NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Whydidtheauthorwrite“Dragons&Dinosaurs”?toexplainwhydinosaursdisappearedfromtheearthtoshowwheremostdinosaurboneshavebeenfoundtoentertainwithanadventurestoryaboutdinosaurstotellhowscientistsstudydinosaursanddrawconclusions2.Howdoyouknowthat“Dragons&Dinosaurs”isexpositorynonfiction?Ithasdetailsaboutimportanteventsintheauthor’slife.Ittellsabouteventsthatcouldnothappeninreallife.Ithasheadingsthatdivideinformationintosections.Ittellstheauthor’spersonalthoughtsandfeelings.3.Whatpeopleoflongagothoughtweregriffinswerereallygiants.dragons.seamonsters.extinctanimals.4.WhatmistakedidRichardOwenmake?Hebelievedthatsomedinosaurswerereptiles.Hethoughtthatdinosaurslookedlikegiantiguanas.Hethoughtthatalldinosaurswerebiganddangerous.Hebelievedthatdinosaursshouldhavetheirownname.5.Whatisthemainideaof“Dragons&Dinosaurs”?Scientistsusebonesandfossilstounderstanddinosaurs.ScientistshavefoundmanydinosaurskullsintheGobiDesert.Manyofthefirstdescriptionsofdinosaurswerewrong.Dinosaursareinterestingcreaturesthatlivedlongago.WeeklyLessonTestLesson26©Harcourt•Grade4SelectionComprehension“Dragons&Dinosaurs”217NameTOTALSCORE:/8+/26.WhywastheApatosaurusalwayspicturedwithoutahead?Peoplethoughtitwasaheadlesslizard.Onlytheskeletonofthebodyhadbeenfound.Itslongneckcouldnotsupportalargehead.Twoscientistsarguedaboutwhattheheadlookedlike.7.TheselectionsaysthatTyrannosaurusrexusednearlyhalfitsbraintosee.smell.feelheat.makenoise.8.Basedontheselection,computershelpscientistsunderstanddinosaursbycreatingmodelsofhowdinosaurslookedandmoved.identifyingthedifferentdinosaurbonesthatarefound.showingthecolorofdifferenttypesofdinosaurs.keepingtrackofwheredinosaurbonesarestored.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.Whydoscientistsstudyingdinosaurboneshaveahardjob?Usedetailsandinformationfrom“Dragons&Dinosaurs”tosupportyouranswer.WeeklyLessonTestLesson26©Harcourt•Grade4SelectionComprehension“Dragons&Dinosaurs”218NameWeeklyLessonTestLesson26Foc...
