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Searching for Sea Lions
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478122879
Copyright Date: 1999
Grade Level:
4
Reading Level:
P
Strategy/Skill:
Asking questions, Descriptive language, Information skills, Visualizing, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
Memoir, Recount
Theme/Topic:
Careers, Different Lands, Life Science
Classification:
Nonfiction
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Book Summary
Photographer and writer Kim Westerskov undertakes an expedition to remote Campbell Island. The purpose of this visit was to take underwater photographs of a rare species of sea lion for a film and a book about a remote South Pacific island.
Features of the Book
- Dramatic photographs
- Nonfiction in first-person narrative form
- Descriptive language – a very special underwater dance; seaweed sways and dances
- The author’s affinity with the sea lions
- The use of framed and overlapping images in the layout
- The simple fact chart
- Specialized vocabulary – bull, pup, flipper
- The factual information in italics
Purpose
Searching for Sea Lions can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:
- exploring how information is presented in different ways
- discussing technical vocabulary
- discussing an author’s use of descriptive language
- describing the mental images evoked by the text
- forming and revising questions for investigation
- locating and summarizing information
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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