A Common Core Sae Sandards Aligned Discussion & Aciviy Guide for DINOSAUR BOY Grades: 3-6 ISBN: 978-1-492-60537-9 Wrien by Cory Puman Oakes Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Everyone knows he dinosaur gene skips a generaion. So i isn a complee surprise when Sawyer sprous spikes and a ail before he sar of fifh grade. Afer all, his grandfaher was par segosaurus. Despie he Principal s Zero Tolerance Policy, Sawyer becomes a bully magne, befriended only by Ellio aka Giganor and he weird new girl. When he bullies sar disappearing, Sawyer is relieved unil he discovers a secre abou he principal ha s more shocking han Dino DNA. The bullies are in for a galacically horrible fae and i s up o Sawyer and his friends o rescue hem. Guide Creaed by Debbie Gonzales
2 Table of Conens Discussion Quesions... 3 Perspecive Pinwheels... 7 Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #1... 8 Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #2... 9 Auhor s Noes Word Scramble Puzzle... 10 Word Scramble Puzzle... 11 Word Scramble Puzzle Answers... 12 Dinosaur Boy Research KWL... 13 Dinosaur Boy Research Topics... 14 KWL Graphic Organizer...15 Common Core Sae Sandards Alignmen: English Language Ars Sandards» Reading: Lieraure... 16 English Language Ars Sandards» Reading: Foundaional Skills... 17 English Language Ars Sandards» Wriing... 18 English Language Ars Sandards» Speaking & Lisening... 19 Acknowledgmens... 20
3 Discussion Quesions My mom didn undersand why I would be nervous on my firs morning back o school as a par dinosaur (pg. 5). During he summer, Sawyer saed, All hings considered, I was adjusing prey well o my new circumsances. (pg. 4) Tell why hings seemed o be going well for Sawyer during he summer. Explain why Sawyer fel nervous abou going back o school. Lis he elemens of he school seing ha migh cause Sawyer o feel uncomforable. Evaluae Sawyer s anxious feelings regarding reurning o school. Are his feelings jusifiable? How so? W r y I j I guess you re righ, I said, feeling a lile bi less hur han I had a momen ago. Bu mos people can hide heir weirdness a lile bi beer han I can. (pg. 54) Consider he characers in he sory and heir relaionship wih Sawyer. o Describe Ellio s connecion wih Sawyer. Explain he foundaion for heir friendship. Idenify his desires. Wha does Ellio wan? Discuss Ellio s weirdness. o Explore Sylvie s relaionship wih Sawyer. Analyze Sylvie. Lis disincive aspecs of her characer. Give reasons why Sylvie desires o be Sawyer s friend. Wha does Sylvie wan? o Consider Allan s relaionship wih Sawyer. Idenify reasons why Allan bullies Sawyer. In your opinion, would Allan bully Sawyer if he weren par dinosaur? Explain your answer. Discuss he moives behind Allan s acions. Idenify wha Allan wans. Ellio s faher believes ha no one is normal. No once you ge o know hem. (pg. 54) Do you agree wih his saemen? Give reasons for your answer.
4 Sawyer knows wha I m alking abou. He s a monser. He doesn belong in a school. I m going o prove i and when I do, hey ll pu him somewhere safe. Like a zoo. Or some lab. Jus as soon as hey recognize him for he freak he is. (pg. 96) Define he word monser. Idenify monser-like characerisics. Consider Allan and Sawyer s characers. Of he wo, which demonsraes he mos monser-like behaviors? Explain your answer. Define he word freak. Idenify freak-like characerisics. Is here some ruh o Allan s accusaions? Is Sawyer dangerous? Jusify your answer. In response o Allan s saemen, Sawyer surprises himself and ohers releasing a cafeeriashaking roar. Idenify he origin of Sawyer s ouburs. Explain your answer. s 1 9 u 6 Of course hey re safe, Principal Mahis looked aghas. Wha do you hink has happened o hem, Sawyer? (pg. 103) Sawyer is concerned for he safey of kids who have bullied him. Wha does his behavior reveal abou Sawyer s naure? Explain why Sawyer is hesian o ell Principal Mahis ha Allan has been bullying him. Predic why Principal Mahis seemed persisen abou Sawyer reporing Allan s cruely oward him. Explain why Principal Mahis excused Sawyer for his unseling roar, even hough wo fifhgraders experienced nervous breakdowns because of i. Define he erm rehabiliaion. Consider he quoe Vicor Hugo quoe Principal Mahis had framed on her office wall He who opens a school door, closes a prison. o Summarize he message behind he quoe. o Predic why he framed quoe was he only piece of ar work on her office wall. o Tell how he framed quoe serves as a foreshadowing of he evens ha follow in he sory.
