Process

Process

Click on step 1 to begin the process of writing a diary entry of a fish.
Continue with the steps until step 5 is completed.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 1 : Your teacher will read the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin.
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Step 2: Form a group of 4.
             Each person in the group will choose a different fish labeled below.
             You will research only this type of fish.
             Click on the fish you would like to research after Step 3.

   Manta Ray     Salmon           Clownfish        Shark

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Step 3: Print a copy of the data collection sheet.

Click here to view the data collection sheet.

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Step 4: Research your fish imagining that you are that fish.
             Research and record on your data collection sheet.

1. What other animals live in your habitat?

2. Who are your predators?

3. What other dangers may you face?

4. What changes might happen in your habitat?

5. Name some interesting facts about you as
a fish.
Links:

Sharks

Whales

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_marine_debris.html

http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/oceans/yoto.html

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Step 5: Write a diary entry to your fish father sharing your adventures and dangers as a lost fish. Explain what your habitat is like and what harmful or beneficial changes have occurred. Refer back to your research and think about the ideas in
Diary of a Worm. Make it creative! Try to think what it would be like to be a fish.

Click here to view the diary entry form.

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