Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins




Questions:
1. If you could be a marine animal, which one would you want to be? Why? Do you think you would be friendly with any other marine animals? If so, which one(s)? If not, why not?

2. What is the mood of the book? If the book had actual photographs of marine animals instead of pictures made out of paper and put together as a collage, would it make a difference? Why or why not?

3. What topic do you think the author/illustrator Steve Jenkins should use for his next nonfiction book? Why? 

14 comments:

  1. 1 i would bE A JIANT SQUID . I THINK THEY ARE UNIK IN SO MANY WAYS. I WOULD BE FIRENDLY WITH ALL WALLES SO THEY WONT EAT ME.2. I THINK IT WILL MAKE A DIFRENCE BECAUSE IT IS ACSHUALITY. 3.I THINK IT SHOULD BE CALLED ABOUT THE ANIMAL AND SHOW US HOW IT WORKS.

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  2. If i was a marine animal i would like to be a whale.I would maybe be friends but not with meat eaters.

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  3. If i was a marine animal i would be a grouper. I would prabably be friends with coral reef fish.

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  4. Did you know, a squids eye is as big as a baskat ball!

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  5. If I was a marine animal I would be a squid because I can escape predators
    with my ink. I will be a friend with any body because I will have so many friends, so when predators come I will have people to help me defend myself.

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  6. I think it will be cooler because the pictures will give more detail, so if you were doing a research project u will hav more info on what u were reserching!!

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  7. I think his next book should be about land animals because he has all ready done a book on cretures in the sea.

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  8. If i were a marine animal I would be a dolfine... and I think I would be friends with a clown fish.

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  9. The flying squid dose not acully fly It just jumps out of the water.

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  10. I would be a squid because they are powerful. I would be friends with a pelican ell because they can hunt well.

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  11. I would want to be 52ft wide great white shark becase,I think I would make a great shark.
    I belive I could make friends with every marine animal becase I am nice and friendly.

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  12. #1. i would be a whale shark.Because I would only eat plankton. So I would leave some food for others.I would be friendly because I would not eat other fish and they would not eat me.

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  13. Kaori would also be a dolphin because i think its a very majstic animal!

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  14. 1# I would be a hag fish for 2 reasons there my favorite animal and they dont have to do much work,they only suck the flesh out of sick or dead fish and no i woul not be freindly with any other animal I realy dont know why...

    2#It would make a differnce because has more details but it is highly impossible to go to the very bottom of the ocean and take a picture of the animals...

    3#Probly birds and go high and higher in the air...Or creatures that live in the ground would be good.

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