________________ s

Pre-Reading
Packet

Name: ___________

Meet Scott ODell

LIFE & Death

Birth:
Jobs: Hollywood Movie
Cameraman, Book Editor,
Author
Wife: Elizabeth Hall
Death: October 16, 1989

Interesting
Facts
He served in World War I and
World War II
His real name was Odell Gabriel
Scott, but he changed his name
after one of his articles was
accidently produced as written
by Scott ODell.
Many of the ideas for his stories
came from reading history.
He enjoyed traveling, planting
flowers and trees, and chopping
wood.

Famous Books
Island of the Blue

Dolphins
The Kings Fifth
Black Pearl
Sing Down the Moon
Zia
Thunder Rolling in the
Mountains
The Captive

Facebook Page

Now that you have learned about Scott ODell, work with a
partner to create a Facebook page for him using your Chrome
Books. The Facebook page needs to include all of the items on
the checklist below. You may use your Meet Scott ODell
sheet or the Internet to find this information. After you finish,
show your Facebook page to another group for them to
peer grade.

Use this link to access the Facebook page template:

http://community.prometheanplanet.com/cfsfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00.00.00.01.22/1731.
facebooktemplate.flipchart

Facebook Page Checklist

Creators: __________________ Graders: ____________________

Show your Facebook template to another partner pair and give

them this checklist. Graders, evaluate your peers Facebook page
using this checklist. Place a check in either the yes or no
box for each criteria. Then, give them a score at the bottom.
Each criteria is worth 5 points.
Criteria

No

Yes

Authors name
Authors birthday
Authors Relationship Status
Authors Work
Three wall comments
One profile picture
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The TRUE Story

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a fiction novel based on a TRUE story.
With your group, use the internet to research and answer the following
questions about what really happened to the Lone Woman on the island.
Then, create an anchor chart about the true story using the information
you have researched. When you are done with your anchor chart,
present it to another group.
1. On what island did the true story take place? Circle the island on the map
below. How far away is this island from the coast of California?

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2. How did the Lone Woman end up on the island by herself?

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3. How long did the Lone Woman live by herself on the island?

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4. How was the Lone Woman rescued?

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5. What was she wearing when she was rescued?

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6. What was the name given to the Lone Woman who lived on the
island?

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7. Where did the Lone Woman live after her rescue?

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8. How long did she live after her rescue? What year did she die?

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Island of the Blue

Dolphins
Chapter Guide

Name: _________________

Chapters 1-4
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 1-4.
1. Who is the narrator of this story? What is this persons role
in the village?

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2. Why does Karana have two names? What is her other name?

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3. Who is Captain Orlov, and why does he come to the island?

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4. How will the village of Ghalas-at benefit from the Aleuts?

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5. Why were the villagers of Galas-at concerned when the
Aleuts started preparing to leave?

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6. Why did a battle break out between the villagers and the
Aleuts, and what tragedy occurred?

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Open Mind Portrait

Create an open mind portrait for one of the characters in
chapters 1-4. Draw what you think they look like on the head on
the left, and draw pictures and symbols that represent what they
were thinking in the head on the right

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 5-8
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 5-8.
1. What happened in Ghalas-at after the battle?

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2. Who is Kimki, where did he go, and why did he go there?

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3. What false alarm occurred in chapter 6?

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4. Why did Karana jump off of the ship? What emotions did
Karana experience when she made it back on shore?

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5. What happened to Ramo? What did Karana vow to do after
this happened?

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Karanas Journal
Put yourself in Karanas shoes. Pretend that you are Karana and
this is her journal. Record an entry inferring how you think she
felt after Ramo died.

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 9-12
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 9-12.
1. Where did Karana move to?

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2. What conflict did Karana experience regarding her tribes
law>

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3. What happened when Karana tried to leave the island? How

did she feel when she came back?

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4. Where on the island did Karana decide to move to and why
was it the most ideal place to live?

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5. What resources did Karana use to build her house?

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6. What is sai-sai?

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Thick & Thin

Come up with three thick questions and three thin questions
from chapters 9-12. Then, share your questions with a friend.
Thick Questions:

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2. _____________________________________
_____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
_____________________________________
1.

Thin Questions:

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2. _____________________________________
_____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
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1.

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 13-16
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 13-16.
1. How did Karana hurt her leg?

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2. Why did Karana turn the cave into another home?

