"Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk"
In order to test the elephants’ cooperation skills, a team of scientists created these.
What are experiments?
In paragraph 4, the meaning of the word RESTRAINED is this.
What is held back?
The parts of an essay are these.
Introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion.
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 and/or mark up 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?
The meaning of the word ELITE in paragraph one is this.
A select, particular, specific, superior group
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 is also called this.
What is the protagonist?
This tool helps you get rid of answers that don't fit.
What is the eliminator/cross out?
The specific experiment that taught the elephants to work together to earn a treat.
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 paired texts or videos, your writing task may be to do THIS with them
What is compare (and contrast)?
OR
What is analyze?
You should not have too much of this in your story.
What is dialogue?
This is one tool you can use when you have a difficult question that you are struggling with and want to skip it for now.
What is the bookmark?