Special Sea Lions

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Unit 1 Amazing Dogs 6

Unit 2 Dad’s Treasure 12

Unit 3 Camel Riding in the Sahara 18

Unit 4 A Dress for the Dance 24

Review Unit 1---Unit 4 30

Unit 5 The Kindness of a Stranger 34

Unit 6 Pearls 40

Unit 7 An Important Song 46

Unit 8 Denver Is the Best 52

Unit 9 Kayaking 62

Unit 10 The Okapi 68

Unit 11 The Fire-eater 74

Unit 12 Positive Effects of Music 80

Unit 13 Natural Disasters 90

Unit 14 A Bright Idea 96

Unit 15 She Feels Lucky 102

Unit 16 A Time Capsule 108

C o n t e n t s

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My school sponsors a search and rescue dog. Search and rescue dogs are very important. They find people who are lost.

They also look for survivors. Sometimes, the dogs go to dangerous and scary places. For example, many dogs looked for survivors after the tragedy in New York on September 11, 2001. One famous dog named Dusty was there. She searched for many hours. She even kept searching after she fell! Search and rescue dogs are strong and brave. They save many people. The dog we sponsor has already saved six people! Everyone at our school is very proud.

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Answer the questions in complete sentences.

a. What do search and rescue dogs do?

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b. What did Dusty do in New York?

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c. Why is everyone at the school proud?

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a. Which other topic sentence could begin the paragraph?

a. We have a search and rescue dog at our school.

b. I read about a search and rescue dog named Dusty.

c. We sponsor a search and rescue dog at our school.

B. Which other concluding sentence could end the paragraph?

a. My classmates and I enjoy hearing stories about our dog.

b. I hope our search and rescue dog is strong.

c. Dusty was very special and saved many people.

Choose the best answers.

Search and rescue dogs find people who are lost and look for survivors.

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Complete the sentences with the correct pronoun.

Pronouns should agree with the nouns they refer to in gender and number.

Jill rode her new bike to school yesterday. It is green and white.

Students will receive their bus passes tomorrow.

The nouns that pronouns refer to should always be clear to the reader. At times, it is better not to use a pronoun.

UNCLEAR: Not many people came to the party. It was disappointing.

(What was disappointing, the party or the low number of people?)

CLEAR: Not many people came to the party. It was a disappointing turnout.

CLEAR: Not many people came to the party. The turnout was disappointing.

Writing Skill Focus

a. Many dogs chase cats, but they hate it.

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b. Russell and Ben rode bikes, but they were old.

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C. I took a shirt out of the paper bag and then folded it.

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D. Jerry bought a new coat and hat. It is yellow with blue stripes.

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E. My father and uncle both exercise, but he hates jogging.

Many dogs chase cats, but cats hate it.

a. Damien and his best friend send text messages on ________ cell phones.

B. Julie likes skateboarding. Every week, ________ goes to the park with her friends.

C. We went camping, but ________ mom didn’t come.

D. Carrie and Sally went to a party. It was boring, so ________ left early.

E. After reading the magazine, Ellen loaned ________ to her friend.

F. My brother and I both got new cameras. Mine is black, and ________ is silver.

their

Rewrite the sentences to fix the unclear pronouns. There are many possibilities.

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Use the cluster to complete the outline.

Special Sea Lions

Teresa’s dad is in the navy. He is a marine and a veterinarian. He trains and takes care of special animals that help the navy. ________________________________

Sea lions have good hearing underwater. They can also see in very dark places. In addition, sea lions are very clever. ___________________________________________

______________ Sea lions can use their special ears and eyes to find lost objects and dangerous mines. They can find these things much faster than people can. ________

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Topic Sentence:

Teresa’s dad is in the navy A._________________________________. B.veterinarian

1.trains special animals 2.takes care of special animals 3.often works with sea lions

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b.can see in very dark places c.are very clever

d.The navy uses them to find things underwater.

•lost objects

• dangerous mines

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Concluding Sentence:

Teresa’s dad loves his job and thinks that sea lions do important work.

marine

Now complete the paragraph.

Teresa’s dad

marine

clever have good

hearing underwater

trains animals takes

care of animals

sea lions

lost objects

can see in very

dark places navy uses

them to find things can find things

faster than people

dangerous mines

veterinarian

He often works with sea lions.

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Brainstorm with a classmate. Write all of your ideas in the box.

How do farm animals help people?

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Our Ideas Think of some farm animals.

How do these animals help farmers?

What do they do on the farm?

What are these animals like?

Strong? Smart?

Now cross out the ideas you and your classmates will not use.

Are farm animals important?

Why?/Why not?

How do farm animals help people?

What do you use that comes from a farm animal?

Put your ideas into a cluster. Draw more circles as you need them.

Then, write your paragraph together.

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• What other important jobs do dogs have?

• What do they do?

• What are these dogs like?

Kind? Brave?

• How do they help us?

• How important are they?

• Have you ever seen one of these dogs?

• Are these dogs useful?

Why?/Why not?

• Where do these dogs live?

Now cross out the ideas you will not use.

Search and rescue dogs help people. Brainstorm about another way dogs help people. Write all of your ideas in the box.

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Put your ideas into a cluster. Draw more circles as you need them.

My Ideas

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Now write a paragraph.

Outline Example

Topic Sentence:

A.

1.

2.

B.

1.

a.

b.

c.

2.

Remember: Everything goes in groups. You can’t have an A without a B, a 1 without a 2, or an a without a b.

Make an outline. Organize the ideas from your cluster and add more details.

Topic Sentence:

Special Sea Lions

C o n t e n t s

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Special Sea Lions

How do farm animals help people?

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