"Judy Moody Saves the World" & "My Smelly Pet"
What genre are both of these stories? What is the author's purpose for writing these stories?
These stories are humorous fiction stories, and the author's purpose for writing them is to make the reader laugh.
What genres are both of these stories? What is the author's purpose for writing these stories?
These stories are both informational texts. The author's purpose is to give the reader information about a specific topic.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is used to describe how people, places, or things look or how they are also alike or different.
What does it mean to treat materials that have been thrown away in order to use them again?
It means to recycle.
What is the problem that Judy is trying to solve within each story?
In "Judy Moody Saves the World" Judy is trying to help save the environment. In "My Smelly Pet," Judy wants to impress her classmates with her new pet by showing them how it can eat.
What is Phillip Currie an expert in? What is the special name of this person?
Phillip Currie is an expert in finding fossils and dinosaur bones. The name of this person is a paleontologist.
Give two examples of using adjectives that compare. One sentence must compare two things. The other sentence must compare more than two things.
Answers may vary. (The water bottle is taller than the eraser). (My sister is the youngest person in my family)
List three synonyms for the word "rubbish."
Answers may vary. (garbage, litter, waste, trash).
Why doesn't Judy choose Mouse for her collage? What unusual pet does she bring instead? What makes this pet so unusual?
Answers may vary. (Judy feels like she's not making a choice because Mouse is her only pet. She brings a Venus flytrap. This pet is unusual because it eats insects and smells like raw meat).
How does a graphic feature, like a chart help a reader when reading an informational text? According to the chart in "Finding Fossils for Fun," what tools would you need if you wanted to look for dinosaur eggs in layers of rock?
A chart is used to list information in a way that makes it clear and easy for the reader to understand the information. You would use a hammer and chisel if you wanted to look for dinosaur eggs in layers of rock.
Look at the sentence and determine if two nouns are being compared or more than two nouns are being compared. State what they are.
Mike is a better piano player than Sarah.
Ray is the smartest person in the class.
My grandma has more wrinkles than my grandpa.
Two things are being compared. (Mike and Sarah).
More than two things are being compared (Ray and the class).
Two things are being compared. (Grandma and grandpa).
List two synonyms and antonyms of the word "uncover."
Answers may vary. Synonyms (dig up, reveal). Antonyms (cover-up, hide).
What are three ways that Judy tries to save the world in "Judy Moody Saves the World?"
Answers may vary. (composting her family's waste, riding her bike to school, reusing her lunch box from kindergarten, project R.E.C.Y.L.E).
What is Phillip Currie trying to find out? Where does he go to look for fossils? Why does he go there?
Phillip Currie is trying to discover if Albertosaurs lived together in packs. He goes to the badlands in Canada because it was where Barnum Brown had found fossils 90 years earlier.
Find the error in each sentence.
This necklace is the beautifulest piece of jewelry in the store.
I am the more faster runner in the class.
Tom is the most strongerest wrestler on the team.
This necklace is the most beautiful piece of jewelry in the store.
I am the fastest runner in the class.
Tom is the strongest wrestler on the team.
Define the word pollution.
Give four examples of different types of pollution.
Pollution is the act of making something dirty, impure, or harmful; the condition of being dirty, impure, or harmful.
Answers may vary (land, water, air, noise).
How are the characters, settings, and plots the same within each story?
How are the characters, settings, and plots different within each story?
Judy, her teacher, her parents, Stink, Rocky, and Mouse are in both stories. Both stories take place at school. Judy has to solve a problem within both stories.
Frank, Jessica, and Jaws are not characters in both stories. The setting in "Judy Moody Saves the World" takes place mostly at her house. The plots are different because the problem of "Judy Moody Saves the World" takes a long time to solve and in "My Smelly Pet," the problem is solved quickly.
What was Phillip Currie's big question? Did he find answers to his question? Why or why not and how so? Do you think the title of the story is a good title? Why or why not?
His big question was "Why were so many of these animals (Albertosaurs) buried together?"
Answers may vary. (He found some answers to his questions by using old photos and evidence that shows meat-eating dinosaurs may have lived in groups. Rodolfo Coria also found the remains of many dinosaurs together. Since no human was around to see how dinosaurs truly lived, the investigation continues and fossils are waiting to be found.
Answers may vary. (Yes/No because...).
State the errors within each sentence and explain why they are wrong.
I threw away a orange peel this morning.
I picked up an piece of rubbish from under my desk.
The Judy is the nicest person I know.
My sister pet an dog that was named the Fluffy.
I threw away an orange peel this morning. (Orange begins with a vowel).
I picked up a piece of rubbish from under my desk. (Piece begins with a constant)
Judy is the nicest person I know. (Judy is the name of a proper noun).
My sister pet a/the dog that was named Fluffy. (Dog begins with a consonant, Fluffy is the name of a proper noun).
Define the word evidence.
Define the word clue
Define the word prove.
Define the word investigation.
Explain why all of these things may be helpful for a detective.
Evidence is the facts or signs that help you find out the truth or decide.
Clues are something that helps to solve a problem or mystery.
To prove means to use facts or other information to show that something is true.
An investigation is a study or search to find out new information, the truth, or facts.
Answers may vary. (A detective may use all of these things to help solve a mystery and determine who is guilty or innocent of a crime).