Challenge Activities- A Symphony of Whales

Day 1:

What words would you expect to see in a pamphlet that tells about animals in danger

and what people can do to save them?

1.  Make an idea web of 10 words related to saving endangered animals.

2.   Expand your idea web by writing an explanation for each word

Read about endangered animals

http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/animals/library/index.html

Print a web

Day 2:

What needs do pets have?  What needs do wild animals have?  How can you assure that all animals have what they need?

1. Compare the needs of domestic and wild animals.
2. Use a Venn diagram or other graphic organizer to compare and contrast the

Needs and how the needs are met.

      3.   Tell how the needs of wild animals can sometimes be met by people.

http://www.aza.org/Newsroom/wild-animals-make-bad-pets/

http://www.hsus.org/about_us/statements/statement_on_wild_animals.html

Day 3:

How can an analysis of an author’s use of persuasion help you or someone else become a better writer?

1. Locate examples of persuasion and write six questions you would like to ask the author.
2. Your questions should focus on three categories: the author’s reason for writing, the author’s opinion and choice of facts, and the author’s use of persuasion.
3. Put a star next to the question you would use to guide your own writing. 

Day 4:

How are literary genres about animals alike and different?

1. Compare two selections about animals from two different genres such as

expository nonfiction, realistic fiction, mythology, and poetry.

2. Use a Venn diagram or other graphic organizer to compare and contrast ways the    

two genres are alike and different.

http://www.lpzoo.org/education/zebra/stories/stories.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml

Day 5:

Which animals migrate and why do they migrate?

1. Find four animals that migrate.
2. Collect facts about when they migrate and where.
3. Choose one animal and tell about that animal’s migration from the animal’s point of view.  You can draw maps with labels to identify the route of the migration.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/migration.html

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1998/critters/index.html

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/animals/migration/grownups.weml