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Cool Cockroaches
Cool Cockroaches is an informational explanation about an ancient pest. The text explains why cockroaches are phenomenal survivors, as well as how cockroaches multiply and some of their unusual characteristics. The style is informative and...
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Cool Crabs
Cool Crabs is an expository text about crabs which focusses on where crabs live, what they look like, where they hide, what the eat, and how big and small they can be. Some dialogue is used. Some photographs are labeled and some captions support the text...
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Cool Tools
Cools Tools is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different tools animals use to help them get their food. To begin, images of people using tools are compared to images of animals using tool. Photographs label the tool the animal...
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Crazy Wheels
Crazy Wheels is an informational text describing the astonishing number of uses people have found for wheels, from unicycles to spinning wheels to Ferris wheels to water wheels. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to...
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Dangerous Cargo
Dangerous Cargo is a narrative. Photographer Bones Brown is in the jungle in search of the elusive golden frog. Instead he finds a plane wreck in a swamp, but when he investigates, he finds himself trapped by dozens of hungry crocodiles, the...
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Dangerous Jobs
Dangerous Jobs is an expository text that profiles a variety of high-risk jobs, such as fire fighting, demolition, rescue work, stunt work, and wild animal training. The style is informative and conversational. The text is composed of a variety of...
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Deep Sea Monsters
Deep Sea Monsters is an informational report on creatures that live in the deep sea, including the giant Japanese spider crab, the viperfish, and the gulper eel. The habitat, size, eating habits, and distinctive features of each creature are...
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Design It
Design It is a procedural text that takes readers through the design challenges of starting a fictitious T-shirt company called SK8R Jam. Logo design, stationery design, company profile, manufacturing, and package design are among the topics...
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Dinosaur Nests
Dinosaur Nests is an expository text that invites readers to learn about dinosaur nests, eggs, and babies. Readers understand what a dinosaur nest looks like, how babies grow inside the egg, and what life is like once they hatch. Illustrations support...
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Dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs is an informational text about the physical features of dinosaurs. The text is largely composed of several repeating language patterns, such as “Look at this ________” and “This dinosaur has ________” All the...
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Dinosaurs: Giant Jigsaws
Dinosaurs: Giant Jigsaws is an informational report that explains how dinosaur bones are excavated, studied in the laboratory, and reconstructed into skeletons. The text explains how scientists use clues in the skeleton to learn how dinosaurs...
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Disappearing Sharks
Disappearing Sharks is an informational report. The text describes how fishers catch sharks, why people catch sharks, why it’s unlikely anyone will experience a shark attack, how sharks are bred, and how sharks can be helpful. The style...