1.   What is entomophagy?_______________________________________________________

2.  Give three reasons why raising insects is better thanraising livestock.

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2)____________________________________________________"""""_____________________________________________________"

3)____________________________________________________""_____________________________________________________"

3. What is the author’s purpose?

a) to persuade b) to inform c) to entertain

Give evidence from the text to support your answer: __________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________"

4. Would you try eating insects?_________________________Why or why not? ________________________________________ __________________________________________________________"

Would you eat crickets for dinner? It might not sound good to you, but around 2 billion people worldwide eat insects! Eating insects is called entomophagy and there are many good reasons to do it. First off, insects are really good for you! They are packed with protein. By weight, crickets and termites have more protein than beef. Second, raising insects cost less and is better for the earth than raising cows and other livestock. Insects take up much less space and need much less food and water than cows. Also, you can eat more parts of an insect than other animals. Insects also reach their adult size quickly. It does not take much time to raise insects to eat. Third, insects taste good! Many types of insects taste a little nutty. Some kinds of bugs taste like bacon, while others may taste like fish, or even fruit. Some insects, such as meal worms, don’t have much of a taste at all. They pick up the flavors of whatever they are cooked with. So, what are you waiting for? Why not try a beetle today?

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IT: vocabulary, author’s purpose, evaluation

1.  What kind of story is this?

a) fable b) fairytale c) tall tale d) myth

How do you know?

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__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________""2.  Why did Gorilla give Monkey a banana?"""""

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3.  Summarize the story:"""""________________________________________________________"""""________________________________________________________

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4.  What is the moral (or lesson) of this story?

a) You should always share.

b) Monkeys are smarter than baboons.

c) Give something to get something.

d) You can trade water for bananas.

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Gorilla sat under a tree eating bananas. Gorilla was thirsty. He wanted to go to the river to get a drink, but then someone might steal his bananas. Baboon came and sat beside him. “May I have one of your bananas?” asked Baboon. “No, you may not!” replied Gorilla. “I picked all these bananas myself. If you want some bananas, go get your own.” “But the bananas are all gone. You have picked them all and they are all there in your big pile,” said Baboon. “That is not my problem,” Gorilla said grumpily. “Now go away and leave me alone.” A few minutes later, Monkey came to sit beside Gorilla. “I won’t give you a banana,” said Gorilla. “So don’t even ask.” “Oh no,” said Monkey. “I just thought you might like some cool water from the river.” Monkey gave Gorilla a coconut shell full of water. Gorilla took the shell and drank it all. He felt much better. “Thank you,” he said to Monkey. “Please, take one of my bananas for your trouble.” Monkey gladly accepted.

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People often confuse alligators and crocodiles. Alligators and crocodiles are both reptiles. They both live in the water and they both have sharp teeth. Crocodiles live in salt water. They have special glands on their tongues to get rid of the extra salt. Alligators don’t have these glands, so they live in fresh water. Alligators have wide, U-shaped snouts. A crocodile’s snout is longer and more pointed, like a V. Also, crocodiles have teeth on their lower jaws that stick out. You can see them even when the crocodile’s mouth is closed. Alligators do not have any teeth that stick out.

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The easiest way to tell an alligator from a crocodile is by looking at the snout.

IT: compare and contrast, interpreting an illustration

1.  What do alligators and crocodiles have in common?" ______________________________________________________" ______________________________________________________"

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2.  How are alligators and crocodiles different? " ______________________________________________________"

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3.  Which text structure did the author use?

"""""""""a) description b) cause and effect

c) problem and solution d) compare and contrast

"4.  Is the animal closest to the bottom of the page an

alligator or a crocodile?_____________________________

How do you know?

__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________"

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1.  From which point of view is this passage written?

a) first person b) second person c) third person

Give evidence from passage the to support your choice: __________________________________________________________"

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2.  What caused the narrator have globophobia?" ________________________________________________________" ________________________________________________________""3.  What does the word, “bananas” mean at the end of

paragraph 3?" ________________________________________________________" ________________________________________________________""""""4.  Besides being afraid of balloons, what are two other

things you can infer about the narrator of this passage? Explain how you know.

""""""""1)_____________________________________________________""""""""""because_____________________________________________""

"""" 2)____________________________________________________""""""""""because_____________________________________________

Some people are scared of spiders,

or snakes, or high places. But, me, I’m

afraid of balloons. I am not the only

person who is afraid of them. I read

about it on the internet. It’s called

globophobia.

It started when I was little. My mom

gave me a balloon to play with. I was so

little, I didn’t know what it was. It was

bright red. I thought it might be good to

eat, like cotton candy. It popped when I

tried to take a bite. After that, I

wanted nothing to do with balloons.

It’s not usually a problem. But

sometimes it’s embarrassing. Last week

I went to my friend Lila’s 10th birthday

party. Of course, there were balloons. I

was so nervous! I covered my ears

whenever I thought one might pop. I

pretended I had to go to the bathroom

so I could leave the room. The other

girls probably thought I was bananas,

but I just couldn’t help it!

Maybe when I grow up, I will invent a

kind of balloon that does not make noise

when it pops. Then I will have balloons

at my parties too!

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1.  What genre is this passage?

a) mystery b) historical fiction

c) biography d) science fiction

2.  What is the main idea of this passage?" ________________________________________________________"

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"" Give two details from the text to support your choice.

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""""3.  Why does Sachar describe working at Hillside

Elementary as a “life changing experience”?" ________________________________________________________" ________________________________________________________"

""""________________________________________________________" """""4.  Write a question you have after reading this passage.

________________________________________________________" ________________________________________________________"

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Authors often get story ideas from

people they meet in real life. Children’s

author Louis Sachar says that his first

book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, was based on students he met

at Hillside Elementary.

Sachar was going to school at the

University of California when he found

out that he could earn college credits

by working as an aid at a nearby

elementary school. He helped out in the

classroom and supervised lunch recess.

“It became my favorite college class

and a life changing experience,” said

Sachar.

Sachar graduated in 1976 and decided

to write a children’s book using his

experience at Hillside. “All the kids at

Wayside School were based on kids I

knew at Hillside,” Sachar said. The book

was published two years later in 1978.

Later, Sachar married an elementary

school counselor named Carla. Carla was

the inspiration for the school counselor

in Sachar’s fifth book (1987), There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom.

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'Tis fine to play In the fragrant hay, And romp on the golden load; To ride old Jack To the barn and back, Or tramp by a shady road. To pause and drink, At a mossy brink; Ah, that is the best of joy, And so I say On a summer's day, What's so fine as being a boy? Ha, Ha! With line and hook By a babbling brook, The fisherman's sport we ply; And list the song Of the feathered throng That flit in the branches nigh. At last we strip For a quiet dip; Ah, that is the best of joy. For this I say On a summer's day, What's so fine as being a boy? Ha, Ha!

A Boy’s Summer Song

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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P: setting, figurative language, mood, analysis

1.  Where does this poem take place?

"__________________________________________________"

What makes you think so?"__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________ "2.  Which two types of figurative language are used in

the second line of the second stanza? "

a) alliteration, simile b) onomatopoeia, idiom

c) metaphor, idiom d) onomatopoeia, alliteration 3.  What is the mood of this poem?

What are some of the words and phrases the poet uses to convey this mood? "__________________________________________________________"__________________________________________________________ "4.  Would this poem have to be different if it were called

A Girl’s Summer Song?

Why or why not?"__________________________________________________________"

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