Hunting the Horned Lizard 6-pack Author: Nic Bishop ISBN: 9780478124323 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 6 Reading Level: W Strategy/Skill: Drawing conclusions, Features of nonfiction, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Diary, Journal, and Log Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Habitats, Life Science Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Nic Bishop travels to the Arizona desert to take part in a field study of the horned lizard.  The information the team collects will help biologists to protect this unusual reptile species.

Features of the Book

• The example of a scientific field study
• The use of maps and illustrations to convey information
• The journal format
• The contents page, appendix, glossary, and index
• The different ways of presenting information – fact boxes, captions, photographs, and diagrams
• The author’s style – a mixture of fact and opinion in the text

Purpose

Hunting the Horned Lizard can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• using the contents page, index, appendix, and glossary to locate information
• understanding how a field study is carried out
• studying the features of a nonfiction text – labeled diagrams, index, and captions
• communicating factual information
• writing a scientific report
• drawing conclusions from the text
• creating a glossary

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