Rare Treasures
Barbed Wire Baseball
Vocabulary
Word Study
Reading Skills
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What was Mary Anning famous for?

She was famous for fossil collecting.

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What sport was Zeni's known for?

baseball

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I _______ in a building in Aitken.

dwell

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The word that means to use something in the wrong way is ....

misuse

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A biography is in _______ order.

chronological (time)

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Where is Mary Anning from?

Lime Regis

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Where was Zeni and the other people of Japanese descent sent to?

an internment camp

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People of Japanese descent were sent to an _________ camp.

internment

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The word that means 'related to electricity' is....

electric

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An biography is written in the _____ person. 

third

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What is the main idea of the story?

Mary Annings was a remarkable person.

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What did Zeni convince the camp commander to give him?

a bulldozer

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Mary Anning was known for collecting ________

fossils

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What is the VCe Syllable pattern in 'underestimate'?

mate

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Next, After that, First, Finally... are all examples of....

Transition / Time signal words

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Who invented the word 'dinosaur'?

Richard Owens

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What was the third thing Zeni and his friends have to do to prepare the baseball field?

grow the grass and mark the lines

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We should ________ Ikea furniture by ourselves.

assemble

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The word that means 'related to being festive' is...

festivity

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The author's purpose of a biography is to...

inform the reader about the person's remarkable life.

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Why were scientists so excited about Mary's work?

They were excited because she made discoveries that help them understand some of the mysteries of the world.

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How did Zeni get the money to buy baseball equipment for the camp?

He asked the other prisoners to contribute. 

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I heard the baseball bat was _________ after the batter had hit the ball really hard.

splintering

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The man is play___ with his model airplane.

playing

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A summary is a...

shortened version of a piece of text.

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