! |
- A Rhyming poem
Make up a rainforest poem that has a pattern.
Lines may rhyme in pairs, alternating lines or every line may rhyme.
eg.One little bird, sitting in a tree,
High up in a rainforest, happy as can be.
- A Limerick
A limerick is a poem made of five lines.
Lines one, two, and five are rhyming.
Lines three and four are also rhyming.
Rainforests in the News
Read a story in the newspaper or a magazine about rainforests or seen one on television? Write a paragraph about the story and where it appeared. Send it to the
e-mail list
Rainforests on the Web
Seen a good web site about rainforests? Write a paragraph about the site and it's address. Send it to the
e-mail list
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How to participatePrimary Students
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the rainforesters e-mail list. (vft-rainforests@rite.ed.qut.edu.au
) Secondary Students
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the rainforesters e-mail list. (vft-rainforests-2@rite.ed.qut.edu.au
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Rainforest Stories
