Use the Following Frayer Model from Questions 1 and 2

Use the Following Frayer Model from Questions 1 and 2

Use the following Frayer Model from Questions 1 and 2.

  1. Select what words would go in the example box. Choose all that apply.
  1. Environment
  2. Desert
  3. Space
  4. Moose
  5. Ocean
  6. Forest
  1. Write a definition and provide at least one synonym and antonym for ecosystems.
  1. Write a well-crafted short response describing ways humans can help animals survive? Use evidence from the text,Nights of the Pufflings and How to Babysit an Orangutan to support your writing. Use the information you learned from the texts.

Study the dictionary entry below. Read each question and choose the best answer.

Read the following passage from,Night of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan “When the puffling runs down the street, she races after it, grabs it, and nestles it in her arms.”

Which dictionary entry gives the BEST meaning for the word ne

4. Which dictionary entry gives the BEST meaning for the word nestles as it is used in the sentence from the story?

  1. To settle snugly or comfortably
  2. To lie in an inconspicuous or sheltered manner
  3. To settle, shelter, or house in or as if in a next
  4. To press closely and affectionately

5. Which form of nestle best fits in the following sentence.

I like to imagine a little prairie dog deep down in its burrow at night. First it ______close to its brothers and sisters.

  1. nestles
  2. nestlingly
  3. nestled
  4. nuzzle
  5. unnestle

Read the following passage from How to Babysit an Orangutan by Tara and Kathy Darling to answer questions for 6-7.

“The first thing she told me was that babysitting an orangutan is not a ‘forever’ job’. A good babysitter’s job is done when the baby grows up and can go off into the rain forest and live as a wild ape. Our job is to teach the orphans the skills they need to get along on their own. That usually takes until they are seven or eight years old, the age when they would leave their natural mother: Then we must say good-bye.”

6. Write a well-crafted short response, what is the importance of the orangutans leaving on their own to the forests?

  1. Write a well-crafted short response, what does a “forever home” mean?
  1. The babysitter wears a hat to protect herself from the rain. How might an orangutan protect itself in a similar situation?
  2. Find an umbrella
  3. Hold a leaf over its head
  4. Roll under a log
  5. Take cover in a hole

Read the following passage from,Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary by Tara and Kathy Darling Jean Craighead George to answer questions for 9-11.

“The mother leaves the pups. The yearling is baby-sitter.

Boulder grabs Scree by the back of her neck and shakes hard. She yelps piteously, then grabs Boulder’s neck. He breaks loose. Suddenly Scree rolls to her back, flashing her pale belly fur. This is the wolves’ whit flag of surrender. Boulder has won. He is alpha pup.

Scree, who is now his assistant, jumps on Talus and growls. Talus smells defeat and flashes his white flag. Scree stops biting.

Each pup has found his or her place in the pup society. They know who they are. All fighting ceases.”

  1. Interpreting evidence from the passage, which word can best replace the word piteously?
  2. Distressful
  3. Happily
  4. Gracefully
  5. Hungrily
  1. Use details from the text to support your response. Why did the fighting cease between the pups?
  1. Which word is an antonym for cease, use evidence from the passage to support your answer?
  2. Decease
  3. Release
  4. Continue
  5. Stop

For question 12, read the following passage from Meet the Author: Jean Craighead George

“I love wolf pups. They have called me to Alaska’s alpine tundra to lie on my stomach and watch them play. They have lured me west to my friend the wolf trainer’s house, to hold them and feed them from bottles. They have included me in their pup games in Alaska and Montana. I have howled with them in Minnesota.

And I have kept notes on them.

Why do I love them so? In these nursing, tumbling, fighting, and growing children of the wild I see all children. And they are wonderful.”

  1. Write a well-crafted short response describing the reasons Jean Craighead George loves the topic of wolves? Use details from the text to support your response.

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