Can She Be Saved?

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By Justin O'Neill

From the December 2016 / January 2017 Issue

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Can She Be Saved?

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Before you complete this assignment, make sure you have read and highlighted the article in Google Classroom.

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You can (and should) use the article on this assignment.​

Open Ended

How does the author hook the reader at the beginning of the article?

Open Ended

In the section "Deep Bonds," how does O'Neill develop the idea that humans and elephants have similarities?

Multiple Select

Choose TWO pieces of text evidence from"Can She Be Saved?" that best support the following statement:

Elephants can feel and express human-like emotions.

• “Soon after she ate, though, she collapsed, shivering.” (p. 21)

• “Elephants have been observed shedding tears over the death of a companion.” (p. 21)

• “When a baby loses its mother, the other elephants in the herd are powerless to help.” (p. 20)

• “And just as humans visit graveyards to remember family and friends who have passed away, elephants will return to the places where their relatives have died, even years later.” (p. 21)

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST expresses a central idea of “Can She Be Saved?”

• Poachers make a lot of money

• Many different animals live in the African savanna.

• In Kenya, a conservation group is helping orphaned elephants.

• Poachers use snares to catch elephants.

Multiple Choice

Which line from the article best supports your answer to the last question?

• “It pounced on the baby, clamping its jaws around her neck.” (p. 20)

• “The sale of ivory is banned in most countries, but that doesn’t stop these criminals, who can make thousands of dollars selling tusks illegally.” (p. 19)

• “The Trust is a place where orphaned elephants can be safe from almost certain death in the wild.” (p. 20)

• “Zebras and giraffes wander among baobab trees.” (p. 19)

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the article, author Justin O’Neill describes the Tsavo Conservation Area as

• large and empty.

• small and dangerous.

• beautiful and lively.

• sandy and bare.

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the article, O’Neill writes, “Elephants thrive here too.” Based on context clues, you can tell that thrive most closely means

• do well.

• eat.

• suffer.

• walk.

Open Ended

Write the first sentence of a summary for this article, just like we did yesterday. Look at the bulletin board to see the different parts. (SWAG).

Example: The informative text "Reading Buddies" from My Perspectives explains how reading to dogs can help people become better readers.

Multiple Choice

What does Exclude mean?

• To show

• To leave out

• To invite to join

• To throw

Multiple Choice

What does Illustrate mean?

• To work

• To throw

• To leave out

• To show

Multiple Choice

What does Community mean?

• A group with something in common

• A group with nothing in common

• People who work

• Diseases that spread

Multiple Choice

What does Elaborate mean?

• To draw

• To throw

• To explain

• To work

Multiple Choice

What does Objective mean?

• The goal

• To work

• To leave out

• To shine

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Check your grade and work on anything that is missing.

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