Island of the Blue Dolphins Text Evidence: Short Answers

In this activity, students will be provided a question to answer using text evidence. The question asked here is, “What challenges did Karana face while alone in the wilderness?”

The three examples provided as evidence include:

• "Rain fell that night and lasted for two days.”
• "If I built a hut here I would have to kill him and his pack. I planned to do this anyway, but it would take much time."
• "There was another place to the south where I could have built my house...but I did not want to go there because it would remind of the people who were gone."

Student Instructions

Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from Island of the Blue Dolphins. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.

1. Type the question into the central black box.
2. Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
3. Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
4. Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.