Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“An Additional Character”

In this activity, students will include a new animal in the novel to teach Roz about survival.

Roz meets several interesting animals in the novel and learns about survival techniques from these animals. For example, Pinktail teaches Roz to play dead and give off a rotten smell for survival, and a stick insect teaches Roz about camouflage. Consider an additional character that Roz could meet and explain the adaptations Roz would learn from this animal.

• Research and select an animal that is not in the novel that Roz could learn from.
• Provide the animal with a unique name that, in some way, reflects the animal’s attributes (For example, Pinktail or Brightbill).
• Create a drawing of the animal on a poster to explain what it would look like.
• On the poster, explain the attributes of the animal that provide it with unique survival techniques.
• Explain how Roz might use these techniques to survive on the island.

Present your poster to peers and explain the attributes of your animal, its name, and how it compares to other animals that may be present on the island.