And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
AD720L
This is a story about the real-life penguins Roy and Silo and how they adopt an abandoned egg. The two penguins are both males but show affection to one another as mates and raise the egg until it hatches into a baby penguin, named Tango. The fact this was an actual story that happened between two male penguins raising a child together made this book banned due to homosexual content.
American Library Association Notable Children's Book - 2006
ASPCA's Henry Berg Award - 2005
Cooperative Children's Book Council choice - 2006
Learning Activity -
Using the information from the real life penguins from the zoo and in And Tango Makes Three, have the student compare these animal parents to other ones they've seen in their personal life, in stories, or how they can see parents they know (their own or friends') that are similar to Roy and Silo.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
Goal:
After listening to the text, the student can think about their own experiences with animal parents and human parents. Then they can talk about how the roles of each parent are similar to the two male parents in the story with one another.
Objective:
Cognitive -
The student will compare the story's parents with sets of parents they know in other fiction or in real life.
The student will provide at least 2 examples of other parents and compare those examples to Tango’s parents.
The student will discuss their examples in small groups of 3 or 4.
Outcome:
The student will discuss how each parent functions within the family and how animals and humans are similar in how they feel for their families.
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