(Organizing) Compare the problems that Bessie Coleman and Hank Greenberg have. How are they alike? How are they different?

(Generating) Babe Didrikson chose a career in sports, and Bill Melendez chose a career in animation. Are those careers alike in any way? Explain why or why not.

(Evaluating) Do you think meeting a challenge can change someone’s life? Use examples from the selection.

(Evaluating) Which person in these four biographies do you most admire? Why?

(Knowledge) Describe how Sonia’s community works together to help save the deer.

(Applying) What animals do you see most often where you live? How do they behave around people?

(Generating) Why doesn’t Sonia get angry when the deer eat the lettuce in her garden?

(Generating) How does Sonia’s community change because of the deer being in the neighborhood garden?

(Evaluating) Who do you think is the hero in this story? Give reasons for your answers.

(Connections) Compare Sonia to the character Ben from Seal Surfer or Halla from Night of the Pufflings.   

(Organizing) Compare how the characters and the seals change during the story.

(Generating) Why do you think Ben enjoys watching the seals? Use details from the story.

(Generating) What kinds of activities might Ben do someday with his own grandchildren?

(Integrating) Ben likes the cliffs. Describe an outside place you like and how it changes with the seasons.

(Evaluating) Is it believable that a seal could rescue a surfer from drowning? Why or why not?

(Connections) Compare the animal habitat in Seal Surfer with one in Nights of the Pufflins.

(Analyzing) Give some reasons why Bruce McMillian might have wanted to write a book about the pufflings.  

(Generating) Why do you think the children return the pufflings to the sea instead of keeping them as pets?

(Generating) Why are puffins called “clowns of the sea”?

(Integrating) What makes the nights of the pufflings exciting? Use story details to support your answer.

(Evaluating) What would you like best about visiting Heimaey Island during the nights of the pufflings? Why?

(Connections) How did humans cause the pufflings’ habitat to change? How else might villagers help them?

(Knowledge) Think about Dinosaur Bob and the pigs in “Fugitive on Four Legs.” Why did the people in each selection care about them?

(Analyzing) Can an author make a reader believe in an incredible story? Use selection details to explain.

(Integrating) The Lazardos keep Dinosaur Bob, but the little girl in Raising Dragons doesn’t keep Hank. Why do they make different choices?

(Evaluating) Think about one of the incredible stories we have read recently (Dogzilla, The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, Raising Dragons, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi). What do you think would happen next?  

(Organizing) In what ways is this story mysterious? Give examples from the story.

(Analyzing) How would you describe Abdul Gasazi’s personality? What is he like? Use details from the story.

(Generating) How do you think Fritz the dog ended up with Alan’s hat?

(Integrating) Do you think Alan will ever go back into Abdul Gasazi’s garden? Would you go into the garden if given the chance? Explain your answers.

(Evaluating) Why does Miss Hester think that Abdul Gasazi played a trick on Alan? Do you agree with her?

(Connections) Compare Dragon Island in Raising Dragons to Abdul Gasazi’s garden.  

(Knowledge) Why does Hank have to leave the farm? Which story details support your answer?

(Analyzing) Describe the little girl’s personality. What is she like? Use details from the story.

(Generating) If the little girl had never found the egg, how would life on the farm have been different?

(Generating) What do you think will happen when the girl tries to raise a group of dragons instead of just one?

(Evaluating) What kind of person does someone have to be to take good care of an animal? Give examples from the story to support your answer.

(Connections) Hank was very helpful on the farm. What might have happened if Hank were more like Dogzilla?