Unit 6

Amazing Places!

Lesson 3

Reader's Notebook

Fathom Five National Marine Park

In the first report on Protected Parks, you will be looking at the report Fathom Five National Marine Park.


You will find this report on pages 128 and 129 of your Literacy in Action 4B book.

As you read the report, think about how you used your reading strategies to make meaning from the text. The three strategies you are using are

  • use what you know to build information
  • decide on important points
  • summarize the main ideas


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Download the Reader's Notebook: Fathom Five National Marine Park worksheet.


Preview the report first to see what you notice about this park. Read the title and headings and look at the pictures and list two other examples of What I Notice and What I Already Know in the chart in your document.

Next, write a sentence about what you predict the report will be about.




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As you read through the report, think about the questions asked in each section and use them to help you write notes to summarize each section and then to write your summary about the park.


Go back to the Banff National Park Summary example if you need help.

Look on page 128 of Literacy in Action 4B. You see a big picture under the title that should give you some clues as to what kind of park it is. There is a map in the bottom left side. You find two sections on this page. The first is A Water Park.

Think about the questions as you read this section:


  1. What makes the park different from other parks?
  2. Have you ever been or seen anything like this?

The next section is called Location. Think about these questions as you read this section:


  1. Where is the park located?
  2. What other places is it close to?
  3. How do visitors get around this park?

Look on page 129 of Literacy in Action.


There you see another couple of pictures. One shows an island and the other shows a woman diver. Read the top section Nature and think about these questions:

  1. What can people explore in this park?
  2. Why is this a great place to enjoy nature?
  3. What wildlife might I find there?

The last section is called Origin.


Think about these questions as you read:

  1. When did it become a marine park?
  2. Why is it an important marine park?
  3. Why did the author write this report?

Use answers to these questions to guide your responses to help you summarize each section.


The organizer is made of four parts:

  • Location: type at least two facts you learned in this section in this part of the organizer.
  • Nature: type at least two facts you learned in this section in this part of the organizer.
  • Origin: type at least two facts you learned in this section in this part of the organizer.
  • Summary: type two or three sentences of the most important details you found out about the Fathom Five National Marine Park in this section of the organizer.
Websites

Websites

To read more and see pictures about this fascinating park, go to Fathom Five.

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  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Fathom Five National Marine Park in this format: jsmith_fathomfive and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.