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3. What did Karana do with the leader of the dogs after shooting
him with an arrow?

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4. What did Karana name the dog, and what does this mean?

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5. Why and how did Karana make the canoe smaller?

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6. How did Rontu react to the devilfish?

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Sketch to Stretch
In the box, create a sketch to stretch of Karanas cave described
in chapter 14. Use symbols to depict how the cave was a safe
haven for Karana while she was wounded. Then describe your
sketch on the lines below.

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What is a Devilfish?
In chapter 16, Karana and Rontu meet a devilfish. Using your
book, record five characteristics of the devilfish in the table
below. Then, think about an animal that you know of
that has the same characteristics and record it at
the bottom of the page.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

I think that the devilfish is similar to a/an _________________

because _____________________________________

__________________________________________.

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 17-20
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 17-20.
1. How does the devilfish spear work?

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2. Why didnt Karana kill the two wild dogs who were fighting
Rontu?

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3. What did Rontu do after the battle?

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4. Why did Karana clip the wings of her birds? What were the
names of the birds, and why did Karana choose those names?

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5. How did Rontu get caught by the Devilfish, and how did
Karana save him?

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6. How did Karana discover the new cave? What was inside of it
that made her afraid? What did she name it?

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7. What did Karana do when she saw the ship? Who did the ship
belong to?

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Summarizing
Create a summary of Karana and Rontus encounter with the devilfish in
chapter 19. First, fill out the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then graphic
organizer. Then, use those details to write a two-three sentence
summary of this event.

Summary: _____________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 21-24
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 21-24.
1. How did Karana spend her time while waiting on the Aleuts
to leave?

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2. What word did the Aleut girl use to describe Karanas
cormorant skirt? What do you think this word means?
How did hearing spoken words make Karana feel?
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3. What gifts did Tutok and Karana give each other?

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4. Why do you think Karana told Tutok her secret name?

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5. What did Karana find after the Aleuts left? What did she
name it?

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6. Who did Karana consider her children?

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7. What did Karana change the otters name to? What does
this name mean?

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Important vs. Interesting

Which events and information from chapters 21-24 are
important? Which are interesting but not vital to the story?
Fill in five important events from these chapters in the
left column and interesting events on the right side.
IMPORTANT

INTERESTING

1.

1.

2.

2.

3.

3.

4.

4.

5.

5.

Karanas Journal
Record another entry in Karanas journal. Infer how you
think she felt when she met Tutok and how she felt
after Tutok left.

Whats Your Prediction?

Use text evidence to make three predictions of what you
think might happen next! Then, after reading, come back
and confirm whether your predictions were correct or not.
Prediction

Text Evidence

Confirm

Chapters 25-29
Recall Questions
Use your book to answer these recall questions
about chapters 25-29.
1. How did Karana keep track of how long she had been on the
island alone?

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2. Describe what happened to Rontu in chapter 25.
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3. Who is Karanas new dog? What is his name? What does this
name mean?

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4. What woke Karana up while she was sleeping under the

canoe? How did she escape this?

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5. What happened as Karana came back from the spring?

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6. What prevented Karana from being rescued in chapter 28?
How long was it before the ship returned?

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7. What did the white men make for Karana? What did Karana
take off of the island with her?

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Two-Voice Poem
In the space below, create a poem in voices between Karana
and Rontu., describing their feelings in their last moments
together.

Karana

Rontu

Open Mind Portrait

Create an open mind portrait for Karana after she was rescued.
Draw what you think she looked like on the head on the left, and
draw pictures and symbols that represent she was thinking in the
head on the right

________________ s
Post-Reading
Packet

Name: ___________

Story Boards
Fill out this story board by drawing pictures of the nine events that you
think were the most important in Island of the Blue Dolphins. Write a
title for each event on the line below.

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________________

_______________

_______________

________________

_______________

_______________

________________

Text to Text, Text to Self,

Text to World
Fill in this table by connecting Island of the Blue Dolphins to
another text you have read, something in your life, and
something in your world.

Text to Text

Text to Self

Text to World

Truth vs. Fiction

Fill in this Venn diagram, comparing and contrasting the true story of the Lone Woman
of San Nicolas Island with the story of Karana. What events from Island of the
Blue Dolphins really occurred? Which events did Scott ODell make up when writing
this novel? Refer to your research notes about the true story to help you.

