All About Owls
Owls use them to grasp their prey.
What are talons?
Owls live on every continent except for this one.
What is Antarctica?
This is the purpose for writing an informational book.
What is to teach or inform?
What is a caption?
This large, wise owl has been watching over us as we have been writing our informational books.
Who is Woody?
A small clump of undigestible bits an owl coughs up after eating.
What is a pellet?
Most owls do not build their own, but move into or borrow those of other animals.
What are nests?
When using facts from books and internet sources, instead of copying the words and presenting them as your own you must do this.
What is paraphrase?
You might include this text feature to show the reader where your owl lives.
What is a map?
This friendly, but fierce little owl expects that you have done your best work on this project.
Who is Professor Beaky?
This adaptation enables owls to sneak up on their prey, unnoticed.
What is silent flight, or feathers with rounded edges?
These types of cone-bearing trees are found in many owl habitats.
What are coniferous trees (pine trees)?
Highlight important vocabulary words as you write your book and place them in this section of your book along with their definitions.
What is the glossary?
This type of graph can be used to show comparisons.
What is a bar graph?
If you were an owl you might enjoy one of these for lunch.
What is a mouse, rat, vole, mole, scorpion, bug, lizard, etc...?
This word describes an owl that is active during the day.
What is diurnal?
This owl makes its home in the hollow of a cactus plant.
What is the elf owl?
These types of words and phrases help connect one sentence or fact to another.
What are transition words or phrases?
You can get donuts at this place.
What is Dunkin?
This wolf eats his body weight in Cheetos every day.
Who is Sheldon?
This owl has a heart-shaped facial disk.
What is the barn owl?
This species of owls likes to nest in tunnels dug by woodchucks and other small mammals.
What is the burrowing owl?
In this part of your book you should grab the reader's attention.
What is the introduction?
These will add color to your pages and show your reader what you are writing about.
What are photos?
This is the best grade at PES.
What is 4th?