Unit 3: Small dino, BIG DINO
Luna is a pixie.
She has small wings.
She can fly.
Luna has curly hair,
blue skin and skinny
arms.
Luna likes things that
are purple.
coelophysis human elephant giraffe triceratops
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tyrannosaurus
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In the texts
1 Read the texts on pages 24 and 25.
a Is it nonfiction (real) or fiction (made up)? ________________________________
b Is it from an information report or a narrative? ___________________________
c Write the names of three characters.
________________________ ________________________ ________________________
d Where is the text set? ______________________________________________________
2 Circle the correct adjective.
a Nipper was the smallest/largest dinosaur on Lost Island.
b She lived under a huge/little rock ledge.
c The pixies found the very tiny/enormous Nipper at the Great Lake.
3 Look at the black figures at the bottom of pages 24 and 25.
a Do you think they are nonfiction (real) or fiction (made up)? _______________
b Are they from an information report or a narrative? _________________________
c Write the names of three dinosaurs.
________________________ ________________________ ________________________
d Write two facts you learn from these figures.
1 __________________________________________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________________________________
4 Complete the sentences.
Triceratops was taller than a _____________________ , but shorter than a
_____________________ . If triceratops was alive today, it would be about as tall
as an _____________________ .
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Read and learn
1 Draw a line to match each word to its opposite.
a biggest forgotten
b big do
c remembered smallest
d shrink found
e lost grow
f would little
g don’t wouldn’t
2 Answer these questions.
a Why had the dinosaurs forgotten about Nipper?
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b Where did Nipper find the Grow Bigger Lotion?
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c Where did Leo and Luna find Nipper?
________________________________________________________________________________
d How did the pixies make Nipper small again?
________________________________________________________________________________
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3 Circle words on pages 24 and 25 that mean the same as these words.
a little d getting bigger
b huge e with no one else around
c thought f once more Done
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4 Draw coelophysis and tyrannosaurus to show their size.
Your turn
1 A description describes a particular person, place or thing.
Write adjectives to describe each part of Nipper.
large
__________________ round
, __________________ eyes
__________________ , __________________ beak
__________________ , __________________ teeth
__________________ , __________________ neck
__________________ , __________________ body
__________________ , __________________ arms
__________________ , __________________ legs
__________________ , __________________ tail
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A description describes a
particular person, place or thing.
It is often part of a longer text.
It uses:
• nouns
• adjectives
2 Use everything you have learnt about Nipper • relating, thinking and feeling
verbs
to write a description of her. • descriptive words.
Who is she?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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What does she look like?
Use adjectives to
__________________________________________________________________________________
describe Nipper.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Where does she live? Describe what it is like
there. What does it look,
__________________________________________________________________________________
feel and sound like?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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How does she feel?
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Pronouns
1 A noun is a naming word. Fill in the letters to name each picture.
a el___p___a___t b tr___ ___er___to___s c ___ir___f___ ___
2 Look around you.
a Write the names of four things you can see.
__________________________________________________________________________
b These words are all nouns adjectives verbs. Tick one.
3 A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Words like I, it, he, she, me,
we, us, you, her, him, them and they are all pronouns.
Use He, She, him or her to complete the sentences.
Leo is stirring the pot. ________________ has yellow wings. Luna is standing
next to _______________. _______________ has red wings. Leo is there to help
_______________ .
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4 Use a pronoun from the word bank to complete the sentences.
Word bank you her it She they
Nipper was the smallest dinosaur on Lost Island. ______________ lived under
a little rock ledge deep in the forest. Nipper was so small the other
dinosaurs had forgotten all about ______________. Nipper found a bottle of
Grow Bigger Lotion. She was sure the pixies wouldn’t mind if she used
______________. Luna and Leo flew to the Great Lake where ______________
found the very enormous Nipper. “Don’t worry Nipper, we will make
______________ small again,” said Leo.
5 Circle words in the text that tell you that Nipper is a girl. Done
6 Draw a picture to show the noun each pronoun replaces.
a Triceratops had a third horn.
It was on its nose.
b Tyrannosaurus had big teeth.
They were very sharp.
c Coelophysis had long legs.
They helped the dinosaur
run fast.
d Tyrannosaurus had a tail.
It was thick and long.
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