Finding a Giant

Young Diego leaves a soccer game to look for...

• fossils

• rocks

• plants

• leaves

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does 25-year old Diego hope to do one day?

• work at a museum

• become a professor

• make a big discovery

• find the T.rex skeleton

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What do Diego and the team first uncover at Oscar's ranch?

• a T.rex skeleton

• an ancient forest

• a huge dinosaur bone

• red desert and rocks

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

How do the team members react after Diego tell them the titanosaur's weight?

• Everyone is very excited.

• The team wants to keep working.

• They take pictures of the dinosaur.

• They act jealous of Diego.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What does calculations mean in the sentence "He scribbles calculations on a piece of paper"?

• science words

• math problems

• sketches

• map

How do Diego's feelings about himself change from the beginning of the play to the end?

• He learns to believe in himself.

• He doubts he will ever succeed.

• He gives up his dream.

• He knows he will never be a scientist.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Oscar Mayo is ....

• a ranch owner

• a brand of hot dog

• a student in 5th grade

• the name of Ms. Imrie's dog

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the name of the country the group of 10-year-olds were playing soccer on the beach?

• Chile

• Agentina

• Brazil

• United States

Besides pickaxes, what is another tool scientists use to carefully dig fossils out of the rock?

• toothpicks

• hairbrush

• toothbrush

• pencils

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What are fossils wrapped in so they can be safely brought to the lab?

• bubble wrap

• tissue paper

• newspaper

• a cast