The Gulls of Sulpur Bay

  1. The Gulls of Sulphur Bay
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  1. Sulphur Bay, at the southern end of Lake Rotorua, is a wildlife reserve. Its hot springs make the area popular with many water birds, but the sulphur in the springs also causes some problems for them. This article describes how the gulls live in this unique environment.

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Use these sentence starters to write about what you have read.
Write the title of the article and the author in your Literacy book.
  1. Sulphur Bay is a good place/is not a good place for the gulls to live because ... 


  3. This area has/is ...

  5. The gulls can ...

  7. This means ...
Overall, I think Sulphur Bay is a good place/is not a good place for gulls because ...

 What is something interesting that you found out about these gulls?
Draw a gull.

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