Ready Text Lesson 2 Living in the Clouds RI2 Main idea & Details

The Incas raise sheep, llamas, and other animals.

The Incas make beautiful handmade crafts.

The Incas are working to protect the Manu rain forest.

The Incas live high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

The Inca people have lived in the Andes Mountains for over

500 years.

Farming is hard work in the Andes.

A number of different crops are grown in the mountains.

Llamas are used to carry heavy loads through the mountains.

“The Andes are very high mountains in South America."

“The mountainsides make farming difficult.”

“The Incas raise sheep, llamas, guinea pigs, and alpacas."

“Beautiful handmade objects come from Peru.”

"So they cut giant steps into the mountains.”

“The Incas raise sheep, llamas, guinea pigs, and alpacas."

“Llamas were important to the Inca people 500 years ago and

still are today.”

“The farmers use them to carry heavy loads through the

mountains.”

“The animals [llamas] are very surefooted.”

They describe different objects that are made.

They describe how sheep and alpaca wool is used.

They explain how wool is made into thread and yarn.

They describe what spinners and weavers do.

a place that has been destroyed

stones used to pave roads

what is left of old buildings

objects that were once used

There are several great rain forests in the world.

Many animals and plants live in the rain forest.

The rain forest needs to be protected.

Tourists visit the rain forest.

Peru is also home to beautiful Manu.

Manu is one of the

world’s great rain forests.

But too many of the trees there were

being cut down.

Some people are trying to stop more damage

from happening.

One reason is that rain forests are home to

animals and plants that do not live anywhere else.