U3W2 Survivaland

U3W2 Survivaland

Essential Question: How can learning about nature be useful?

Fantasy: a genre of fiction that is not realistic and contains magic.

Think: What could be the theme of Survivaland?

Who are the characters in the story?

What is our setting?

devise: to plan or invent

Multiple Choice

What does the word devise mean?

• to invent

• to demand

• to deliver

• to solve

Prediction: What do you think will happen next? What will they need to be successful?

complex: complicated; having a lot of connected parts

Multiple Choice

When the boys opened up the death star lego set, the instructions were very ________.

• devise

• complex

• fashioned

• shortage

Open Ended

What do you think will happen next? Answer in a complete sentence.

What is important to them surviving in the game?

What fact about nature do they use?

How will nature help them here?

shortage: lack of supply, not enough

fashioned: make into a particular or required form

Multiple Choice

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word fashioned?

• ordered

• rearranged

• shaped

• specialized

Multiple Choice

When the pandemic started, there was a toilet paper __________.

• devise

• complex

• fashioned

• shortage

Why do you think the crow flew away?

resourceful: quickly and creatively finding solutions to problems

Multiple Choice

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word resourceful?

• distinctive

• helpful

• unimaginative

• purposeful

Has nature helped the friends?

tormentors: people/things that terrorize someone or something or to cause pain

Multiple Choice

What does the word tormentors mean?

• people who live recklessly

• people or things that cause someone pain

• groups that assemble for a purpose

• animals that lack a habitat

How might you use information about nature to stay safe and healthy?

cultivate: grow and develop

civilization: society, culture, and way of life.

Multiple Choice

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word cultivate?

• plant

• examine

• quarrel

• touch

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a civilization?

• the zoo

• the library

• a soccer team

• the Roman Empire

Open Ended

What do you think is the theme (big idea or message) of the story? Answer in a complete sentence.