
Storyworks May June 2024 The Bone Hunter Author's Purpose Quest
Authored by Nora Christina Beck
English
3rd Grade

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1.
MATCH QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
Match the following
studies fossils
uncover by digging out
remains of a long ago plant or animal
very old
died out completely
2.
LABELLING QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
1. Tarshis wants to inform readers that a girl named Mary Anning made an important discovery.
Directions: List four details from the article about the discovery Mary made and how she made
it. Use the sentence starters below to help you.
A. As a kid, Mary loved to...
B. One day, Mary's brother...
C. For months, Mary...
D. Mary sold the fossil to...
a museum in London.
discovered a huge skull in the sand.
worked to uncover the whole fossil.
walk along the beach to look for shells.
3.
LABELLING QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
Tarshis wants to inform readers about how Mary Anning’s discovery changed the world.
Directions: List four details from the article about Mary’s discovery and how it changed
science.
A. Mary's fossil...
B. It helped prove....
C. This made scientists wonder...
D. Mary's discoveries helped create...
paleontology.
didn’t look like another plant or animal
about other mysterious creatures.
creatures could become extinct.
4.
REORDER QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
Tarshis wants to inform readers about how fossils form.
Directions: Put the four details from the article about how fossils form. Be sure to use the sidebar
“How a Fossil Forms” on pages 8-9!
The bones turn into a fossil.
Its skeleton is buried by water, rocks, and mud.
Fossils form after a living thing, like a plant or animal, dies.
The fossil can be found once water dries up or land wears away.
5.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The author includes several text features to help inform the reader.
Directions: Look at the images from the article and then click the circle next to the correct statement.
First Choice: Tarshis includes these images to show readers how Mary found the Ichthyosaurus fossil
and how she helped inspire people to continue searching for fossils.
Second Choice: Tarshis includes these images to inform readers that the Ichthyosaurus fossil was quick and easy for Mary Anning to uncover
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
Now think about all of your answers in this activity and respond to the prompt about the
author’s purpose.
Directions: Summarize why you think Lauren Tarshis wrote this article and what she wants you
to learn.
Tarshis wanted (a) to learn about the other important (b) that (c)
discovered and the (d) made by (e) today.
7.
MATCH QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
Match the following
remains of a long ago plant or animal
died out completely
studies fossils
very old
uncover by digging out
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