What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects: read-along
What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects as a read-along for the projector: 12 pages, 1409 words, level 14, beyond grade 8.
Page 1 of 12
On my first day volunteering at a small-animal rescue, the manager, Ms. Delgado, gave me a job that sounded too easy: sit by the guinea pig pen and watch for ten minutes. I expected to be bored. Instead I noticed that nothing in the pen ever stopped. The animals nibbled, wandered, nibbled again, and napped only in brief snatches. Later I learned why. Guinea pigs are active for up to twenty hours a day and sleep for short periods only, and an animal that spends that long awake is not idling. It is working, and the work, I came to understand, is eating, steadily, from morning until the lights go down.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 14, beyond grade 8
- 12 pages, 1409 words, about 10 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
Related
About What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects
A volunteer at a small-animal rescue learns why each guinea pig rule exists, from a gut built for grass and a missing vitamin C enzyme to the places where careful sources disagree.
Words to preview
- herbivore (HUR-buh-vor)
- plant eater
- incisors (in-SY-zerz)
- front teeth
- enzyme (EN-zime)
- body's helper chemical
- scurvy (SKUR-vee)
- vitamin C illness
- welfare (WEL-fair)
- wellbeing
Questions that fit any book
- What is one new thing you learned from this book?
- Which page told you the most? What did it say?
- What would you still like to find out about this?
Questions
How long does What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects take to read aloud?
It has 12 pages and 1409 words, so about 10 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is What a Guinea Pig's Body Expects?
Level 14, beyond grade 8. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; levels above 13 are beyond grade 8 and have no grade. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
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Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library as a true book. It is not copied from a textbook or another site.
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