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Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla (2014)

by Katherine Applegate(Favorite Author)

4.43 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0544252306 (ISBN13: 9780544252301)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Clarion Books

review 1: This is a picture book story of Ivan, a baby gorilla who was poached and sold to a mall owner in Tacoma, Washington and spent the next 27 years of his life in a 14 x 14 glass enclosure. After some pressure from people all over the world, Ivan was sent to live in at the Atlanta zoo in a more humane space and other gorillas. It would make a great compare and contrast to Applegate's chapter book "The one and only Ivan" which is told from Ivan's perspective.
review 2: rich conversations about authors’ moves: “Why did the author choose this picture/font choice/heading?” “Why did the author say this?” This requires students to draw on what’s explicitly stated and make inferences, which will transfer into how they think about their own reading and how t... morehey approach their own writing.READING: RI Standard 5: look at the structure of the writing: starts with his natural habitat, talks about the progression into the mall, then freedomRI Standard 6: what does the author’s point of view about Ivan’s situation appear to be?RI Standard 9: comparing/contrasting texts, and for older kids, integrating info to develop an understanding about the topic; example: what’s special about Ivan? What did you learn about other primates in these texts?For all students, reading across texts helps guide deeper thinking. Consider bundling these texts with content- or thematically-related texts to analyze how different texts describe the same topic:Wonderopolis: Why is it So Fun to Monkey Around?pay close attention to the author’s note in the bookwatch the video on Katherine Applegate’s websitePrimates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute GaldikasNPR “Backseat Book Club” interview with Katherine ApplegateAtlanta Zoo article about his life/passingWRITING: strong for talking about author’s intentions with lead and closing -- contrast with Ivan in his natural and unnatural environmentsinformational text model -- goes nicely with Standard 5 less

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