Adelina’s WhalesAdelina s Whales

Compiled by:Compiled by:

Terry Sams PES

Text and Photos by Richard S b lSobol

Study SkillsStudy Skills• Genre: Photo Essay

h k ll• Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinionp

• Comprehension Strategy: Graphic OrganizersGraphic Organizers

• Comprehension Review Skill: Generalize

• Vocabulary: HomonymsVocabulary: Homonyms

SummarySummaryAdelina Mayoral lives in La Laguna, M i E h J thMexico. Each January, the gray whales arrive in the lagoon near La Laguna and stay for three months before migrating farther north for g gthe summer. Whale-watchers, scientists and photographers visitscientists, and photographers visit La Laguna from all over the world to observe and interact with theto observe and interact with the whales.

Genre: Photo EssayGenre: Photo Essay• Photo essays use words• Photo essays use words

and pictures to tell about someone or something. As you read notice how theyou read, notice how the words and images work gtogether to tell about Adelina and her whalesAdelina and her whales.

Comprehension Skill Review –Fact and Opinion•A fact is a statement that can be proved true or f l b d ifalse by doing

hresearch.

Comprehension Skill Review –Fact and Opinion• Statements of opinion tell about a

person’s beliefs, feelings, or way of p , g , ythinking that cannot be proved.

• It often contains a word of• It often contains a word of judgment, such as best, should, or b tif lbeautiful.

• It may begin with the words in my y g yopinion or I believe.

Comprehension Strategy –p gyGraphic Organizers• Good readers organize their

thoughts as they read.g y• Jotting down lists or making

charts can help you separatecharts can help you separate statements of fact or opinion.

• Using a graphic organizer can help you to understand what you p y yread.

Comprehension Skill Review: G li iGeneralizing Sometimes as you read, you are given ideas

about several things or people.

When you make a statement about all of themWhen you make a statement about all of them together, you are making a generalization.

Th f th l d th t h lThese are some of the clue words that help locate generalizations: all, none, many, most, always usually few generalalways, usually, few, general.

A valid generalization is accurate.

A faulty generalization is not accurate.

Practice GeneralizationPB116PB1161. What is an example of a generalization?

Many birds migrate, or move from one place to another.

2 How do you know this is a generalization?2. How do you know this is a generalization?The word many gives a clue that not all birds migrate.birds migrate.

3. What is another generalization? Some birds will fly the same path eachSome birds will fly the same path each year.

4. How do you know this is a generalization? The word some gives a clue.

Author’s ViewpointAuthor s Viewpoint•The author’s viewpoint is the

th l k t hi hway an author looks at his or her subject.•Look at statements of opinion an author expresses and the pstatements of fact the author includes.•Try to figure out the author’s viewpoint even when it is notviewpoint even when it is not stated.

Question of the WeekQ

h•What patterns din nature guide

h l fthe lives of l ?animals?

Day 2 - Question of y Qthe Dayy•What is the•What is the migration pattern ofmigration pattern of the gray whalesthe gray whales Adelina sees?Adelina sees?

Day 3 –yQuestion of the Day

•What mysteries of the halesof the whales might Adelina trymight Adelina try to unlock someto unlock some day?y

Day 4 - Question of ythe Day - Reviewy•What questions qmight a scientist gask about migration?g

Review QuestionsQ1. Give an example of how you know

Adelina has a good understanding ofAdelina has a good understanding of nature.

2. Why do you think the author wrote this selection?

3. Who did the author say was the first t h i it f th h l ?person to have a visit from the whales?

4 Why do the mother whales come to the4. Why do the mother whales come to the lagoon?

Review QuestionsQ1. How do you know the whales are

important to Adelina?important to Adelina?