5 Because we re friends, she spa a him. Friends ell each oher secres. Friends also keep each oher s secres. (pg. 152) Idenify he risk Sylvie has creaed by revealing her secre o Ellio and Sawyer. Sylvie idenified herself as being an illegal alien. (pg. 151) Explain wha she mean by his. Conras Ellio, Sawyer, and Sylvie. Tell of ways ha hey differ from one anoher. Compare he hree. Describe ways ha hey are he same. Define friendship. Do you agree wih Sylvie s saemen regarding secrecy and friendship? Explain your answer. P s n q h Why? Ellio jumped off of his desk, suddenly quie inen. Why is i more imporan? Why do you care so much abou saving hose hose bullies? (170) Examine Ellio s reacion regarding saving he kids Principal Mahis plans o sell. Is his refusal o paricipae in saving hem jusified? How so? Ellio asks, If i were you, me, and Sawyer, do you hink Allan would lif a finger o help us? (pg. 171) Examine he evidence supporing his claim. If places were swiched, would Allan risk his safey o help Ellio, Sylvie, and Sawyer? Explain your answer. Ellio saes ha Sylvie s judgmen of humans is skewed because she is half-human (pg. 171). Sawyer reminds Ellio ha he, oo, is half-human. Discuss why Ellio discouns Sawyer s halfhuman-ness. Analyze wha his acion reveals abou Ellio s characer. In conras, examine wha Sawyer s willingness o rescue he ohers reveals abou Sawyer s characer. Explain why Sawyer is willing o risk everyhing o save hose who have reaed him so cruelly. G I w ; a
6 You can ake him! I yelled. Ellio is one of he good ones! The bes ones! You said i yourself, you never ake he good ones! (183) Explain he consequences of his plo wis. Discuss he high sakes involved now ha Ellio has been capured. Evaluae Sawyer s claim ha Ellio is one of he bes ones. On wha grounds does Sawyer make his claim? Explain your answer. Examine he significance of Ellio being he hireenh kid o be capured. Explain he symbolism of he number hireen as a lierary ool. Idenify a change in Sawyer s characer. Examine wha his willingness o confron Principal Mahis reveals abou his growing confidence. 9 4 m s ; I had come so far. The skin on he underside of my ail had oughed up, so i no longer hur o drag my ail around. I hardly ever los ennis balls off he ends of my spikes on acciden anymore. And my mom had finished alering all of my clohes o fi over my dinosaur pars. I didn quie have he roaring hing under conrol, bu I was sure ha I d figure ha ou, oo. Evenually (pg. 213). Explain wha Sawyer mean by saing he had come so far. Explore how his developing ough skin on he underside of his ail serves as a meaphor for his growh as a characer. Discuss why no losing he ennis ball proecors is imporan o Sawyer. Tell wha his acion says abou his growh as a characer. Decide wheher Sawyer should be concerned abou keeping his roar under conrol. Idenify reasons why having a good, srong roar migh be beneficial. Discuss why Sawyer chose no o no o drink he blue liquid in he vial his grandfaher gave him. Wha would be los, if he did? Wha would be gained, if he didn? Explain your answer. Describe why Sawyer s grandfaher asked Sawyer if he had sood in he wind (pg. 214). Examine he significance of ha saemen. Z x v b n
7 Perspecive Pinwheels Objecive: To analyze and describe characers varied poins of view in he sory and explain how heir acions conribued o heir change in perspecive. Maerials: Perspecive Pinwheel Workshees #1 and #2 (Guide, pgs. 8-9) Dinosaur Boy Pencil Procedure: Explain he erm perspecive as being as one s oulook, aiude, or way of looking a somehing. The inenion of his aciviy is o analyze various characers change in heir perspecive regarding Sawyer s hybrid plaes and ails. Prin he Perspecive Pinwheel Workshees #1 and #2. Discuss Sawyer, Ellio, Sylvia, and Allan s perspecives in he firs secion of he book, in paricular Chapers 7 and 8 (pgs. 45-67). Using he Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #1, sae how each characer fel abou Sawyer s hybrid plaes a his poin of he sory and why. Tell wha heir poin of view reveals abou heir characer. Analyze he various reasons for each characer s perspecive. Record impressions in he spaces provided on he graphic organizer. Discuss Sawyer, Ellio, Sylvia, and Allan s perspecives in he final secion of he book, in paricular Chapers 22 and 23 (pgs.185-204). Using he Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #2, sae how each characer fel abou Sawyer s hybrid plaes a his poin of he sory and why. Explain heir change in perspecive, if a all. Describe he experiences ha creaed heir poins of view. Record impressions in he spaces provided on he graphic organizer. Explore he effecs of heir conflics. Describe he lessons learned by each characer. Tell how heir relaionships brough abou changes in perspecive. I o 6 g 2
8 Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #1 Don le he oher kids give you a hard ime, he old me. Hold your head up high; make every kid in your class wih ha hey had plaes and a ail. (pg. 4)
9 Perspecive Pinwheel Workshee #2 All of a sudden, I realized somehing. Toally by acciden, I had finally achieved wha my faher advised me o do on he firs day of school (pg. 196).
