The Wind and the Willows



Animal Classification
The Human Body: Systems and Senses
Language
Text Features
100

Who were the main characters?

The main characters were Water Rat and Mole.

100

What does a zoologist study?

A zoologist studies animals.

100

What are three types of joints?

Three types of joints are:

moveable

immoveable

partially moveable

100

What is a noun?

A noun is a name of a person, place, animal, or thing.

100

I am used to summarize information that is in the reader.  What am I?

A chart

200

What do you call the part of the story that is not dialogue?

The part of the story that is not dialogue is called narration.

200

How are Herbivores and Omnivores alike?

Herbivores and Omnivores both eat plants.

200

What is the function of the musculatory system?

The function of the musculatory system is that it helps the body move in many different ways.

200

What do verbs show?

Verbs show action.

200

I am a place where readera go to find the definition of unknown words.  What am I?

The glossary.

300

Where did the Wind and the Willows take place?

The Wind and the Willows took place in the English countryside.

300

What do all mammals have in common?

All mammals have;

 1. hair

2.  give live birth

3.  Are vertebrates

4. produce milk for their babies

5.  Breathe oxygen using lungs.

6.  warm blooded 


300

What bone protects the spinal cord and why is it important?

The bone that supports the spinal cord is the backbone.  It is important because the nerve signals run up and down the spine telling the body what to do.

300

What do adjectives describe?

Adjectives describes a noun.

300

I give the reader an overview of what texts are in the Reader or book and where to find each text.  What am I?

The Table of Contents.

400

What does it mean that the characters were personified in this story?

The characters in this story could talk, they wore clothes, rowed a boat, had a picnic, etc.

400

What 4 important things do all living things have in common?

All living things do the following:

1. create energy from food.

2.  Can have babies.

3.  Have a life cycle.

4.  Can change to fit in better with their habitat.

400

These are the building blocks of life.  What are they?

cells

400

What is the rule to change the following words from singular to plural?

elf

life

calf

To make the words plural you need to change the f t a v and add es.

400

I am used to show the specific area that is talked about in the text.  What am I?

A map

500

What are the  four themes in Wind and the Willows? 

The four themes are friendship, loyalty, responsibility and irresponsibility.

500

What are the 5 groups of animal classifications?

The five groups of animal classification are:

Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Fish, and Mammals.

500

Why are human bodies compared to complex machines?

It is made up of several different systems that do specific jobs. The different systems have many different, interconnected parts and need to work together in order to function properly.

500

Where does a prefix go on a root word and what does it add?

ex.  pay

       Prepay

It goes at the beginning of a root word and adds a syllable.

500

I give the reader information about the key topics in a text.  What am I?

A Heading.