Life in the Rainforests Expository Thinking Guide Life in the Rainforests Color-Coded Thinking Guide and Summary

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1 Title of the Selection Life in the Rainforests Forest Fiends by Lucy Baker Genre: Nonfiction ISBN-10: ISBN-13: The Expository Thinking Guide for the section titled Forest Fiends is provided. The Expository Thinking Guide identifies the topic, central idea of the selection, and the main idea of the each paragraph. In addition, the main ideas are clustered by color code to develop a meaningful summary. Life in the Rainforests Expository Thinking Guide Life in the Rainforests Color-Coded Thinking Guide and Summary The Expository Thinking Guide is used to develop other fun and interactive main-idea activities. Fisher Reyna Education offers the following activities for this selection as well as a test item: Matching Activity Thinking Guide Cloze 1st Letter Activity Thinking Guide Cloze Blank Activity Thinking Guide Write Main Ideas Activity Summary Question Fisher Reyna Education 2011 Solutions for Success Reading

2 Expository Thinking Guide Content-Based Topic Title of the Selection Life in the Rainforests Forest Fiends Rainforests The rainforest is a dangerous place. Introduction to dangers in the rainforests There are hundreds of hunters in rainforests. Small creatures in a rainforest can also pose a threat. Each rainforest has its own type of giant eagle. Rainforest cats The bushmaster snake is extremely dangerous. Protection from Peril How animals defend themselves Fisher Reyna Education 2011 Solutions for Success Reading

3 Color-Coded Summary Clustering used to produce a meaningful summary The main ideas are clustered by color-code to develop a meaningful summary. Disclaimer: The statements provided in the Thinking Guide and summary paragraph serve as only ONE way to paraphrase the story elements for this selection. Rainforests The rainforest is a dangerous place. Introduction to dangers in the rainforests There are hundreds of hunters in rainforests. Small creatures in a rainforest can also pose a threat. Each rainforest has its own type of giant eagle. Rainforest cats The bushmaster snake is extremely dangerous. Protection from Peril How animals defend themselves Summary of the section: Forest Fiends The rainforest is a dangerous place. There are both large and small creatures that can pose a treat. Animals such as the giant eagle, rainforest cats, and bushmaster snake can be dangerous. Many animals have developed ways to defend themselves. Fisher Reyna Education 2011 Solutions for Success Reading

4 Matching Activity Part 1 Directions and Activity Variations Students may work individually or with a partner. 1. Cut apart the main ideas and give one main idea to individual student or partners. Teacher reads the selection one paragraph at a time. Students identify when they have the matching main idea. 2. Provide the selection and cut-apart main ideas. Students read the selection and match cutapart main ideas to paragraphs in the selection. 3. Provide cut-apart selection and cut-apart main ideas. Students match cut-apart paragraphs to the cut-apart main ideas. Introduction to dangers in the rainforests There are hundreds of hunters in rainforests. Small creatures in a rainforest can also pose a threat. Each rainforest has its own type of giant eagle. Rainforest cats The bushmaster snake is extremely dangerous. Protection from Peril How animals defend themselves Fisher Reyna Education 2011 Solutions for Success Reading

5 Expository Thinking Guide Cloze 1 st Letter Activity Title of the Selection Life in the Rainforests Forest Fiends Genre: Nonfiction Rainforests The rainforest is a d place. I to dangers in the rainforests There are hundreds of h in rainforests. Small creatures in a rainforest can also pose a t. Each rainforest has its own type of g e. Rainforest c The b snake is extremely dangerous. Protection from P How animals d themselves Fisher Reyna Education 2011

6 Expository Thinking Guide Cloze Blank Activity Title of the Selection Life in the Rainforests Forest Fiends Genre: Nonfiction Rainforests The rainforest is a place. to dangers in the rainforests There are hundreds of in rainforests. Small creatures in a rainforest can also pose a. Each rainforest has its own type of. Rainforest The snake is extremely dangerous. Protection from How animals themselves Fisher Reyna Education 2011

7 Write Main Ideas Activity Title of the Selection Life in the Rainforests Forest Fiends Genre: Nonfiction Directions Students take notes that include topic, central idea of the selection, and main idea of each paragraph. s with implied main ideas increase the level of difficulty with this activity Fisher Reyna Education 2011

8 What is the best summary of the section Forest Fiends? A B C Rainforests can be beautiful. The brightly-colored birds and chattering monkeys can hide the danger that lurks within rainforests. Many animals can defend themselves against dangerous predators. The beautiful animals of the rainforest can also be very dangerous. Dangerous animals come in all sizes. Small creatures can pose a big threat to life. The small animals live on the forest floor and in the canopy. Dangerous places in the rainforest exist where large and small animals live. The bushmaster snake is one of the most feared animals in the rainforest. One bite can kill a person in a few hours. D The rainforest is a place of beauty and danger. Dangerous creatures can be both large and small in size. Rainforest eagles, big cats, and dangerous snakes pose a real threat to animals and humans too. Many animals have developed ways to defend themselves against the threats of the rainforests. Answer: D Fisher Reyna Education 2011