AQA ENG1F INS JAN13 The Sources
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Foundation Tier
January 2013
English/English Language
Unit 1
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Understanding and producing non-fiction texts
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The three sources that follow are:
Source 1: an online article called UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle
Source 2: an extract of biographical writing from Steve Backshall
Source 3: a leaflet entitled Make a... hedgehog home.
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UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle
Ladybird spider to be released into new areas by conservationists
Camila Ruz
The Guardian, Thursday 11 August 2011
The endangered ladybird spider, is being introduced to the RSPB's Arne Reserve in Dorset.
Photograph: Ian Hughes/RSPB
The UK's rarest spider is to be saved from extinction when conservation experts release the species into a new home in Dorset – using plastic bottles.
The ladybird spider is one of the most colourful spiders in Britain, but by the 1990s only 56 were left.
There are now more than a thousand, thanks to the efforts of conservationists, and the spider is ready to be released into new areas.
The first of these planned moves begins with the release of 30 ladybird spiders into the Arne nature reserve in Dorset. They will be closely watched in their new home and, if successful, more will be released in the next few years.
The spiders will be taken to their new home in plastic water bottles, each filled with heather and moss. Then the bottles will be buried to allow the spiders to crawl out in their own time.
"Burying plastic bottles in the heathland may seem a little strange to some of our visitors, but the experts have found that this is the best way to move the spiders," said Toby Branston, the senior warden at the reserve. "This is an ideal habitat for
Foundation Tier
January 2013
English/English Language
Unit 1
ENG1F
Understanding and producing non-fiction texts
F
Insert
The three sources that follow are:
Source 1: an online article called UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle
Source 2: an extract of biographical writing from Steve Backshall
Source 3: a leaflet entitled Make a... hedgehog home.
Please open the insert fully to see all three sources
M/Jan13/Insert to ENG1F
ENG1F
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Source 1
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News
Sport
Comment
Environment
Culture
Business
Money
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Environment
TV
Insects
UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle
Ladybird spider to be released into new areas by conservationists
Camila Ruz
The Guardian, Thursday 11 August 2011
The endangered ladybird spider, is being introduced to the RSPB's Arne Reserve in Dorset.
Photograph: Ian Hughes/RSPB
The UK's rarest spider is to be saved from extinction when conservation experts release the species into a new home in Dorset – using plastic bottles.
The ladybird spider is one of the most colourful spiders in Britain, but by the 1990s only 56 were left.
There are now more than a thousand, thanks to the efforts of conservationists, and the spider is ready to be released into new areas.
The first of these planned moves begins with the release of 30 ladybird spiders into the Arne nature reserve in Dorset. They will be closely watched in their new home and, if successful, more will be released in the next few years.
The spiders will be taken to their new home in plastic water bottles, each filled with heather and moss. Then the bottles will be buried to allow the spiders to crawl out in their own time.
"Burying plastic bottles in the heathland may seem a little strange to some of our visitors, but the experts have found that this is the best way to move the spiders," said Toby Branston, the senior warden at the reserve. "This is an ideal habitat for