In My Own Backyard

Which TWO purposes did the writer have for this story?

• to persuade a

• to entertain and inform

• to give an opinion and inform

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CCSS.RI.2.6

What did the dinosaurs eat in the story?

• Tropical Plants

• fantastic birds

• giant dragonflies

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

What time period did the writer describe first?

• the period of Native Americans

• The cave people

• about a hundred years ago

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

What is the backyard like at the last time the writer imagined?

• The

  backyard was a beach.

  The only living things

  were algae. There was a

  volcano nearby.

• Dinosaurs roaming the land

• The ice age

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.SL.2.2

CCSS.SL.2.3

What were the people like who were afraid of the big, furry elephants?

• They were settlers

• They were cave men

• They were people who live today

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.SL.2.3

Describe the group of people who came just before the settlers.

• Settlers

• Cave Men

• Native Americans.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.3

What is a sawmill

• Where they farm

• Where they cut logs

• Where they make toys

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

What time of day is the story happening?

• At Lunch

• During the school day

• In the morning

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.7

What does it mean to turn over soil?

• haze

• mist

• plowed

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4

What is another word for a stream?

• brook

• skimmed

• blurry

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CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.RI.2.4