A biography is about a specific person and the places and events in that person’s life. What do you learn about John James Audubon on page 139? Include at least one detail from each paragraph.

Pg. 140 Which words tell the reader the time of year it is?

Why did John visit the cave?

Pgs. 140-143 Put the events in the correct order

1. He told Mrs. Thomas about the birds he saw.
2. Then one day he discovered that the pewee birds had returned.
3. John James ran home through the woods.
4. He wondered where samll birds go in winter and if the sames ones return each spring.
5. In April, John James had found the empty nest of the pewee bird for the past five days.

Why did John James burn his drawings each year? What can you infer about his personality based on this?

What are two examples of old forms of Englih words in the last paragraph on page 142?

Pgs. 144-145 Why does John James tie a string around the baby birds' legs?

Reread the first paragraph on page 145. How much time passes in this single paragraph?

Pgs. 146-147 How did John James know that his friends had returned?

Essential Question: How did John James Audubon investigate a question about birds?