Adelinas Whales

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Adelinas Whales

• By
• Richard Sobol

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• Vocabulary

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1. What is rumbling?

• Giving off a pleasant color
• Making a low rolling sound

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b. Making a low rolling sound.
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2. What is a lagoon?

• a. Beach covered with sand dunes
• b. Body of shallow water

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• b. Body of shallow water

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What does massive mean?

• enormous
• majestic

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• A. enormous

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Some fish live in tropical waters. What does
tropical mean?

• warm
• calm

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• a. warm

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Birds flew over the bluff.What does bluff mean?

• forest
• cliff

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• b. cliff

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Have you ever met the new biologist?

• Scientist who studies living things.
• Scientist who studies rocks.

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• a. Scientist who studies living things.

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7. Where is Laguna San Ignacio?

• Near a large city in Oregon
• b. On the coast of
• Baja California

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• b. On the coast of Baja California

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• Comprehension
• Questions

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Why did scientists say that the mother whales
travel to Laguna San Ignacio?

• To have their babies
• To play with Adelina

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a. To have their babies.

• a. To have their babies.

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9. Adelina had a good understanding of
nature. What detail shows this?

• a. She was awakened by the sound of whales
  exhaling.
• b. She could tell time by the way the light
  reflected on the water.

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b. She could tell time by the way the light
reflected on the water.
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Which event happened FIRST?

• Adelina ran to see a mother whale and her newborn
  calf.
• b. Adelinas grandfather had his first visit with
  a friendly whale.

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• b. Adelinas grandfather had his first visit with
  a friendly whale.

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Which sentence is only an opinion about feelings?

• Adelinas little village does not have any
  movie theaters or traffic lights...
• b. Maybe the whales told each other it was
  safe to visit Laguna San Ignacio.

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• b. Maybe the whales told each other it was
  safe to visit Laguna San Ignacio.

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12. Which sentence is a MAIN IDEA from the
story?

• Many people visited to Laguna San Ignacio to see
  the whales.
• b. Scientists visited Laguna San Ignacio to study
  the gray whales.

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• a. Many people visited to Laguna San Ignacio to
  see the whales.

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13. The generalization that says there is a lot
to learn about whales is supported by details.
Which detail supports it best?

• Adelina asked many questions about whales.
• b. Adelina believed the whales came to visit her
  every year.

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• a. Adelina asked many questions about whales.

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14. Why do you think the author wrote this story?

• To describe a special place that gray whales
  migrate to every winter.
• To convince people that whales should be saved.

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• a. To describe a special place that gray whales
  migrate to every winter.

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15. Which statement is a generalization based on
the selection?

• a. Gray whales never like being around people.
• b. Children face many choices for their future.

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• b. Children face many choices for their future.

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16. Which statement is a fact from the story?

• a. . . .The whales wide, flat tail is called a
  fluke. . .
• b. . . .Adelina knows how lucky she is to live
  in Laguna San Ignacio.

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• a. . . .The whales wide, flat tail is called a
  fluke. . .

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Why do the whales leave Alaska and Russia?

• The water is too polluted.
• The water is too cold.

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• b. The water is too cold.

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18. How did you know that the whales were
important to Adelina?

• She stated that she wanted to live on the coast
  forever.
• She said that no matter what she did when she
  grew up, she would always keep whales in her life.

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• b. She said that no matter what she did when she
  grew up, she would always keep whales in her
  life.

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19. Why did Adelina say that Laguna San Ignacio
is the place where two worlds join together?

• She knew her village was the only place where
  whales and humans came to visit each other.
• b. Laguna San Ignacio was a coastal village and
  Alaska has lots of coastal villages too.

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• a. She knew her village was the only place where
  whales and humans came to visit each other.

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20. How were the people who live in Laguna San
Ignacio like the tourists that came to visit the
village?

• They hunted the whales for whale meat.
• They enjoyed watching the whales in the lagoon.

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• b. They enjoyed watching the whales in the
  lagoon.