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Award1949 Newbery Honor

ALA Notable Book

Book One of “Three Tales of My

Father's Dragon”

Pre-reading Activity: Picture Packets (Yopp & Yopp, 2010, p. 46)







Pre-reading Activity: Book Box. (Yopp & Yopp, 2010, p. 24)

We read these passages first and then packed a knapsack withall the items on the next slide.

We then made predictions about how they will be used in the story.

Pre-reading Activity: Book Box. (Yopp & Yopp, 2010, p. 24)

We read these passages first and then packed a knapsack with all the items on the next slide.

We then made predictions about the items will be used in the story.

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1. a person who evokes boredom; cause to be bored2. tidal bore: a high wave (often dangerous)caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents)3. diameter of a tube or gun barrel4. make a hole, especially with a pointed poweror hand tool; “bees are boring holes into the wall”5. wild swine having a narrow body and prominenttusks from which most domestic swine come6. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking cultureor refinement

Turtle

Tortoise

1. smaller

2. lives in water comes land to warm in the sun

3. have flippers

1. both dirty

1 bigger shell.

2 both green. 2. lives only on land

3. both lay eggs

3. have claws to dig in dirt

Post-reading Activity [used During reading]Venn Diagram (Yopp & Yopp, 2010, pp.115-117)

All turtles and tortoises are reptiles. They all have scales, lay eggs, and are ectothermic (a cold-blooded animal; that is, an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings. Ectotherms cannot produce their own body heat.)

So why the different names? Those common names usually refer to differences in where the species live and how they use their habitat.

Turtle— Spends most of its life in the water. Turtles tend to have webbed feet for swimming. Sea turtles (Cheloniidae family) are especially adapted for an aquatic life, with long feet that form flippers and a streamlined body shape. They rarely leave the ocean, except when the females come ashore to lay their eggs. Other turtles live in fresh water, like ponds and lakes. They swim, but they also climb out onto banks, logs, or rocks to bask in the sun. In cold weather, they may burrow into the mud, where they go into torpor until spring brings warm weather again.

Tortoise— A land-dweller that eats low-growing shrubs, grasses, and even cactus. Tortoises do not have webbed feet. Their feet are round and stumpy for walking on land. Tortoises that live in hot, dry habitats use their strong legs to dig burrows. Then, when it’s too hot in the sun, they slip underground.

Orange

Tangerine

1. bigger

2. thicker peel

3. I like it betterto eat because no seeds

1. taste sweet

1. seeds

2. both orange 2. smaller and dirty

3. smell the same

3. thin peel like paper

Post-reading Activity [used During reading]Venn Diagram (Yopp & Yopp, 2010, pp.115-117)

Pre-reading Activity: Picture Packets [video clips](Yopp & Yopp, 2010, p. 46)

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