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1. Name ______________________________ Turtle Bay By Saviour Pirotta Illustrated by Nilesh Mistry Prediction ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose inform persuade entertain

2. Turtle Bay • Focus Skills: • Identify author’s purpose • Read and understand a realistic fiction selection • Write compound sentences correctly • Classify and categorize • Genre • Realistic Fiction- tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life • Summary • A boy named Taro helps Jiro-San, a wise old man, clean up the beach for giant sea turtles that swim ashore to nest. • Reading Strategy • Reread to Clarify • Good readers use the strategy of rereading to help them understand parts of a story that seem confusing. If the author’s purpose seems unclear, a reader can reread parts of a story to look for details that will help them figure out the purpose.

3. QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS • *Describe how Taro and Jiro-San are alike and different. • Taro Jiro-San • Do you think Yuko is being fair when she says that Jiro-San is weird? Why or why not? • *What does Jiro-San say he hears? • Why do you think Taro cannot hear what Jiro-San hears? • Why do you think Jiro-San does not tell Taro who his old friends are? • *How does Taro feel when he sees Jiro-San with the brooms? How do you know? • Why do you think Taro agrees to help Jiro-San sweep the beach?

4. 8. How do you think the author feels about people who leave rubbish on the beach? What do you think the author wants readers to think about littering? • *Do Jiro-San’s old friends come? Explain what happens when Taro finds Jiro-San. • Put yourself in Taro’s place. How do you think he feels when he sees the dolphins? • *What happens on the two nights after Taro and Jiro-San see the dolphins? • Do you think the fish with swords for snouts are Jiro-San’s old friends? Why • Why do you think the author has Jiro-San and Taro go out night after night looking for Jiro-San’s old friends? • *Does Taro care about Jiro-San and his feelings? How do you know? • Why do you think Taro invites Yuko to join him in waiting for Jiro-San’s old friends?

5. *What does the turtle do when she comes ashore? • Have Yuko’s feelings about Jiro-San changed? How do you know? • When do you think the children will hear from Jiro-San again? • WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS • How do Jiro-San, Taro, and Yuko help the turtles? • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • What kind of person is Jiro-San? How can you tell? • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • What is the author showing you when Yuko brings her broom to the beach? • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Would you have helped Jiro-San clean the litter from the beach? Tell why or why not. • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • RESEARCH LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIA, BOOK OR ON THE INTERNET. DRAW A PICTURE OF A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE. WRITE ONE FACT YOU LEARNED. • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________