Magic
Tree House
Afternoon
on the Amazon
Chapter
8
Student
Assignment Sheet
While
Reading Make a chart of the events that happen in this chapter
Background Reading
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Vampire
Bats
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Nocturnal
animals in the Amazon
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Vocabulary
panting - breathing really hard. I was panting after I ran up seven flights of stairs.
panting - breathing really hard. I was panting after I ran up seven flights of stairs.
streak
of white – a fast moving blurr
While
I was out at night, I saw a streak of white in the sky. A shooting
star just fell to Earth.
Whew
– sound made with the lips that means you are surprised.
She
gave a loud “whew” when she saw how much she had to climb up the
hill.
Pronunciation
whew
– say the wh with lots of air through the lips
Questions
How
did Jack and Annie get away from the jaguar?
What happened do the monkey?
What noises do Annie and Jack hear? What time of day was it?
Which animal comes out at night in the Amazon Rainforest?
What does this animal eat? How did the mouse help the children?
Why did Jack finally agree with Annie about going home?
Homework:
Write
a report that you will give in class about a nocturnal animal that
lives in the Amazon Rainforest. Include the habitat, time that it is
active, size, diet, and where in the Rainforest it lives.
Example:
Nocturnal
animal of Africa
Hello,
I
am going to talk about the Ardwolf, which is part of the hyena
family, but instead of hunting other mammals, it eats termites!
They have two ranges, one in South Africa, where the weather is
colder, and the termites hibernate in the winter. This means that
the ardwolf won’t eat. In East Africa, the ardwolf is more active,
and they mark their territories. They don’t have long distance
calls, and communicate with scent markings. Many ardwolves mate for
life, and the females who have a mate can raise more cubs. They are
active at night.
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