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1-Knowledge

Why do the people in this story travel to an unknown land? In what ways do they hope their lives will be different? Use details from the story.

2-Applying

What tools and machines that we have today would have been most useful to the settlers. Explain.

3-Analizing

How do you think the boy’s feelings about the sailor’s life change during the voyage? Explain.

4-Generating

Why do you think the settlers name their new town after the one they sailed from?

5-Evaluating

What do you find most difficult and most exciting about the voyage the boy makes?

6-Connections

What qualities do the settlers have that help them succeed on their voyage? Explain.

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1- Organizing

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

2-Generating

Babe Didrickson chose a career in sports, and Bill Melendez chose a career in animation. Are those two careers alike in any way? Explain why or why not.

3-Evaluating

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

4- Evaluating

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

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1- Organizing

Compare the way Alejandro helps the animals with the way animals help themselves in “The Living Desert.”

2-Generating

How do the selections in this theme show how animals depend on their habitat?

3- Analyzing

Both Alejandro and Ben want to be friends with the animals they meet. Are their reasons alike or different? Explain your answer.

4- Integrating

Do you think people should be responsible for helping animals? Give some examples from the selections or your own experiences.

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1-Knowledge

2-Applying

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

3-Generating

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

4-Generating

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

5-Evaluating

Who do you think is the hero in this story? Give reasons for your answer.

6-Connections

Compare Sonia to another character (Halla, Ben) in this theme. Explain their similarities and differences.

1-Organizing

Compare how the characters and the seals change during the story.

2-Generating

Why do you think Ben enjoys watching the seals? Use details from the story to explain.

3-Generating

What kinds of activities might Ben do someday with his own grandchildren? Why?

4-Integrating

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

5-Evaluating

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

6-Connections

Compare the animal habitat in Seal Surfers with the one in Night of the Pufflings.

1-Analyzing

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

2-Generating

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

3-Generating

Why are the puffins called “clowns of the sea”?

4-Evaluating

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

5-Intergrating

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

6-Connections

How did humans could the pufflings’ habitat to change? How else might villagers help them?

1-Knowledge

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

2-Analyzing

Can the author make a reader believe an incredible story? Use details from the selection to explain.

3-Integrating

The Lazardos keep Dinosaur Bob, but the little girl in Raising Dragons doesn’t keep Hank. Why do you think they made different choices?

4-Evaluating

Think about one of the incredible stories in the theme. (Dogzilla, The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, Raising Dragons, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, Fugitives on Four Legs and Dinosaur Bob) What do you think will happen next in that story?

1-Drawing Conclusions

What would have happened to the pigs if they had not escaped?

2-Making Judgments

The other selections in this theme are fantasies, but this story is true. Do you think that it is true makes this story more or less interesting than the other stories?

3-Compare and Contrast

How are the illustrations in Fugitives on Four Legs similar to the illustration in Dogzilla? How are they different? Expain your answers.  

1- Organizing

In what ways is this story mysterious? Give an example from the story.

2- Analyzing

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

3- Generating

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

4- Integrating

Do you think that Alan would ever go back into Abdul Gasazi’s garden? Would YOU go into his garden if given the chance? Explain your answers.

5- Evaluating

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

6- Connections

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

1-Knowledge

Why does Hank have to leave the farm? Which story details support your answers?

2-Analyzing

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

3-Generating

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

4-Generating

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

5-Evaluating

What kind of person does someone have to be to take good care of an animal? Give examples from the story.

6-Connections

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