Connections
Name one connection you have made with the story.
At the zoo....
Example
What is a noun?
Person, place or thing.
Name an animal from the book you had never heard of.
Answers vary.
How many pounds of plants can an elephant eat a day?
350lbs
What does extinct mean?
Last animal of that kind dies.
What is self to text connection.
When you have a connection with the text.
What is an adjective?
Describing word.
How much does an ostrich weigh?
250lbs
In the book they caught a Courtenay, what year was this?
2001
What does compare/contrast mean when reading two books?
Comparing two stories what is the same in each book and what is different.
What is text to text connection?
When a book reminds you of another book.
What is a verb AND give an example?
Action word. Run, Swim, ect.
What is a coelacanth?
A strange looking fish.
A new type of dinosaur was discovered by Dr. Paul Sereno. What year was this?
1993
Earth was once united in one big continent called what?
Pangaea
What is text to world connection?
Something is the book connects with something that is going on in the world right now.
Pronounce this words and tell what it means. Paleontologist
(pay-lee-uhn-tah-luh-jihst) studies fossils.
How tall is a giraffe?
18 feet
How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct?
65 millions years ago.
What does adaptations mean?
An animal that adjusts to their surroundings.
Name the three different types of text connections.
text to text, text to world, text to self.
What is a simile? What is a metaphor?
Simile-comparing two things using "like" or "as".
Metaphor-comparing two things by saying one is the other.
How many kinds of African antelope are there?
73 kinds
Victoria Falls is how many feet above the Zambezi River?
355ft
Africa has three main regions, what are they?
Sahara (desert), Grassland, Rain Forest