Author's Craft Day 1 Warm-Up

FIRST Name

LAST Name

Class Period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How does the author organize the selection?

• By providing the causes of the problems the ant and dove each had and the effects of the different ways they helped each other
• By describing in chronological order, the actions the dove took to save the ant from drowning
• By providing informational facts about the safety of hunting birds and the dangers of not following the safety rules
• By describing the mysteries of how birds and insects help each other to survive

Read the diagram. Which sentence completes the diagram?

• The ant saved the dove.
• The ant was helped out of the water.
• The ant stung the man.
• The ant was hungry.

The word for is not the right word for sentence 2. Select the word that should replace for in this sentence.

• so
• or
• but
• no