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Chapter 2 ~ Constructive Response – Characters’ Viewpoints

Describe Mr. and Mrs. Popper’s viewpoints on penguins.

Mr. Popper’s

Viewpoint

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Mrs. Popper’s

Viewpoint

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring

explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says

explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

© Gay Miller

Chapter 2 ~ Constructive Response – Characters’ Viewpoints

Describe Mr. and Mrs. Popper’s viewpoints on penguins.

Mr. Popper’s

Viewpoint

fascinated by

penguins

called them funny

thinks penguins

would make nice

pets

says the penguins

are intelligent –

explains by telling

how they watch for

sea leopards

Mrs. Popper’s

Viewpoint

thinks any pet

would be too costly

Mama thinks all

animals would

create more work

for her because

they make too

much dirt in the

house.

called penguins

heathen birds

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring

explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says

explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

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Chapter 12 ~ Constructive Response – Character ~ Inference

Mr. Popper, who had always been such a great reader, had no difficulty in

thinking of names for the penguin children.

Edward W. Nelson

Christopher Columbus

Isabella Louisa Stanley

Jenny English Schooner

Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Ferdinand Magellan

Adelia Land

Queen Isabella

King Ferdinand

Victoria Land

What do these

names have in

common? What do

these names tell the

reader about Mr.

Popper?

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring

explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says

explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

Nelson

Columbus

Louisa

Jenny

Scott

Magellan

Adelina

Isabella

Ferdinand

Victoria

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Chapter 12 ~ Constructive Response – Character ~ Inference

Mr. Popper, who had always been such a great reader, had no difficulty in

thinking of names for the penguin children.

Edward W. Nelson

zoologist and polar explorer

Christopher Columbus

found America

Isabella Louisa Stanley

wife of Arctic explorer Sir William Edward Perry

Legend of an English Schooner frozen in an ice barrier the Antarctic

Captain Robert Falcon Scott

led two Antarctic expeditions

Ferdinand Magellan

circumnavigated the earth

Adelia Land

location in Antarctica on the coast along the Great Southern Ocean

Queen Isabella

funded Christopher Columbus

King Ferdinand

funded Christopher Columbus

Victoria Land

region of Antarctica on the east named for Queen Victoria

What do these

names have in

common? What do

these names tell the

reader about Mr.

Popper?

All the names for the

penguins relate to things

Mr. Popper has read.

They illustrate Mr.

Popper’s interest in

Antarctica and

exploration.

6 relate to Antarctica

7 relate to explorers

2 relate to places in

Antarctic

1 tells of an Antarctic

legend

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring

explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says

explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

Nelson

Columbus

Louisa

Jenny

Scott

Magellan

Adelina

Isabella

Ferdinand

Victoria

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Mr. Popper’s Penguins Notebook & Activity Unit contains graphic

organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities

covering vocabulary, constructive response writing, and skill

practice.

This packet includes the following:

Lesson Plans at a Glance

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary List

• Vocabulary Bookmarks

• Vocabulary Word Cards

• Vocabulary Practice Booklet

• Vocabulary Test

22 Constructive Writing Questions/Alignment to the Common

Core State Standards

Skill Practice/ Alignment to the Common Core State Standards

• Prefix and Suffix Flash Cards

• Prefix and Suffix Practice

Root Words Organizer

• Prefix and Suffix Board Game with Spinner

Figurative Language Response Cards

• Figurative Language Three Door Flip Organizer

• Proverbs, Adages, and Idioms Reference List

• Penguin Activity

• Sayings Mini Book

• Game Activities to use with Task Cards

• Context Clues Organizer

• Context Clues Task Cards

• Context Clues Game Board

• Quotation Organizer

• Quotation Task Cards

• Adjectives Organizers

• Adjective Order Task Cards

• Adjective Order Activity

• Spelling Rules Organizer ~ Comparative and Superlative

Adjectives

• Spelling Rules Card Activity

• Homonyms and Homophones Graphic Organizers

• Homophone Drawing Activity

• Homonym Reference Chart

• Spoons Game with Homophones and Homographs

These pages are a free sample of Mr. Popper’s

Penguins Interactive Notebook and Activity Unit.

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