Killer species

vocabulary

• Orchestrated
• "His compound, the boat, all of it was part of his perfectly 
• orchestrated plan."
• To direct elements of a situation to produce a desired affect
• Orchestrating, Orchestrate

vocabulary

• Unadulterated
• "It's eyes, so much like an owl's and looking out of place on the 
• alligator-shaped head, stared at him with unadulterated 
• menace."
• Not mixed or diluted with any extra elements, Unadultered 

vocabulary

• Chastising
• "As he left the table, he heard Raeburn chasticing Stuke."
• To lecture someone.
• Chastised,

characterization

• Emmet was very stubborn and complained about almost everything
• "Geez Dad, he said. Ever thought about defensive driving? Maybe
• avoiding a moon crater every once in a while."

characterization

• Emmet was being very ignorant, and was still complaining alot
• about moving to Florida. "My dad works for Fish and Wildlife,
• he's a bird expert. He's working on the Everglades Park HQ on
• something about the migratory and habitat analysis of the red-necked
• something or other and how it blah, blah, blah, blah, snore..."

characterization

• Emmet was now not complaining about Florida and started to enjoy it
• "He couldn't say the Everglades were more beautiful than Montana,
• just beautiful in a different way, a good way."

Theme

• I think that the theme for the beginning of the book
• is that no matter how bad things seem there is always a good side.

theme

• I think that the theme for the middle of the book is that
• you should think of the positive, not the negative.

theme

• I think that theme for the end of the book is that you
• should never give up, accomplish what you want to.

author's purpose

• I think the author's purpose is to inform and entertain.
• "There were plenty of wood types, cypress and 
• mangrove, and every species of bird he could imagine,
• herons, egrets, and even osprey soaring high in 
• the sky."

author's pupose

• I think that the author's opinion is that the
• Everglades, no matter how bad you think it is,
• it is a beautiful place to go to.
• "But as they skimmed across the water Emmet was
• continually being surprised at how beautiful it was. 

summary

• Emmet was a boy who didn't enjoy moving so much. But after
• his dad was asked to come to Florida to help identify a new  
• species, and dragging along Emmet wasn't the best idea. Then
• when Emmet and his dad arrived in Florida, they went to their
• house, unpacked and went to the Everglades Park HQ to 

summary

• identify the unknown species. But soon they realize that this
• a very strange species, and when Dr.Doyle goes to look for
• more of these species, he is kidnapped, and now Emmet must 
• search the Everglades in search of a lab whick is holding Dr.Doyle
• hostage, and Emmet must find it and take his dad back, if he can survive.

concluding slide

• I would definitely recommend this book to 
• people who like adventure and mystery.