True Story

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Choice Board
Pick three items from this choice board to complete! Circle the
ones that you choose
Front/Back Cover

Brochure

Using your knowledge of the

Create a brochure to advertise
novel, create a new front cover of
this novel. In the brochure,
the book. Include a short
include pictures of three major
summary of the novel on the
events from the novel, three
back cover.
of your favorite quotes from
the novel, and a personal
review of the novel.

Diorama
Construct a diorama of the
island. Use the description of
the island from the novel to
help you.

Collage

Comic Strip

Poem/Song

Make a collage from magazine

pictures illustrating your favorite
scene form the novel.

Make a comic strip of your

favorite scene from the novel.

Write a poem or song from

Karanas perspective after
being rescued.

30th Chapter

Menu

Crossword Puzzle

Write a 30th chapter for this

novel describing what you think
Karanas life was like after she was
rescued.

Create a menu by searching

through the novel to find
food items that Karana eats.
Include appetizers, main
dishes, a drink, and a dessert.

Find ten interesting words

from the novel and use them
to create a crossword puzzle,
using the definitions as clues.

Trivia Game

Timeline

Newspaper Article

Use the novel to come up with at

least 10 questions from the story
to use in your own trivia game.

Create a timeline of five major

events that occurred
throughout the novel.
Include pictures.

Create a newspaper article

about Karanas rescue.

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Island Landforms

The island of the blue dolphins contains many different landforms, and
we have learned about many of these landforms in science. You are going
to create these landforms on our own imaginary island using clay! You
will pick three landforms that we have learned about to include on your
island. Your island will be graded by a peer according to the checklist on
the following page. Follow these steps below to make your island.

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Steps
Collect one block of clay and wax paper.
Decide which three landforms you want to include on your
island. You can refer to your science notebook to refresh
yourself on the different landforms found on islands.
Create labels for the landforms using the slips of paper and toothpicks.
Create your island using any objects from the materials box
that you need to help you shape the landforms.
When you are finished shaping the island, insert the
toothpick labels into the clay next to each landform.
Set your island on the back counter to dry overnight.
When your island is dry, use the acrylic paint to paint your island.
Write a description of your island in your science notebook,
describing the characteristics of the three landforms you included on
your island and explaining how they are formed.

Island Landforms
Checklist
Give this checklist to a friend and have them peer-grade your
island! They will record a checkmark in either the no or yes
box for each category. Each category is worth 5 points, for a
total of 20 points.
Name: __________________________________
Graders Name: ___________________________
Criteria

No

Yes

The island contains three landforms.

All three landforms are labelled.
The island is painted.
The description of the island describes
the characteristics of the three
landforms chosen and explains how
they are formed.

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Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Tongva Culture Research

Karana was a member of the Nicoleo Native American tribe. Members
of the Nicoleo tribe were also known as Tongva Native Americans.
Go to this website:
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Verdugo_HS/classes/multimedia/intro.html
Research the culture of the Tongva tribe, and fill in this table by
writing a brief description of each of these aspects of their culture.
Description
Homes

Clothing

Food

Crafts

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Tongva Culture vs.

Our Culture
Fill in this Venn diagram, comparing and contrasting the culture of Tongva
Native Americans living in the 19th century and our culture as Americans living
in the 21st century.

Tongva Culture

Our Culture

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Tongva Music
Listen closely to the Tongva song as the teacher plays it.
While listening, think about whether the song is legato or
staccato. Then, in the space below, write your answer and
explain your reasoning.

I think that the Tongva song is ____________(legato or

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staccato) because

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Karanas Fish
Read the word problem and answer in the space below.
Remember to show all of your work!
Karana caught 3 fish for her and Rontus dinner. The first fish is
2 feet, the second fish is 28 inches, and the third fish is 3 feet
and 4 inches. How many total INCHES are the fish together?

Names: _________________________ Date: ______________

Prezi
You and your partner will pick five of the animals that Karana came in
contact with on the island. Use the Internet to research each animal,
finding out where they live, what they eat, how they behave, and a fun
fact about them. Record your information in the table below. Then, put
this information in a Prezi! Make sure that your Prezi is organized and
eye-catching. When you are finished, you and your partner will present
your Prezi to another partner group who will peer-grade it according
to the Prezi rubric on the following page..
Animal

Where they
live

What they
eat

How they
behave

Fun Fact

Prezi Rubric
Names: __________________ & ___________________
Graders Names: __________________ & __________________
Graders, review the Prezi and circle the box that applies for all
five areas. Then, total up the points and record the score at the bottom
of the page.

