Mary Anning

The reader knows that this selection is a biography because it ―

• explains how to hunt for fossils

• tells about how Mary and her brother found the icthyosaur

• tells about the events in Mary's life that led to her success as a fossil hunter

• D. explains the importance of Mary's discoveries

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which sentence from the selection shows that Mary was a daring person?

• Mary’s dog trotted faithfully beside her.

• Her sharp eyes spotted fossils where others saw nothing.

• During one hunt, part of a cliff collapsed.

• Day after day, Mary searched in the shadows of the treacherous cliffs, sometimes walking ten miles in one day.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which words from page 66 help the reader understand the meaning of assembled?

• a wonderful collection

• found fossils

• crowded with customers

• wished to record

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The author organizes the selection by ―*

• comparing Mary’s life to her father’s life

• describing Mary’s life from childhood through adulthood

• listing all the fossils she found in sequential order

• explaining the steps Mary took to become a successful fossil hunter

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Read this sentence from paragraph 38. The description in this sentence helps the reader understand that --*

• the professors and scientists thought Mary should not be taken seriously

• Mary was not intelligent or successful

• Mary was well respected and very knowledgeable

• Mary was forced to sell fossils to earn a living

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is paragraph 24 mainly about?

• the characteristics of the plesiosaur that Mary discovered

• how Mary’s discoveries helped scientists understand creatures that lived long ago

• what the plesiosaur ate when it was alive

• the creatures that had become the jumble of bones trapped in the rock

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Based on the selection, how does the author most likely feel about Mary?

• The author believes that Mary’s discoveries were important to finding out how life was long ago.

• The author is bothered that Mary was never given credit for finding the plesiosaur.

• The author wishes that Mary would have discovered the plesiosaur earlier.

• The author doesn't believe Mary discovered that many fossils at an early age.

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

As it is used in paragraph 24, the word reveal refers to ―

• make something known through divine inspiration

• make something that was once hidden, publicly or generally known

• open up to view or display

• the side of an opening as for a window between the frame and the outer surface of a wall

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence from the selection supports the idea that Mary’s fame grew as an extraordinary fossil collector and talented scientist?

• Once Mary rescued a teenager, Anna Maria Pinney, from rough water.

• Day after day, Mary searched in the shadows of the treacherous cliffs.

• Richard Owens, the scientist who invented the word dinosaur, also combed the beach with Mary.

• She escorted Buckland and his children on fossil hunts.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the central idea of the biography? Write 2 to 3 sentences to support your answer.

Answer explanation

Use your notes on Biography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10