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

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