Elephant Secret | 
pick“Elephant Secret”, mf, is by Eric Walters and it is a 2019/20 Sunshine State Young Readers Award winner for Middle School. The main protagonist is 11-year-old Samantha. She was born on an elephant sanctuary and lives there with her dad and her “family” of 11 elephants. Samantha has a close bond with each elephant and her dad.
amandar However, there are few bumps in the road that take form as her dad‘s new girlfriend, a new rescue elephant that has a violent past and a new silent partner to the sanctuary that has different plans of it. This website, https://www.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=58098&lf_id=9 , provides a story map format. UDL 2.1 and ESOL 5 focus on clarifying any new vocabulary. #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y
ShardaeP I love elephants. I support sanctuaries that rescue animals instead of capturing them for entertainment purposes.I will read this book and I like that it comes with comprehension levels for students. 5y
DrSpalding Because you chose a graphic organizer, story map as your extension activity, what English learner strategy aligns with this? This book looks fantastic! I am adding it to my stack. 5y
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