Novel Units Island of the Blue Dolphin Teacher Guide Grades 6-8

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Categories: Language Arts, Language Arts — Literature, Language Arts — Vocabulary, Language Arts — Writing, Reading & Literature

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Teacher Guides

Teacher guides provide the framework for the novel, including any background information necessary to prepare students for the text. Discussion questions help you delve into the novel's plot, conflict, theme, and character motivations/interactions. Plus, they're designed to elicit student thought, discussion, and participation!

Time-saving, inspiring lesson plans provide a comprehensive novel unit—created by teachers for teachers. The legwork is done for you. The chapter-by-chapter guides incorporate research-based, higher-order reading, writing, and thinking activities.

32+ pages

Summary

"About the Author"

Character list

Background information

Initiating activities

Vocabulary activities (Gr.1–8)

Discussion questions and answers

Graphic organizers

Writing ideas

Literary analysis

Post-reading discussion questions

Cross-curriculum extension activities

Assessment Scoring rubric

See also Student Packet #8666

Island of the Blue Dolphin #1364 Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kelp beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Novel Units Island of the Blue Dolphin Teacher Guide Grades 6-8

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