Hook-Legged Spider Found In Oregon (1200l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet
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Hook-legged spider found in Oregon (1200L)
Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES
Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.
Your notes should include:
o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main
idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)
o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.
o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.
o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,
support) and choices affect the article.
Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.
Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.
Student ____________________________Class Period__________________
Notes on my thoughts,
Hook-legged Spider Found in Oregon Cave
reactions and questions as I
read:
A group of cave explorers and scientists have made a rare discovery: an entirely
new taxonomic family of spider in the caves of southern Oregon.
Only two other spider families (the taxonomic group above both genus and
species) have been found since 1990, and this is the first newly discovered,
native one uncovered in North America since 1890, said California Academy of
Sciences researcher Charles Griswold, lead author of the study that described the
species.
So far, the family consists only of the one species described, which the
researchers named Trogloraptor marchingtoni. The species is named after Neil
Marchington, a member of the Western Cave Conservancy, who first discovered
the spider. The genus name, Trogloraptor, means "cave robber."
Main, D. Hook-legged spider found in Oregon. OurAmazingPlanet. August 17, 2012.
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