Not Quite a Narwhal written by Jessie Sima

Not Quite a Narwhal
Jessie Sima
AD590L

            Kelp the unicorn doesn’t know any life outside of the sea. He believes he is a narwhal like all his friends. He finds out land-narwhals exist (unicorns) and that he is really one of them.

Learning Activity:
The students will listen to the story being read and at the conclusion of the story they will orally answer questions about who Kelp is, what kinds of animals are in the story, and where the story takes place.

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.2.5 - Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Goal:
The students will be able to answer basic plot questions about the story and use that information to explain why the unicorn/narwhal and sea/land differences matter in the story’s plot.

Objective:
Cognitive –
            The students will listen to the story and answer the teacher about what groups of animals are involved in the story, how are they different from one another, what types of places do they call home, and why is any of this a problem for Kelp?
            The students will be able to explain why Kelp remains in the sea by describing how he is in the start of the story, how he feels during the meetings with the unicorns, and what happens when he rejoins his friends at the end.

Outcome:
The students will listen to the story and answer basic questions on what kind of animals are in the story and where it takes place in order to understand the conflict in the plot.