Waterhouse Hawkins

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• to persuade the reader to visit the dinosaur sculptors.

• to inform the reader about Waterhouse Hawkins

• to tell the reader about life in London in the 1850s

• to teach the reader about dinosaurs

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which of these would be another good title for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawknis ?

• Who Was Richard Owen?

• The Amazing Dinosaur Builder

• Science in the Nineteenth Century

• Queen Victoria's Visit

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Choose the sentence that is an opinion?

• “Children ducked and dodged on their way to school.”

• “Waterhouse’s creatures were extraordinary!”

• “Start with its jawbone.”

• “Designing the creatures was only the first step.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Why was Waterhouse excited on this particular day?

• He had just finished his last life-size dinosaur model.

• It was the first day the Crystal Palace was open to visitors.

• Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were coming to his workshop.

• He found out his dinosaur models would be at the Crystal Palace.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Select the first and last steps in the sequence of steps described in making the models.

• Waterhouse made life-size clay figures of the dinosaurs.

• Waterhouse covered the skeletons with the casts.

• Waterhouse made molds from the clay figures.

• Waterhouse made iron skeletons for the dinosaurs.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Why did Waterhouse think the iguanodon looked like an iguana?

• the bones

• the spike

• the teeth

• the nose

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the main theme of the story about Waterhouse Hawkins?

• The importance of art in science

• The life of dinosaurs

• The history of London

• The role of museums

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which literary device is primarily used in the description of Waterhouse Hawkins' work?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

What was Waterhouse Hawkins' primary occupation?

• Painter

• Sculptor

• Architect

• Engineer

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In the context of the story, what does the word 'sculptor' mean?

• A person who paints

• A person who builds

• A person who carves

• A person who writes

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4