Name

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Captive
Animals
Long Ago

The First Zoos

Zoos as
Conservation
Centers

Zoos Today

Purpose for
Keeping
Animals

ZOOS THROUGH THE AGES LEVEL Z 1

Instructions: As you read, fill in the comparison matrix below. Then use the information to write about
zoos of the past and present.

Types of
Enclosures

Use the information in the chart to answer the following question:

How have zoos evolved over the last few centuries?

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SKILL: COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Treatment of
Animals

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about

above

across

after

along

among

around

at

behind

below

beneath

beside

between

by

during

in

of

on

out

through

under

upon

with

without

1 Gladiators and wild animals ___________________________________________________

ZOOS THROUGH THE AGES LEVEL Z 2

Instructions: Use the list of prepositions below to create your own prepositional phrases using the prompts
provided. Write each sentence containing a prepositional phrase on the lines.

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2 Frederick II __________________________________________________________________
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3 Early zoos ___________________________________________________________________
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4 Genetics ____________________________________________________________________
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6 Zoo enclosures _______________________________________________________________
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SKILL: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

5 Endangered species ___________________________________________________________

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Past-Tense Verbs
Section 1:

Present-Tense Verbs

ZOOS THROUGH THE AGES LEVEL Z 3

Instructions: Use your book to find all of the past-tense irregular verbs that the author used in sections
1 through 3: The First Zoos, Shifting the Focus, and Zoos as Conservation Centers. Write all of the past-tense
irregular verbs in the left-hand box below, and then write all of their present-tense matches in the right-hand box.

Section 3:

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SKILL: PAST-TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS

Section 2:

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