Name: _ In the book, HELP ME! the lady went to Africa and saw many animals. She took the book, Animals of Africa, with her. The book was filled with animal facts and its purpose was to inform. The genre would be: (Circle one.) Realistic Fiction Fiction Nonfiction Using the table of contents, find out what chapter would have information on the following animals. 1. Nile Crocodile Chapter 2. Zebra Chapter 3. African Fish Eagle Chapter 4. Black Mamba Chapter 5. Pied Cuckoo Chapter 6. Giraffe Chapter 7. Dung Beetle Chapter 8. Pancake Tortoise Chapter 9. Hummingbird Hawk-Moth Chapter 10. Nile Perch Chapter by Sherri Maret 2016. Printing/use for educational purposes only. Art by Noelle Zeigler. www.sherrimaret.com 1
(Please do not write on this page!) Directions: Use this sample table of contents to fill in the blanks of your page. Animals of Africa Table of Contents Chapter Title of Chapter Page 1 Birds 4 2 Fish 23 3 Mammals 42 4 Insects 61 5 Reptiles and Amphibians 80 2
Name: _ HELP ME! There are three purposes or reasons a book is written. They are to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE). Read these passages and identify the purpose. The gorillas took the lady they caught in the cage along with their family while they found food to eat. One gorilla offered the lady a grub to eat. She yelled, Help me! I m trapped in a cage! One gorilla said, I don t think she likes to eat grubs. O persuade O inform O entertain There are two kinds of gorillas. One is the eastern gorilla and the other is the western gorilla. The gorilla s diet is mainly made up of plants and insects. They are found in Africa. O persuade O inform O entertain Animals cannot speak for themselves. So people need to speak for them. Every year animals go extinct. People need to take responsibility for them by making sure we stay out of places where they live so they can find food, shelter, and live happily. Together, people can work to keep more animals from going extinct by creating laws to protect them. O persuade O inform O entertain 3
Page A Name: HELP ME! Stop reading at page 17. How do you think the story ends? Use one or more of these pages to make up your own ending. 4
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Name: Using the Kids Nat Geo Wild Animal Atlas, label the seven continents: North America Europe South America Asia Africa Australia Antarctica 6
Look up these animals in the index and identify which continent they naturally live in. Red-bellied piranha Tiger Chamois Wombat North America South America Emperor penguin Caribou Snow Petrel Eagle owl Europe Africa Antarctica Spotted jaguar Platypus Hornbill Sonoran Pronghorn Asia Australia 7
Name: HELP ME! The lady checked out books from the library. Can you put them back on the shelf in the correct order? Write the title and call number on the books. Elephants 599.67 Giraffes 599.73 Gorillas 599.88 Crocodiles 597.98 Lions 599.74 Zebras 599.72 by Sherri Maret 2016. Printing/use for educational purposes only. Art by Noelle Zeigler. www.sherrimaret.com 8
Name: Animal: HELP ME! The book was a fiction book, but now we need nonfiction resources to do a little research. Your teacher/librarian will tell you what he/she wants you to use to find the information on one or more animals. 1. What type of animal is it? Mammal, reptile, bird, fish, etc. 2. Describe how the animal looks and include size, weight, and height. 3. What does the animal eat? What does the animal do to feed itself? 4. What kind of surroundings does the animal live in? 9
Name: By Sherri Maret HELP ME! Illustrations by Noelle Zeigler Look at the clues and then fill in the words in the puzzle. Across 5 The lady wants a animal to take home. 6 were a problem for the lady. 8 The lady yells these two words many times in the story. 10 The is fantasy. Down 1 The is the main character. 2 The illustrator is Noelle. 3 The lady flies to to see animals in the wild. 4 The author is Sherri. 7 The is the wild country of Africa. 9 The lady found a to put an animal in it. Puzzle made at puzzle-maker.com with permission. 10
Name: HELP ME! 1. What does the main character tell the reader she wants to do? 2. Where does the main character go? Why is she going there? 3. What is the main character s problem? 4. How is the main character s problem solved? 5. What lesson did the main character learn? 6. What does the main character do at the very end of the story? 11
Name: Use this title page and the reverse side to answer the following questions. 1. What is the title? 2. Who is the author?_ 3. Who is the illustrator? 4. What is the name of the publisher? 5. What city is the publisher located in? 6. What is the copyright date? by Sherri Maret 2016. Printing/use for educational purposes only. Art by Noelle Zeigler. www.sherrimaret.com 12
Name: HELP ME! I m being chased by a! After you read our book, why not write your own story? Make up a funny tale but don t forget the plot which is the beginning, middle and end. Include why the character is being chased and how this problem is solved. So think about it first, then write it! 13
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Illustrate one scene from your story. 15
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