2. How were the people in La Laguna p p glike the people who visited the village?village?

3. What did Adelina mean when she said, “Laguna is the place where two worlds join together?”worlds join together?

Vocabulary - Say ItVocabulary - Say It

•bluff •biologist

•lagoon •rumblinglagoon•tropical

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•tropical•massive•massive

More Words to Knowaltitudeascentswanszone

encounterencounterexhalingexhaling

biologistbiologist•scientist who studies living

things including their originsthings, including their origins, structures, activities, and di ib idistribution

lagoonlagoond ll• a pond or small

lake especiallylake, especially one connectedone connected with a largerwith a larger body of watery

bluffbluff•a high•a high, steep slopesteep slope or cliff

tropicaltropical•of or like the•of or like the regions 23.45 gdegrees north or south of theor south of the equator where the sunequator where the sun can shine directly

h doverhead

massivemassivebig andbig and

heavy; bulkyheavy; bulky

rumblingrumbling•making a•making a deep heavydeep, heavy, continuouscontinuous soundsound

exhalingexhalingb thi t•breathing out

encounterencounter•an unexpected

imeeting

zonezone•any of the five great y gregions of Earth’s surface bounded bysurface, bounded by imaginary linesimaginary lines going around Earth parallel to the equatorto the equator

altitudealtitude•high abo e sea•high above sea levellevel

swansswans•large waterlarge water birds with long, slender, g, ,curving necks

ascentasce•act of going up;•act of going up; upwardupward movementmovement

Ad liAdelina was awakened by a yloud, low,loud, low, rumbling noiserumbling noise.

Ad liAdelina was awakened by a yloud, low,loud, low, rumbling noiserumbling noise.

A gray whale wasA gray whale was e haling a blast ofexhaling a blast of h t i lhot air as large as a room.

A gray whale wasA gray whale was e haling a blast ofexhaling a blast of h t i lhot air as large as a room.

Th thThe mother h l twhales come to

the lagoon to have their babies.

Th thThe mother h l twhales come to

the lagoonto have their babies.

The whales liftThe whales lift their massive heads out of theheads out of the waterwater.

The whales liftThe whales lift their massiveheads out of theheads out of the waterwater.

Ad li ’Adelina’s grandfather was gtanned from thetanned from the bright tropicalbright tropical sun.

Ad li ’Adelina’s grandfather was gtanned from thetanned from the bright tropicalbright tropicalsun.

Her grandfatherHer grandfather told man storiestold many stories

b t hi fi tabout his first t ith thencounter with the

h lwhales.

Her grandfatherHer grandfather told man storiestold many stories

b t hi fi tabout his first tencounter

ith thwith the h lwhales.

Adelina mightAdelina might become a biologistbecome a biologist who studies thewho studies the ocean when sheocean when she grows up.grows up.

Adelina mightAdelina might become a biologistbecome a biologistwho studies thewho studies the ocean when sheocean when she grows up.grows up.

Her home is aHer home is a simple shack on asimple shack on a

d bl ff h isandy bluff hugging th d f ththe edge of the P ifi OPacific Ocean.

Her home is aHer home is a simple shack on asimple shack on a

d bl ff h isandy bluff hugging th d f ththe edge of the P ifi OPacific Ocean.

The swan is a typeThe swan is a type of bird thatof bird that

i t t ildmigrates to a milder li t tclimate at

’ dsummer’s end.

The swan is a typeThe swan is a type of bird that migratesof bird that migrates t ild li tto a milder climate

t ’at summer’s dend.

Th iThe swan gains ltit d haltitude as he

makes his ascent into the air.

Th iThe swan gains ltit d haltitude as he

makes his ascentinto the air.

Th i iTheir wings carry th iftl dthem swiftly and surely from zone to zone.

Th i iTheir wings carry th iftl dthem swiftly and surely from zoneto zone.

Spelling Wordsp gHomophones

•th i t•theirth

•pastll d•there

it•allowed

l d•waiti ht

•aloudh•weight

d•throne

•passed •thrown

Spelling Wordsp gHomophones

•b t •through•beetb t

•through•break•beat

b•break•brake•bye

b•brake••by

th•peace

i•threw •piece

CHALLENGECHALLENGE•stationerystationery•stationaryy

•cymbal•symbol

•principle•principal

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