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Answers
6. Answers may indicate that the text will explain what
happened to Professor Lekt.
7. Answers should indicate that she put droplets of the
chemical on them and they increased in size as well.
8. Answers may indicate that one of the spiders ate
Professor Lekt.
9. Answers will vary, but may indicate that if she was
eaten by a spider, she will never be found.
10. Answers will vary.
The tree house
Cloze
on, spreading, holes, prop, its, four, patio, near, tree, patio,
made, cross-over, side, it, and, basket, platform, leave, our,
messy, waiting, casually, watches
Visualising
1.–2. Answers will vary.
3. Possible colours for objects: tree branches—brown;
tree canopy—green; shutter boards—brown; the
flowers—various colours; rope ladder—brown, beige,
cream; the pulley—brown, grey, metal; the basket—
brown, yellow, orange; the birds—black, brown; the
cat—white, brown, grey, striped; the roof—brown, grey
4. Possible words for how objects feel: rope ladder—
rough, shutter boards—smooth, bumpy, rough; the
flowers—soft; cat—soft, furry; the platform—rough,
smooth; the basket—rough, bumpy; the planks on the
ladder—smooth, rough; the birds—soft, feathery; the
hook on the pulley—smooth, hard
5. Answers will vary.
Long Tooth hunts
Cloze
Long, as, hid, of, long, could, claws, began, her, called,
quickly, with, front, stones, threw, and, back, wounded,
mightily, it, its, been, one, sticks
Making connections
Text to self
1.–3. Answers will vary.
Text to text
4.–6. Answers will vary.
Text to world
7. Answers may include: tigers, cougars, leopards etc.
8. True, True, True, True, False, False
Hot air ballooning
Cloze
Flights, he, called, they, twin, above, erupted, hot, gently,
hauling, gondola’s, lanyards, gondola, and, taut, themselves,
one, idea, make, band, divided, base, pale, featured, panel,
crew, were
Questioning
Before reading
1. Answers will vary.
2. Answers should include: The characters are taking a hot
air balloon ride. A pilot and some helpers are setting up
the balloon.
3. Answers will vary.
4. Answers will vary but should indicate that the text is
about hot air ballooning.
During reading
5. lanyard—a short rope or cord for securing or holding
something; gondola—the basket suspended beneath a
balloon for passengers; taut—tightly draw; not slack
6. Answers will vary.
7. The rope handlers were stopping the balloon from
drifting by holding tightly to the lanyards.
Macie and Molly wore different coloured coats to
identify themselves.
Col used distinctive colours and patterns on his balloon
to help identify it.
Gas burners pushed flames out, creating hot air that
made the balloon rise.
After reading
8.–10. Answers will vary.
High jump, long jump
Cloze
jump, it, say, over, opening, gazelle, carefully, vertical,
landing, to, on, had, ground, horizontally, marshal, perfect,
bar, pit, flying, her, measuring, by, minding, runners, event
Clarifying/Declunking
1. (a) gazelle—a small antelope with graceful movements
(b) fussy—having many or excessive details
(c) vertical—upright; perpendicular to the horizon
(d) height—extent upright; how high/tall something is
(e) stray—homeless, lost
(f) athletics—track and field events that include sports
such as running
(g) sprint—run at full speed
2. He was moving very quickly and jumped quite high.
3. Answers will vary.
4. The bar is one that fits horizontally across two posts.
5. Answers will vary.
6. ath/let/ics, care/ful/ly, e/quip/ment, ver/ti/cal,
meas/u/ring, ho/ri/zon/tal/ly, sig/nalled, sur/roun/ded,
pre/pare
7. The marshal ensures the events run smoothly and
correctly, according to the rules; officials.
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