Where
they live
What
they eat
How they
behave
Fun Fact
Prezi
Design

3 Points

2 Points

1 Point

The Prezi contains

information about
where all 5 of the
animals researched live.
The Prezi contains
information about
what all 5 of the
animals researched eat.
The Prezi contains
information about how
all 5 of the animals
researched behave.

The Prezi contains

information about
where 3-4 of the
animals researched live.
The Prezi contains
information about
what 3-4 of the animals
researched eat.
The Prezi contains
information about how
3-4 of the animals
researched behave.

The Prezi contains

information about
where 0-2 of the
animals researched live.
The Prezi contains
information about
what 0-2 of the
animals researched eat.
The Prezi contains
information about how
0-2 of the animals
researched behave.

The Prezi contains a fun The Prezi contains a fun The Prezi contains a fun
fact for all 5 of the
fact for 3-4 of the
fact for 0-2 of the
animals researched.
animals researched.
animals researched.
The Prezi is very
organized and eyecatching.

The Prezi is semi

organized and eyecatching.

Total: ______/15

The Prezi is not

organized or eyecatching.

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Cave Art
Look at the pictures below of cave art from different Native
American tribes. Then, make your own cave art using the pipe
cleaners and butcher paper. Your cave art needs to have at least
five figures, it needs to tell a story, and it needs to be neat &
clean. When you are finished, have a friend peer-grade it
using the checklist on the following page.

Cave Art Checklist

Give this checklist to a friend and have them peer-grade your

cave art! Explain to them what each figure is and what story
your cave art tells. They will record a checkmark in either the
no or yes box for each category. Each category is worth 5
points, for a total of 15 points.
Name: __________________________________
Graders Name: ___________________________
Criteria

No

Yes

The cave art has at least 5 figures.

The cave art tells a story.
The cave art is neat and clean.

___/15

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Message in a Bottle

You are going to create a narrative writing piece on the following

prompt:
You are alone on a deserted island. You come across
an old shack in which you find paper, pencil, and an old bottle.
You decide to write a message to put in the bottle and throw
into the ocean in hopes that someone will find it and come rescue
you. Write a letter for help describing how you became stranded on
the island and why you want to be rescued.
We will follow these steps for this writing project:
1. Brainstorming
2. Rough Draft
3. Revising
4. Conferencing
5. Editing
6. Final Draft
7. Publishing

Brainstorming

Title: ______________________________________
Topic: _____________________________________
Purpose: ___________________________________

Catchy first sentence to capture your readers attention:

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
First,

Next,

Last,

Conclusion: ____________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Rough Draft
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Revising Checklist
Use this revision checklist to revise your rough draft.
____ 1. Who will read my work? Will they find it interesting?
____ 2. Is my story a seed story that focuses on one event?
____ 3. Are my ideas in the correct order? (Did I tell the first
thing first and the other things in the order that they
happened?)
____ 4. Did I start my story with an interesting introduction
that will make the reader want to read more?
____ 5. Will my sentences paint a picture in the readers
mind so that they can visualize exactly what happened in
my story?
____ 6. Did I leave any important information out of my
story?
____ 7. Have I used interesting words that the reader will
enjoy?
____ 8. Have I overused any words or phrases?
____ 9. Is my reflection good? Does it end the story?

Editing Checklist
Use this revision checklist to edit your rough draft.

____ 1. I remembered to indent all of my paragraphs.

____ 2. All of my sentences start with a capital letter.
____ 3. I have punctuation at the end of each sentence. ( . ! ? )
____ 4. I checked my words for correct spelling.
____ 5. I used transition words (movers) at the beginning of
my body paragraphs.

Final Draft Rubric

After publishing your final draft on our class website, it will be graded
according to this rubric.
Criteria

Ideas

The student uses

original ideas and
specific details to tell
about an experience.
The student keeps the
readers interest at all
times using vivid
imagery.

The student uses

original ideas and many
details to tell about an
experience. The student
keeps the reader
engaged some of the
time.

The student uses

some original ideas
and includes some
details when telling of
an experience. The
student is unable to
keep the readers
attention for most of
the writing.

The student does not

have a clear focus
when writing about
an experience. There
are no details used,
and the reader is not
engaged

Organization

The organization of
the writing makes it
easy to read. There is a
clear beginning,
middle, and end that
work well together.
Transitions were used
throughout the
writing.

