Saving the Yellow Eye 6-pack Author: John Darby ISBN: 9780478123074 Copyright Date: 1999 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: O Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Summarizing, Using graphic sources, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation, Procedure Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Habitats, Life Science Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

The yellow-eyed penguin is the rarest penguin in the world.  Scientist John Darby explains how he set out to study this endangered bird and to help recreate its endangered habitat.

Features of the Book

• The information in the photographs
• The use of graphs
• Fact files on penguins
• The use of photo insets
• Specialized vocabulary – habitat, extinct, endangered, hemisphere
• The clear statement of the problem and solution
• The use of maps

Purpose

Saving the Yellow Eye can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• exploring specialized vocabulary
• summarizing important ideas
• exploring cause and effect
• using maps and graphs as sources of information
• using electronic media to research a topic

For more information please see our Lesson Plan