A Visit to the Desert
Tim and his family visited their grandmother in this American state.
Nevada.
What problem did the boy have in the beginning of the story?
He was not fond of his job and was bored everyday.
Prairie dogs, badgers, and coyotes all live in this habitat
Prairie
If your cat does this to you, it must really like you.
Groom
The desert in A Visit to the Desert has this climate.
Hot and Dry
What is a fable?
A fable is a story that is made-up and teaches a lesson.
While the rest of the prairie dogs are eating, playing, and sleeping, one prairie dog has this job
Guard, lookout, watchmen
These kinds of animals have fur or hair, drink milk from their mothers, and can breathe with lungs.
Mammals
What were the animals that Tim observed in the story?
A turtle, a jackrabbit, and a Great Horned Owl.
What was the job of the boy?
He was a shepherd, he is supposed to watch and protect the sheep.
When prairie dogs take turns looking out for danger, that is called this
Taking Shifts
These two vocabulary words both mean to look, but in slightly different ways
peek and spy
What is the genre of A Visit to the Desert?
Realistic Fiction
If there is something wrong in a story and then it is solved at the end, that is this text feature.
Problem and Solution
Name three text features that you see in A Prairie Guard Dog
Headings, diagrams, charts, labels, bold print words, captions
Some people think that spending too much time in the city is harmful, so sometimes they will go out in _____ to get some fresh air.
Nature
Realistic Fiction is:
1)A story that could happen in real life and
2)has characters that could be real people
What was the solution of the story?
The boy saw a real wolf, but when he called for help, no one came. He learned to not lie again.
A Prairie Guard Dog and Eagles and Eaglets are both non-fiction and teaches about real things, but only a Prairie Guard Dog has this
A narrator
Humans can do this when they see someone or something they know, and so can computers and phones.
Recognize