Thursday, February 9, 2012

Using Text Features

Use the Scholastic News to answer the following questions:
1. On what page can you find out about a moon mystery?
2. What is the title of the sidebar on page two?
3. What do donkeys and elephants have to do with the Presidential Election?
4. On what page can you find the definition for the word *majority?*?  Record the page number AND the definition.
5. On page six, there is a map of what?

*~ Scholastic News 02/06/2012 edition*

19 comments:

  1. pg2
    numbers in the new
    there mascots
    of the civil war

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  2. 1.]page- 2 2.]picture this,the domino effect
    3.]the donkey represents the democrats and the elephant represents the republicans. 4.]page- 4 Majority- more than half of a group. 5.]The civil war

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  3. 1. On page 2.
    2. "The Domino Effect"
    3. Thomas Nast said that Democrats were stubborn which would be the donkey. Also he thought that the Republican Party was a clumsy elephant.
    4. You can find the definition of majority on page 4 definition: (muh-jor-uh-tee) noun. more than half a group.
    5. Map of "The Civil War"

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  4. Q1: page 2
    Q2: "The Domino Effect"
    Q3: The donkeys represent the Democrats. The elephants repesents the Repbublicans.
    Q4: page 4
    Q5: It`s the map of the US.

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  5. You can find moon mystery on page 2. The title of the sidebar on page two is The Domino Effect. Donkeys and elephants have to do with this because Thomas Nast used a donkey to show that Democrats were stubborn. The elephant represents the Republicans. Page 4. Majority: More than half a group the United States of America.

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  6. 1)pg2
    2)word to know
    3)donkie=democrat eliphant=Gop
    4)pg4
    5)the USA marking the union states and the confederit states

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  7. 1.You can find it on page.2
    2.The domino effect
    3.The donkey stand for bravery and intelligence of the democrats. The elephant is a symbol of great strength for the republicans.
    4.page4
    5.There is a map of the Civil War

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  8. 1.The moon mystery can be located on pg.2
    2.The title of the sidebar is the domino effect.
    3.They both represent political parties.
    4.pg4 definition:More than half of a group
    5.The map of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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  9. 1:page:2 The domino efect 3: they both represent politicle parties 4:majority DEfinition:more than half of a gruop 5:the U.S.A.

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  10. 1. Page two
    2. The Domino Effect
    3. In 1870 a political cartoonist, Thmas Nast had a thought. He thought democrats were to stubborn so he used the sign as donkey for them. The he showed that Republican Party as a elephant because of their culumsiness.
    4. Page four. Majority: More than half.
    5. The Civil War. 1861-1865, it shows Uniom States in blue, it shows Confederate States in lavender and it shows Territory in yellow.

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  11. For number 1,You can find the page number on page 2.Number 2,The side bar is called The Domino Effect.Number 3,The Donkey stands for bravery and intelligence,The Elephant stands for great strength.Number 4,On page 4 the definition of "majority" is more than half.Number 5,On page 6 there is a map of the territorys for the civil war.

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  12. 1. You can find the moon mystery on page 2.

    2. The title of the sidebar on page 2 is "Election 2010".

    3. Thomas Nast used a donkey to show that he thought Democrats were too stuborn. Later, he showed the Rupublicans Party a clumsy elephant.

    4. You find the defenition for majority on page 2, Majority: (muh-jor-uh-tee) noun. More than half of a group.

    5. On page six there is a map of, Union State (Blue), Confederate State (Purple), and Territory (Not a State) (Yellow).

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  13. Page two. Picture this. They reprsent the Democrat and repbulican. Page 4,it means most of all people. the civil war states and territorys.

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  14. Page 2 is where you can find moon mystery. The domino efect. They represent each side. The donkey stands for democrats and the elephant stands for republican. Majority is found on page 4. Majority: noun. more than half of a group. The country of U.S

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  15. 1.The moon mystery is on page 2.
    2.The domino effect.
    3.The donkey shows that the Democrats are too stuburn but that was in 1870 now it means that they are a sign of bravery and intelligence. The Republican Party is a elepant which in 1870 meant that they are clumsey, now it means a symbol of strenth for their party.
    4.The page number is 4 and the definition is " More than half a group."
    5.Its a map of the
    Civil War also the Union States and the Connfederate States.

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  16. 1.) Moon mystery on page 2
    2.)The domino effect
    3.)Donkey to show that he thought democrats were too stubborn.Today democrats believe the donkey is a sign of bravery and intelligence.
    Republicans see the elephant as a symbol of great strength.
    4.)Page #4. Definition- More than half of a group.
    5.)On page #6 there is a map of the civil war in 1861-1865. The map shows where some of the war happened and whos territory it is.

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  17. you can find moon mystery on page.2...picture this the effect of dominos....the donkey represents the democrats and the elephant represents the republicans....on page 4 its a noun which means more than a half of a group... a map of were the civil wars were at.

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  18. 1.page 2

    2.The domino effect

    3.page 4

    4.campian aginst each other

    5.The civil war


    btw ,these are the answers to the questions

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  19. 1. page 2

    2. title is twin spacecraft are on a mission to help solve mysteries about the moon.

    3. Donkeys to show that democrets.
    Elephants show that republicans partys as a clumsy elephants.

    4. pg.4 Majority is more than half of a group

    5. map of U.S.A about the civil war.

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