"Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk"
To test the elephants’ cooperation skills, a team of scientists created these.
What are experiments?
The meaning of the word RESTRAINED as it is used in paragraph 4 is this.
What is held back?
Introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion.
What are the components OR parts of an essay?
You will be writing a continuation of this OR an original one of these for a narrative prompt.
What is a story?
You are able to jot down key ideas from the text using this feature.
What is the notepad?
In paragraph 1, the study of the elephants showed that they understand this.
What is understand that they need help from friends to succeed at a task?
OR
What is they will fail at a task if they don't have help?
In paragraph 4, it says, "The findings are CONSISTENT with observations in nature, she says. For instance, in East Africa biologists have seen elephants work together to lift a fallen companion with their tusks."
CONSISTENT means this.
What is behaving the same over time?
OR
What is staying the same over time?
This punctuation is used when citing a direct quote from the text.
What are quotation marks?
This figurative language comparing two items using "like" or "as" adds interest to your story and creates a picture in your reader's mind.
What is a simile?
This tool will help you remember important pieces from the text.
What is the highlighter?
Elephants have this, just like chimpanzees, hyenas, rooks and humans
What are other animals that have higher social cognition?
Paragraph “It’s particularly striking that the elephants were able to INHIBIT pulling.”
INHIBIT means this.
What is to hold back and/or prevent?
The original, engaging first sentence that connects to the prompt and creates interest for the reader.
What is the hook?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
This tool helps you get rid of answers that don't fit.
What is the eliminator/cross out?
The experiment that taught the elephants to work together to earn a treat.
Be specific...
What is having them learn to work together to pull a sliding table toward each other?
The key terms COGNITION and COGNITIVE are used in paragraphs 1 and 4 of the article "Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk."
These key terms refer to this.
What is mental awareness?
"To begin with__", "All in all__", "For example__" are examples of these.
What are transitions?
The three elements that are established in the introduction/exposition of a narrative.
What are characters, conflict, and setting?
This tool will help you when it comes to your spelling. You will often see a red squiggly line beneath specific words.
What is spell check?
Paragraph 4 contains these that add more info the the topic.
What are quotes from the researchers’ fellow scientists? OR What are quotes that emphasize how the experiment was important?
In paragraph 4, it says, "It is PARTICULARLY STRIKING that the elephants were able to inhibit pulling longer than chimpanzees do."
The phrase PARTICULARLY STRIKING means this.
What is attracting attention because their behavior is unusual or interesting?
OR
What is noticeable, impressive, standing out, etc.?
After reading/watching the texts and/or videos, your writing task may be to do THIS with them.
What is compare (and contrast)?
OR
What is analyze?
This is the problem that the protagonist must face throughout the story.
What is the conflict?
This is one tool you can use when you have a difficult question that you are struggling with.
What is the bookmark?