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Name: Date: Clue s Wondering s Problems What does “Toto” mean? Why are the elephants colored black? Why does the boy carry a knife? How and why did the elephant get stuck? The story is going to be about elephants. Suku, the boy, freed the elephant with his knife The boy and elephant are in danger from a lion. An elephant is trapped by a snare. The boy and elephant could be lost

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Name: Date: SettingCharactersSolutionsProblems In the present Near a village in Africa The village was near a game reserve Toto Suku was too timid to go to the grasslands Toto was caught in a snare The two of them encountered (ran into) a lion Suku A young, timid boy Toto A baby elephant

“ Toto ” Directions: Answer each question in a complete sentence. Write the page number down where you found your answer!!! 1.How are Toto and Suku the same? 2.What did Suku promise his mom? 3.Why doesn’t Suku go with the boys in the morning to the grassland? 4.What makes Toto wander off during the night? 5.What two things did Suku do for Toto? 6.Why didn’t Suku notice that he was in the grasslands? 7.After Toto trumpets a warning, what happens? 8.Why isn’t Suku timid anymore? 9.What did the warden say that Suku would be good at? 10.Who put out the trap that Toto got caught on? 11.What do these words mean?: timid, envious, mock, snare, cunning 12. In a 4 sentence paragraph – What do you think Suku learned about taking risks and their consequences during his adventure? 13.In a 4 sentence paragraph – What risk have you taken to help someone? Was the risk worth taking?

What adjectives (describing words) describe the characters, setting, problems, and solutions in your story? Find adjectives from the story for the “text” bubbles Use what you know about the story to do the “inference” bubbles Name: Date:

What have you learned from what you’ve read? How are you going to remember what you’ve learned? Are you going to draw a sketch, write a song, or write a journal about how you feel about what you’ve learned?

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