10 Auhor s Noes Word Scramble Puzzle Objecive: To pracice he applicaion of grade-level word analysis skills in decoding words. Maerials: Dinosaur Boy Word Scramble Puzzle (Guide, pg. 11) Pencil Word Scramble Puzzle Answers (Guide, pg. 12) Procedure: Insruc sudens o urn o he Auhor s Noes (pgs. 215-217) secion in Dinosaur Boy. Tell hem o read his secions closely as he clues for he Word Scramble are lised here. Prin ou he Word Scramble Puzzle. Insruc sudens o solve he scrambled word puzzles, referencing he Auhor s Noes secion as needed. When compleed, check answers using he Word Scramble Puzzle Answers provided.
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13 Dinosaur Boy Research KWL Objecive: To undersand opics hrough he analysis of known facs, informaion ineresed in researching, and by lising and ciing facs learned as a resul of he research process. Maerials: Dinosaur Boy Auhor s Noes (pgs. 215-217) Dinosaur Boy Research Topics Lis (Guide, pg. 14) KWL Graphic Organizer (Guide, pg. 15) Pencil Procedure: Age-appropriae research maerials primary and secondary sources In he Auhor s Noe secion of he book, auhor Cory Puman Oakes saes, if you read very closely you ll find dinosaurs (and he people who sudy hem) all over his book. (pg. 215) The subjecs prined on Dinosaur Boy Research Topics Lis have been generaed by he inspiraions presened by Ms. Oakes in her Auhor s Noes. Insruc he sudens o choose a subjec presened on he Dinosaur Boy Research Topics Lis. Once he suden has decided upon a opic, give hem a copy of he KWL Graphic Organizer. In he firs column, under he word Know, insruc he suden o lis everyhing ha hey already know abou ha opic. In he second column, under he words Wan o Know, insruc sudens o lis hings ha hey would wan o know abou he opic, hings ha ineres hem. In he hird column, under he words Learned, insruc he sudens o wrie hings ha hey learned abou heir opic while researching i. Quie ofen, hese facs can be quie surprising! Tell sudens o cie he references hey used in he References box a he boom of he KWL Graphic Organizer. Insruc he suden o use his informaion o wrie and illusrae a shor, annoaed informaive essay on heir chosen opic. Reference: Allen, Camille Ann. The Muligenre Research Paper: Voice, Passion, and Discovery in Grades 4-6. Porsmouh, NH: Heinemann, 2001. (pg. 31-2).
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KWL Word Scramble Perspecive Pinwheels Discussion Quesions 16 Common Core Sae Sandards Alignmen English Language Ars Sandards» Reading: Lieraure Lieracy.RL.3.1 Lieracy.RL.3.3 Ask and answer quesions o demonsrae undersanding of a ex, referring explicily o he ex as he basis for he answers. % % Describe characers in a sory (e.g., heir rais, moivaions, or feelings) and explain how heir acions conribue o he sequence of evens % % Lieracy.RL.3.6 Disinguish heir own poin of view from ha of he narraor or hose of he characers. % % Lieracy.RL.3.10 By he end of he year, read and comprehend lieraure, including sories, dramas, and poery, a he high end of he grades 2-3 ex complexiy band independenly and proficienly. % % % % Lieracy.RL.4.1 Lieracy.RL.4.3 Lieracy.RL.4.6 Refer o deails and examples in a ex when explaining wha he ex says explicily and when drawing inferences from he ex. % % Describe in deph a characer, seing, or even in a sory or drama, drawing on specific deails in he ex (e.g., a characer's houghs, words, or acions). % % Compare and conras he poin of view from which differen sories are narraed, including he difference beween firs- and hird-person narraions. % % Lieracy.RL.4.10 By he end of he year, read and comprehend lieraure, including sories, dramas, and poery, in he grades 4-5 ex complexiy band proficienly, wih scaffolding as needed a he high end of he range. % % % % Lieracy.RL.5.3 Compare and conras wo or more characers, seings, or evens in a sory or drama, drawing on specific deails in he ex (e.g., how characers inerac). % % Lieracy.RL.5.10 By he end of he year, read and comprehend lieraure, including sories, dramas, and poery, a he high end of he grades 4-5 ex complexiy band independenly and proficienly. % % % % Lieracy.RL.6.1 Cie exual evidence o suppor analysis of wha he ex says explicily as well as inferences drawn from he ex. % %
KWL Word Scramble Perspecive Pinwheels Discussion Quesions 17 English Language Ars Sandards» Reading: Foundaional Skills Lieracy.RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Lieracy.RF.3.4 Read wih sufficien accuracy and fluency o suppor comprehension. Lieracy.RF.3.4.a Read grade-level ex wih purpose and undersanding. Lieracy.RF.4.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Lieracy.RF.4.3.a Use combined knowledge of all leer-sound correspondences, syllabicaion paerns, and morphology (e.g., roos and affixes) o read accuraely unfamiliar mulisyllabic words in conex and ou of conex. Lieracy.RF.4.4 Read wih sufficien accuracy and fluency o suppor comprehension. Lieracy.RF.4.4.a Read grade-level ex wih purpose and undersanding. Lieracy.RF.5.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Lieracy.RF.5.3.a Use combined knowledge of all leer-sound correspondences, syllabicaion paerns, and morphology (e.g., roos and affixes) o read accuraely unfamiliar mulisyllabic words in conex and ou of conex. Lieracy.RF.5.4 Read wih sufficien accuracy and fluency o suppor comprehension. Lieracy.RF.5.4.a Read grade-level ex wih purpose and undersanding.
