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Hiker forced to eat beloved pet dog that saved his life

Alsatian chased away bear that ransacked camp leaving man stranded without food in Canadian wilderness• Marco Lavoie, 44, was close to death when a rescue

crew found him• His vital supplies were destroyed at start of planned

three-month trip in July• German Shepherd chased away bear, which

destroyed food and canoe but three days later Lavoie killed his doting companion with a rock

A hiker who was stranded in the Canadian wilderness for nearly three months after a bear destroyed his supplies was forced to eat his beloved dog. Marco Lavoie escaped with his life when his German Shepherd chased away the wild animal that attacked their camp - destroying their canoe and food supplies - just days into a planned three-month climbing trip. But three days later, the 44-year-old killed his heroic Alsatian with a rock and ate it in a desperate bid to survive.With no way to call for help, the stranded explorer then spent a further three months alone and starving before a

search party came to the rescue. By the time Mr Lavoie was airlifted out of the Nottaway River wilderness, about 800km from Montreal, he had lost half his body weight, was suffering from hypothermia and was unable to speak. Surprisingly, Expert, Caleb Musgrave, a survival instructor, said eating the dog was a natural instinct of the human body as a result of extreme hunger: 'When you start to go hungry, your mind breaks.' He added: 'Up there, there's little plant life to live off, so he would have been slowly, painfully dying when they found him. If he had not eaten the dog he would have died. It was a good decision' Mr Lavoie's family only reported him missing in the past few weeks after he failed to return from the planned solo trip to Lake Matagame. Several survival experts agreed that conditions in the Nottaway River wilderness were tough, with temperatures dropping below freezing. Mr Lavoie is currently in serious condition in hospital.

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How is this text organised?Alsatian chased away bear that ransacked camp leaving man stranded without food in Canadian wilderness• Marco Lavoie, 44, was close to death when a rescue

crew found him• His vital supplies were destroyed at start of planned

three-month trip in July• German Shepherd chased away bear, which

destroyed food and canoe but three days later Lavoie killed his doting companion with a rock

A hiker who was stranded in the Canadian wilderness for nearly three months after a bear destroyed his supplies was forced to eat his beloved dog. Marco Lavoie escaped with his life when his German Shepherd chased away the wild animal that attacked their camp - destroying their canoe and food supplies - just days into a planned three-month climbing trip. But three days later, the 44-year-old killed his heroic Alsatian with a rock and ate it in a desperate bid to survive.With no way to call for help, the stranded explorer then spent a further three months alone and starving before a

search party came to the rescue. By the time Mr Lavoie was airlifted out of the Nottaway River wilderness, about 800km from Montreal, he had lost half his body weight, was suffering from hypothermia and was unable to speak. Surprisingly, Expert, Caleb Musgrave, a survival instructor, said eating the dog was a natural instinct of the human body as a result of extreme hunger: 'When you start to go hungry, your mind breaks.' He added: 'Up there, there's little plant life to live off, so he would have been slowly, painfully dying when they found him. If he had not eaten the dog he would have died. It was a good decision' Mr Lavoie's family only reported him missing in the past few weeks after he failed to return from the planned solo trip to Lake Matagame. Several survival experts agreed that conditions in the Nottaway River wilderness were tough, with temperatures dropping below freezing. Mr Lavoie is currently in serious condition in hospital.

A paragraph is a collection of sentences about a

single topic.

A summary is a paragraph of key points that give an

overview of topic.

give a reader all the information they need…

It’s usually the 5 Ws• What• Where • When• Why• Who

Lets read the text and work out whether it includes the 5 Ws

A good summary needs to…

Paragraph Sandwich

Topic Sentence

Supporting Sentences

Ending Sentence

Introduces what the paragraph is about.

These sentences add details to the topic sentence.

This concludes or closes the paragraph.

Now we need to put that information into a paragraph…

• A paragraph is a collection of sentences..

A good summary will have

• The 5 Ws• What• Where • When• Why• Who

• Be written in sentences, with full stops and capital letters in the correct places

• Be written in a paragraph

• Have a – topic sentence,– supporting sentences,– ending sentence

Now write a summary of the article about the hiker…

QUICKLY…You have five minutes!

Can you turn the whole article into one paragraph using the

information you identified?• You have written a summary

• Now read your neighbour's summary. Is it good?

A good summary will have

• The 5 Ws• What• Where • When• Why• Who• Hes

• Be written in sentences, with full stops and capital letters in the correct places

• Be written in a paragraph

• Have a – topic sentence,– supporting sentences,– ending sentence

Now read your partner’s summary…

Write them a commentTell them what went well (www)And then… even better if (ebi)

Would you have eaten the dog?Why? Why not?

Summarise your views.

Recap prior learning.

• The three sentences types• Proper and common nouns• Imperatives• Modals• Paragraphs

Consolidation• Using the information from the text and knowledge from

prior learning, write an instructional text about how to survive in the wilderness.

• You should:• Use imperatives and modal verbs. • Use all three sentences types.• Capitalise nouns accurately.• Write appropriately for purpose and audience.• •