Owen and Mzee Lesson 14

Connecting ideas with linking words​

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​Owen and Mzee:

Lesson 14​

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Multiple Select

“Over the next few days, Mzee continued to crawl away, and Owen continued to follow him.  But sometimes it was Owen who would walk away from Mzee, and Mzee would follow.  Bit by bit, Mzee grew friendlier.”

What linking words and phrases did the author use in this passage?

• crawl away

• over the next few days

• continued

• but sometimes

• bit by bit

Open Ended

What is the linking word or phrase in this passage?

For days, the people of Malindi tried to chase the hippos back up the river. But the hippos enjoyed grazing the grasses along the shore and in the villagers’ yards.

Open Ended

What is the linking word or phrase in this passage?

Hours went by, and the anxious crowds of people who gathered to watch feared that the hippo would not be saved… At last the rescuers towed the baby hippo toward land.

Open Ended

What is the linking word or phrase in this passage?

Meanwhile, Sabine and other workers prepared a large enclosure for Owen.

What is the linking word or phrase?​

Which two ideas are connected?

Why is this connection important to the reader?​

" For days, the people of Malindi tried to chase the hippos back up the river, but the hippos enjoyed grazing the grasses along the shore and in the villagers yards." 

What is the linking word or phrase?​

Which two ideas are connected?

Why is this connection important to the reader?​

"Hours went by, and the anxious crowds of people who gathered to watch feared that the hippo could not be saved." 

What is the linking word or phrase?​

Which two ideas are connected?

Why is this connection important to the reader?​

"Meanwhile, Sabine and other workers prepared a large enclosure for Owen."