ORGANIZING IDEASGrade 6Make a three-point outline of an expository text

Read the text and make an outline of it.

Whale sharksWhale sharks are the largest sharks of their kind, but despite their size they are completely harmless. Their behavior is characterized by slow swimming movements in their search for food on the water's surface. The animal's basic color is gray, blue or brown with light vertical stripes and white dots over the entire body. Very striking is their horizontal mouth which is not located underneath the snout as with typical sharks (ventral), but rather terminal. Their size and weight are a matter of speculation. The longest female ever measured was found stranded near Mangalore (India) and had a length of 12.1 m. The largest male was of the same length and was found near Bombay (India). Photographic indices. Whale sharks are active filterers, meaning they actively suck in water. Their preferred food is plankton which is filtered through the gills.When Whale sharks reproduce they do not lay eggs. The offspring are born in the mother's body out of egg capsules. Up to 300 young have been counted in one female. Their size at birth lies between 55 and 64 cm. The females appear to give birth during the entire year because the young have been found both in winter and in summer in single regions.Whale sharks have special features too they are often accompanied by remoras which either actively swim with, or suck themselves onto the whale shark. In addition to their using the shark as a means of transportation, one of their main functions is to remove parasites. Since whale sharks are very large animals, it is very likely that these bony fish also swim into the mouth or spiracle of the whale. Nor is it surprising that they have been seen to look out of the anus.

SKIMMINGGrade 4Skim the general idea on what the material is about

Read the story and tell the general idea

The Fox and The CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."