Friday, January 15, 2010

Nights of the Pufflings

ANALYZING Give some reasons why Bruce McMillan might have wanted to write a book about the pufflings.

GENERATING Why do you think the children return the pufflings to the sea instead of keeping them as pets?

GENERATING Why are puffins called "clowns of the sea?"

INTEGRATING What makes the nights of the pufflings exciting? Use story details to support your answer.

EVALUATING What would you like best about visiting Heimaey Island during the nights of the pufflings? Why?

CONNECTIONS How did humans cause the pufflings' habitat to change? How else might villagers help them?

20 comments:

  1. 1.I think he wannts peopleto care for pufflings.
    3.Maybe they look like clowns because of their
    color.

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  2. 2.The children put the puffling back because they are scared.
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    3.The reason why the pufflingare called clown's of the sea is beause they eat fish.

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  3. HE wanted to get a puffling that is why he wrot a book about it 1. THEY don't want them to get ran over that is why they little bet help them

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  4. 3.They are called clowns of the sea because they come to the same borrow every year.

    5.I would like to do best is save the puffing with the other kids.

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  5. 3.Puffins are called clowns of the sea because of their markings on their beaks and eyes 5.I would like seeing the puffins the most.I have never seen them in the wild.

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  6. 1: I think Bruce McMillan wrote about pufflings maby they are his favorit animal or bird.

    6: The humains changed the puffins habitat by saving the pufflins but at the same time bothering them when they are nesting.

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  7. 2.I think the chidren return the pufflings to the sea instead of keeping them as pets so they can be free. 3.I think pufflings called clowns of the sea because they iook like clowns.

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  8. 1.I think the childer take the puffling back to the sea for winter.1.bruce mcmillan had a puffling and thinking about writeing a story.

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  9. 2) The children can not keep them as pets because they have to return them to sea because they have children to tend to.

    6) They change there habbitat by all the dogs,cats ,and truks. They can also just pick them up and put them in the water.

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  10. Why are pufflings clowns of the sea there colers.
    Why do you think the childern return the pufflings to the sea insted of keeping them for pets. So they can return to there familes

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  11. 3.I think puffins are sometimes called clowns of the sea because they do crazy things like on their first flight they jump off a cliff.

    I think finding and rescueing puffins makes the night of the puffins exciting.

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  12. 1. I think McMillan might of whanted to write it because some children might not ever hard of them.So they can lern something new.

    5.I think MCMillan did it because it makes the story better and it make it more instrsting.

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  13. 1.Bruce MCMillan might of wrote a book about pufflings because he thought they were cute.2.Because the children wanted the pufflings to be free.

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  14. 3.they called them the clowns of the sea because they look like clowns and thats why thay got there name. 1.he rote the book night of the pufflings maybe because he likes bird and pufflings the most.

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  15. 2.The children return the puffliing to the sea because if thiay keep them as pets thiay wold flap all arownd the room and might brake
    somthing

    3.I think puffins are called clowns of the sea because thiay fly like bees

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  16. Shamya

    1. A reason why Bruce McMillian might have wanted to write a book about the pufflings is to show how they are living.

    2. I think the children return the pufflings to the sea instead of keeping them as pets so they can live their life in the wild.

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  17. 6.They change the pufflins habittat by ciping there lights on while the babey pufflins aretrying to follow the moonlight.

    6.while the villers can turn off there lights so the babey pufflins can flollow the moonlight.

    1.I think MCMILLN woned to write a book about the pufflins cool there eyes look sad and they are very good with fishing.

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  18. 1. I think puefflings are called clowns of the sea because of the way thay look.
    2.I think humans cause the pufflings habitat to chang because? people alwas comes and deshtroed it.

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  19. 1.a reason why BRUCE MCMILLAN might have wanted to write a book about the pufflings is to show how they are living.2.I think the children return the pufflings to the sea instead of keeping them as pets so they can live their life in the wild

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  20. 3.hear is why puffins are called" clowns of sea.":because they look like clowns and they stay in the sea for three years.5.what my fav.about NIGHTS OF THE PUFFINS is when the kids saved the puffins because if they did not save the puffins they could get ran over by a car.

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