Reading strategies: Previewing and Predicting

Based on this picture, we can predict the text is about...

• Flowers

• Animals

• People

• Insects

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The subtitle says:

"Don't sniff that flower!"

What's the possible reason for not doing so?

• It's poisonous

• It's stinky

• It's forbidden

• I don't know why

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Take a look at the first paragraph and say where you can find this flower:

"Imagine you’re walking in a forest in Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia. Colorful birds squawk in the sky. Furry orangutans swing through the trees. Suddenly, you spot the largest flower you’ve ever seen."

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Look at the second part of the text and find the flower's name:

"Yuck!!! It smells worse than sweaty socks!

You’ve just found the stinkiest flower in the world. Its stench has been compared to rotting meat, dead fish, and boiled cabbage. Its name? The corpse flower."

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

One subtitle suggests that this flower is

"Under threat"

What do you think the word "threat" means

• safety

• protection

• danger

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Check a possible reason for a flower like that to be "under threat"

• The forests where it grows are being cut down to make space for farming.

• Tourists are cutting them off to take home.

• Wild animals are feeding on them.

• The global warming is causing them to gradually disappear.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1