2. Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon by by Sy Montgomery by In what ways are PINK DOLPHINS mysterious?

3. Study Skills Genre: Expository Nonfiction Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Review Skill: Generalize Vocabulary: Multi-Meaning Words

4. Summary One of the most mysterious animals on the planet is the pink dolphin. Meet this unique and fascinating creature as you explore the rain forest with your South American guide.

5. GenreGenre: Expository Nonfiction Genre Expository Nonfiction provides factual information about a topic. As you read, look for facts about pink dolphins to add to your knowledge of animals.

6. Comprehension Skill Tested: Compare and Contrast – TE416 A Comparison tells how two or more things are alike. A Contrast tells how they are different Clue words such as like or as show similarities. Clue words such as but or unlike show differences.

7. Compare and Contrast PB 163 Alike many animals live here 1.____________________________ Australian Rain Forest Different birds of paradise 2._____________________ 3.______________________ South American Rain Forest Different scarlet macaw 4.______________________ 5.______________________

8. Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 425 A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples. Clue words: all, most, always, usually, generally

9. Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 425 Some generalizations are valid, which means that they are supported by facts or details. Some are faulty. Which means that they are not supported.

10. Vocabulary Skill: Multiple-Meaning Words Multiple-Meaning Words Multiple-Meaning Words When you read you may find the meaning of a word you know does not make sense in a sentence This is because the word is a multiple-meaning word, or a word with more than one meaning. For example, story can mean “an account of what happened.” It can also mean “a lie, or falsehood.”

11. Summary Pages 422-423 Page 422: Page 422: Opinion: The wet season is the best time of the year to explore the Amazon. Opinion: The wet season is the best time of the year to explore the Amazon. The author speaks directly to the reader because he wants us to imagine what it would be like to travel to the Amazon. The author speaks directly to the reader because he wants us to imagine what it would be like to travel to the Amazon.

12. Summary pages 424-425 Pg. 424: Dolphins use echolocation to locate objects. This is sometimes called sonar, which ships and submarines use to probe the water. Pg. 424: Dolphins use echolocation to locate objects. This is sometimes called sonar, which ships and submarines use to probe the water. Pg. 425: Pink dolphins and ocean dolphins use sonar to find things in the water. Pink dolphins are very flexible, and use their flexibility to swim in shallow waters. Ocean dolphins would not be able to get around branches. Pg. 425: Pink dolphins and ocean dolphins use sonar to find things in the water. Pink dolphins are very flexible, and use their flexibility to swim in shallow waters. Ocean dolphins would not be able to get around branches.

13. Summary Pages 426-427 Pg. 426: From “Nightmare Dream World” we can see that the rain forest is both dangerous and amazing. Pg. 426: From “Nightmare Dream World” we can see that the rain forest is both dangerous and amazing. Page 427: Generalization: There are MANY dangers in the Amazon. Page 427: Generalization: There are MANY dangers in the Amazon. Main idea: Black tangarana ants will protect the tree that is their home. Main idea: Black tangarana ants will protect the tree that is their home.

14. Summary Pages 428-430 Page 428:Fact: Some of the trees have spines growing out of their trunk. To get to the dolphins you have to pass the many dangers of the Amazon. Page 428:Fact: Some of the trees have spines growing out of their trunk. To get to the dolphins you have to pass the many dangers of the Amazon. Page 430-431: If is hard to spot the dolphins because of the dark stained water. Most dolphins look as different from one another as people do. Page 430-431: If is hard to spot the dolphins because of the dark stained water. Most dolphins look as different from one another as people do.

15. Summary Pages 432-433 Page 432: Pink dolphins are difficult to study, so they are a mystery to scientisits. Page 432: Pink dolphins are difficult to study, so they are a mystery to scientisits.

16. Review Questions 1.How are pink dolphins and ocean dolphins alike? 2.Why would ocean dolphins not be able to survive in the Amazon River? 3.Why was one section called “Nightmare Dream World”? 4.Why are pink dolphins difficult to study?

17. Review Questions 1.Why do dolphins send out beams from their foreheads? 2.How are pink dolphins and people alike according to this selection? 3.How are dolphins and submarines alike? 4.Why does this author seem to speak directly to the reader?

18. Vocabulary - Say It aquarium aquarium surface surface glimpses glimpses dolphins dolphins flexible flexible enchanted enchanted pulses pulses

19. surface the top of the ground or soil, or of a body of water or other liquid the top of the ground or soil, or of a body of water or other liquid

20. aquarium building used for showing collections of live fish, water animals, and water plants

21. pulses regular, measured beats regular, measured beats

22. dolphins any of numerous sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. Dolphins have beaklike snouts and remarkable intelligence. any of numerous sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. Dolphins have beaklike snouts and remarkable intelligence.

23. glimpses short, quick views or looks short, quick views or looks

24. enchanted delighted greatly; charmed; magical delighted greatly; charmed; magical

25. flexible easily bent; not stiff; bending without breaking; stretchable easily bent; not stiff; bending without breaking; stretchable

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