Reinforce the students' understandings of the words and by having them draw on their knowledge of the “echo” “echolocation” prefix and the Use the dictionary to find words from the same “echo” suffix “location”. word family (for example, “echosounder”, DISCUSS the relationship between these words, drawing out the idea that we can use our “echogram”, “echograph”). understandings of a familiar word to work out the meanings of new words. Try the activity on page 9 and DISCUSS the concept of clicking as a way of seeing. DISCUSS how a dog can tell the direction someone has gone by smelling just five of their footsteps. Ask: How might scientists Have the students use information from the text to sketch a diagram explaining this. Compare their diagrams, “know” this? checking their clarity. Ask the students to IDENTIFY the colloquial words and terms that give this article its conversational tone. ASK QUESTIONS to help them consider why the author chose this tone and whether they think it was a good decision. Why does the author use these everyday terms? Do you like the effect? Why?
Reinforce the students' understandings of the words “echo” and “echolocation” by having them draw on their knowledge of the prefix “echo” and the suffix “location”. Use the dictionary to find words from the same word family (for example, “echosounder”, “echogram”, “echograph”). DISCUSS the relationship between these words, drawing out the idea that we can use our understandings of a familiar word to work out the meanings of new words. Try the activity on page 9 and DISCUSS the concept of clicking as a way of seeing. DISCUSS how a dog can tell the direction someone has gone by smelling just five of their footsteps. Ask: How might scientists “know” this? Have the students use information from the text to sketch a diagram explaining this. Compare their diagrams, checking their clarity. Ask the students to IDENTIFY the colloquial words and terms that give this article its conversational tone. ASK QUESTIONS to help them consider why the author chose this tone and whether they think it was a good decision. Why does the author use these everyday terms? Do you like the effect? Why?
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