Dragons and Dinosaurs

Discussion Questions:

1.  What is the author's purpose for writing this story?

2.  What makes this story non-fiction?

3.  What did people long ago think griffins were?

4.  What do you think the main idea of this story is?

5.  Why was the Apatosaurus pictured without a head for a long time?

6.  Describe the make-up of the T-Rex brain.  What is most of it used for?

7.  Why do you think scientists studying dinosaurs have a hard job?

8.  How do computers help scientists?

Vocab:

Vocabulary Words  

1. contraption- A contraption is a strange-looking machine or device.

2. roamed – If a creature roamed an area, it wandered around there.

3. massive – Something massive is very large and heavy.

4. submerged– If something is submerged, it is beneath the surface of a body of water.

5. elegant– Something elegant is graceful and pleasing to look at.

6. obstacles – Obstacles are things that get in our way when you are going somewhere or trying to reach a goal.

7. complicated – Something that is complicated has many parts that are

connected in ways that make it hard to understand.

8. eerie– Something that is eerie is strange and makes people feel afraid.