Author's Craft Day 1 Warm-Up

FIRST Name

LAST Name

Class Period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Excerpt from The Ant and the Dove

(1) A Dove saw an ant fall into water. (2) The ant struggles to get out, for the Dove dropped a blade of straw beside it. (3) The ant floated to shore on the straw. (4) Soon, the ant saw a man getting ready to hunt the dove with a stone. (5) Just as the man threw the stone, the ant stung the man, (6) The pain of the bite made the man miss the dove.

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