W27 Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Categorize the words below as

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

or

LITERARY TEXT

Groups:

(a) Informational

,

(b) Literary

• fiction

• Elephants of Africa

• non-fiction

• scorpions

• unicorn

• Three Little Pigs

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Elements of text

Informational Text

Literary Text

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Who is this story mainly about?

(Multiple answers)

• arachnid

• lover of

  humidity

• insect

• fly rider

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Facts & Details

Synonyms

Word Choice

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Where does the main character live?

(Multiple answers)

• desert

• humid places

• inside

• outside

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Facts & Details

Identification of Characteristics

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Why can't the main character get to the

bathroom on its own?

(2 answers)

• Rats eat

  scorpions.

• They're born

  outside.

• Flies like

  humidity too.

• It's too small

  to travel.

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Facts & Details

Drawing Conclusions

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Categorize these words.

Groups:

(a) Insect

,

(b) Arachnid

• eight legs

• tail

• poison

• six legs

• tailless

• harmless

• pincers

• hitchhiker

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Facts & Details

Similarities & Differences

Hitchhikers in the Bathroom

by Liana Mahoney

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Complete each sentence with its

correct SUBJECT and PREDICATE.

• have six

  legs.

• All insects

• seek out

  humid places.

• Both insects

  and

  arachnids

• belong to the arachnid family.

• Pseudoscorpions

• have a

  thorax

  &

  abdomen.

• Bathroom

  creatures

• serve as food

  for

  pseudoscorpions.

• Young pseudoscorpions

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Subjects & Predicates

Capitalization

Punctuation