Island of the Blue Dolphins Text Evidence: Short Answers

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Activity Overview

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:


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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.


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