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Undersea Adventure

Undersea Adventure

What might it be like to be a fish living in the ocean? Students will compose and illustrate a story from the point of view of a fish.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Ask students if they've ever observed fish, either live or in videos, swimming in a lake, pond, or ocean. Did they ever wonder what it might be like to be a fish? Where are they going? What might they be thinking? Are they looking for company?

  • Step 2

    Ask students to create an underwater scene with a fish as the main character. Then have them compose a story from the fish's point of view. Students can either write their story or compose it and then narrate it for a scribe to write down. 

  • Step 3

    Ask students to present their art and either read or tell the story that goes with it. Have them narrate it as the fish. They can open with a line such as, "Hi, I'm Goldie and I'm going on an amazing adventure..."

Standards

LA: Develop real and imagined narratives. 

LA: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. 

Adaptations

Have students form small groups to create a dramatic scene about underwater creatures. Encourage them to move like plants or sea creatures when they present their plays.

Have a discussion about why it is so important to protect the health of the ocean, the largest ecosystem on Earth. You may want to visit Oceantoday.noaa.gov which has several brief educational videos for students. Suggestions include Coral Comeback, Rainforests of the Sea, Why Count the Crabs? Sea Ice: Why is it Shrinking? or any others.