Some transitions were

used by the student
throughout the
beginning, middle, and
end, but they were
unclear or misused.

The student did not

use any transitions.
The beginning,
middle, and end of
the writing run
together and
paragraphs are
needed.

The student had a

lack of organization
in the writing that
causes confusion.
Clear transitions are
absent.

Voice

The students voice

sounds confident,
knowledgeable, and
enthusiastic. Voice fits
the audience well.

The students voice

sounds confident and
informative most of the
time and fits the
audience.

The student sounds

unsure and the needs
to be more aware of
the audience.

The student needs to

be confident
throughout the
writing and aware of
the audience.

Word
Choice

Exceptional word
choice is used
throughout the
writing. Strong, unique
and descriptive words
were chosen. Figurative
language is also used.

Nouns, verbs, adjectives,

and adverbs are used,
but modifiers and
figurative language are
needed to create a more
interesting and clear
story.

More nouns, verbs,

adjectives, and
adverbs are needed to
make the narrative
more interesting.

Word choice was not

considered in the
writing. General and
overused words were
used throughout the
writing.

Continued on next page

Sentence
Fluency

The sentences are

varying in structure
and length. The writer
used variety when
constructing sentences.
The sentences flow
nicely and the meaning
is clear.

There are some errors in

sentence construction.
There could be more
sentence variety, i.e.,
sentences often begin
with the same words.

The writing has many

sentence construction
issues. Additionally,
more sentence variety
is needed, i.e.,
sentences begin with
the same words..

Sentence
construction is
unorganized and
messy. Since the
sentence
construction is
messy, the meaning
of the writing is
unclear.

Conventions

The writing has no or

very few errors in
spelling, punctuation,
and grammar. There is
clear structure to the
division of paragraphs.

The writing has errors in

spelling, punctuation,
and grammar
throughout most of the
paper. There is division
among the paragraphs
that makes sense most
of the time.

The writing has many

errors in spelling,
punctuation, and
grammar throughout
the entire paper. The
division of paragraphs
is present, but it does
not make sense.

The writing has so

many errors in
spelling,
punctuation, and
grammar that the
writing doesnt make
sense. The divisions
in the paragraphs do
not make sense and
confuses the reader.

Mode of
Writing
(Narrative)

The writing contains a

clear sequence of
events (beginning,
middle, and end). This
sequence is
communicated clearly
to the reader through
the use of transition
words. Descriptive
words are used to
enhance the sequence
of events.

The writing contains

evidence of sequence of
events, but there are no
transition words. Some
descriptive words are
used.

There is some
structure of events,
but there are no
transition words. No
descriptive words are
used.

The writing contains

no sequence of
events. No transition
words are used. No
descriptive words are
used.

Total: ____/28
Additional Comments:
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Vocab Cubes
For each of the following vocabulary words found in Island of the
Blue Dolphins, roll the dice and perform the action that
is matched up with the number that you rolled. Record the
information in your Vocab notebooks.
Cormorant, pelt, decree, allotment, ruminate, abalone, sinew,
crevice, ember, gorge, reproach, clamor, & fledgling
Number
Rolled

Task

Write the definition of the word, and make a

connection to the word.

Write the definition of the word, and use the

word in a sentence.

3
4
5
6

Write the definition of the word, and draw a

picture of the word.
Write the definition of the word, and a
synonym of the word.
Write the definition of the word, and an
antonym of the word.
Write the definition of the word, and state the
words part of speech.

Name: _____________________

Date: ______________

Vocab Bingo
Listen as I read the definitions of the vocabulary words. Put a chip
on the vocabulary word that matches each definition as I read.
When you have four chips in a row, yell BINGO!

Allotment

Crevice

FREE
SPACE

Cormorant

FREE
SPACE

Ember

Ruminate

Abalones

Decree

Pelt

Gorge

Fledgling

Reproach

Clamor

Sinew

FREE
SPACE

Poetry
Read the poem below. If you were to add this poem to the novel,
which chapter would you put it in? Why did you choose this
chapter? Record your answer on the lines below.
The sand and the sea
Stretch in front of me
The dolphins play
Birds soar away
Under a sky of blue
I sit and reflect
On many aspects
Heavy thoughts that weigh
I will cast them away
On tides and waves
To ponder another day
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