1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:18,350 Good morning guys, this is Mr. Schultz again and today we're just going to read together a very interesting article about coyotes. 2 00:00:18,350 --> 00:00:23,969 So the coyotes are relative of the dog, wolf and jackal, right? So they're cousins. 3 00:00:24,929 --> 00:00:29,390 Like it's relative, it is a predator and mostly eats other animals, okay? 4 00:00:29,449 --> 00:00:33,030 So it's a predator and mostly eats other animals. 5 00:00:33,030 --> 00:00:39,969 So we can use context clues to figure out that predators, okay, are animals that eat other animals, all right? 6 00:00:40,670 --> 00:00:46,329 It will, however, eat a wide variety of foods, including insects, fruits, and vegetables, all right? 7 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:48,030 So now we know what coyotes eat. 8 00:00:48,549 --> 00:00:54,450 They're found throughout most of North America, from Mexico and Central America to Canada and Alaska, all right? 9 00:00:54,570 --> 00:00:55,929 So as I said, they're all over the place. 10 00:00:55,929 --> 00:00:59,170 The color of its coat depends on where it lives. 11 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:02,789 Mountain coyotes are darker than those living in the desert. 12 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:10,870 okay you have pictures right here as you can see this one has a nice brownish light color okay 13 00:01:12,069 --> 00:01:17,109 like the wolf coyotes like groups or packs the pack is usually smaller number than a wolf pack 14 00:01:17,109 --> 00:01:22,629 all members of the pack are usually related the pack will often divide into pairs to hunt 15 00:01:22,629 --> 00:01:29,590 okay so the hunting pairs female coyotes have a litter of pups once a year okay so we know 16 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:33,849 our first vocabulary word, predator, and we just found 17 00:01:33,849 --> 00:01:37,290 our second one, litter, okay, so 18 00:01:37,290 --> 00:01:41,609 let's use context clues to figure out what a litter is, okay 19 00:01:41,609 --> 00:01:45,310 so a litter has an average of 6 pups, alright 20 00:01:45,310 --> 00:01:49,109 so if a litter has an average of 6 pups, alright 21 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:53,209 and we know that a pup, okay, like here in this picture 22 00:01:53,209 --> 00:01:57,709 is one baby coyote, and a litter has an average 23 00:01:57,709 --> 00:02:05,269 of six pups then what would be a litter so a litter would be a pack of newborn baby jackals 24 00:02:05,269 --> 00:02:11,889 or because i mean um coyotes because we're talking about coyotes in this case but uh it would be um 25 00:02:11,889 --> 00:02:19,610 a pack of newborn mammals in general okay if we keep on reading okay wolves and coyotes compete 26 00:02:19,610 --> 00:02:24,110 for the same prey animals since the coyote is smarter than the wolf wolves usually drive the 27 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:29,090 coyote out of any shared territory. The coyote adapts easily to new areas. Unlike the buffalo 28 00:02:29,090 --> 00:02:33,469 or wolf, the coyote's range increased after human populations expanded across the continent. 29 00:02:35,509 --> 00:02:40,629 For example, the coyote was not native to New England. Once New England settlers eliminated 30 00:02:40,629 --> 00:02:45,030 wolves, however, the coyote moved in. Scientists who have been studying the coyote believe it is 31 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:51,310 better than the wolf at living in human areas. Okay, so coyotes are now found in most large 32 00:02:51,310 --> 00:02:56,430 urban areas, they might find abundant supply of food in these areas since coyotes are willing to 33 00:02:56,430 --> 00:03:02,710 eat garbage, rodents, and even small pets such as cats. Scientists estimate that as many as 2,000 34 00:03:02,710 --> 00:03:08,490 coyotes might be living in the Chicago area because of its adaptability. The coyote is not an endangered 35 00:03:08,490 --> 00:03:13,169 species or even a threatened one. It has been classified as least concern, which means it has 36 00:03:13,169 --> 00:03:18,169 the lowest risk of extinction. Now guys, if you want to figure out the author's purpose, right, 37 00:03:18,169 --> 00:03:23,150 in whatever the text that you're reading might be you should ask yourself questions such as 38 00:03:23,150 --> 00:03:30,349 which features of the coyote um does the uh author value most of the coyote all right why does the 39 00:03:30,349 --> 00:03:36,050 author describe the coyote in such details etc and if we pay attention to the answers for those 40 00:03:36,050 --> 00:03:41,129 questions like for example why is he citing so many details of the coyote you will realize that 41 00:03:41,129 --> 00:03:44,969 he's giving you statistics is he giving you numbers he's giving you hard facts he even 42 00:03:44,969 --> 00:03:52,050 mentioned scientists okay so he's talking about um they're estimated to be at around 2000 coyotes 43 00:03:52,050 --> 00:03:58,110 in chicago etc this being the case what do you think would be the author's purpose right he's 44 00:03:58,110 --> 00:04:03,509 giving you very accurate information okay and that's the word information obviously this is 45 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:11,770 an article right and in articles the author's purpose is to inform you um so as you can see 46 00:04:11,770 --> 00:04:14,569 you can ask yourself questions 47 00:04:14,569 --> 00:04:16,329 if you're having trouble determining 48 00:04:16,329 --> 00:04:17,730 the author's purpose 49 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:20,209 and at the same time we just learned about coyotes 50 00:04:20,209 --> 00:04:21,209 which is 51 00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:24,250 a very North American animal 52 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:26,449 so we have learned about an animal 53 00:04:26,449 --> 00:04:28,370 that lives all throughout the United States 54 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:33,819 thank you very much for your attention guys 55 00:04:33,819 --> 00:04:34,819 and I hope you have a good day 56 00:04:34,819 --> 00:04:35,100 bye 57 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:36,560 music