Island of the Blue Dolphins is the Newbery Medal winning story of a 12-year-old girl who lives alone on a Pacific Island after she leaps from a rescue ship. Isolated on the island for eighteen years, Karana forages for food, builds weapons to fight predators, clothes herself in a cormorant feather skirt, and finds strength and peace in her seclusion.

In this study guide, you will find:
29 autocorrecting quizzes that build vocabulary and test comprehension

Estimation of work time:

If you assign only the quizzes, they have a suggested time limit of 30 minutes each. Each optional assignment you give adds time to this baseline of 14.5 hours. (29 quizzes x 30 min)

Bonus content includes in printable, pdf format: to test and build spelling and vocabulary there are 5 Word Searches, 5 Word Scrambles and 5 Crossword Puzzles, an author profile worksheet to practice internet research, essay prompts, 3 original drawings for illustration, and pre-reading questions.

All bonus content comes with teacher key for easy grading.

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