Critical Thinking

• 1. SUM IT UP Create a Sequence Chain to list what happened before, during, and after the blizzard. Be sure to list the events in order. Use your chain to help you summarize the selection.

  

  Sequence Chain

• 2. Paraphrase In your own words, tell a partner how Aaron knew he needed shelter. Use details from the text.

• 3. Compare Compare the relationships between Zlateh and Aaron and Owen and Mzee. What is similar about the two relationships?

• 4. Discuss Share your Quickwrite with a partner. How did you decide that animals were important? Explain.

Reading Fluency

Expression Read the passage on page 665 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

• 1. I read

  • a. great

  • b. OK

  • c. not very well

• 2. What I did best in my reading was _____.

Reading Strategy

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

After a big ______, the snow was so high that it covered my dog’s house. It was his only ______. I ______ to bring the dog inside, but Grandpa refused. He grew up in a village of ______ and farmers. Animals never came inside. I didn’t have much ______ that I could change his mind. But I ______ explained why it was important. I ______ to tell Grandpa that he could ______ me.

Written Review Imagine you are a reporter interviewing Aaron about the blizzard. Write a short article. Use five vocabulary words.

Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Our Bond with Animals

Why do we trust animals? Why do they trust us? Write your ideas. Reread the selection to find examples to support your ideas.