What is the title of the article?
Super Noses
What does the acronym PIEED stand for?
Persuade
Inform
Explain
Entertain
Describe
What are some ways to find the meaning of a word without using the dictionary?
Read the sentence before and after
What was the passage mainly about? Use evidence to support your answer.
answers may vary
2. Why does the author use headings in the text?
a. to identify the main topic of each section
b. to provide the steps in a process
c. to include answers to common questions
d. to tell the order of events as they happen
a. identify the main topic of each section
2. The author organizes the information in the "Amazing Uses" section by -
a. comparing and contrasting a dog's sense of smell with a human's
b. introducing a problem that can be solved using a dog's sense of smell
c. explaining the process of how a dog receives and interprets smells
d. describing different professions that benefit from a dog's sense of smell
d. describing different professions that benefit from a dog's sense of smell.
What are some reasons why a word may not come out in the dictionary?
they have multiple parts (students may provide an example)
What does the word emit mean in paragraph 3? Use evidence to support your answer.
answers may vary
6. What is the purpose of the diagram included in the text?
a. provides a visual of the parts of a dog's nose
b. offers an image depicting how dogs breathe in and out
c. shows the different sections of a dog's nose
d. presents a graphic that provides definitions of the parts of a dog's nose.
a. provides a visual of the parts of a dog's nose
The purpose of nonfiction texts are to -
Multiple answers are accepted
Inform
Explain
Describe
Persuade
4. Which phrase from paragraph 4 helps the reader understand the meaning of register?
a. look very closely
b. unique to each dog
c. fingerprint pattern
d. recorded information
d. recorded information
5. Student needs to answer in complete sentences.
Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can the reader conclude about dogs? Use evidence to support your answer.
The reader can conclude that dogs are sensitive. According to the text, "a dog can detect if a human is happy or sad"
How many text features are found in the article
6.
What is the purpose of a fiction text?
to entertain
7. In paragraph 6, the suffix -ity helps the reader determine the word security means-
a. the quality of being safe
b. a person who feels safer
c. without feeling safe
d. being safe again
a. the quality of being safe
9. Why are the numbered steps used in the directions? Use evidence to support your answer.
The numbered steps are used in the directions to show in what order the directions should be done. For example, "1, first you dry your dog's nose with a towel. 2. then you put food coloring on their nose.
Look at the article. Create a text feature with the information provided.
You will race against the clock 5 minutes. Team to create the best one wins the points.
Answers may vary.
3. CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS
Why does the author most likely write this text?
a. to entertain with stories of intelligent dogs
b. to show how dogs' ability to smell is useful
c. to persuade the reader to learn more about dogs
d. to explain the unique features of dogs' noses
e. to encourage the reader to make a print of his or her dog's nose.
B. to show how dogs' ability to smell is useful
D. to explain the unique feature of a dogs' noses
In paragraph 2 what does the word olfactory mean?
the nose
10. Why does the author include the "Take Your Dog's Nose Print" directions with the text? Use evidence to support your answer.
The author includes the directions so the reader can take the nose prints of their pets ,and they may find them if ever lost. In the text it states, "If the owner uses the service they can use the information to help identify the dog if lost.