Ready Steady Read Together
Atlas of Ocean Adventures: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘smokescreen’?
True or False?
An octopus does not have any bones.
False
True
Tick Me
What is the author’s purpose in the texts in this unit?
Tick one
A To make you laugh
B To give information about different sea creatures
Check
C To tell a story about ocean creatures
Click if correct
D To persuade you to protect animals that live in oceans
Link Me
Match each creature with the correct fact:
A The beachmasters have a harem of 100 females.
1 blue whale
B It can release a puff of ink to distract predators.
2 elephant seal
C It is the largest animal on the planet.
Check
3 sea dragon
D Its body is covered with leafy body parts.
Click if correct
4 octopus
Speaking Spotlight
LiveAction
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Groups of children create a "live-action" documentary, acting as journalists or scientists providing information about one of the sea animals from this unit.
Let me re-read the Sea Dragon and Octopus texts...
Explore
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) As a last resort to evade a hunter, an octopus can even shed an arm.
Tick (✓) the answer which is the closest in meaning to ‘as a last resort’:
Tick one
when there is no other choice
at the beginning
when it is safe
when it is hurt
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in the box if that fact is true for that creature.
Sea Dragon
Octopus
It lives in the kelp forests.
It has a unique pattern on its stomach.
It has a hard beak like a parrot.
It has sensors which act as a ‘nose’.
It has small fins to propel it along.
Reveal Answer
3) Compare and contrast two survival skills of the sea dragon and the octopus.
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) Using information from both texts, how might we assume the octopus is being affected by climate change?
Accept answers with references to both the kelp forests disappearing and the octopus living in the kelp forests:
Text Mark Evidence here in South Africa’s kelp forests…the octopus needs all its wits to stay alive
Text Mark Evidence as climate change leads to rising ocean temperatures, the sea dragon’s kelp forest is disappearing
octopus lives in the kelp forest
kelp forests are disappearing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
If you like this book, you might like...
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Ready Steady Read Together
Atlas of Ocean Adventures: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘smokescreen’?
True or False?
An octopus does not have any bones.
False
True
Tick Me
What is the author’s purpose in the texts in this unit?
Tick one
A To make you laugh
B To give information about different sea creatures
Check
C To tell a story about ocean creatures
Click if correct
D To persuade you to protect animals that live in oceans
Link Me
Match each creature with the correct fact:
A The beachmasters have a harem of 100 females.
1 blue whale
B It can release a puff of ink to distract predators.
2 elephant seal
C It is the largest animal on the planet.
Check
3 sea dragon
D Its body is covered with leafy body parts.
Click if correct
4 octopus
Speaking Spotlight
LiveAction
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Groups of children create a "live-action" documentary, acting as journalists or scientists providing information about one of the sea animals from this unit.
Let me re-read the Sea Dragon and Octopus texts...
Explore
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) As a last resort to evade a hunter, an octopus can even shed an arm.
Tick (✓) the answer which is the closest in meaning to ‘as a last resort’:
Tick one
when there is no other choice
at the beginning
when it is safe
when it is hurt
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in the box if that fact is true for that creature.
Sea Dragon
Octopus
It lives in the kelp forests.
It has a unique pattern on its stomach.
It has a hard beak like a parrot.
It has sensors which act as a ‘nose’.
It has small fins to propel it along.
Reveal Answer
3) Compare and contrast two survival skills of the sea dragon and the octopus.
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
4) Using information from both texts, how might we assume the octopus is being affected by climate change?
Accept answers with references to both the kelp forests disappearing and the octopus living in the kelp forests:
Text Mark Evidence here in South Africa’s kelp forests…the octopus needs all its wits to stay alive
Text Mark Evidence as climate change leads to rising ocean temperatures, the sea dragon’s kelp forest is disappearing
octopus lives in the kelp forest
kelp forests are disappearing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.