The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate With enough time, you can get used to almost anything. It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. "He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world," he said, clutching his mother’s handĪt times like that, I wished humans could understand me the way I can understand them. Not so long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. My noseprint, like your fingerprint, is the first and last and only.
Sometimes I press my nose against the glass. Here is a link telling about Ivan and his life and his death at 50 years old =( One of the OMG moments is that Ivan was at Zoo Atlanta when I went there years ago!! I need to see if I can find my old pictures of him! I can’t believe I met the Ivan from the book!! One of the sad things besides Ivan’s life is that I probably already knew all about this but forget things too easy now. Bob goes to live with Julia and her dad, and Ivan and Ruby are taken to a wonderful zoo, where they are with their own kind and have plenty of space in the open air.OMG!! I finally read this book because of a book challenge and Omg!! This book is fiction but it is based on a real "IVAN". Resolution: The Big Top Mall is closed down and the animals are all brought elsewhere. Could these people be taking them to a better place? People in white coats keep coming by, and train Ivan and Ruby to go into a box. Julia and her father pick up on Ivan’s plan, and hang the pictures at night for all to see the next morning.įalling Action: The billboard attracts the attention of many people, including protesters who think the confinement of the animals is unfair and cruel. Stella dies, and Ivan has promised to take care of Ruby.Ĭlimax: Ivan works day and night to create pictures of Ruby in a zoo for the large billboard on the street. Stella’s foot infection gets worse and spreads, with little hope that Mack will do anything due to lack of money. Rising Action: When Mack buys Ruby, a baby elephant, to make the arcade more appealing for visitors, she and Stella form an instant bond.
Stella’s health is declining, and being cooped up for so long is really taking its toll on Ivan. He and his friend Stella, an old and wise African elephant, have lived here for years, confined and used for the entertainment of humans. Plot Diagram ExampleĮxposition: The Big Top Mall and Video Arcade is Ivan’s home.
Students should identify major turning points in the novel such as the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. In this activity, students will create a visual plot diagram of major events in The One and Only Ivan. Students can create a storyboard capturing the narrative arc in a work with a six-cell storyboard containing the major parts of the plot diagram. Creating a plot diagram not only helps students learn the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and help students develop greater understanding of literary structures.
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