KWL Word Scramble Perspecive Pinwheels Discussion Quesions 18 English Language Ars Sandards» Wriing Lieracy.W.3.2 Wrie informaive/explanaory exs o examine a opic and convey ideas and informaion clearly.. Lieracy.W.3.2.a Inroduce a opic and group relaed informaion ogeher; include illusraions when useful o aiding comprehension... Lieracy.W.3.2.b Develop he opic wih facs, definiions, and deails.. Lieracy.W.3.7 Conduc shor research projecs ha build knowledge abou a opic.. Lieracy.W.4.2 Wrie informaive/explanaory exs o examine a opic and convey ideas and informaion clearly.. Lieracy.W.4.2.b Develop he opic wih facs, definiions, concree deails, quoaions, or oher informaion and examples relaed o he opic... Lieracy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coheren wriing in which he developmen and organizaion are appropriae o ask, purpose, and audience.. Lieracy.W.4.7 Conduc shor research projecs ha build knowledge hrough invesigaion of differen aspecs of a opic.. Lieracy.W.4.9 Draw evidence from lierary or informaional exs o suppor analysis, reflecion, and research.. Lieracy.W.5.2 Wrie informaive/explanaory exs o examine a opic and convey ideas and informaion clearly.. Lieracy.W.5.2.b Lieracy.W.5.4 Lieracy.W.5.7 Lieracy.W.6.2 Lieracy.W.6.2.b Develop he opic wih facs, definiions, concree deails, quoaions, or oher informaion and examples relaed o he opic... Produce clear and coheren wriing in which he developmen and organizaion are appropriae o ask, purpose, and audience.. Conduc shor research projecs ha use several sources o build knowledge hrough invesigaion of differen aspecs of a opic.. Wrie informaive/explanaory exs o examine a opic and convey ideas, conceps, and informaion hrough he selecion, organizaion, and analysis of relevan conen.. Develop he opic wih relevan facs, definiions, concree deails, quoaions, or oher informaion and examples... Lieracy.W.6.4 Produce clear and coheren wriing in which he developmen, organizaion, and syle are appropriae o ask, purpose, and audience..
KWL Word Scramble Perspecive Pinwheels Discussion Quesions 19 English Language Ars Sandards» Speaking & Lisening Lieracy.SL.3.1 Lieracy.SL.3.2 Engage effecively in a range of collaboraive discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and eacher-led) wih diverse parners on grade 3 opics and exs, building on ohers' ideas and expressing heir own clearly. 9 9 Deermine he main ideas and supporing deails of a ex read aloud or informaion presened in diverse media and formas, including visually, quaniaively, and orally. 9 Lieracy.SL.4.1 Engage effecively in a range of collaboraive discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and eacher-led) wih diverse parners on grade 4 opics and exs, building on ohers' ideas and expressing heir own clearly. 9 9 Lieracy.SL.4.2 Paraphrase porions of a ex read aloud or informaion presened in diverse media and formas, including visually, quaniaively, and orally. 9 Lieracy.SL.5.1 Engage effecively in a range of collaboraive discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and eacher-led) wih diverse parners on grade 5 opics and exs, building on ohers' ideas and expressing heir own clearly. 9 9 Lieracy.SL.5.2 Summarize a wrien ex read aloud or informaion presened in diverse media and formas, including visually, quaniaively, and orally. 9 Lieracy.SL.6.1 Engage effecively in a range of collaboraive discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and eacher-led) wih diverse parners on grade 6 opics, exs, and issues, building on ohers' ideas and expressing heir own clearly. 9 9
20 Acknowledgmens Wrien by Cory Puman Oakes www.corypoakes.com Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky www.sourcebooks.com Guide Creaed by Debbie Gonzales www.debbiegonzales.com