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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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Destination Planet Blobb
Destination Planet Blobb is an engaging fantasy about two creatures, Zena and Zolta, who go on a trip to explore Planet Blobb. Characters are revealed by what they do and say. There is a variety of layout in both illustrations and print throughout the...
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Dinner
Dinner is a fiction story about a farmer trying to feed his animals. A monster keeps trying to steal the food so the farmer finds monster food! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, symbols, speech bubbles and storyboard. Dinner...
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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...
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Discovering with Harry Hoggart
Discovering with Harry Hoggart is a narrative about a teacher who completes experiments with his students in order to explore various concepts including how animals walk on water and how scales help fish swim. The book also discusses how to give...
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Disgusting!
Disgusting! is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the things that animals do that many people perceive as disgusting such as sucking blood and releasing stinky smells. Illustrations depict content and ideas in the text. Many...
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DNA
DNA is an informational report about DNA including information on how DNA is used to prove identity, paternity, and maternity and how DNA is used in genealogy, forensic science, and genetic medicine. The book also discusses text connections,...
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Do Rules Rule?
Do Rules Rule? is a persuasive argument text. Mr. Chan asks his class the question “Do Rules Rule?” In groups of three students share arguments for and against common rules, such as no cell phones at school and no pets on school...