Basilisk Lizard “""' * Review Key Words water clear liquid in lakes, rivers, and streams run fo move fast on foot crest a tuft of feathers or a growth on an animal's head fringes thin strips that hang Write a Prediction / Don't look at that lizard! Don't let it 8 |fbreathe on you. One look or breath 15 could turn you to stone! 20 | ~ Did you believe that? A long time 27 | ago, in ancient Greece, people believed 33 | a myth about a lizard that could do Al | those things. It was called a basilisk 48 | lizard, The basilisk lizard that lives in 55 | the tropics today is still frightening to 62 | look at. It has a crest on its head that 72 | looks like a helmet. There are fringes 79 | of skin on its head, back, and tail. It 88 | grows to be two to three feet long. Copyright® 2001 Reao NaTuRALLy (evr 96| One of the most amazing things Story 7 102| about lizards is the different ways the 109} move around, Some swim, some climb, 115] some even sail from tree to tree, Some 123| of them have no legs at all! They move 132] like snakes. The basilisk lizard moves 138| by raising the front of its body and 146 | running on its back legs. It can run 154] fast— most 18 miles per hour. Not 161 | only can it run on land, but it can even 171] dash for a distance across the surface of / 179| water before it starts to swim, 185 Cold Timing Score: _. Final Timing Score: Level 4.0 Basilisk LizardAnswer the Questions CL) What is the main idea of this story? c °3 What does dash mean in this story? ® People believed myths about the @ move fast basilisk lizard. b. a little bit A basilisk lizatd grows to three feet inc. smash length. 2 | (©) A basilisk lizard looks frightening and Vv runs fast. C2. How does the basilisk lizard run? ) Why are some people afraid of basilisk a. onits front legs lizards? ®& on its back legs ©. onall four legs sy bo They-cans , i) They look frightening, y (5) How are basilisk lizards different than other lizards? The basiliss zecd aan beta you Are Sfooe ond atier patarel Vee can!h umber Comet Write a Retell of “Basilisk Lizard" ARIS weet The | bes lisje Lizard is oO Bed ded mesrer ther Ihak Some (people thine Ove foke.Lé wou lool at i leh brety on You pal a bret of wack Ban tern you ty stone, Tt is Nety fost \ (an Nove pia abo: Lg on pls ib Maves fran Silboa 1s a ood and Tring ois “back leoe. Se. that —the ded sed of a evasion ony. not Copyright® 2001 Rean NaTuRALty Level 4.0 Basilisk Lizard