Post on 26-Mar-2015
The author writes the stories.
Author: Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
The illustrator draws the pictures.
• The Emperor's Egg
• Martin Jenkins writes for both children
and adults. He is a conservation
biologist. He travels to rain forests and
mountains.
• Unlike the penguins in The Emperor's
Egg, he dislikes cold weather.
• Martin Jenkins is very interested in
science and art. He wrote a pop-up
book called The Art of Science.
GENRE- Nonfiction Informational book
An informational book gives facts about a topic.Look for:
•Information that helps you learn more about the world.
•Captions that give more about the pictures.
flippers
flippers - small fins used like hands or feet
The baby penguin is flapping his flippers.
hatch
• hatch - to break out of an egg
The penguins are getting ready to hatch out of the eggs.
miserable
The poor kitty was miserable when he had to have a bath.
•Miserable - very unhappy
slippery
The penguins loved to slide down the slippery hill.
•slippery - not sticky, causing sliding
waddled
Penguins waddled as the walk.
•waddled - moved in a funny way, like a duck
horizon
The clouds are almost touching the horizon in this chilly Antarctic photo.
•horizon - where the sky seems to meet the earth
horizon
• Say the words.
• Read the sentence.
• Fill in the blank.
The baby ______ed from the egg on his father’s feet.
• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon
The penguins use their _______ to move through the water.
• hatch • slippery • miserabl
e • flippers• horizon• waddled
The polar bear fell on the ________ ice.
• slippery • hatch • horizon• miserabl
e • waddled• flippers
Little Pete was ________ when he couldn’t find his friends.
•miserable
•waddled•slippery •hatch •flippers•horizon
Look at the _______ to see the setting sun.
•waddled•miserabl
e •horizon•slippery •hatch •flippers
A toddler pulled the toy duck and it _______.
• horizon• hatch• miserabl
e • slippery • waddled• flippers
Match the meaning to the word.
1. horizon ___
2. hatch ___
3. miserable__
4. slippery ___
5. waddled ___
6. flippers___
A - small fins used like hands or feet
B- very unhappyC- to break out of an
egg D - not sticky,
causing slidingE - moved in a funny
way, like a duckF - where the sky
seems to meet the earth
E
D
B
A
C
F
WEBSITES
1. Building Background2. Go for Grammar - Adjectives
That Compare3. Proofreading Practice - printoutOther Activities1. Penguin Research2. Penguin Page3. Penguins in New Zealand 4. Penguin.net.nz - Frequently asked
questions
Tweaked by Anne Miller